Lidia Semenova

Lidia Kostjantynivna Semenova (born November 22, 1951) is a Ukrainian chess woman grandmaster.

Lidia Semenova
Interzonal Tournament in Bad Kissingen 1982
Full nameЛидия Семёнова
CountrySoviet Union
Ukraine
Born (1951-11-22) November 22, 1951
Kiev, Soviet Union
TitleWoman Grandmaster
FIDE rating2209 (March 2015)

Career

In 1978, she won Women's Soviet Chess Championship. In 1981, she tied for 1st–4th in Leningrad (zonal). In 1982, she took 2nd in Bad Kissingen (interzonal; Nona Gaprindashvili won). In 1983, she beat Margareta Muresan 5,5 : 4,5 in Bad Kissingen (quarter-final match), and beat Nana Ioseliani 5,5 : 4,5 in Sochi (semi-final match). In 1984, Semenova lost in her bid for the Women's World Championship to Irina Levitina 5 : 7 in Sochi (final match).

Semenova won three gold medals at the Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki 1984 (team, individual at fourth board and individual rating).[1]

In 1986, she tied for 4–5th in Malmo (Candidates Tournament; Elena Akhmilovskaya won). In 1987, she tied for 3rd–4th in Tuzla (interzonal; Nana Ioseliani won), and lost a play-off match to Agnieszka Brustman 1 : 4. She tied for 12–18th at Jakarta 1993 (interzonal; Ketevan Arakhamia won), and 10–16th at Kishinev 1995 (interzonal; Arakhamia won).[2]

Semenova was awarded the WGM title in 1982.

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