1986 Women's World Chess Championship
At the 1986 Women's World Chess Championship , Georgian Maia Tschiburdanidze successfully defended her title against Jelena Akhmilovskaya .
Interzonal tournaments
At the 1985 interzonal tournaments, 14 and 16 players, respectively, who had previously qualified at regional tournaments, competed. From each of these tournaments three players qualified for the candidates tournament.
Candidates tournament
In contrast to the five previous World Cup cycles, the Candidates Tournament was once again held as a round-robin tournament, with each player having to compete twice against each other. In addition to the six players from the interzonal tournaments, there were two finalists from the previous candidate tournament. Jelena Achmilowskaja prevailed, although she was defeated in the direct duels against the runners-up. Litinskaya, who was leading with 6 points from 7 rounds after the first round, only got two points in the second half. The tournament took place in Malmö in February 1986 .
| Pl. | Surname | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
 Elena Akmilovskaya
|
0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9½ | ||
| 2. |
Nana Alexandria
|
1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 3. |
Marta Litinskaya
|
½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8th | ||
| 4th |
 Pia Cramling
|
0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 7th | ||
| 5. |
Lydyja Semenova
|
0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 7th | ||
| 6th |
 Agnieszka Brustman
|
0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6½ | ||
| 7th |
Irina Levitina
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 6th | ||
| 8th. |
 Wu Mingqian
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 3 | ||
World championship fight
The world championship match was held in Sofia and Borjomi . The main referee was Rudolf Marić from Yugoslavia , supported by Georgi Todorow ( Bulgaria ). The first games were played from September 2nd to 25th in the Bulgarian capital. After a one-week break, the competition continued on October 2nd in the Georgian spa town, where the last game was played on October 18th. Maia Chiburdanidze won safely and remained world champion for another two years.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Maia Chiburdanidze
|
1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 8½ |
|
Elena Akmilovskaya
|
0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5½ |
