Tusi se faʻaauau mo lenei palakalafa - Rubtsova manumalo i le Soviet Women's Championship fa taimi (1927, 1931, 1937 ma 1948). Na avea o ia ma lona lua i le Women's World Chess Championship 1949<unk>50
, e tasi le togi i tua atu o Lyudmila Rudenko. Na manumalo o ia i le taʻamilosaga i le 1956, ma manumalo ai i luma o Rudenko ma Elisaveta Bykova i se tauvaga. Na faiaʻina e Rubtsova ia Bykova i se fusuaga i le 1958.