Alla Kushnir | |
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Full name | Alla Shulimovna Kushnir |
Country | Soviet Union Israel |
Born | Moscow, Russia SSR, Soviet Union | 11 August 1941
Died | 2 August 2013 Tel Aviv, Israel | (aged 71)
Title | Woman Grandmaster (1976) |
Peak rating | 2430 (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]