Maia Chiburdanidze

Maia Chiburdanidze, Heraklion 2007
Association	Georgia
Born	January 17, 1961 Kutaisi
title	International Master of Women (1974) Grand Master of Women (1977) International Master (1978) Grand Master (1984)
world champion	1978 to 1991
Current  Elo rating	2500 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2560 (January 1988)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Maia Chiburdanidze ( Georgia მაია ჩიბურდანიძე , Russian Майя Григорьевна Чибурданидзе , Maja Grigoryevna Tschiburdanidse * 17th January 1961 in Kutaisi , Imereti , then Georgian SSR of the Soviet Union ) is a Georgian chess player and the sixth world chess champion . She started for the USSR until the independence of Georgia in 1991.

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In 1977 Chiburdanidze won the USSR women's championship , at the age of 17 she won the title fight for the women's world chess championship in 1978 in a competition against Nona Gaprindashvili and defended it in 1981 against Nana Alexandria , in 1984 against Irina Levitina , in 1986 against Jelena Achmylowskaya and in 1988 against Nana Iosseliani . In 1991 she finally lost the title to the Chinese Xie Jun . In 1979 she won the 2nd International German Women's Championship in Bad Kissingen .

As the second woman after Gaprindashvili, she achieved the title of Grand Master in 1984 . She is the first woman to win a category IX grandmaster tournament unbeaten: in 1985 in Banja Luka , she won in front of 13 men, including 8 grandmasters.

Her niece Sopio Nikoladze is the international champion of women in chess. In addition to her chess career, Chiburdanidze completed a medical degree and practiced as an ophthalmologist .

National team

Maia Tschiburdanidze, Chess Olympiad 1984 in Thessaloniki

Maia Tschiburdanidze, Chess Olympiad 1980 in Valletta

From 1978 to 2004 she took part in all 14 women's chess Olympiads , the 15th participation followed in 2008 . She always played on the top board (until 1990 the Soviet, then the Georgian team). With the team, Chiburdanidze won in 1978, 1980 , 1982 , 1984 , 1986 , 1992 , 1994 , 1996 and 2008, reached second place in 1988 , 1990 and 2000, and third place in 1998 . In the individual evaluation she achieved the best individual result on the top board in 1978, 1980, 1992 and 2008 (in 1992 she received another gold medal for the best Elo performance of all participants), in 1986 and 1998 the second best individual result on the first board (she also achieved the third best Elo performance of all participants) and in 1982, 1994 and 2002 the third best individual result on the top board (in 2002 she also won a bronze medal for the third best Elo performance of all participants).

1997 Chiburdanidze took part with the Georgian women selection in the team world championship . She participated in the women's team championship in 2007 and 2009.

In addition, Chiburdanidze represented Georgia at the European Women's Team Championships in 1997, 2005 and 2007. In 1997 she won with the team and achieved both the best individual result on the top board and the best Elo performance of all participants, in 2005 she reached second place with the team and scored in the individual evaluation, the best Elo performance of all participants and the second-best individual result on the top board.

societies

In the Soviet club championship, Chiburdanidze played on the girls' board in 1974 and 1976, and in 1980 and 1982 on the women's board of Dinamo . At the European Club Cup women she participated six times. In 1995 she won the competition with Merani Tbilisi , from 2006 to 2008 she played for MIKA Yerevan . With Yerevan she won the competition in 2006 and reached third place in 2007, and in 2006 she also achieved the best individual result on the first board. In 2009 and 2010 she played for Samaia Tbilisi , with whom she finished third in 2009.

Game example

Chiburdanidze Short

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

Final position after 28.Bd1

In the following game, Chiburdanidze defeated the Englishman Nigel Short with the white pieces at the Dortmund Chess Festival in 1983 .

Chiburdanidze short 1-0

Dortmund, 1983

Caro-Kann Defense , B16

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nf6 4. Nxf6 + gxf6 5. d4 c6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. c4 e6 9. 0–0 Nd7 10. d5 0–0–0 11. dxe6 Ne5 12.Nd2 Bxe6 13. Da4 Rg8 14. Ne4 Bxc4 15. Bh5 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Nd3 17. Qxa7 De5 18. Be3 Qxe4 19. Qa8 + Kc7 20. Bb6 + Kxb6 21. Qxd8 + Kc5 22. b4 + Kxb4 23.Bf3 Qe5 24. Rb1 + Nb2 25. Qd2 + Ka3 26.Rxb2 b5 27. Rb3 + Ka4 28. Bd1 1: 0

Others

Chiburdanidze is listed as inactive at FIDE, since she has not played an Elo-rated game since a tournament of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2009-2011 held in Doha in February 2011 . In February 2020 she was made an honorary member of FIDE at the FIDE Congress in Abu Dhabi.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2nd International German Women's Championship 1979 in Bad Kissingen on TeleSchess
2. ↑ Maia Tschiburdanidses results at the women's chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
3. ↑ Maia Tschiburdanidses results at team world championships on olimpbase.org (English)
4. ↑ Maia Tschiburdanidses results at the women's team championships on olimpbase.org (English)
5. ↑ Maia Tschiburdanidses results at the European Women's Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
6. ↑ Maia Tschiburdanidses results at Soviet club championships on olimpbase.org (English)
7. ↑ Maia Tschiburdanidses results at European Club Cups for women on olimpbase.org (English)
8. ^ Report from the FIDE Congress in Abu Dhabi.

Web links

Commons : Maia Chiburdanidze  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Replayable chess games by Maia Tschiburdanidze on 365Chess.com (English)