Olga Nikolayevna Rubtsova

Olga Nikolayevna Rubtsova (born Aug. 20, 1909, Moscow, Russia—died Dec. 13, 1994) was a Russian chess player who was the women’s world champion (1956–58). In 1936 Rubtsova graduated as an engineer from Bauman Moscow Higher Technical School (now Bauman Moscow State Technical University). By then she had already established herself as a premiere chess player by winning the first U.S.S.R. Women’s Championship in 1927. She also won that championship in 1931, 1937, and 1949. (During...