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	Maia Chiburdanidze - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maia Chiburdanidze is one of several women from the country who have excelled at the highest levels of chess.
		Chiburdanidze showed she was a serious contender for the world title by finishing 2nd in the Tbilisi Women's Interzonal (1976), thereby qualifying for the 1977 candidates matches.
		Chiburdanidze's FIDE Elo rating in the April 2005 list was 2509, making her the 4th highest rated female player in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maia_Chiburdanidze (1012 words)

	Maia Chiburdanidze -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Maia Chiburdanidze (born January 17, 1961) is a (A native or inhabitant of Georgia in Asia) Georgian (A game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king) chess player.
		Chiburdanidze showed she was a serious contender for the world title by finishing 2nd in the (The capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river) Tbilisi Women's Interzonal (1976), thereby qualifying for the 1977 candidates matches.
		Chiburdanidze's FIDE (Click link for more info and facts about Elo rating) Elo rating in the April 2005 list was 2509, making her the 4th highest rated female player in the world.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/maia_chiburdanidze.htm (960 words)

	Maia Chiburdanidze (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Maia Chiburdanidze is one of several women from the country who have excelled at the highest levelsof chess.
		Chiburdanidze, like many of the top women players, is not too impressed with 'women's chess' in general and she prefers toplay chess with men.
		Chiburdanidze's FIDE Elo rating in the July 2004 list was 2498, making herthe sixth highest rated female player in the world.
	www.therfcc.org /maia-chiburdanidze-307255.html (848 words)

	Maia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Maia (mythology), in Greek mythology, is the eldest of the Pleiades (mythology), the seven daughters of Atlas (mythology) and Pleione.
		Maia is a fictional novel supposedly written by the main character in Death in Venice.
		Maia, Azores is a parish in Ribeira Grande in the Azores (a autonomous region of Portugal)
	www.carolinamaps.net /search/Maia.html (248 words)

	Encyclopedia: Maia Chiburdanidze (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		She surprised all the other contenders by going all the way through to the Candidates Final where she beat Alla Kushnir by 7Â½-6Â½ to set up a world title match in Bichvinta, Georgia_(country) with Nona Gaprindashvili, the reigning women's world champion.
		Telavi is a main city of Georgias eastern province of Kakheti, on the eastern slope of Tsiv-Gombori mountain-range.
		A view of Batumi, circa, 1911, towards the mountains Batumi (also Batum or Batoum) is a seaside city (population: approximately 137,000) on the Black Sea coast and capital of Ajaria, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Maia-Chiburdanidze (1743 words)

	Articles - Maia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Maia (mythology), in Greek mythology, is the eldest of the Pleiades, the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
		In astronomy, Maia (star) (20 Tauri) is the third brightest of the seven bright stars in the Pleiades open star cluster.
		Tolkien's mythos, a Maia is one from the lesser kind of Ainur, beings of power which pre-date the creation of existence.
	www.snapize.com /articles/Maia (215 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Former world champion Maia Chiburdanidze of Georgia was in her elements as she outplayed Viktorija Cmilyte of Lithuania, while Ketino Kachiani-G of Germany beat Russian Ekaterina Kovalevskaya.
		Chiburdanidze defeated Cmilyte from the white side of another Queen’s Indian albeit with a positional approach.
		However, as the endgame surfaced after some routine exchanges, Chiburdanidze did a class act, penetrating the queenside with her queen and allowing an attack against her own king.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040530/asp/sports/story_3309754.asp (473 words)

	Humpy suffers a setback
		Maia Chiburdanidze has not been playing much these days but still has not lost the magical touch that saw her ruling world chess for over a decade.
		It was a King's Indian structure by transposition where Maia's experience came in handy as she contained Jackova's pieces to make a decisive headway.
		In what was a desperate measure, Jackova sacrificed a piece to open up the position but Chiburdanidze returned the favour a few moves later to emerge a pawn plus.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2004/may/27chess.htm (500 words)

	MAIA ALTERNATE GENIE SEARCH ENGINE, INC
		Maia was identified in Roman_mythology with Maia_Maiestas (also called Fauna, Bona_Dea (the 'Good Goddess') and Ops), a goddess who may be equivalent to an old Italic goddess of spring.
		In astronomy, Maia_(star) (20 Tauri) is the third brightest of the seven bright stars in the Pleiades open star cluster.
		In J._R._R._Tolkien's mythos, a Maia is one from the lesser kind of Ainur, beings of power which pre-date the creation of existence.
	www.agseinc.com /Maia (193 words)

	Humpy crashes out of World Chess championship
		Maia was earlier also restricted at the semi-final stage in the last World Championship in 2001 at Moscow against champion Zhu Chen of China.
		The Georgian surprisingly opted for the irregular opening choice and her opponent, by the end of opening phase, found her pieces stranded on the wrong squares resulting in a loss of pawn.
		Chiburdanidze efforts to make the impossible happen went in vain and she was forced to sign her ouster papers after 55 moves.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2004/jun/02humpy.htm (609 words)

	The Chess Mind Go, Nona!
		Zsuzsa was correct in saying that Nona and Maia were the first two women to receive the GM title but she was the first to earn it through the norm and rating system.
		Both Gaprindashvili (2 GM norms) and Chiburdanidze (1 GM norm) had some wonderful results against men in their careers; they simply were not able to surpass that threshold.
		She also clearly stated that Gaprindashvili and Chiburdanidze were the first two to be awarded the GM title.
	chessmind.powerblogs.com /posts/1125981433.shtml (4323 words)

	outlookindia.com \| wired
		Interestingly, four of these five victories were scored by players who played fl including Humpy and this should make their task a little easier in the return game tomorrow as all of them will be needing just draws to proceed to the quarterfinals.
		43-years old Maia, who was world women's champion four years before Jana was born, proved yet again that there is still a lot of fire left in her especially when it comes to complicated positions.
		Maia, who has had some resounding successes with this opening, had little troubles in maintaing the balance and slowly the Georgian improved her position to win a pawn.
	www.outlookindia.com /pti_news.asp?id=224402 (775 words)

	Maia Perfume (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		When she left, she left Maia a tube of lip ice--chapstick is how I used to know it.
		Non-Wood News-No.10 - Ms Gravendeel explained that the wood could be infected by a fungus that produced a resin (gaharu) used in rituals, medicines and perfume.
		Xobineski Patruska - Quando Ágata grita «Olá Maia, eu quero ver toda a gente de braços...
	www.fragranceway.com /maia-perfume.html (774 words)

	The Hindu : Upset wins for Zayac, Zhaoqin
		Maia, a five-time World champion, had to win today to stay in contention.
		Joining Peptan in the third round are Xu Yuhua of China, Tatjana Vasilevich of Ukraine, Elena Zayac of Russia, who upset veteran Pia Cramling of Sweden, Nana Isoliani of Georgia, Peng Zhaoqin of Netherlands, who shocked Wang Lei of China, Ekaterina Kovaleskaya of Russia, Natalya Zhukova of Ukraine and Almira Skripchenko- Lautier of Maldova.
		Maia had no room to attempt a win, and the game was drawn after 25 moves by repetition of moves.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/12/02/stories/07020202.htm (371 words)

	Encyclopedia: Susan Polgar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 1991, Polgar became the first woman to earn the men's Grandmaster title by achieving three GM norms.
		(Nona Gaprindashvili and Maia Chiburdanidze had earlier been granted the title honorarily by virtue of being Women's World Champions).
		Maia Chiburdanidze Maia Chiburdanidze (born January 17, 1961) is a Georgian chess player.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Susan-Polgar (1576 words)

	The Hindu : Corina shocks Chiburdanidze
		On Thursday she shocked the second seed and six- time World champion Maia Chiburdanidze in the first game of the second round.
		She brought knight to d2 and bishop to `a3' and went for the kill.
		Maia resigned after 45 moves, facing loss of material.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/12/01/stories/07010205.htm (581 words)

	MAIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Search the MAIA Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
		Search the MAIA Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
		Find graves of people named MAIA at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
	www.worldhistory.com /surname/US/M/MAIA.htm (73 words)

	Humpy wins second game to force tie-breaker
		In the other semifinal, Grandmaster Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria advanced to the final ousting former World Women Champion Maia Chiburdanidze of Georgia.
		The Bulgarian gave an emphatic display to beat Chiburdanidze, who did not handle her white pieces well enough.
		Chiburdanidze was on the receiving end immediately after the opening phase and found her pieces stranded on the wrong squares resulting in the loss of a pawn.
	inhome.rediff.com /sports/2004/jun/02chess.htm (481 words)

	The chess games of Maia Chiburdanidze
		She was USSR Women's champion in 1977 and became Women's World Champion in 1978.
		Nona got her title in 1980, Maia got hers in 1984 and Susan was awarded hers in 1991 according to her bio.
		Nona and Maia were awarded with GM title without fulfilling of all three GM norms on account of winning Women's World Championship but it is okay.
	www.chessgames.com /player/maia_chiburdanidze.html (616 words)

	Humpy enters semis
		Like Dzagnidze, Viktorija Cmilyte also had to win against Maia and she achieved the desirable result in style, putting in a sterling performance with her white pieces.
		Chiburdanidze could not pose a serious resistance after her king side was dismantled in the early middle game.
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	inhome.rediff.com /sports/2004/may/31chess.htm (531 words)

	The Star (15-May-98) Mishap upsets event (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		LAST week in the Russian republic of Kalmykia, its president Kirsan Iljumzhinov — who is also president of the World Chess Federation — was about to stage a strong knock-out tournament when news of an accident on the outskirts of the nation's capital Elista came through.
		Former women's world champion Maia Chiburdanidze, Georgian Chess Federation president Zurab Azmaiparashvili and Kiril Georgiev were in a car travelling from Volvograd to Elista when their driver tried to overtake another vehicle along the narrow road but met a third one coming from the opposite direction.
		Chiburdanidze, who was beside the driver, was thrown from the car; she suffered severe knocks on her head and multiple contusions on the chest and liver regions.
	chesscolumn.20m.com /1998/98may15.html (996 words)

	Humpy wins first quarter-final game
		Former World Champion Maia Chiburdanidze of Georgia was in her element in outplaying Viktorija Cmilyte of Lithuania while Ketino Kachiani-G of Germany needed her share of luck to put it across Ekaterina Kovalevskaya of Russia.
		Xu Yuhua, who had beaten Humpy in the semifinals of the World Cup at Hyderabad in 2002, called it a day on her 36th turn.
		After the dust subsided, Cmilyte found that her attack was only optical and even though she had an extra piece to boast off, white was ready to promote a pawn to the queening square.
	inhome.rediff.com /sports/2004/may/29chess.htm (560 words)

	U.S. women score silver in Spain; first medal ever - The Washington Times: Arts - November 06, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Polgar's win over Georgian legend Maia Chiburdanidze — herself a longtime former women's world titleholder — was one of the best games of the event.
		Chiburdanidze tries 14...Nxe2, but Polgar had prepared the neat 15.
		The White queenside passed pawns can't be stopped and Chiburdanidze resigned.
	washingtontimes.com /arts/20041105-091138-5507r.htm (547 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - Almira wins Ural Supertournament
		The tournament was won by Almira Skripchenko, the 2001 European champion, half a point ahead of her nearest rival Maia Chiburdanidze.
		I could not believe that I would beat Maia, because she always had the upper hand in the game.
		Maia is still one of the strongest women players in the world, isn’t she?
	www.chessbase.com /newsprint.asp?newsid=1835 (1815 words)

	outlookindia.com \| wired
		Like Humpy, Ketino Kachiani of Germany also failed to defend her full point lead against 14-year-old Kateryna Lahno of Ukraine even though former world women's champion Maiai Chiburdanidze of Georgia and compatriot world junior girls' champion Nana Dzagnidze sailed through to the quarterfinals.
		Maia Chiburdanidze has not been playing much these days but still has not lost the magical touch that saw her ruling the world chess for over a decade.
		It was a King's Indian structure by transposition where Maia's experience came in handy as she contained Jackova's pieces to make a decisive headway.
	www.outlookindia.com /pti_news.asp?id=224647 (769 words)

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		Humpy reversed that trend to use her passed queen pawn to tie-up a fl rook and win with commanding play.
		Nana Dzagnidze blanked her team mate Maia Lomineishvili 2-0 for a place in the last eight.
		Maya Chiburdanidze also used her experience to down Jana Jackova (Cz) by 1.5-0.5.
	www.chess-mate.com /04/elista06.htm (320 words)

	The Chess Mind Posting Comments on the Gaprindashvili & Polgar Post
		Maia appeared to be on her way to getting the GM title.
		She was a good champion but not in the same level as Maia, Xie or Susan.
		My second point is that it isn't obvious that Gaprindashvili and Maia Chiburdanidze didn't earn their GM titles.
	chessmind.powerblogs.com /posts/1126596500.shtml (10941 words)

	Chessmetrics Ratings: Chiburdanidze, Maia G (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		These ratings, calculated for Chiburdanidze, Maia G, incorporate all games (against rated opponents) played in the year before the "Date of rating", along with the ratings that were already calculated one year previously.
		If a player has an insufficient number of games in recent years, there may be gaps in the list, even though you may see ratings listed on previous and/or subsequent dates.
		Click on the link to see the sorted list of all players' ratings on their birthdays when turning that same age.
	www.chessmetrics.com /PL/PL6458.htm (331 words)

	Humpy wins, forces tie-break - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bulgarian Stefanova gave an emphatic display to beat Chiburdanidze, who did not handle her white pieces well enough.
		Playing in copy-book fashion Stefanova did well to keep Maia’s forces in check on the kingside.
		Chiburdandze’s efforts to pull off the near-impossible went in vain and she was forced to resign after battling for 55 moves.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/Jun022004/sp6.asp (460 words)

	India This Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		These two will lock horns with two strongest Georgians former world women champion Maia Chiburdanidze and Nana Dzagnidze.
		The other match will be played between Russian Ekaterina Kovalevskaya and Georgian turned German Ketino Kachiani-G. If Humpy is able to win the next round, she gets a relatively easier opposition in the semis as the winner between Kovalevskaya and Kachiani will earn the right to play her.
		Pairings Quarterfinals: Koneru Humpy (Ind) v/s Xu Yuhua (Chn); Antoaneta Stefanova (Bul) v/s Nana Dzagnidze (Geo); Maia Chiburdanidze (Geo) v/s Viktorija Cmilyte (Ltu); Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (Rus) v/s Ketino Kachiani-G. (Ger).
	www.indiathisweek.net /sports.htm (1000 words)

	Maia Chiburdanidze (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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		She surprised all the other contenders by going all the way through to the Candidates Final where she beat Alla Kushnir by 7½-6½ to set up a world title match in Pitsunda, Georgia with Nona Gaprindashvili, the reigning women's world champion.
		Chiburdanidze's FIDE Elo rating in the July 2004 list was 2498, making her the sixth highest rated female player in the world.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/maia_chiburdanidze (999 words)

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