Maia Chiburdanidze
- January 5, 2024
- Chess Player
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Maia Chiburdanidze |
| Occupation | Chess Player |
| Date Of Birth | Jan 17, 1961(1961-01-17) |
| Age | 63 |
| Birthplace | Kutaisi |
| Country | Georgia (country) |
| Horoscope | Capricorn |
Maia Chiburdanidze Biography
| Name | Maia Chiburdanidze |
| Birthday | Jan 17 |
| Birth Year | 1961 |
| Place Of Birth | Kutaisi |
| Birth Country | Georgia (country) |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Maia Chiburdanidze is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on January 17, 1961 in Kutaisi, Georgia (country). She is one of the most prominent female chess players, and she is best known for her nine Chess Olympiad wins.
She inspired future female chess stars like Judit Polo.
She won outright on her debut at the Braşov women’s international tournament of 1974 when she was only 13 years old and went on to win another tournament in Tbilisi in 1975 before entering the women’s world championship cycle of 1976/77.
Chiburdanidze finished 2nd in the Tbilisi Women’s Interzonal (1976), thereby qualifying for the 1977 candidates matches. She advanced through to the Candidates Final, where she beat Alla Kushnir by 7½–6½ to set up a world title match in Pitsunda, Georgia, against Nona Gaprindashvili, the reigning women’s world champion. Chiburdanidze defeated Gaprindashvili by 8½–6½.
She was born in Georgia, which was at that time a part the Soviet Union.
Maia Chiburdanidze Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Chess Player |
| House | Living in own house. |
Maia Chiburdanidze is one of the richest Chess Player from Georgia (country). According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Maia Chiburdanidze 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
At eight years old, she began to play chess and became the USSR’s girls’ champion in 1976.
In 1977, she was the youngest ever winner of the Women’s World Championship. In 1984, she was only the second woman to attain the rank of Grandmaster.
Maia Chiburdanidze (Georgian: მაია ჩიბურდანიძე ; born 17 January 1961) is a Georgian chess player. She is the seventh 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 has won nine Women’s Chess Olympiads.
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FIDE awarded her the title of Grandmaster in 1984. She is the second woman, after Gaprindashvili, to be awarded the title.
Facts & Trivia
Maia Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Georgia (country). Maia Chiburdanidze celebrates birthday on January 17 of every year.
She has attempted to regain the world title but, with the rise of the Chinese women and the formidable Polgár sisters, this has proved difficult and her best performance since 1991 has been 1st in the Tilburg Candidates tournament of 1994, losing the playoff to Zsuzsa Polgár by 5½–1½. Subsequently, despite not approving of the knockout format, she has entered the world championships of recent years. She reached the semi-finals in 2001, only to be knocked out by Zhu Chen of China, who went on to win the title. In 2004, she again reached the semi-finals where she lost to Antoaneta Stefanova who went on to win the title.