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Ljuba Kristol

Ljuba Kristol is a Russian-born Israeli chess player who won the women's world championship in correspondence chess twice.

born 1944Two correspondence chess world titlesIsraeli women's chess championships1976 Olympiad gold medal

Born: 26 May 1944, Saint Petersburg
Occupation: chess player, correspondence chess player

Ljuba Kristol was born in 1944 in Saint Petersburg

Ljuba Kristol was born on May 26, 1944, in Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg. She grew up there and moved to Israel in 1976.

Kristol won the women's world championship in correspondence chess twice. The first title covered the years 1978 to 1984, and the second covered 1993 to 1998. She holds the correspondence title of Lady Grandmaster and the title of Woman International Master.

In over-the-board chess she won the Israeli women's championship several times. She played for Israel in 4 Chess Olympiads and won a gold medal with the Israeli women's team at the 1976 Olympiad in Haifa. In 1989 she shared first place in a zonal tournament in Haifa.

She lives in Mevaseret Zion.