lea nudelman participated in the soviet union youth chess championship, where achieved the best result in 1972 in chernihiv, when taken the 7th place. she played for ukraine in the championship of the ussr team juniors and twice won - in 1970 in nevinnomyssk and in 1972 in kiev. in 1971 lea nudelman won the crimean oblast women's chess championship. she also is ukrainian women's correspondence chess championship winner (1968-1970).