On this day in 1904, Lyudmila Rudenko, one of the world’s most influential chess players, was born in Lubny, Ukraine. Today’s doodle draws artistic inspiration from 1960s graphic art and posters—reimagines a focused Rudenko’s determination during the world championship game. It was there that she began training under master chess player Peter Romanovsky, and took the Leningrad women’s championship on three occasions. In 1950, she became the second woman ever to win the Woman’s World Chess Championship, holding the title until 1953. In 2015, the chess master was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame.

Source: The Guardian July 27, 2018 14:15 UTC