1988 Women's World Chess Championship
At the 1988 Women's World Chess Championship , Georgian Maia Chiburdanidze successfully defended her title against Nana Iosseliani .
Interzonal tournaments
At the interzonal tournaments in 1987, 16 and 18 players, respectively, who had previously qualified in zone tournaments on a regional scale, competed. From each of these tournaments three players qualified for the candidates tournament.
Candidates tournament
The Candidates Tournament was again played as a round-robin tournament, with each player twice against each other. In addition to the six players from the interzonal tournaments, there were two finalists from the previous candidate tournament. The tournament took place in January 1988 in Zqaltubo . Again Litinskaja played a strong first round (unbeaten with 5½ points from 7 rounds), but fell clearly from the second half of the season as in 1986 (four defeats). While Achmylowskaja played evenly, Iosseliani only gave a single draw in the second round.
| Pl. | Surname | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
 Nana Iosseliani
|
½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 2. |
Elena Akmilovskaya
|
½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 10 | ||
| 3. |
Irina Levitina
|
1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 8th | ||
| 4th |
Marta Litinskaya
|
½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8th | ||
| 5. |
Nana Alexandria
|
1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 6½ | ||
| 6th |
 Agnieszka Brustman
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5½ | ||
| 7th |
Nona Gaprindashvili
|
½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4½ | ||
| 8th. |
Ketewan Arachamia
|
0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 3½ | ||
Playoff
The subsequent playoff between the two winners with equal points was scheduled for six games. A 3: 3 draw should be enough for Iosseliani, as she had the better Sonneborn-Berger rating in the main tournament. After their opening win and four draws, the competition could be ended after five games.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Nana Iosseliani
|
1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3 |
|
Elena Akmilovskaya
|
0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 2 |
World championship fight
The world championship match was held from September 19 to November 4, 1988 in Telavi . Main judge was Jaroslav Šajtar from Czechoslovakia . Maia Chiburdanidze won by a narrow margin and remained world champion for another three years.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Maia Chiburdanidze
|
½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 8½ |
|
Nana Iosseliani
|
½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 7½ |
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The detailed information on the candidate tournament was taken from the magazine "Schach", issue 5/1988.
