Elena Fatalibekova

Elena Abramovna Fatalibekova (Russian: Елена Абрамовна Фаталибекова; née Rubtsova; born 4 October 1947, in Moscow) is a Russian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) since 1977.

Her first great success was the shared victory of the Soviet Junior Girls' Chess Championship in 1963.

In 1976 she won the Tbilisi Women's Interzonal (ahead of Maia Chiburdanidze).

[2] In 1977 in the first round of the knock-out series of matches Fatalibekova won against Valentina Kozlovskaya in Sochi - 6 : 2 (+4 −0 =4) but in the semifinals lost to Alla Kushnir in West Berlin - 3½ : 6½ (+2 −5 =3).

[5] In 1994, Fatalibekova competed at the 31st Chess Olympiad for the Russian women's team, which also included Irina Kulish, Galina Strutinskaya, and Tatiana Roschina.