| FIDE Women's World Chess Championship cycle 1978-1981 |
[ Competition summary || West European zonal 1 | West European zonal 2 | East European zonal | Soviet zonal | US zonal | Canadian zonal | Central American zonal | South American zonal | West Asian zonal | Asian Pacific zonal | Mediterranean-African zonal ||
|| Interzonal Rio de Janeiro | Interzonal Alicante | Interzonal play-off || Candidates QF | Candidates SF | Candidates F || WCh match ]
| World Championship match :: Borjomi Tbilisi 1981 |
<< [ Match Results | Information ]
| name | Elo | Flag | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | pts | + | = | - |
| ⇑ WGM Chiburdanidze, Maia | 2405 | |
½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| WGM Alexandria, Nana | 2335 | |
½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
As the match ended in a tie Chiburdanidze retained her title.
| World Championship match | |
| Dates: | 7th September - 29th October 1981 |
| City: | Borjomi Tbilisi (Soviet Union) |
| Venue: | Borjomi: Ликани (Likani sanatory) Tbilisi: Тбилисский Дворец шахмат (Tbilisi Palace of Chess) |
| Organizers: | Soviet Chess Fed |
| Chief Arbiter: | IA Miroslav Filip (CSR) |
| Time control: | |
| PGN game file: | wwc1981-wch.pgn |