Rita Gramignani (born 12 October 1943) is an Italian

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player. She is a nine-time winner the Italian Women's Chess Championship (1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992).

Biography

From the 1970s to the 1990s, Rita Gramignani was one of the leading Italian women's chess players. She nine times won the Italian Women's Chess Championships in 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1992. Only Stefano Tatai between Italian chess players has more victories in Italian Chess Championship - 12. In 1976, Rita Gramignani participated at Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in

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and ranked 14th place. Rita Gramignani played for Italy in the

Women's Chess Olympiad The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE (the International Chess Federation) since 1957 (every two years since 1972), where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympia ...

s: * In 1976, at first board in the 7th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+4, =5, -2), * In 1980, at second board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+3, =2, -3), * In 1984, at second board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+3, =6, -2), * In 1988, at first board in the 28th Chess Olympiad (women) in

(+5, =3, -2), * In 1990, at second board in the 29th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+7, =2, -3), * In 1994, at first reserve board in the 31st Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+2, =4, -4), * In 1996, at first board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+3, =3, -3). In 2000, she received the AMIS (Associazione Maestri Italiani di Scacchi)

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award - ''A life for chess''. In 2016, mayor of La Spezia

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gave Rita Gramignani a parchment in recognition of the very high results achieved.

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chess games at 365Chess.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Gramignani, Rita 1943 births People from La Spezia Italian female chess players Italian chess players Chess Olympiad competitors Living people Sportspeople from the Province of La Spezia 20th-century Italian sportswomen