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418:Women's World Chess Champion
386:Women's World Chess Champion
363:player profile and games at
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170:Women's World Chess Champion
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208:(1946, 1947 and 1950).
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824:M. Muzychuk
488:Development
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249:References
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834:Hou Yifan
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763:Kosteniuk
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217:Leningrad
176:in 1950,
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31:Ivanovna
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