Maia Chiburdanidze
Maia Chiburdanidze is a Georgian chess Grandmaster. She is the sixth Women's World Chess Champion, a title she held from 1978 to 1991, and was the youngest one until 2010, when this record was broken by Hou Yifan. Chiburdanidze is the second woman to be awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE, which took place in 1984. She has played on nine gold-medal-winning teams in the Women's Chess Olympiad.
Tournaments won by Maia Chiburdanidze
| Tournament | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Tallinn Rapid | 2004 | Tallinn (Estonia) |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1988 | 1988 | Telavi (Soviet Union) |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1986 | 1986 | Sofia (People's Republic of Bulgaria) |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1984 | 1984 | Volgograd (Soviet Union) |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1981 | 1981 | Borjomi/Tbilisi (Soviet Union) |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1978 | 1978 | Tbilisi (Soviet Union) |
Photo:
Nationaal Archief
Born: Tuesday, January 17, 1961