Alla Kushnir

Alla Kushnir
Kushnir (1973)
Full nameAlla Shulimovna Kushnir
Country Soviet Union
 Israel
Born(1941-08-11)11 August 1941
Moscow, Russia SSR, Soviet Union
Died2 August 2013(2013-08-02) (aged 71)
Tel Aviv, Israel
TitleWoman Grandmaster (1976)
Peak rating2430 (January 1990)

Alla Shulimovna Kushnir (Hebrew: אלה שולימובנה קושניר; Russian: Алла Шулимовна Кушнир; 11 August 1941 – 2 August 2013) was a Soviet-born Israeli chess player. She was awarded the FIDE titles of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1962 and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1976.[1] In 2017, she was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame.[2]

  1. ^ Alla Kushnir rating card at FIDE (archived)
  2. ^ "Alla Kushnir". World Chess Hall of Fame. 23 March 2017.