The 1984 Women's World Chess Championship was won by Maia Chiburdanidze, who successfully defended her title against challenger Irina Levitina.
The 1984 Women's World Chess Championship was won by Maia Chiburdanidze, who successfully defended her title against challenger Irina Levitina.
As part of the qualification process, two Interzonal tournaments were held, one in Bad Kissingen in July and the other in Tbilisi in September 1982, featuring the best players from each FIDE zone. A total of 31 players took part, with the top three from each Interzonal qualifying for the Candidates Tournament.
In Bad Kissingen, ex-champion Gaprindashvili took first place and qualified along with Semenova and Lematschko. [1]
Mureşan won in Tbilisi, ahead of Levitina and Liu (the first Chinese player to qualify for a Candidates Tournament). [2]
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Points | Tie break | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nona Gaprindashvili (Soviet Union) | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
| 2 | Lidia Semenova (Soviet Union) | 1 | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 11½ | |
| 3 |  Tatjana Lematschko (Switzerland) | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| 4 |  Eliska Klimova (Czechoslovakia) | ½ | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 10½ | 69.00 |
| 5 |  Barbara Hund (West Germany) | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10½ | 62.25 |
| 6 | Marta Litinskaya (Soviet Union) | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| 7 |  Marina Pogorevici (Romania) | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9½ | |
| 8 | Elena Fatalibekova (Soviet Union) | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 7 | 44.75 |
| 9 |  Suzana Maksimović (Yugoslavia) | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7 | 40.75 |
| 10 |  Mária Ivánka (Hungary) | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 7 | 40.00 |
| 11 |  Erika Belle (Netherlands) | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 12 |  Borislava Borisova (Sweden) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 23.50 |
| 13 |  Nava Shterenberg (Canada) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 23.00 |
| 14 |  Hanna Ereńska-Radzewska (Poland) | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 15 |  Giovanna Arbunic (Chile) | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | 3 | 19.00 |
| 16 |  Rachel Crotto (USA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 12.00 |
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Points | Tie break | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margareta Mureşan (Romania) | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 10½ | |
| 2 | Irina Levitina (Soviet Union) | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9½ | |
| 3 |  Liu Shilan (China) | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| 4 |  Nieves García (Spain) | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 8 | 51.75 |
| 5 | Elena Akhmilovskaya (Soviet Union) | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 8 | 51.50 |
| 6 | Nino Gurieli (Soviet Union) | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | - | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8 | 51.00 |
| 7 | Tamara Minogina (Soviet Union) | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 7½ | 49.75 |
| 8 | Natalia Titorenko (Soviet Union) | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7½ | 45.75 |
| 9 | Gisela Fischdick (West Germany) | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7 | |
| 10 | Zsuzsa Veroci-Petronic (Hungary) | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6½ | 41.75 |
| 11 | Zorica Nikolin (Yugoslavia) | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 37.50 |
| 12 | Amalija Pihajlić (Yugoslavia) | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | 0 | 5½ | |
| 13 |  Rohini Khadilkar (India) | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 29.50 |
| 14 | Diane Savereide (USA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 5 | 29.25 |
| 15 |  Ilse Guggenberger (Colombia) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 1½ |
The six qualifiers from the Interzonals were joined by two seeded players: Alexandria, who had lost the last championship match, and Ioseliani, who had lost the previous Candidates final.
These eight players contested a knock-out series of matches. Levitina won the final, earning the right to challenge the reigning champion for the title. [3]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| Lvov, Mar 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Irina Levitina | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Dubna, Nov 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Nona Gaprindashvili | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Irina Levitina | 7½ | ||||||||||||
| Alicante, 1983 [4] | |||||||||||||
| Nana Alexandria | 6½ | ||||||||||||
| Nana Alexandria | 5½ | ||||||||||||
| Sochi, Mar 1984 | |||||||||||||
| Tatjana Lematschko | 4½ | ||||||||||||
| Irina Levitina | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Bad Kissingen, Mar 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Lidia Semenova | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Lidia Semenova | 5½ | ||||||||||||
| Sochi, Nov 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Margareta Mureşan | 4½ | ||||||||||||
| Lidia Semenova | 5½ | ||||||||||||
| Velden, Mar 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Nana Ioseliani | 4½ | ||||||||||||
| Liu Shilan | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Nana Ioseliani | 6 | ||||||||||||
The championship match was played in Volgograd from early September to October 19, 1984. [5] Unlike the previous match three years before, champion Chiburdanidze had no problems this time. She beat challenger Levitina with a comfortable margin of three points and retained her title [6]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irina Levitina (Soviet Union) | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 5½ |
| Maia Chiburdanidze (Soviet Union) | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 8½ |
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