Irina Levitina

Irina Solomonovna Levitina (born June 8, 1954) is a former Soviet and current American chess and bridge player.

In chess, she has been a World Championship Candidate in 1984 and gained the title Woman Grandmaster.

In 1983, she beat Nona Gaprindashvili 6 : 4 in Lvov (quarterfinal), and Alexandria 7,5 : 6,5 in Dubna (semifinal).

In 1984, she beat Lidia Semenova 7 : 5 in Sochi (final) and became World Women's Championship Challenger.

Levitina lost to Maia Chiburdanidze 5½ : 8½ in a title match at Volgograd 1984.

Irina Solomonovna Levitina at the 10th World Bridge Championships, Lille, France, 1998.