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Women's World Chess Championship 1988
The 1988 Women's World Chess Championship was won by Maia Chiburdanidze, who successfully defended her title against challenger Nana Ioseliani Nana Ioseliani ( ka, ნანა იოსელიანი; born 12 February 1962) is a Georgian chess player. She was awarded by FIDE the Woman Grandmaster title in 1980 and the International Master title in 1993. Already in 1978 she was su .... 1987 Interzonals As part of the qualification process, two Interzonal tournaments were held in the summer of 1987, one in Smederevska Palanka in July and the other in Tuzla in July and August, featuring the best players from each FIDE zone. A total of 34 players took part, with the top three from each Interzonal qualifying for the Candidates Tournament. Litinskaya-Shul won in Smederevska Palanka, while three players shared second place. They then contested a playoff in Tbilisi in September, which was won by ex-champion Gaprindashvili (3/4 points) ahead of ex-challenger Levitina (2½/4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's World Chess Championship
The Women's World Chess Championship (WWCC) is played to determine the world champion in women's chess. Like the World Chess Championship, it is administered by FIDE. Unlike with most sports recognized by the International Olympic Committee, where competition is either "mixed" (containing everyone) or split into men and women, in chess women are both allowed to compete in the "open" division (including the World Chess Championship) yet also have a separate Women's Championship (only open to women). History Era of Menchik The Women's World Championship was established by FIDE in 1927 as a single tournament held alongside the Chess Olympiad. The winner of that tournament, Vera Menchik, did not have any special rights as the men's champion did—instead she had to defend her title by playing as many games as all the challengers. She did this successfully in every other championship in her lifetime (1930, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937 and 1939). Dominance of the Soviet Union players (195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Yangfeng
An Yangfeng (; born 1 September 1963) is a Chinese chess player, who holds the title Woman International Master. She competed in two Women's Interzonal tournaments, at Women's World Chess Championship 1986#1985 Interzonals, Havana in 1985 and at Women's World Chess Championship 1988#1987 Interzonals, Smederevska Palanka in 1987. An was a member of the China national chess team results, Chinese national team at the Women's Chess Olympiad four times in 1980−1986. She played a total of 53 games scoring 28 wins, 13 draws, and 12 losses. An Yangfeng plays for the Guangdong chess club in the China Chess League (CCL). See also *Chess in China References External links * * * * 1963 births Living people Chinese chess players Chinese female chess players Chess Woman International Masters Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Chinese women 20th-century Chinese people Chess Olympiad competitors {{PRChina-chess-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetlana Matveeva
Svetlana Vladislavovna Matveeva (russian: Светлана Владиславовна Матвеева; born 4 July 1969) is a Russian chess player holding the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. In 1984, she tied for first with Anna Akhsharumova in the Women's Soviet Chess Championship. Matveeva won it again in 1991. Matveeva won the European Junior Girls Chess Championship in 1989. She played for Kyrgyzstan at the 1992 Women's Chess Olympiad and represented Russia in five Women's Chess Olympiads, from 1994 to 2002, and in two Women's European Team Chess Championships, in 1997 and 2003. At the Women's Chess Olympiads she won two team bronze medals, in 1996 and 2000, two team silver medals, in 1998 and 2002, and an individual bronze for her performance on board two in 2002. In the 2003 European Women's Team Chess Championship in Plovdiv, Matveeva took team bronze and two individual gold medals, for the best rating performance (2720) and for the best perfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mária Ivánka
Mária Ivánka (born 23 February 1950), also known as Mária Ivánka-Budinsky, is a Hungarian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Ivánka was born in Budapest and played chess at ten years old for the first time and by the age of eleven won her very first chess tournament, the Championship for elementary school girls of Budapest. At the age of 17, in 1967 she won her first national title, the Hungarian Women Chess Championship. She would go on to win the national title a total of nine times. At the Chess Olympiads between 1969 and 1986 she collected six medals. She earned the title of Woman Grandmaster in 1978. In the seventies, during the Soviet-dominant chess era, she ranked as one of the world's top players. She defeated the reigning world champion, Nona Gaprindashvili twice in international tournaments. Beside her chess career, together with her husband and coach András Budinszky, she has raised three children. Her brother was actor and dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Høiberg
Nina Høiberg (born 17 February 1956) is a Danish chess player and Woman International Master (WIM, 1985). She is an eight-times winner of the Danish Women's Chess Championship. Biography From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s, Nina Høiberg was the leading female chess-player in Denmark. Eight times she won the Danish Women's Chess Championships: 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1991, 1992, and 1993. Nina Høiberg three times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments: * In 1985, at Interzonal Tournament in Zheleznovodsk ranked 9th place; * In 1987, at Interzonal Tournament in Tuzla shared 6th-7th place with Zsuzsa Verőci; * In 1990, at Interzonal Tournament in Genting Highlands shared 9th-10th place with Nana Alexandria. Nina Høiberg played for Denmark in the Women's Chess Olympiads: * In 1976, at first board in the 7th Chess Olympiad (women) in Haifa (+3, =3, -6), * In 1978, at first board in the 8th Chess Olympiad (women) in Buenos Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulnar Sachs
Gulnara Sachs ( Gulnara Bayakhmetovna Sakhatova, russian: Гульнара Баяхметовна Сахатова, born 24 April 1963) is a Kazakhstan-born English chess player. She received the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1985. Biography She is the older sister of WGM Elvira Berend (née Sakhatova). From 1984 to 1989, Sachs participated six times in the USSR Women's Chess Championship finals, with the best result in 1985, when she ranked 5th place. In 1986, she won the Soviet Armed Forces Women's Chess Championship. In the same year she won the international women's chess tournament in Tallinn, ahead of the leading Estonian chess players Tatyana Fomina and Maaja Ranniku. In 1985, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title. Sachs two times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments: * In 1985, at Interzonal Tournament in Havana shared 6th-7th place with Zsuzsa Verőci; * In 1987, at Interzonal Tournam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Brustman
Agnieszka Brustman (born 31 July 1962) is a Polish chess player holding the title of woman grandmaster. She has been the Polish women's champion four times and competed in the Candidates' tournament for the Women's World Championship twice. Biography Brustman was born in Warsaw. She played on the Polish team in nine Women's Chess Olympiads (1980–96). Her best result was in the 1980 Olympiad (Valletta), when she scored 8 points out of 11, winning the individual silver medal on board four and the team bronze medal. She was European junior girls' champion in 1980 and world junior girls' champion in 1982. Brustman competed in the Women's World Championship Candidates' tournament twice, at Malmö 1986 and Chaltubo 1988. Brustman won the Polish women's championship four times, in 1982, 1984, 1987, and 1996. FIDE awarded her the Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1982, and the Woman Grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lidia Semenova
Lidia Kostjantynivna Semenova (born November 22, 1951) is a Ukrainian chess player, who holds the title of woman grandmaster. Career In 1978, Semenova won Women's Soviet Chess Championship. In 1981, she tied for 1st–4th in Leningrad (zonal). In 1982, she took 2nd in Bad Kissingen (interzonal; Nona Gaprindashvili won). In 1983, she beat Margareta Muresan 5½–4½ in Bad Kissingen (quarter-final match), and beat Nana Ioseliani 5½–4½ in Sochi (semi-final match). In 1984, Semenova lost in her bid for the Women's World Championship to Irina Levitina 5–7 in Sochi (final match). Semenova won three gold medals at the Women's Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki 1984 (team, individual on board four and rating performance). In 1986, she tied for 4th–5th places in the Women's Candidates Tournament in Malmö, won by Elena Akhmilovskaya. In 1987, she tied for 3rd–4th in Tuzla (interzonal; Nana Ioseliani won), and lost a play-off match to Agnieszka Brustman 1–4. She tied for 12–18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (née Arakhamia) is a Georgian (former Soviet Union)-born Scottish Grandmaster of chess. Chess career In 1985, she won the World Junior Chess Championship for Girls, held in Dobrna (and taking silver in Adelaide three years later). Very soon thereafter, she fulfilled the criteria for the Woman International Master title and this was awarded in 1986. Encouraged by these early successes, she quickly developed aspirations to become a Women's World Championship contender and in the course of the qualification cycles of the late eighties and early nineties, proved that she had the ability to compete at the top level. Second place behind Nana Ioseliani in her first Interzonal at Tuzla 1987 was an inspirational start, but she won the 1993 event in Jakarta and the 1995 event in Kishinev. Her performances in the respective Candidates Tournaments ruled out an opportunity to play for the world title. She won the Women's Soviet Chess Championship in 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Nyberg
Christina Nyberg (born 8 February 1962), is a Swedish chess player. Biography In 1980s, Christina Nyberg was one of the leading Swedish chess players. In 1987, she won second place behind Nina Høiberg in Women's World Chess Championship Zonal Tournament. In 1987, she participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Smederevska Palanka and ranked 16th place. Christina Nyberg played for Sweden in the Women's Chess Olympiads: * In 1980, at third board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in Valletta (+6, =2, -3), * In 1982, at first reserve board in the 10th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lucerne Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking po ... (+0, =1, -4), * In 1990, at third board in the 29th Chess Olympiad (women) in Novi Sad (+2, =3, -5), * In 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joara Chaves
Joara Chaves (born 22 March 1962) is a Brazilian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1985). She is a four-time Brazilian Women's Chess Championship winner. Biography Chaves is the younger sister of Brazilian chess master Jussara Chaves. From the early 1980s until the end of the 2000s, she was one of the leading Brazilian chess players. She has participated in many Brazilian Women's Chess Championships where she won four gold (1991, 1998, 2002, 2008) and six silver (1984, 1985, 1988, 1993, 1997, 1999) medals. In 1987, she participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Smederevska Palanka and ranked 15th place. She has represented Brazil in numerous Women's Chess Olympiads: * In 1982, at third board in the 10th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lucerne (+6, =2, -4), * In 1984, at second board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+3, =5, -6), * In 1986, at first reserve board in the 27th Chess Olympiad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
