Career
She was awarded the title of Woman International Master in 1950, International Master in 1953, and Woman Grandmaster in 1976. Elisaveta Ivanovna Bykova was born in 1913 in Bogolyubovo (Vladimir Oblast) to a peasant family. She worked as an engineer in a large Moscow printing house, and was also an author and columnist about chess in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Passionate about women's chess, Bykova also wrote three books about Vera Menchik, Soviet women chess players, and the Women's World Championship.
She also promoted chess through lectures and the organization of tournaments.