Every title match between 1950 and 1969 was played in the USSR for the good reason that both champion and challenger were Soviet citizens in all those matches. Bobby Fischer broke that stranglehold in 1972. Women’s title matches continued to be played in the Soviet Union until 1988 since the champion and challenger were always Soviet, (usually Georgians).
In 1991, Xie Jun beat Maia Chiburdanidze and ended the era of Georgian domination. The 2018 women’s title match is being played in Shanghai (first half) and Chongqing. The challenger, Ju Wenjun, hails from Shanghai and ...
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First Published: Fri, May 11 2018. 22:19 IST
