Lyudmila Rudenko
Chess player
Died when: 81 years 220 days (979 months)Star Sign: Leo
Lyudmila Vladimirovna Rudenko (Russian: ?????´?? ?????´??????? ????´???, Ukrainian: ??????? ????????????? ???????; 27 July 1904 – 4 March 1986) was a Soviet chess player and the second women's world chess champion, from 1950 until 1953.
She was awarded the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman International Master (WIM) in 1950, and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1976.
She was the first woman awarded the International Master title.Rudenko was also USSR women's champion in 1952.
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