Women's World Chess Championship 1981

The 1981 Women's World Chess Championship was won by Maia Chiburdanidze, who successfully defended her title against challenger Nana Alexandria after a closely fought match, which ended in an 8-8 tie.

1979 Interzonals

Like the previous one, this championship cycle contained two Interzonal tournaments, held in Rio de Janeiro in September and Alicante in October 1979, featuring the best players from each FIDE zone. A total of 35 players took part, with the top three from Rio (17 players) and the top four from Alicante (18 players) qualifying for the Candidates Tournament.

Ioseliani won convincingly in Rio, 2½ points ahead of Petronic and Alexandria.[1]

In Alicante, Lematschko and Akhmilovskaya shared first place, well ahead of Gurieli and Litinskaya. However, Lematschko subsequently defected from socialist Bulgaria and was unable to take part in the Candidates Tournament, so her place was given to Fischdick as fourth-placed from the Rio Interzonal (on tie-breaks).[2] Lematschko later settled in Switzerland and reached the Candidates Tournament again in the following cycle, representing her new country.

1979 Women's Interzonal, Rio de Janeiro
Player1234567891011121314151617PointsTie break
1 Nana Ioseliani (Soviet Union)-½11½111111111½1114½
2 Zsuzsa Veroci-Petronic (Hungary)½-1½½½½½1½11111½112
3 Nana Alexandria (Soviet Union)00-½½10110111111111
4 Gisela Fischdick (West Germany)0½½-½11½11½01½½1110½74.50
5 Elisabeta Polihroniade (Romania)½½½½-½1½½½½01111110½73.50
6 Valentina Kozlovskaya (Soviet Union)0½00½-11½1110½½1163.25
7 Milunka Lazarević (Yugoslavia)0½1000-011111011160.50
8 Tatiana Zatulovskaya (Soviet Union)0½0½½01-½00111111955.50
9 Kveta Eretova (Czechoslovakia)0000½½0½-111111½1954.25
10 Borislava Borisova (Sweden)0½10½0010-1½0½1118
11 Jana Miles (England)000½½00100-1½1111
12 Rachel Crotto (USA)000110000½0-1½½1138.50
13 Rohini Khadilkar (India)0000010001½0-111133.25
14 Barbara Hund (West Germany)000½0½100½0½0-1116
15 Edith Soppe (Argentina)½00½0½00000½00-114
16 Ruth Volgl Cardoso (Brazil)0½000000½000000-½
17 Ana Luisa Carvajal (Cuba)000000000000000½-½
1979 Women's Interzonal, Alicante
Player123456789101112131415161718PointsTie break
1 Tatjana Lematschko (Bulgaria)-½111½1101½½½1111113½107.75
2 Elena Akhmilovskaya (Soviet Union)½-½101111101½1111113½104.50
3 Nino Gurieli (Soviet Union)0½-001½11½½111111112
4 Marta Litinskaya (Soviet Union)001-0001½11111111111½
5 Diane Savereide (USA)0111-½00011½½11½1111
6 Elena Fatalibekova (Soviet Union)½001½-0010½111111110½
7 Mária Ivánka (Hungary)00½111-11½½1½0001110
8 Maaja Ranniku (Soviet Union)0000110-½1½½0½11119
9 Nieves García (Spain)100½100½-110½½0½1165.25
10 Gertrude Baumstark (Romania)00½001½00-½011111154.50
11 Alexandra van der Mije (Netherlands)½1½00½½½0½-½½01½½1864.75
12 Asela De Armas (Cuba)½000½00½11½-1101½½858.25
13 Gordana Marković (Yugoslavia)½½00½0½1½0½0-½101053.00
14 Olivera Prokopovic (Yugoslavia)0000001½½010½-011140.00
15 Nava Shterenberg (Canada)00000010100101-0116
16 Berna Carrasco (Chile)0000½010½0½0101-0½5
17 Narelle Kellner (Australia)0000000000½½0001-½14.25
18 Miyoko Watai (Japan)00000000000½100½½-14.25

1980–81 Candidates Tournament

The seven qualifiers from the two Interzonals were joined by ex-champion Gaprindashvili, who had been seeded into the tournament.

These eight players contested a knock-out series of matches. The semifinal Ioseliani-Gaprindashvili ended 7-7; in the end, Ioseliani won the lucky draw and advanced to the final. Here she lost to Alexandria, who earned the right to challenge the reigning champion for the second time (after 1975).[3]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
Kislovodsk, Mar 1980
 
 
Nana Alexandria
 
Vilnius, Sep 1980
 
Elena Akhmilovskaya
 
Nana Alexandria 7
 
Baden-Baden, Mar 1980
 
Marta Litinskaya 5
 
Marta Litinskaya
 
Tbilisi, Jan 1981
 
Gisela Fischdick
 
Nana Alexandria
 
Donji Milanovac, Mar 1980
 
Nana Ioseliani
 
Nana Ioseliani 6
 
Tbilisi, Sep 1980
 
Zsuzsa Veroci-Petronic 3
 
Nana Ioseliani 7
 
Tbilisi, Mar 1980
 
Nona Gaprindashvili 7
 
Nona Gaprindashvili 6
 
 
Nino Gurieli 3
 

1981 Championship Match

The championship match was played in Borjomi and Tbilisi in 1981. A tough match went the full 16 games and ended in an 8-8 tie, with champion Chiburdanidze thus retaining her title.[4]

Women's World Championship Match 1981
12345678910111213141516Total
 Maia Chiburdanidze (Soviet Union) ½½½½011½100½½½108
 Nana Alexandria (Soviet Union) ½½½½100½011½½½018

References

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