Career
Olga Ignatieva participated in Women"s Soviet Championship 17 times. Her best results: 1945 – 5th–6th, 1947 – 4th, 1951 – 2nd, 1956 – 5th, 1957 – 5th – 7th places. She was one of the leading Soviet Women players in the 1950s and shared 2nd place in the Women"s Candidates tournament in 1952.
But in following Women"s Candidates tournament in 1955 she was only 10th.
Ignatieva"s Woman International Master title was awarded in 1952 and her Woman Grandmaster title in 1978. She also became an International Arbiter in 1972.