Ljuba Kristol

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Ljuba Danielovna Kristol (Hebrew: לובה דניאלובנה קריסטול‎; Russian: Любовь Даниэловна Кристол; born May 26, 1944, Leningrad) is a Russian-born Israeli International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster.

She is most famous for winning the ICCF Women's World Championship in correspondence chess two times: between 1978 and 1984, and between 1993 and 1998.

She grew up in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), and since 1976 has lived in Israel. Kristol is the four times OTB women's chess champion of Israel. She took part in four Chess Olympiads, as a member of the Israeli team. In the Olympiad in 1976 (which took place in Haifa), Kristol won with the Israeli team the gold Olympic medal. In 1989 Kristol participated in a zonal tournament in Haifa, and won 1st–2nd place.

Major tournaments that Kristol participated in

Start date	Name of tournament	Site	Board in a group tournament	Place in a personal tournament	Number of games	Category	Result needed for a GM norm	Actual result

1.05.1997	Champion of champions of Israel	[1]	-	1	10	-	-	8
16.10.2003	Semi final of WC number 27	[2]	-	6	12	7	9.5	6
16.10.2004	VI European final	[3]	12	-	13	5	-	5
20.12.2004	NPSF 60 Years GM Jubilee Tournament	[4]	-	5	14	11	9	7.5
10.07.2005	Preliminary of the 17th Olympiad	[5]	5	-	10	4	-	4
15.04.2006	60 Years Anniversary BdF	[6]	-	-	16	-	-	4.5 not ended

Preceded by Lora Jakovleva	Women's World Correspondence Chess Champion 1978–1984	Succeeded by Liudmila Belavenets
Preceded by Liudmila Belavenets	Women's World Correspondence Chess Champion 1993–1998	Succeeded by Alessandra Riegler