In memory of
Elena Akhmilovskaya
11 March 1957 — 18 November 2012
San Petersburgo · Seattle
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Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya was a Soviet-born American chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster by FIDE in 1977. She won the Women Candidates' tournament in 1986 and later in the same year played a match against Maia Chiburdanidze in Sofia for the Women's World Championship title, but lost by 8½–5½.
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