| Maia Chiburdanidze მაია ჩიბურდანიძე | |
|---|---|
 Maia Chiburdanidze, Thessaloniki 1984 | |
| Country | Soviet Union → Georgia |
| Born | 17 January 1961 Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster (1984) |
| Women's World Champion | 1978–1991 |
| FIDE rating | 2500 (November 2024) [inactive] |
| Peak rating | 2560 (January 1988) |
| Peak ranking | No. 48 (January 1988) |
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. Chiburdanidze is the second woman to be awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE, which took place in 1984. She has played on nine gold-medal-winning teams in the Women's Chess Olympiad.[1]
- ^ Only her compatriot Nona Gaprindashvili has played on more: 11 Chess Olympiads. See OlimpBase Overall Statistics