Liudmila Belavenets

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Sergeyevna and the family name is Belavenets.

Liudmila Sergeyevna Belavenets (Russian: Людмила Сергеевна Белавенец; also transliterated Lyudmila Sergeevna Belavenets; 7 June 1940 – 7 November 2021) was a Russian chess player.

Liudmila Belavenets
Belavenets in 2011
Full name	Liudmila Sergeyevna Belavenets
Country	Russia
Born	7 June 1940 (1940-06-07) Moscow, Russia
Died	7 November 2021 (2021-11-08) (aged 81) Moscow, Russia
Title	FIDE Woman Intl. Master (1977) ICCF Lady Grandmaster (1991)
ICCF World Champion	1984–1992 (women)
Peak rating	2210 (January 1990)
ICCF peak rating	2213 (July 1994)

Biography

Born in Moscow, she was the daughter of Russian chess master Sergey Belavenets.

In correspondence chess, Belavenets was the fourth women's world champion (1984–1992)^[1] and was awarded the titles of Lady Grandmaster and International Master in 1991.^[2] In over-the-board chess, she won the Women's Soviet Chess Championship in 1975 and was awarded the title of Woman International Master by FIDE in 1977.^[3] In 2010, she was awarded also the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.

Death

Belavenets died from COVID-19 in Moscow on 7 November 2021, at age 81, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.^[4]