country death_date death_place birth_place title womensworldchampion birth_date birthname image article_title name
soviet union 4 march 1986 leningrad , soviet union lubny -rrb- , poltava , russian empire -lrb- present-day ukraine international master , woman international master 1950 -- 53 27 july 1904 lyudmila vladimirovna rudenko lyudmila rudenko.jpg lyudmila rudenko
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lyudmila rudenko

lyudmila vladimirovna rudenko -lrb- , ; the transcription of her first name may vary in different sources -- `` liudmila , ljudmila , ludmila ... '' ; 27 july 1904 -- 4 march 1986 -rrb- was a soviet chess player and the second women 's world chess champion from 1950 until 1953 .
she was awarded the fide international master and woman international master titles in 1950 , and the woman grandmaster title in 1976 .
she was the first woman awarded the international master title .
she was ussr women 's champion in 1952 .
born in lubny in the poltava region of ukraine , in the russian empire , her father taught her to play chess at age 10 although at first she was more serious about swimming .
after grammar school , she moved to odessa and took a degree in economics .
rudenko became the odessa swimming champion in the 400m breaststroke .
in 1925 , she was the holder of the title of vice-swimming champion of ukraine -lrb- breaststroke -rrb- .
her professional career would be as an economic planner for the soviet union , and chess would remain a hobby .
