Nana Alexandria

Nana Alexandria
Nana Alexandria, Dubai 1986
Full name	ნანა ალექსანდრია
Country	Georgia
Born	October 13, 1949 (1949-10-13) (age 62) Poti, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
Title	Woman Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2342 (May 2010)

Nana Alexandria (Georgian: ნანა ალექსანდრია; born 13 October 1949 in Poti, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) is a Georgian chess Woman Grandmaster (1976) and International Arbiter (1995). She was the challenger in two matches for the Women's World Chess Championship.

Alexandria was awarded the Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1966 and the WGM title in 1976, she was USSR Women's Champion in 1966, 1968 (jointly) and 1969. Alexandria was the Women's World Championship Challenger in 1975 and 1981. In 1975 she lost to Nona Gaprindashvili (+3 =1 −8). In 1981 she drew with Maia Chiburdanidze (+4 =8 −4), with Chiburdanidze retaining her title as champion. Alexandria played for Soviet Union in the Chess Olympiads of 1969, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982 and 1986.^[1] She was one of the contributing players of the USSR team that dominated the women's Olympiads of the 1980s.

Her best Elo rating was 2415 in 1988.

Alexandria is now an administrator to FIDE. She was the chairperson of the FIDE Women's Commission from 1986 to 2001.

Further reading

• New In Chess (#7, 1986): 66–68 
• ChessBase News

References

1. ^ OlimpBase Women's Chess Olympiads Nana Alexandria

External links

• FIDE rating card for Nana Alexandria
• Nana Alexandria player profile at ChessGames.com
• Biography of Nana Alexandria

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Name	Alexandria, Nana
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Date of birth	13 October 1949
Place of birth	Poti, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
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