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Women's World Chess Championship 1991
The 1991 Women's World Chess Championship was won by Xie Jun, who defeated the incumbent champion Maia Chiburdanidze in the title match. Just as Bobby Fischer ended Soviet domination in the open section in 1972 after 24 years, Xie Jun ended Soviet domination in the women's section after 41 years. 1990 Interzonals As part of the qualification process, two Interzonal tournaments were held in the summer of 1990, one in Azov in June and the other in the Genting Highlands in Malaysia in June and July, featuring the best players from each FIDE zone. A total of 36 players took part, with the top three from each Interzonal qualifying for the Candidates Tournament. Kachiani and Galliamova shared first place in Azov, half a point ahead of Klimova-Richtrova, who also advanced to the Candidates. In Genting, ex-champion Gaprindashvili scored an impressive victory at the age of 49, one point ahead of the almost 30 years younger surprise star Xie, while Marić took the last spot in the Candidat ... [...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 (1950 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Chelushkina
Irina Cheluskina ( sr-cyr, Ирина Чолушкина, Irina Čoluškina; born 1 February 1961 in Kherson) is a Ukrainian and Serbian chess player and a Woman Grandmaster. She has won the USSR Women's Chess Championship once, the Women's Yugoslav Chess Championship three times and the Serbian-Montenegrin championship twice, and the Women's Serbian Chess Championship The Serbian Chess Championship is held by the Serbian Chess Association. The first championships were played in 1935 and until 1991 they were the Yugoslav Chess Championship. In 1992 FR Yugoslavia was formed, which changed its name to Serbia and M ... in 2022. References External links * * * * * 1961 births Living people Serbian female chess players Serbian chess players Ukrainian female chess players Ukrainian chess players Chess Woman Grandmasters Sportspeople from Kherson Naturalized citizens of Serbia {{Serbia-chess-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta Litinskaya-Shul
Marta Ivanivna Litynska ( ua, Марта Іванівна Літинська; russian: Марта Ивановна Литинская, ''Marta Ivanovna Litinskaya''; born 25 March 1949 in Lviv) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Born Marta Shul, she was Women's Soviet Chess Championship, Soviet Women's Champion in 1972, and runner-up in 1971, 1973, and 1974. She also won the Ukrainian Chess Championship, Ukrainian Women's Championship in 1967, 1977 and 1995. She played in the 2nd Interzonal Tournament in Menorca 1973 where tied for 2nd–5th places. In 1974, she lost a semifinal match to Nana Alexandria in Riga. Litinskaya won the World Senior Chess Championship, Women's World Senior Championship in Naumburg 2002. She was awarded the FIDE titles of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1972 and Woman Grandmaster in 1976. She received the Lady International Correspondence Chess Master title in 1978. References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Akhsharumova
Anna Akhsharumova (russian: Анна Марковна Ахшарумова; born 9 January 1957, Moscow) is a Woman Grandmaster of chess. She is married to chess grandmaster Boris Gulko. Akhsharumova and her husband became famous in the late-1970s as Soviet Refuseniks. They were finally allowed to leave the Soviet Union and immigrate to the United States in 1986. She won the Women's Soviet Chess Championship in 1976 and 1984. She won the 1987 U.S. Women's Chess Championship, with a perfect score. She played for the U.S. in the Women's Chess Olympiads of 1988, 1990 and 1996. Her best Elo rating The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in zero-sum games such as chess. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-American physics professor. The Elo system was invented as an improved ch ... was 2400 in 1989. References External links * * * * 1957 births Living people Chess woman grandmasters American female chess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Demina
Julia Demina (born February 3, 1969) is a Russian chess player. She has won the Women's Russian Chess Championship twice, the Soviet championship once before, and competed for the Women's World Chess Championship several times. Demina earned the title of Woman Grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ... in 1991. References External links * chess games entry Living people 1969 births Russian female chess players Russian chess players Chess woman grandmasters Sportspeople from Yekaterinburg {{Russia-chess-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nino Gurieli
Nino Gurieli ( ka, ნინო გურიელი; born December 7, 1961) is a Georgian chess player. She received the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) in 1997 and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1980. She is a descendant of the noble family of Gurieli and married to Grandmaster Zurab Sturua. Gurieli won the Georgian women's chess championship in 1976. She has competed for the Women's World Chess Championship several times, most recently she competed in the Women's World Chess Championship, 2010 The Women's World Chess Championship 2010 took place in Antakya, Turkey from December 2 through 24, 2010. The tournament, like the previous ones, was played in a 64-player knock-out format. Each pairing consisted of two games, one with white and o ..., where she went out in the first round. In recent years, she has also been acting as a captain of Georgian Women's Olympic Team. References External links * * * 1961 births Living people Female chess players from Georg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alisa Marić
Alisa Marić, PhD ( Serbian Cyrillic: Алиса Марић, ; born 10 January 1970) is a Serbian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and International Master (IM). On 27 July 2012, she was elected as Minister of Youth and Sports in the Government of Serbia and held that position until 2 September 2013. Chess twins Alisa Marić was introduced to chess at the age of four, together with her 20-minutes-younger twin sister Mirjana Marić. Alisa and Mirjana are the only twins with " Woman Grandmaster" titles in the history of modern chess. Alisa is also a mother of twins, girl and boy, Milica and Dušan. Early successes At the age of 12, Alisa became national chess master and senior champion of Belgrade. At 15, she was FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) and World Junior Vice Champion Under 20 ( World Junior Chess Championship Dobrna 1985.). As a 16-year-old girl, she was the youngest ever winner of the Yugoslav Chess Championship, which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nona Gaprindashvili
Nona Gaprindashvili ( ka, ნონა გაფრინდაშვილი; born 3 May 1941) is a former Soviet Union, Soviet and Georgia (country), Georgian chess player, and the first woman ever to be awarded the FIDE title Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster in 1978. She was the fifth women's world chess champion (1962–1978). Career In 1961, aged 20, Gaprindashvili won the fourth women's Candidates Tournament, setting up a title match against world champion Elisaveta Bykova. She won the match easily, with a final score of 9-2 (+7−0=4), and went on to defend her title successfully four times: three times against Alla Kushnir (1965: 10–6; 1969: 12–7; 1972: 12–11) and once against Nana Alexandria (1975: 9–4). She finally lost her crown in 1978 to another Georgian, 17-year-old Maia Chiburdanidze, by a score of 6½–8½ (+2−4=9). Gaprindashvili played for the Soviet Union in the Women's Chess Olympiads of 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Ellen Burtman
Sharon Ellen Burtman (born 1968) is an American chess player. Her titles include National Master (1994); Woman International Master (1989); New England Women's Champion (1988); and United States Women's Champion (1995, shared with Anjelina Belakovskaia). Burtman has twice represented the United States in the Interzonal tournaments (1990 and 1995). In team competition, she was captain of the Rhode Island College Rhode Island College (RIC) is a public college in Providence, Rhode Island. The college was established in 1854 as the Rhode Island State Normal School, making it the second oldest institution of higher education in Rhode Island after Brown Uni ... chess team, leading them to the Best College prize at each U.S. Amateur Team Championship (East) from 1987 through 1991. Burtman was also a member of the "Censure Countergambit" team, which won the U.S. Amateur Team Championship (West) in 1999. References External links * * * * Woman International Master Sharon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Salazar Varón
Adriana Salazar Varón (born 27 December 1963) is a Colombian chess player. She received the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1990 and is a nine-time winner of the Colombian Women's Chess Championship (1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996). Biography From the 1980s to the 1990s, Salazar was one of the leading Colombian female chess players. She nine times won Colombian Women's Chess Championship: in 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996. In 1990, Salazar participated in Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Azov where ranked 17th place. Salazar played for Colombia in the Women's Chess Olympiads: * In 1982, at second board in the 10th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lucerne (+3, =4, -5), * In 1984, at first board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+8, =0, -6), * In 1986, at first board in the 27th Chess Olympiad (women) in Dubai (+8, =0, -6), * In 1988, at first board in the 28th Chess Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gina Linn Finegold
Gina Lynne LoSasso (born March 13, 1956), formerly known as Gina Linn and also known by her married names Langan and formerly Finegold, is an American chess player who played for the United States and Belgium on the international chess circuit and holds the titles of FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1990), the USCF title of National Master (NM, 1990), and the ICCF title of Lady International Master (LIM, 1993). Biography In the second half of the 1980s, playing as Gina Linn, Gina Lynne LoSasso was one of the leading American female chess players having participated in two US Women's Championships. In 1989, she moved to Belgium to play and won the Belgian Women's Chess Championship in Ghent. She then placed first in the Women’s World Championship Zonal for Northwestern Europe in Oosterwijk in 1990, and participated in Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Azov where she placed 16th. Gina Lynne LoSasso played for the United States and Belgium i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsagaan Battsetseg
Tsagaan Battsetseg (born 30 January 1972) is a Mongolian–American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1990). She is an eight-time winner of the Mongolian Women's Chess Championship (1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997). Biography From the end of the 1980s to the end of the 1990s Tsagaan Battsetseg was one of the leading Mongolian female chess players. She eight times won Mongolian Women's Chess Championship: in 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997. In 1990, Tsagaan Battsetseg participated in Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Azov where ranked 15th place. Tsagaan Battsetseg played for Mongolia in the Women's Chess Olympiads: * In 1990, at first board in the 29th Chess Olympiad (women) in Novi Sad (+8, =3, -3), * In 1994, at first board in the 31st Chess Olympiad (women) in Moscow (+4, =5, -4). * In 1996, at first board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Yerevan (+6, =2, -5), * In 1998, at fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
