Tags: Chess Player.
Nana Mikhailovna Ioseliani (born 12 February 1962) is a Georgian chess player. She has held the FIDE Woman Grandmaster title since 1980 and the International Master title since 1993.She has twice won the candidate’s tournament to play for the Women’s World Chess Championship. In 1988 she challenged defending champion Maia Chiburdanidze and lost 8½ to 9½ (+2 =11 -3). In 1993 she played Xie Jun and lost heavily 2½ to 8½.She has won the Women’s Soviet Chess Championship four times.
