Olga Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya

Olga Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya
Full name	Olga Izmajlovna Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya
Country	Soviet Union
Born	9 September 1911 Saint Petersburg
Died	4 November 1970 (aged 59) Leningrad
Title	Woman FIDE Master

Olga Izmajlovna Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya (Russian: Ольга Измайловна Семёнова-Тян-Шанская; 9 September 1911 – 4 November 1970) was a Soviet chess player.

She was born in Saint Petersburg, a niece of the Russian geographer Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky. She learned to play chess at the age of 18; four years later she won the Leningrad city women's chess championship. She played in nine Women's Soviet Championships, winning two (1934 and 1936). In 1937 she took 2nd–3rd place, and in 1953 3rd–5th place.

She died in Leningrad.

References

• Chess Dictionary, Moscow, 1964, p. 333
• Soviet Encyclopedia: Chess, Moscow, 1990, p. 354 ISBN 5-85270-005-3