Maia Chiburdanidze
Georgian chess grandmaster (born 1961) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maia Chiburdanidze (Georgian: მაია ჩიბურდანიძე; born 17 January 1961) 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.[1]
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Maia Chiburdanidze მაია ჩიბურდანიძე | |
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Country | Soviet Union → Georgia |
Born | (1961-01-17) 17 January 1961 (age 63) Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
Title | Grandmaster (1984) |
Women's World Champion | 1978–1991 |
FIDE rating | 2500 (May 2024) [inactive] |
Peak rating | 2560 (January 1988) |
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