Galina Archakova (Russian: Галина Акимовна Арчакова; born 11 November 1939, Khabarovsk) is a Soviet and Belarusian chess player. She is a nine-time winner the Belarusian Women Chess Championship (1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1972).
| Galina Archakova | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Soviet Union  Belarus |
| Born | 11 November 1939 Khabarovsk, Russia |
Biography
editIn the 1960s Galina Archakova was one of the leading chess players in Belarus. She won Belarusian Women Chess Championship nine times.[1] Three times participated in the finals of the USSR Women's Chess Championship (1962 (December), 1965, 1966), in which the best result was shown in 1966, when she divided the 11-14th place. Six times represented the team of the Byelorussian SSR in the Soviet Team Chess Championship (1958-1963, 1972), in which in 1962 she won the second place in the individual competition, and in 1963 she was third in the team and in the individual competition.[2] In 1969 Galina Archakova awarded the Master of Sports of the USSR title. Now she is also known as a chess trainer and a national category chess arbiter.[3]
In 1961 Galina Archakova graduated from the Belarusian Polytechnic Institute (now the Belarusian National Technical University). From 1963 to 1994, she worked in Minsk at the Central Scientific Research Institute for the Integrated Use of Water Resources, and was a leading researcher.[4] She holds the degree of Candidate of Sciences, and has scientific publications.[5]
References
edit- ^ Рубінчык, Вольф. "Об истории женских шахмат Беларуси - Independent Israeli site". belisrael.info.
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Soviet Team Chess Championship :: Galina Archakova". www.olimpbase.org.
- ^ "События - Открытые шахматы". openchess.by.
- ^ "Арчакова Галина Акимовна - Энциклопедикс". who-is-who.by. Archived from the original on 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
- ^ "Арчакова, Галина Акимовна - Перспективные методы очистки вод в промышленности [Текст] - Search RSL". search.rsl.ru.
External links
edit- Galina Archakova rating card at FIDE
- Galina Archakova player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Galina Archakova chess games at 365Chess.com
