Georgian chess player Nona Gaprindashvili, a five-time Women's World Chess Champion, became the first woman ever awarded FIDE's International Grandmaster title, in 1978.
Record no. MRB-2026-006411
First Woman Awarded the FIDE Grandmaster Title
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