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During her illustrious career, WGM Valentina M Borisenko-Belova (1/28/1920-3/6/1993) won the Women’s Soviet Championship five times (a record she shares with Nona Gaprindashvili.) Zara Nakhimovskaya was a formidable chess player who won the Latvian Chess Championship for Women four times. In our feature position, Valentina M Borisenko-Belova is playing with the white pieces against Zara Nakhimovskaya during the 6th Soviet Team Cup. By the 37th move, Valentina has her pieces ideally placed for an assault on black’s king. What follows is a beautiful mating combination worthy of admiration.
