Aino Kukk, Estonian chess player and engineer (b. 1930)
Aino Kukk (née Prits, 10 September 1930 in Raasiku Parish, Estonia – 7 November 2006) was an Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Women's Chess Championship in 1955.
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