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	Maya Chiburdanidze - MSN Encarta
		Maya Chiburdanidze, born in 1961, Georgian chess player, who became a women’s international grandmaster in 1977 and an international grandmaster in 1984.
		Maya Chiburdanidze was born in K’ut’aisi, Georgia, in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
		Chiburdanidze defended her title in 1984 at New Delhi, India, and in 1985 at Banja Luka, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina).
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761595541/Chiburdanidze_Maya.html (195 words)

	Maia Chiburdanidze - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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, like many of the top women players, is not too impressed with 'women's chess' in general and she prefers to play chess with men.
		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/Chiburdanidze,_Maya (1012 words)

	Maya Chiburdanidze - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Chiburdanidze, Maya, born in 1961, Georgian chess player, who became a women’s international grandmaster in 1977 and an international grandmaster in...
		Maya Civilization, an ancient Native American culture that represented one of the most advanced civilizations in the western hemisphere before the...
		Maia Chiburdanidze (Georgian : მაია ჩიბურდანიძე ; born January 17, 1961) is a Georgian chess grandmaster, and the seventh (and youngest) Women's...
	encarta.msn.com /Maya_Chiburdanidze.html (158 words)

	Maya Chiburdanidze was born
		This day, on January 17, 1961, Maya G. Chiburdanidze was born in the city of Kutaisi, the sixth world champion in the chess history (since 1978), International grandmaster among women (1977) and men (1984), honoured master of sport of USSR (1978).
		Having made her debut in the female International tournament, held in Brashov (1974), Chiburdanidze conducted a competition without defeats, occupied the 1st place and executed the rate of the International master.
		Chiburdanidze is rewarded by the award of Friendship of People for the achievements in the chess sphere (1981) and by the award of the Labour Red Banner (1985).
	chessdate.com /?cd=date&id=515 (340 words)

	HUMPY TAKES LEAD
		Maya Chiburdanidze won a stray pawn on the 29th move and managed to promote that extra pawn on the 42nd turn to checkmate Viktoria Cmilyte.
		Kachiani of Germany won a 39-move game against Kovalevskaya of Russia with the fl pieces.
		Maya Chiburdanidze had been world women's champion from 1978 to 1991 when she was unseated by Xie Jun.
	www.chess-mate.com /04/elista07.htm (287 words)

	Additional Reading (from Maya Chiburdanidze) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Maya originally denoted the power of wizardry with which a god can make human beings believe in what turns out to be an illusion; by extension it later came to mean the powerful force that creates the cosmic...
		The Maya of Mesoamerica, along with the Aztecs of Mexico and the Incas of Peru, made up the high civilizations of the American Indians at the time of the Spanish conquest.
		The Maya enjoyed a rather complicated sport with a ball that could not be touched by the players' hands or feet.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-217513?tocId=217513 (786 words)

	Prof. Elo's notorious report, regarding 100 free rating points for women chess players
		Schultz wanted the support of the Soviet Union, who naturally wanted their own player, Maya Chiburdanidze, to be made number one.
		Regarding Maya Chiburdanidze, she is known for not trying hard and for giving quick draws in women's events.
		Zsuzsa Polgar was not allowed to play in the "Men's Zonal Tournament" for the World Chess Championship, an event to which she had qualified by finishing second in the 1986 Hungarian Championship, again because this was a tournament for "men" and she was a woman.
	www.ishipress.com /elo.htm (1315 words)

	Rank and File
		Chiburdanidze, who began playing chess when she was eight years old, has been a premier woman chess player since 1978.
		Gwen Roberts, who became Maya's housemother during her stay, came to know Maya as a genuine devotee to chess, with an interest in American television and fashions, but, above all, as a very warm and affectionate young woman.
		That is, from time to time Maya and I walked together, occasionally bumping in to each other (the way you did when you were a kid) - making friends.
	www.chessdryad.com /articles/rankfile/art_03.htm (395 words)

	Polgar Sisters Defeat Soviets in World Chess Olympiad
		Judy missed a rook sacrifice which would have ended the game and then, in a difficult position in spite of her material advantage, was unable to prevent Levitina from placing her remaining knight in such a domineering position as to guarantee a draw.
		The ages of the three Polgar sisters are 19, 14 and 12, whereas the youngest Soviet is Maya, aged 28.
		However, a grandmaster on the Hungarian men's team was overheard to chortle that Maya Chiburdanidze is too valuable to be sent to Siberia, but the others might be on their way any time now.
	www.ishipress.com /polgars.htm (691 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: World Chess Champion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Chiburdanidze defended her title against Alexandria at Borsomi/Tbilisi 1981 and Irina Levitina at Volgograd 1984.
		Akhmilovskaya, who had earlier lost to Chiburdanidze in the Candidates matches, won the tournament was but was still defeated by Chiburdanidze at Sofia 1986.
		She tied with Chiburdanidze in the Candidates tournament, defeated her easily in the match, and then decisively defeated Xie Jun at Jaén 1996 for the championship.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=World_Chess_Champion (4337 words)

	Xie Jun - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Xie Jun was born in Beijing, and became junior Xiangqi (Chinese chess) champion of the city at the age of six.
		In 1991, Xie Jun won the women's world championship for the first time, winning a match against Maya Chiburdanidze, who had held the title since 1978, by a score of 8.5 - 6.5.
		In 1993 she successfully defended her title against Nana Ioseliani (winning their match 8.5 - 2.5) before losing in 1996 to Zsuzsa Polgar 8.5 - 4.5.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Xie_Jun (268 words)

	The Hindu : The crown of greatness sits lightly on her
		Maya successfully defended her titles in 1981, 1984, 1987 and 1988 before losing it to China's Xie Jun in 1991.
		Maya, with 2545 Elo points, is still among the world's top women players, but she enjoys playing more against men these days.
		Maya is delighted that India is fast becoming a force to reckon with in world chess.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/12/02/stories/0702020g.htm (1058 words)

	The forecast of the Women's World Championship's 2001-2002 results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Stefanova's rivals: Shah, Peng, Chiburdanidze, Ioseliani, Zhu Chen.
		Chiburdanidze's rivals: Houli Asma, Alexandrova, Stefanova, Arakhamia-Grant, Kovalevskaya.
		Of course, other variations of the Final is possible, because it is very hard to prognosticate all results of all games and matches.
	www.chessib.com /forecwc12wom.html (274 words)

	Humpy suffers a setback
		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 Maya 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 world chess for over a decade.
		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)

	Chessmetrics Ratings: Chiburdanidze, Maya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		These ratings for Chiburdanidze, Maya are calculated yearly, as of January 1st of the indicated year.
		Each yearly rating incorporates all rated games played in the preceding year, along with the ratings that were already calculated at the start of that year.
		Each year, everyone's rating on the January 1st list has been increased/decreased by an identical amount, so that the average rating of the #8 through #12 players is aligned at 2600.
	www.chessmetrics.com /player_lists/Player559.html (95 words)

	[No title]
		Not very often does a youngster of her age go to the tournament hall with absolutely no preparations and still record a shocking win over a former world champion, Maya Chiburdanidze, in the third round game.
		Harika had nothing at stake but her clinical destruction of the defences of the reputed Maya, who was the world champion for 18 years, is a very significant pointer to the abundance of talent of the Guntur girl.
		The class VIII student of Sri Venkateswara Bala Kuteer in Guntur was quick to seize on a blunder from the famous rival on the 33rd move which saw the Andhra girl gain an exchange.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2002102400900400.htm&date=2002/10/24/&prd=mp& (1201 words)

	Chess Champion from China
		Born in 1970, in 1988 she was just a promising junior who had never even seen a Grandmaster, let alone beaten one.
		Yet in 1991 she became Womens World Champion by decisively beating Maya Chiburdanidze, Champion since 1978.This book provides a fascinating and frequently amusing look at the chess world through the eyes of a young Chinese woman, as she describes her unique life and career to date.
		Since she came to (western) chess via the highly tactical Chinese form of the game, it is no surprise that Xie Jun's style of play is extremely aggressive in nature.
	www.thechessstore.com /product/GAMBIT14 (158 words)

	Maya Chiburdanidze -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Chiburdanidze became an international master in 1978 and an international grandmaster in 1984.
		Her style of play was solid, but aggressive, and well grounded in classical principles.
		More results on "Maya Chiburdanidze" when you join.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9344963 (770 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - Women's World Championship reaches semifinals
		The longest match was between former champion Chiburdanidze of Georgia and Lithuanian Cmilyte.
		Humpy is the last remaining teenager, but if she seems precocious it is worth remembering that Maya Chiburdanidze was the same age, 17, when she took the world title from Gaprindashvili way back in 1978.
		In the last KO world championship Chiburdanidze made it to the semifinals only to lose to eventual champion Zhu Chen.
	www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=1676 (560 words)

	Schach-Bundesliga bei schach.com
		Only a few moves into her game with former World Champion Maya Chiburdanidze, Xie Jun offered a package deal: a draw on both of the top two boards.
		Maya consulted her team captain and back came a counter-offer of a draw on all three boards.
		This may be slightly to the advantage of China because China had fl in two of the three games, and China has faced a tougher field thus far, but we as spectators were hoping to see a knock down, drag out cat fight.
	www.schach.com /berichte/2000/samsloan/samsloan001102.html (1211 words)

	Chiburdanidze, Maya - Chess.com
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		Maya Chiburdanidze, born Jan 17, 1961, is a six-time World’s women champion for 13 years, from 1978 until her defeat by Xie Jun of China in 1991.
		She was USSR women’s champion at 15, won the women’s Interzonal at 16, defeated three of the best women in the world (Alexandria, Akhmilovskaya, and Kushnir) in matches at 17, and world champion (defeating Gaprindashvili) at age 17, the youngest of any world champion in chess.
	www.chess.com /chessopedia/view/chiburdanidze-maya (156 words)

	Chess: Maya Chiburdanidze Scores Strong Victory in Yugoslavia - Free Preview - The New York Times
		Chess: Maya Chiburdanidze Scores Strong Victory in Yugoslavia - Free Preview - The New York Times
		Chess: Maya Chiburdanidze Scores Strong Victory in Yugoslavia
		[ DISPLAYING ABSTRACT ]One of the finest performances by a woman in the history of the game was achieved by Maya Chiburdanidze of the Soviet Union in winning the traditional Banja Luka International Tournament in Yugoslavia.
	select.nytimes.com /gst/abstract.html?res=FA0916F9385C0C738FDDAE0894DD484D81 (140 words)

	Untitled Document
		Maya was awarded the title of International Woman Master in 1974, thus becoming the youngest titleholder, in the history of the game.
		Her best results were first at Brasov 1974, =1st at Tbilisi 1975 and most impressive of all, second in the 1976 Tbilisi Women's Interzonal and thus qualifying for the 1977 Candidates, wherein, she defeated Alla Kushnir in the final.
		So Zhu took over the mantle from her compatriot Xie Jun, who had brought the title from Georgia to China.The women’s semifinals figured two Chinese girls who were pitted against a former World women’s champion (Maya Chiburdanidze) and talented teenager Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia.
	www.tenagakembar.nl /Champions.html (7445 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		In the tie-breaker Kovalevskaya won the first rapid game and drew the second to ensure a berth in the final, where she meets Bulgarian GM Antoaneta Stefanova.
		The Bulgarian beat former world champion Maya Chiburdanidze of Georgia.
		Humpy, who suffered a shock defeat in the first game, bounced back superbly to beat Kovalevskaya of Russia in the second game to push the match into tie-breaker.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040602/asp/sports/story_3321694.asp (183 words)

	Neverending - Ladies vs. Vets - 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Ladies' Team had three players from Georgia (Ioseliani, Chiburdanidze and Arakhamia) a tiny republic in Caucas mountains, in the south of the former Soviet Union.
		The second and third place was shared by former World Champions, Maya Chiburdanidze and Boris Spassky.
		Boris Spassky was very careful, drawing many games in the area of thirty moves or so, but Maya fought real hard throughout the event and contributed a great deal to success of her team.
	www.goddesschess.com /neverending/ladiesvsvets.html (527 words)

	The chess games of Maia Chiburdanidze
		Maia Grigoryevna Chiburdanidze was born on the 17th of January 1961 in Kutaisi, Georgia (formerly USSR).
		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.
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessplayer?pid=16894 (616 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| SPORTS > Bulgarian is new 2004 FIDE women’s champ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		With a powerful performance in the semifinal, defeating legendary and many-time world champion GM Maya Chiburdanidze of the Republic of Georgia, 1.5-0.5, Stefanova instantly became a hero in her country, radiating an aura of beauty and brains.
		tc "With a powerful performance in the semifinal, defeating legendary and many-time world champion GM Maya Chiburdanidze of the Republic of Georgia, 1.5-0.5, Stefanova instantly became a hero in her country, radiating an aura of beauty and brains."
		By means of rigid training and preparation under the expert coaching of compatriot GM Veselin Topalov, Stefanova breezed through the eliminations unscathed.
	manilatimes.net /national/2004/jun/23/yehey/sports/20040623spo8.html (397 words)

	Brilliant Humpy marches into semis - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		All the other three games were won by the players who had lost their first games, with the result they will have to play the tiebreaks running in to 25 minutes of rapid chess.
		Maya Chiburdanidze, who played well on Saturday, could not sustain her form and lost to Viktorija Cmilyte.
		Players to play tiebreaks for a berth in semifinals: Nana Dzagnidze (Geo) vs Antoaneta Stefanova (Bul); Viktorija Cmilyte (Ltu) vs Maya Chiburdanidze (Geo); Ketino Kachiani-G vs Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (Rus).
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/may312004/sp12.asp (388 words)

	Recent Events
		As a Soviet chess coach, he was the trainer of the Soviet team that dominated the Chess Olympaid in the 1970's and 1980's.
		He had worked for many years with one of the world's top male stars, Ukraine grandmaster Yefim Gellerm, and in the Georgian Republic he guided Maya Chiburdanidze to the women's world championship.
		LOS ANGELES - Chess grandmaster Eduard Gufeld who helped train the Soviet team that dominated the game in the 1970s and 1980s, has died.
	www.artukraine.com /events/gufeld.htm (379 words)

	Zhu Chen wins a gruelling battle
		On her course to the title, Zhu Chen eliminated Elisa Maggiolo 1.5-0.5, Svetlana Petrenko 1.5-0.5, Alisa Maric 1-1, 2-0, Nino Khurtsidze 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-0, Maya Chiburdanidze 1-1, 1.5-0.5, and Alexandra Kosteniuk 2-2, 3-1.
		But for all of them, without any exception, the prize money offered here is the largest since women tournaments are very few and they are active by competing with men in open tournaments.
		Although Judit Polgar and Xie Jun did not compete, former women's champions Nona Gaprindashvili and Maya Chiburdanidze added colour with their participation, the latter reaching the semi-finals.
	www.sportstaronnet.com /tss2501/25010550.htm (1548 words)

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