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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.
Maia Chiburdanidze is a Georgian (formerly Soviet Union) grandmaster and became the sixth Women’s World Chess Champion at the age of 17. She then held the most prestigious title in women’s chess for 13 years.
Maya Chiburdanidze’s introspective, exceptional play earned her a place at the top of women’s chess from a young age. In 1977, she won the U.S.S.R. Women’s Chess Championship. The following year she defeated Nona Gaprindashvili in the Women’s World Chess Championship, becoming the new World Chess Champion at age seventeen.
Maia Chiburdanidze is a Georgian (formerly Soviet Union) grandmaster and became the sixth Women’s World Chess Champion at the age of 17. She became the youngest Women’s World Chess Champion in history.
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.
Maya Chiburdanidze is a women’s world chess champion from 1978 to 1991. She won the title at the age of 17 by defeating fellow Georgian Nona Gaprindashvili. Chiburdanidze became an international master in 1978 and an international grandmaster in 1984.
Maia Chiburdanidze. 1,301 likes. 5-time Women's World Chess Champion,9-time olympic Champion.