Rimma Bilunova | |
Birthname: | Rimma Ivanovna Bilunova |
Country: | Soviet Union Russia |
Birth Date: | 21 August 1940 |
Birth Place: | Kurgan Oblast, RSFSR, USSR |
Death Place: | Moscow, Russia |
Master of Sports of the USSR (1966) Woman International Master (1968) | |
Fideid: | 4109821 |
Rimma Ivanovna Bilunova (ru|Римма Ивановна Билунова; née Kazmina; August 21, 1940 – December 21, 2015) was a Russian chess player who was awarded the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1968, head coach of USSR's women's national team (1983-1988) and Honored coach of the RSFSR.[1] [2] She was twice women's champion of the RSFSR (1966 and 1968) and of the Armed Forces of the USSR (1966 and 1968).[3] In later years, she became a chess administrator and journalist.