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Lyudmila Rudenko
L Rudenko 
 

Number of games in database: 58
Years covered: 1928 to 1962
Overall record: +21 -25 =12 (46.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (5) 
    C90 C68 C61 C70 C95
 Queen's Pawn Game (4) 
    D05 D02 D04 D00
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (4) 
    B73 B56 B68 B28
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   L Rudenko vs R M Bruce, 1946 1-0
   M T Mora Iturralde vs L Rudenko, 1950 0-1
   L Rudenko vs E Bykova, 1949 1-0
   L Rudenko vs F Heemskerk, 1949 1-0
   M Karff vs L Rudenko, 1950 0-1
   L Rudenko vs O Rubtsova, 1950 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Great Britain - Soviet Union Radio Match (1946)
   2nd Soviet Team Cup (1954)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   0 -- 000 temp 49/50 WWCC by crawfb5
   1949-50 World (women) chess championship by gauer


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LYUDMILA RUDENKO
(born Jul-27-1904, died Feb-26-1986, 81 years old) Russia
PRONUNCIATION:
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Lyudmila Vladimirovna Rudenko was born in Lubny*. Awarded the IM title and WIM title in 1950 and the WGM title in 1976, she was the 2nd Women's World Champion 1950-53. Early on, Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky coached her - followed by Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush and Grigory Levenfish after the war. She was also USSR Women's Champion in 1952. Rudenko died in 1986 (on the 26th of February, according to Russian Wikipedia).

*Wikipedia article: Lubny

Wikipedia article: Lyudmila Rudenko


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 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 58  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. L Rudenko vs M I Skvortsova  1-03719282nd Moscow Women's ChD00 Queen's Pawn Game
2. R M Bruce vs L Rudenko 0-1301946Great Britain - Soviet Union Radio MatchE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
3. L Rudenko vs R M Bruce 1-0281946Great Britain - Soviet Union Radio MatchB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
4. G Gresser vs L Rudenko 1-0411949World Championship (Women) 1949/50C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
5. L Rudenko vs E Bykova 1-0481949World Championship (Women) 1949/50E01 Catalan, Closed
6. E Keller-Herrmann vs L Rudenko ½-½441949World Championship (Women) 1949/50E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
7. L Rudenko vs F Heemskerk 1-0721949World Championship (Women) 1949/50E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
8. I Larsen vs L Rudenko  ½-½301949World Championship (Women) 1949/50E20 Nimzo-Indian
9. L Rudenko vs J Langos 1-0531949World Championship (Women) 1949/50D04 Queen's Pawn Game
10. M Karff vs L Rudenko 0-1341950World Championship (Women) 1949/50E17 Queen's Indian
11. L Rudenko vs V Borisenko  ½-½311950World Championship (Women) 1949/50C70 Ruy Lopez
12. E Tranmer vs L Rudenko ½-½641950World Championship (Women) 1949/50C41 Philidor Defense
13. M T Mora Iturralde vs L Rudenko 0-1361950World Championship (Women) 1949/50C41 Philidor Defense
14. L Rudenko vs O Rubtsova 1-0581950World Championship (Women) 1949/50A22 English
15. N Hruskova-Belska vs L Rudenko 0-1491950World Championship (Women) 1949/50C41 Philidor Defense
16. L Rudenko vs C Benini 1-0511950World Championship (Women) 1949/50D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted
17. R Hermanowa vs L Rudenko 0-1361950World Championship (Women) 1949/50E17 Queen's Indian
18. L Rudenko vs C Chaude de Silans  ½-½271950World Championship (Women) 1949/50C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
19. L Rudenko vs J Gurfinkel  0-1341950Chigorin Team CupD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
20. L Rudenko vs E Bykova  1-0461953World Championship (Women)D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
21. E Bykova vs L Rudenko  1-0401953World Championship (Women)A07 King's Indian Attack
22. L Rudenko vs E Bykova  0-1861953World Championship (Women)E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
23. L Rudenko vs E Bykova  0-1331953World Championship (Women)D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation)
24. E Bykova vs L Rudenko  1-0441953World Championship (Women)A07 King's Indian Attack
25. L Rudenko vs E Bykova  1-0311953World Championship (Women)C02 French, Advance
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Jun-27-03
Premium Chessgames Member
  Honza Cervenka: Lyudmila Rudenko
Mar-05-06  BIDMONFA: Lyudmila Rudenko

RUDENKO, Ludmila
Died 5 march 1986
http://www.bidmonfa.com/rudenko_lud...
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Jul-06-08  JonDSouzaEva: Interesting article about this former World Champion here: http://www.e3e5.com/article.php?id=...
Dec-29-10  kingfu: I have gone over some of her games.

Like Sundance said to Butch,

"She is very good!"

I just wish she could have played Botvinnik or Smyslov.

What difference does it make what is in your pants?

Let's play Chess!

Mar-18-11  BLarsen1967: a nice rare photo here (at least I'd never seen this one before),2 legends,Lyudmila R. (to the right) with Chaude de Silans,1950 http://heritageechecsfra.free.fr/im...
Feb-28-13
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  Tabanus: The 1954 games is not her but rather the not yet listed Olga Rudenko.

http://www.olimpbase.org/1954sc/195...

Feb-28-13  HSOL: I assume the WGM title was introduced in the 70s, because otherwise it seems weird she won the World Championship title but wasn't awarded the WGMs title until 26 years later.
Feb-28-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: <The 1954 games is not her>

Olimpbase may be wrong here? I cannot find any Olga Rudenko elsewhere.

Aug-08-14  dx9293: The article linked by <JonDSouzaEva> is fascinating!
Feb-21-16  sonia91: <Tabanus: Olimpbase may be wrong here?> Most probably <cg.com> is wrong and it's not the first time...

<I cannot find any Olga Rudenko elsewhere> She is not the only soviet player in Olimpbase who cannot be found elsewhere.

Jul-27-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, Champion Rudenko.
Jul-26-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sally Simpson: Google are today celebrating her 114th birthday

This is their logo for today.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content...

Jul-27-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  OhioChessFan: Google's doodle brought me here also, Sally.
Jul-27-18  gregory2188: My wife brought me here! Oh doodle! Lol😄 Cheers everyone!
Jul-27-18  Monocle: Rudenko seems a rather obscure player for this sort of recognition, even in the context of women's chess.
Jul-27-18  TheFocus: Obscure except that she was the Womens' World Champion.
Jul-27-18
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  MissScarlett: Well, off the top of your head, can you name any female pole vault world champion?
Jul-27-18
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  WannaBe: Happy Birthday (114), and congratulation on being today's Google (home page) Doodle!!
Jul-27-18  morfishine: Rudenko's career was interrupted by WWII
Jul-27-18
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  tpstar: <Google's doodle brought me here also> And me also.

Nice graphic.

Jul-27-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  louispaulsen88888888: Never heard of her before today’s Google doodle! That IS a nice graphic.
Jul-27-18  TheFocus: <MissScarlett: Well, off the top of your head, can you name any female pole vault world champion?>

Do women pole vault? Is that a new thing? Is that safe or legal? Are the Asians also competing?

Maybe you meant pole dancing world champion instead? I can name the last three of them - Tiffany, Amber, and Bubbles.

Jul-27-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Nona Gaprindashvili is the first woman to become GM, but Lyudmila Rudenko is the first woman to become IM.

I never heard of her either prior to today. I wondered if it was because she was influential outside of chess, that wanted her to be lost in history.

Jul-27-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  louispaulsen88888888: Ekaterini Stefanidi
Jul-27-18  nok: Isinbayeva

C'mon, that was easy.

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