Women's World Chess Championship 1991
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The 1991 Women's World Chess Championship was won by Xie Jun, who defeated the incumbent champion Maia Chiburdanidze in the title match.
As part of the qualification process, two Interzonal tournaments were held in the summer of 1990, one in Azov in June and the other in the Genting Highlands in Malaysia in June and July, featuring the best players from each FIDE zone. A total of 36 players took part, with the top three from each Interzonal qualifying for the Candidates Tournament.
Kachiani and Galliamova shared first place in Azov, half a point ahead of Klimova-Richtrova, who also advanced to the Candidates.[1]
In Genting, ex-champion Gaprindashvili scored an impressive victory at the age of 49, one point ahead of the almost 30 years younger surprise star Xie, while Marić took the last spot in the Candidates after winning a playoff against Gurieli 3-2.[2]
1990 Women's Interzonal, Azov Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Points Tie break 1 
Ketino Kachiani (Soviet Union)2365 - ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 11½ 89.50 2 Alisa Galliamova (Soviet Union)2365 ½ - ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 11½ 89.25 3 
Eliska Klimova-Richtrova (Czechoslovakia)2355 ½ ½ - 1 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 11 4 Svetlana Prudnikova (Soviet Union)2265 1 0 0 - 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 10½ 5 
Claudia Amura (Argentina)2285 ½ 0 1 0 - ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 10 79.75 6 Ketevan Arakhamia (Soviet Union)2385 0 0 0 0 ½ - 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 10 74.75 7 
Peng Zhaoqin (China)2305 ½ ½ 1 1 0 0 - ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 10 74.50 8 
Agnieszka Brustman (Poland)2325 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 ½ - 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 10 74.00 9 
Ildikó Mádl (Hungary)2405 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 - ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 9½ 72.72 10 Fliura Uskova (Soviet Union)2270 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ - ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 9½ 70.75 11 Irina Chelushkina (Soviet Union)2315 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 0 ½ - 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 9 71.75 12 
Anna-Maria Botsari (Greece)2205 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 63.50 13 
Margarita Voiska (Bulgaria)2335 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 - 0 1 0 1 1 8 14 
Vesna Basagić (Yugoslavia)2270 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 - 0 1 ½ 1 7½ 15 
Tsagaan Battsetseg (Mongolia)2230 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 - 1 1 1 7 16 
Gina Finegold (Belgium)2025 ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 ½ 4½ 17 
Adriana Salazar Varón (Colombia)2115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 - 0 3 18 
Sharon Ellen Burtman (USA)2045 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 - 1½
1990 Women's Interzonal, Genting Highlands Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Points Tie break 1 Nona Gaprindashvili (Soviet Union)- 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 13½ 2 Xie Jun (China)0 - ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12½ 3 Alisa Marić (Yugoslavia)½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 12 93.25 4 Nino Gurieli (Soviet Union)½ ½ ½ - 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 12 92.50 5 Julia Demina (Soviet Union)1 ½ ½ 0 - ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 11 85.75 6 Anna Akhsharumova (USA)0 0 0 ½ ½ - 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 11 74.25 7 Marta Litinskaya-Shul (Soviet Union)0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 - 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 10½ 8 Elena Zayac (Soviet Union)0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 - 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 10 9 
Nina Høiberg (Denmark)0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 - 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 9½ 67.50 10 Nana Alexandria (Soviet Union)0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 - 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 9½ 63.50 11 
Tatjana Lematschko (Switzerland)½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 - 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 7½ 12 
Erika Sziva (Netherlands)0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 13 Marina Makropoulou (Greece)1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ - 0 ½ 0 1 1 6 45.75 14 
Cathy Forbes (England)0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 - ½ 1 ½ 1 6 35.25 15 
Nava Starr (Canada)0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ - 1 1 1 6 34.50 16 
Annett Wagner-Michel (East Germany)0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 - 1 1 5 17 
Ingrid Dahl (Norway)0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 - ½ 3½ 18 Alexey Root (USA)0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ - 1
