Nina Hrušková-Bělská
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Nina Hrušková-Bělská (5 May 1925 – 30 November 2015) was a Czech chess player who held the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1950). She was a five-time winner of the Czechoslovak Women's Chess Championship (1946, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1956).
Biography
From the end of the 1940s to the end of the 1950s, Nina Hrušková-Bělská was one of the leading Czechoslovakian women's chess players. She twice won Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia women's chess championships (1943, 1944). Nina Hrušková-Bělská won the Czechoslovak women's chess championships five times: 1946, 1948, 1952, 1953 and 1956. In 1950, Nina Hrušková-Bělská participated at Women's World Chess Championship in Moscow where shared 12th-14th place. In 1952, she participated at Women's World Chess Championship Candidates Tournament in Moscow where ranked 13th place.
Nina Hrušková-Bělská played for Czechoslovakia in the Women's Chess Olympiad:
- In 1957, at first board in the 1st Chess Olympiad (women) in Emmen (+5, =1, -5).
In 1950, Nina Hrušková-Bělská was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title. In 1956, she was awarded FIDE International Arbitr (IA) title. Nina Hrušková-Bělská was the chief arbiter for the Women's World Chess Championships in 1962, 1965, 1969, and for the Women's World Chess Championship Candidates Tournament in 1962.