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Lea Nudelman

Lea Nudelman is an Israeli chess player who won team and individual gold medals for Israel at the 1976 Women's Chess Olympiad in Haifa.

born 19551976 Women's Chess Olympiad gold medalsPlaying for Israel's women's teamSoviet junior chess titles

Born: 11 May 1955, Simferopol
Occupation: chess player

Lea Nudelman was born in 1955 in Simferopol

Lea Nudelman was born on 11 May 1955 in Simferopol, in Crimea, then part of Soviet Ukraine. She trained in chess with Vladimir Alterman.

She won the Ukrainian women's correspondence chess championship in 1968 to 1970 and the Crimean women's championship in 1971. She played for Ukraine in the USSR junior team championship and won it in 1970 and 1972. In 1972 she placed 7th in the Soviet youth championship in Chernihiv.

Later in 1972 she immigrated to Israel with her family and settled in Beersheba. She took part in several Israeli women's championships and played for Israel at the Women's Chess Olympiads of 1974, 1976 and 1980. In 1976 in Haifa she won team and individual gold, and in 1980 in Valletta she won individual bronze.

In recent years she has lived in France and has rarely played in tournaments.

Milestones in Lea Nudelman's life

1955
Born in Simferopol, Crimea.
1971
Won the Crimean women's chess championship.
1972
Immigrated to Israel with her family.
1974
Played second board for Israel at the Women's Chess Olympiad in Medellín.
1976
Won team and individual gold medals at the Women's Chess Olympiad in Haifa.
1980
Won an individual bronze medal at the Women's Chess Olympiad in Valletta.