![]() She has also made the documentary film, “Georgian Gambit”, in three languages (Georgian, English and German). She has written many articles for various chess journals throughout the world (Georgia, Russia, Latvia, Yugoslavia, Spain, USA, Australia, and Holland) in Georgian, Russian and English languages and two books: "8:8 – Victory and Defeat" in Russian and Georgian (2005), and "Georgian Women Chess Phenomenon" in English. Nana is a popular TV and print journalist. (L to R) Nana Alexandria in 1986, at the 1990 Novi Sad Olympiad, and in 1996 Her constant trainer was master David Janoev, an Honored Trainer of Georgia. This is not surprising since Nana was seconded by Mark Dvoretsky, one of the world’s best trainers, and theoretician Viktor Gavrikov. Moreover, Nana was a three-time Champion of Georgia, a three-time USSR Women’s Champion, and the first placer in about 20 important international tournaments.ġ981 Women's World Championship Match Maia Chiburdanidze vs Nana AlexandriaĪmong the well-known grandmasters she has beaten are Jan Timman and Aivars Gipslis. She participated in three more Olympiads from 1992 to1996 as Captain of the victorious Georgian Women’s Team. She lacked self-confidence and did not expect to win the match when suddenly she found the title within her grasp.įrom 1969 through1986, Nana played for the USSR in six Olympiads, invariably contributing significantly to the effort of winning the gold medal every time. In 1981, she got another crack at the world title, this time against Maya Chiburdanidze. Psychologically beaten, she was not able to recover and lost three games in succession. In the ninth game where she had a tremendous advantage, she blundered away a piece and lost. This was when she suffered a heartbreaking loss to Nona Gaprindashvili, 8½-3½, on her first attempt to win the world women’s title. ![]() ![]() The year 1975 was very significant for Nana. By the age of twenty, Nana had won the USSR Women’s Championship for the third time, an achievement that was never equalled. Within six months she became the girls’ champion of Tbilisi. At ten, she started formal lessons in the famous Georgian chess school of V. Born on Octoin Poti, Georgia (USSR), Nana learned chess at the age of four from her father, a mathematician. Nana Alexandria’s ideas were drawn from her vast experiences an outstanding chess player. And lately, she has realized her dream of staging the Women’s World Team Championship and the inclusion of an all-women team in the World Team Championship. Through her recommendations, many open tournaments now offer prizes to top women players. She’s the brain behind the Women’s Chess Oscar Award, the institution of the different age-group Championships for Girls and the synchronization of the men’s and women’s championship cycles. Nana has accomplished much for women’s chess. She was the ideal choice for the job because of her keen understanding of the means to stimulate interest in chess. From 1986 to 2002, Nana was Chairperson of the Commission for Women’s Chess, FIDE’s permanent committee tasked to promote and develop chess activities for women and the preparation of programs aiming, progressively, at a better representation of women in all aspects of chess activities. If there’s one particular individual who can be credited for its tremendous growth and development, it’s none other than International Woman Grandmaster Nana Alexandria. Today, women’s chess has gone a long way. And the best women chess players belonged to only a few European countries. The top places in the International Rating List were monopolized my men. FIDE had separate listings of men and women players. ![]() Rated women chess players, an even much smaller entity. Until a few decades ago, women chess players were an obvious minority in the chess playing population. Nana Alexandria – a Pillar of Women's Chess Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > The ultimate chess experience every day, Pla圜 welcomes 20,000 chess players from all around the world – from beginner to grandmaster.Memorize it easily move by move by playing against the variation trainer. Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Learn openings the right way! Build and maintain your repertoire.Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Real Fun against a Chess Program! Play, analyze and train online against Fritz.Top authors like Daniel King, Lawrence Trent and Rustam Kasimdzhanov Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Thousands of hours of high class video training.Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Sac, sac, mate! Solve tactical positions of your playing strength.Store your games, training material and opening repertoire in the cloud. Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > My Games – Access your games from everywhere.Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > 8 million games online! Updated weekly, our definitive database has all the latest games.
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