Alla Kushnir

Alla Kushnir
אלה קושניר
Kushnir (1973)
Full nameAlla Shulimovna Kushnir
Country Soviet Union
 Israel
Born(1941-08-11)11 August 1941
Moscow, Russia SSR, Soviet Union
Died2 August 2013(2013-08-02) (aged 71)
Tel Aviv, Israel
TitleWoman Grandmaster (1976)
Peak rating2430 (January 1990)

Alla Shulimovna Kushnir (Hebrew: אלה שולימובנה קושניר; Russian: Алла Шулимовна Кушнир; 11 August 1941 – 2 August 2013) was a Soviet-born Israeli chess player. She was awarded the FIDE titles of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1962 and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1976. In 2017, she was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame.