1978 Women's World Chess Championship

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At the 1978 women's chess world championship, Georgian Nona Gaprindashvili ended after 16 years . In the World Cup match she lost to Maia Chiburdanidze, who was also from Georgia .

Interzonal tournaments

For the first time, two interzonal tournaments were planned with 14 and 12 participants respectively, who had previously qualified at regional tournaments. From each of these tournaments, three players reached the candidate competitions.

Candidates tournament

The Candidates Tournament was held for the first time with eight players and was therefore expanded to include a quarter-finals. In addition to the six qualifiers from the interzonal tournaments, Nana Alexandria and Irina Levitina were the two finalists of the previous World Cup cycle.

Quarter-finals Lematschko - Akhmilovskaya, May / June 1977 in Sofia
1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 Points
Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Tatiana Lematschko ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 5½
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Elena Akmilovskaya ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 6½
Quarter-finals Levitina - Kuschnir, May / June 1977 in Dortmund
1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 Points
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Irina Levitina 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 3
IsraelIsrael Alla Kuschnir 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 0 1 6th
Quarter-finals Koslowskaya - Fatalibekova, April / May 1977 in Sochi
1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th Points
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Valentina Kozlovskaya 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 2
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Elena Fatalibekova 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 6th
Quarter-finals Chiburdanidze - Alexandria, April / May 1977 in Tbilisi
1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 Points
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Maia Chiburdanidze ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Nana Alexandria ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 4½
Semi-finals Akmilovskaya - Chiburdanidze, September / October 1977 in Tallinn
1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 Points
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Elena Akmilovskaya 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 5½
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Maia Chiburdanidze 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 6½
Semi-finals Kuschnir - Fatalibekowa, September / October 1977 in West Berlin
1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 Points
IsraelIsrael Alla Kuschnir 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 6½
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Elena Fatalibekova 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 3½
Candidate finals Kuschnir - Tschiburdanidze, January 1978 in Bad Kissingen
1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th Points
IsraelIsrael Alla Kuschnir ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 6½
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Maia Chiburdanidze ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 7½

World championship fight

The world championship match was held from August 18 to October 5, 1978 in Pizunda . Main judge was Jaroslav Šajtar from Czechoslovakia . The challenger Maia Tschiburdanidze could confidently prevail against world champion Nona Gaprindashvili.

1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th Points
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Maia Chiburdanidze ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 8½
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Nona Gaprindashvili ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 6½

Web links

Women's World Chess Championships


Duels

1927 , 1930 , 1931 , 1933 , 1935 , 1937 (duel) , 1937 (tournament) , 1939 ( Menchik ) • 1949/50 ( Rudenko ) • 1953 ( Bykowa ) • 1956 ( Rubzowa ) • 1958 , 1959 ( Bykowa ) • 1962 , 1965 , 1969 , 1972 , 1975 ( Gaprindashvili ) • 1978 , 1981 , 1984 , 1986 , 1988 ( Chiburdanidze ) • 1991 , 1993 ( Xie Jun ) • 1996 ( Zsuzsa Polgár ) • 1999 ( Xie Jun )

Knockout tournaments

2000 ( Xie Jun ) • 2001 ( Zhu Chen ) • 2004 ( Stefanowa ) • 2006 ( Xu Yuhua ) • 2008 ( Kostenjuk ) • 2010 ( Hou Yifan )

alternating

2011 ( Hou Yifan ) • 2012 ( Uschenina ) • 2013 ( Hou Yifan ) • 2015 ( Marija Musytschuk ) • 2016 ( Hou Yifan ) • 2017 ( Tan Zhongyi ) • 2018 (duel) , 2018 (knockout tournament) ( Ju Wenjun )

Duels

2020 ( Ju Wenjun ) • 2022