Background
She is the daughter of fourth Women"s World Chess Champion Olga Rubtsova.
She is the daughter of fourth Women"s World Chess Champion Olga Rubtsova.
Her first great success is the shared victory of the Soviet Junior Girls" Chess Championship in 1963. She was awarded the title of Woman International Master in 1970. Fatalibekova successfully playing in the Women"s ship 1978.
Fatalibekova was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster in 1977.
Later in the Women"s ship this success is no longer able to replicate. Fatalibekova placed 6th in 1979 Women"s Interzonal in Alicante and 8th in 1982 Women"s Interzonal in Bad Kissingen.
In 1970 Fatalibekova placed second in a women"s international tournament at Tbilisi and the next year won international tournament in Chelyabinsk. In 1974 Fatalibekova won the Women"s Soviet Chess Championship. In 1976 she won Tbilisi Women"s Interzonal (ahead Maia Chiburdanidze). In 1977 the first round knock-out series of matches Fatalibekova won Valentina Kozlovskaya in Sochi - 6: 2 (+4 −0 =4) but in semifinals lost Alla Kushnir in West Berlin - 3½: 6½ (+2 −5 =3). Fatalibekova is three time winner of the Women"s World Senior Chess Championship (2000, 2001, 2004) and two time winner of the Women"s European Senior Chess Championship (2007, 2008).
