Rakhil Solomonovna Eidelson (born 14 November 1958) is a

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ian

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Woman Grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

. She won the Belarusian Women's Chess Championship ten times (1980, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2003, and 2004). She played for Belarus in the Women's

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in 1994, 1998, 2000, and 2004. She is Belarus' oldest female grandmaster and she still participates actively in chess tournaments in

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and Belarus.

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* * 1958 births Living people Belarusian Jews Belarusian female chess players Belarusian chess players Soviet Jews Soviet female chess players Soviet chess players Jewish chess players Chess Woman Grandmasters Sportspeople from Vitebsk Chess Olympiad competitors {{Belarus-chess-bio-stub