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Women's World Chess Championship 1978
The 1978 Women's World Chess Championship was won by Maia Chiburdanidze, who defeated the incumbent champion Nona Gaprindashvili At only 17 years of age, Chiburdanidze became the sixth and youngest Women's World Champion (Gaprindashvili had been 20 when she first won the title). 1976 Interzonals For the first time, the women's cycle contained not one but two Interzonal tournaments, held in Roosendaal, Netherlands and Tbilisi, Georgian SSR in November and December 1976, featuring the best players from each FIDE zone. A total of 25 players took part, with the top three from each Interzonal qualifying for the Candidates Tournament. Akhmilovskaya and former three-time challenger Kushnir (now representing Israel) shared first place in Roosendaal, while Lematschko took the third and last spot in the Candidates after a playoff against van der Mije. In Tbilisi, Fatalibekova won, half a point ahead of Kozlovskaya and 15-year-old prodigy Chiburdanidze. : : 1977-78 Candidates matches Th ... [...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] |
Ruth Orton
Ruth Inez Haring (January 23, 1955 – November 29, 2018), also known as Ruth Orton, was an American chess player who held the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM). She competed in the United States Women's Championship in the 1970s and 1980s, and represented the US in the 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, and 1982 Chess Olympiads. Haring was elected to the US Chess Federation Executive Board in 2009 and served as vice-president for two years, then as president for four years. She was reelected in 2013 for a three-year term, and served on the executive board for seven years. She served on the CalChess Board of Directors, and was the FIDE Zonal President for zone 2.1, the U.S.A. Personal life Haring was born January 23, 1955, on Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. She starting playing chess while growing up in Fairbanks, Alaska. She joined the US Chess Federation at the age of 14 and first played competitively in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She graduated from the Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narelle Kellner
Narelle Kellner ( Jorgensen, 18 October 1934 – 20 December 1987) was an Australian chess player who held the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1977). She was a two-time winner of the Australian Women's Chess Championship (1972, 1974). Biography Narelle Kellner won the Women's Chess Championships of New South Wales 21 times. Also she two times won Australian Women's Chess Championship (1972, 1974). In 1977, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title. Narelle Kellner two times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments: * In 1976, at Interzonal Tournament in Tbilisi ranked 11th place; * In 1979, at Interzonal Tournament in Alicante shared 17th-18th place. Narelle Kellner played for Australia in the Women's Chess Olympiads: * In 1972, at first board in the 5th Chess Olympiad (women) in Skopje (+1, =3, -4), * In 1976, at second board in the 7th Chess Olympiad (women) in Haifa (+3, =4, -2), * In 1978, at second b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Savereide
Diane Savereide (born November 25, 1954) is an American chess player. She received the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1978 and is a five-time winner of the U.S. Women's Chess Championship (1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1984). Biography From the 1970s to the 1980s, Diane Savereide was one of the leading chess players in the United States. She is only the second American woman to achieve the National Master title (Gisela Kahn Gresser being the first). Diane Savereide won the Marshall Chess Club Women's Invitational in 1976 and 1977. She won the United States Women's Chess Championships five times, in 1975, 1976, 1978 (with Rachel Crotto), 1981 and 1984. In 1978, Diane Savereide was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title. Diane Savereide played for United States in the Women's Chess Olympiads: six times: * In 1976, on first board in the 7th Chess Olympiad (women) in Haifa (+4, =3, -3), * In 1978, on first board in the 8th Chess Olympiad (women) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigitte Burchardt
Brigitte Burchardt (born 17 October 1954), née Hofmann, also Burchardt-Hofmann, is a German chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1975). She was a three-time winner the East Germany Women's Chess Championship (1975, 1978, 1979). Biography In the 1970s and 1980s, Brigitte Burchardt was one of the leading chess players in the East Germany. Many times she participated in the finals of East Germany Women's Chess Championships, where winning 10 medals: 3 gold (1975, 1978, 1979), 5 silver (1972, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1990) and 2 bronze (1970, 1983). She was also a three-time East Germany Women's champion in fast chess (1970, 1979, 1981). In 1974, she won the international women's chess tournament in Piotrków Trybunalski. In 1975, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title. In 1976, she participated at Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Tbilisi and ranked 9th place. In 1980, she shared 1st-2nd place togeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertrude Baumstark
Gertrude Baumstark (21 May 1941 - 28 April 2020), was a Romanian and German chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1970). She is a two-time winner of the Romanian Women's Chess Championship (1967, 1981). Biography From the mid-1960s, Gertrude Baumstark was one of the leading Romanian women's chess players. In Romanian Women's Chess Championships have won the nine medals: two gold (1967, 1981), six silver (1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1986) and bronze (1968). Participant of many international women's chess tournaments, achieved best results in Lublin (1969, shared 1st-2nd place), Pernik (1973, shared 1st-4th place), Lublin (1974, 1st place), Subotica (1974, shared 2nd-3rd place), Nałęczów (1978, shared 1st-2nd place). In 1970, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title. Gertrude Baumstark four times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments: * In 1971, at Interzonal Tournament in Ohrid share ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Feustel
Petra Feibert (née Feustel, 11 June 1958 – 18 July 2010) was a German chess player who held the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1977). She was a three-time winner the East Germany Women's Chess Championship (1974, 1976, 1977). Biography In the 1970s, she was one of the leading chess players in the East Germany. She won the East Germany Women's Chess Championships three times: 1974, 1976 and 1977, while in 1975 and 1978 she won silver medals (in both cases after extra match). In 1976, she participated at Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Tbilisi and shared 7th-8th place. In 1977, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title. In 1979 she was arrested for trying to emigrate from the East Germany and sentenced to 4 years in prison. After 20 months of serving the sentence she was released and forced to leave the country. She then left for the Federal Republic of Germany and lived in Mannheim. In 1984 and 1985, she twice won th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatiana Zatulovskaya
Tatiana Zatulovskaya ( he, טטיאנה זטולובסקיה; russian: Татьяна Яковлевна Затуловская, ; 8 December 1935 – 2 July 2017) was an Israeli (formerly Soviet and Russian) chess player. She was three-time Soviet women's champion and twice world women's senior champion. She was awarded the titles Woman International Master (WIM) in 1961 and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1976 by FIDE. Her last name may also be spelled as ''Zatulovskaia'' or ''Zatulovskaja''. Zatulovskaya won the Women's Soviet Chess Championship in 1960, 1962, and 1963. She represented the USSR at the Women's Chess Olympiad in 1963 and 1966, winning the team gold medal on both occasions. She won an individual silver medal in 1963 and an individual gold in 1966. In the 1960s and the 1970s she often qualified for Interzonals and Candidates Tournaments for the Women's World Chess Championship. In 1993, she won the Women's Seniors World Championship with a score of 10 out of 11 poin ... [...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] |
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 Ukrainian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Born Marta Shul, she was Soviet Women's Champion in 1972, and runner-up in 1971, 1973, and 1974. She also won the 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 Women's World Senior Championship in Naumburg 2002. She was awarded the FIDE titles 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 ... of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Kozlovskaya
Valentina Yakovlevna Kozlovskaya (russian: Валенти́на Я́ковлевна Козло́вская; born 18 April 1938) is a Russian chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) by FIDE in 1976. Chess career Kozlovskaya won the Women's Soviet Chess Championship in 1965. She was a member of the victorious Soviet team at the Women's Chess Olympiad in Havana 1966. She came second in the 1967 Women's Candidates Tournament. In the same year she placed second to women's world champion Nona Gaprindashvili in a women's international tournament at Kiev. In 1973 Kozlovskaya won the Women's Interzonal tournament and the next year, she lost the Candidates semifinal match to Irina Levitina. In 1976 Kozlovskaya won the RSFSR women's championship and in 1979, she shared first place with Ludmila Saunina. Kozlovskaya won the Women's World Senior Championship in 1996. In 2014, she won the European Senior Championship in the women's 65+ division, ahead of No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Fatalibekova
Elena Abramovna Fatalibekova (russian: Елена Абрамовна Фаталибекова; née Rubtsova; born 4 October 1947, in Moscow) is a Russian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) since 1977. She is the daughter of fourth Women's World Chess Champion Olga Rubtsova. Her first great success was the shared victory of the Soviet Junior Girls' Chess Championship in 1963. In 1970 Fatalibekova placed second in a women's international tournament at Tbilisi and the next year won international tournament in Chelyabinsk. She was awarded the title of Woman International Master in 1970. In 1974 Fatalibekova won the Women's Soviet Chess Championship. Fatalibekova successfully played in the Women's World Chess Championship 1978. In 1976 she won the Tbilisi Women's Interzonal (ahead of Maia Chiburdanidze). In 1977 in the first round of the knock-out series of matches Fatalibekova won against Valentina Kozlovskaya in Sochi - 6 : 2 (+4 −0 =4) but in the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
