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Maia Chiburdanidze

1961 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maia Chiburdanidze has received more than 245,626 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Maia Chiburdanidze is the 78th most popular chess player (down from 69th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Georgia (down from 107th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Georgian Chess Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Maia Chiburdanidzes by language

Over the past year Maia Chiburdanidze has had the most page views in the with 29,349 views, followed by Russian (16,344), and Georgian (8,409). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Galician (228.78%), French (143.52%), and Uzbek (82.41%)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Maia Chiburdanidze ranks 78 out of 461. Before her are Edward Lasker, Pal Benko, Philipp Stamma, Lev Polugaevsky, Adolf Albin, and Isidor Gunsberg. After her are Rudolf Charousek, Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Friðrik Ólafsson, Nana Alexandria, and Friedrich Sämisch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Maia Chiburdanidze ranks 140. Before her are Jackie Earle Haley, Souleymane Sané, Eugenio Derbez, Alexander Payne, Vasily Ignatenko, and Alemão. After her are Kazuki Takahashi, Juan Carlos Osorio, Agneta Andersson, Timur Bekmambetov, Katherine Kelly Lang, and Joanne Whalley.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Maia Chiburdanidze ranks 132 out of 406. Before her are Dimitri Uznadze (1886), David Kipiani (1951), Kosta Khetagurov (1859), Shota Arveladze (1973), Alexander Svanidze (1886), and Zacharia Paliashvili (1871). After her are Mary Eristavi (1888), George the Hagiorite (1009), Leila Abashidze (1929), Zaur Kaloev (1931), Zurab Zhvania (1963), and Alexander Khatisian (1874).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Georgia

Among chess players born in Georgia, Maia Chiburdanidze ranks 3. Before her are Tigran Petrosian (1929), and Nona Gaprindashvili (1941). After her are Nana Alexandria (1949), Genrikh Kasparyan (1910), Nana Ioseliani (1962), Zurab Azmaiparashvili (1960), Sergei Movsesian (1978), Nana Dzagnidze (1987), Bela Khotenashvili (1988), Ana Matnadze (1983), and Salome Melia (1987).

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