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Georgian Chess Championship
Following are the official winners of the national Georgian Chess Championships from 1928 to date. Until 1990 the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic was a republic within the Soviet Union. Winners References List of winners 1928-2008 * * * * * * * {{Chess national championships [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia (country)
Georgia (, ; ) is a transcontinental country at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is part of the Caucasus region, bounded by the Black Sea to the west, by Russia to the north and northeast, by Turkey to the southwest, by Armenia to the south, and by Azerbaijan to the southeast. The country covers an area of , and has a population of 3.7 million people. Tbilisi is its capital as well as its largest city, home to roughly a third of the Georgian population. During the classical era, several independent kingdoms became established in what is now Georgia, such as Colchis and Iberia. In the early 4th century, ethnic Georgians officially adopted Christianity, which contributed to the spiritual and political unification of the early Georgian states. In the Middle Ages, the unified Kingdom of Georgia emerged and reached its Golden Age during the reign of King David IV and Queen Tamar in the 12th and early 13th centuries. Thereafter, the kingdom decl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizbar Ubilava
Elizbar Ubilava (born August 27, 1950 in Tbilisi) is a Spanish chess Grandmaster (1988) of Georgian origin. He is FIDE Senior Trainer (2004) and worked with Viswanathan Anand for nine years between 1994 and 2005. He achieved his highest Elo rating of 2561 in January 1999. Chess career Ubilava won the Georgian Chess Championship in 1974 and 1986 and played for Georgia in the 1992 Chess Olympiad. His other successful performances include 1st at Trencianske Teplice 1985, 1st at Eforie Nord 1988, =1st at Tbilisi 1988, 1st at Benasque 2001, 3rd at Elgoibar 2003, =2nd at La Roda 2005, =1st at Benasque 2005 and =1st at Almeria 2008. He participated in the USSR Chess Championship The USSR Chess Championship was played from 1921 to 1991. Organized by the USSR Chess Federation, it was the strongest national chess championship ever held, with eight world chess champions and four world championship finalists among its winner ... of 1967 making him one of the youngest participants at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgi Kacheishvili
Giorgi Kacheishvili ( ka, გიორგი კაჭეიშვილი; born 10 February 1977) is a Georgian chess Grandmaster (GM) (1997), two-times Georgian Chess Championship winner (1997, 2006), European Team Chess Championship team and individual medalist (1997, 2003). Biography Giorgi Kacheishvili has repeatedly represented Georgia at the European Youth Chess Championship and World Youth Chess Championships in various age groups. Giorgi Kacheishvili achieved his best result in 1994, in Szeged when he won bronze medal in European Youth Chess Championship in U18 age group. In 1997, Giorgi Kacheishvili won the Georgian Chess Championship but in 2006 he repeated this success. In 2000, he won silver medal in Georgian Chess Championship. In 2004, in Tripoli he participated in FIDE World Chess Championship and lose to Vasilios Kotronias in the first round. Giorgi Kacheishvili is winner of many international chess tournaments, including Stockerau (1993), Wiesbaden (1996), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lasha Janjgava
Lasha Janjgava ( ka, ლაშა ჯანჯღავა; born 5 May 1970) is a Georgian chess Grandmaster (GM) (1990), two-times Georgian Chess Championship winner (1994, 1996). Biography During the 1980s and 1990s Lasha Janjgava was one of the leading Georgian chess players. At the turn of 1989/90 he was very successful in Hastings, where in the '' Scheveningen system'' tournament he shared 1st place with Joseph Gallagher, Gregory Kaidanov and Sergey Smagin. In 1991, Lasha Janjgava shared the 3rd place with Maia Chiburdanidze (behind Zurab Sturua and Giorgi Giorgadze) in Tbilisi. In 1992, he won in Antwerp Academic World Chess Championship. He twice won Georgian Chess Championships: in 1994 and 1996. Lasha Janjgava played for Georgia in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1992, at second reserve board in the 30th Chess Olympiad in Manila (+0, =4, -0), * In 1994, at first reserve board in the 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+0, =2, -3), * In 1996, at second board in the 32nd Chess O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akaki Shalamberidze
Akaki ( Oromo: ''Aqaaqii'') is a woreda in Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne, Akaki is bordered on the southwest by the Southwest Shewa Zone, on the west by Sebeta Hawas, on the northwest by Addis Ababa, on the north by the Bereh, and on the east by East Shewa Zone. The administrative center of this woreda is Dukem. Overview The altitude of this woreda ranges from 1500 to 2300 metres above sea level. Mount Yerer, on the border with Ada'a Chukala, is the highest point in Akaki; other notable peaks include Guji, Bilbilo and Bushu. Rivers include the Akaki, Dukem, and Awash. Important forests include the government-protected Yerer and Addis Baha forests. A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 72.2% is arable or cultivable, 7.6% pasture, 4.4% forest, and the remaining 15.8% is considered swampy, degraded or otherwise unusable. Lentils, chickpeas and fenugreek are important cash crops. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khvicha Supatashvili
Khvicha Supatashvili ( ka, ხვიჩა სუპატაშვილი; born 31 March 1969) is a Georgian chess International Master (IM) (1993), Georgian Chess Championship winner (1992). Career As a chess player In the 1990s, Khvicha Supatashvili was one of the leading Georgian chess players. In 1992 he won Georgian Chess Championship. In 2002, in Moscow he participated in FIDE World Chess Championship, in which in first round he lost Alexey Dreev. Khvicha Supatashvili played for Georgia in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1994, at first reserve board in the 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+1, =4, -0), * In 1996, at second reserve board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Yerevan (+3, =3, -2), * In 1998, at second reserve board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+1, =6, -1). Khvicha Supatashvili played for Georgia in the European Team Chess Championships: * In 1992, at fourth board in the 10th European Team Chess Championship in Debrecen (+2, =3, -2), * In 2001, at third board in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamaz Tabatadze
Tamaz ( ka, თამაზ) may refer to: *Tamaz Chiladze (born 1931), Georgian writer, dramatist and poet * Tamaz Gelashvili (born 1978), Georgian chess grandmaster * Tamaz Kostava (born 1956), retired Georgian Soviet football player * Tamaz Meliava (1929–1972), Georgian Soviet film director and screenwriter *Tamaz Nadareishvili (1954–2004), Georgian politician, head of the Council of Ministers of Abkhazia *Tamaz Pertia (born 1974), former Georgian football midfielder, currently a manager with Skonto Riga * Tamaz Stephania Stadium, multi-use stadium in Bolnisi, Georgia * Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze (born 1929), Georgian linguist, orientalist, public benefactor, Hittitologist, Academician * Tamaz Vashakidze (born 1961), ballet artist, premier dancer of the State Georgian Ballet, choreographer See also * Tahmasp (other) *Tamaas * Tamasa * Tamazh * Tameza *Tamiza *Tammuz (other) *Tammouz (other) *Thomaz Thomaz may refer to: *Américo Thomaz (1894–1987), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Dgebuadze
Alexandre Dgebuadze (born 21 May 1971) is a Georgian-born Belgian chess player who played for Georgia until 2000. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2000. Chess career He has won the Georgian Chess Championship in 1990, and the Belgian Chess Championship four times; in 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2020. He earned the Belgian federation spot to qualify for the Chess World Cup 2021 The Chess World Cup 2021 was a 206-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Sochi, Russia, beginning 12 July and ending 6 August 2021. It was the 9th edition of the Chess World Cup. The winner of this tournament was the Polis ..., where he was defeated by Kiril Georgiev in the first round. References External links * *Alexandre Dgebuadzechess games at 365Chess.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Dgebuadze, Alexandre 1971 births Living people Chess Grandmasters Soviet chess players Chess players from Georgia (country) Belgian chess players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgi Bagaturov
Giorgi Bagaturov (born November 28, 1964) is a Georgian-Armenian chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Georgian Chess Champion and won the World Senior Championship's over-50 section in 2016. Chess career In 1997, Bagaturov tied for first through third place with Stanislav Savchenko and Alexander Moroz in the Danko Chess Tournament in Yenakiieve. He played for Georgia in the Chess Olympiad of 1998. In 1998 tied for 7th–11th with Zurab Sturua, Ioannis Nikolaidis, Angelos Vouldis and Ashot Nadanian in the Zonal tournament in Panormo, Crete, which was the qualifying tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championship 1999. In 2000 he tied for second through sixth place with Roman Slobodjan, Ventzislav Inkiov, Leonid Gofshtein and Stefan Đurić in the Arco Chess Festival. In 2008 he tied for second/third place with Tamaz Gelashvili in the Gyumri Gyumri ( hy, Գյումրի, ) is an urban municipal community and the second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgi Giorgadze
Giorgi Giorgadze ( ka, გიორგი გიორგაძე; born 10 October 1964) is a Georgian chess Grandmaster (GM) (1993), two-times Georgian Chess Championship winner (1982, 1988), Chess Olympiad individual bronze medalist ( 1996). Biography From the early 1980s, Giorgi Giorgadze was one of the leading Georgian chess players. In 1982 and 1988 he won Georgian Chess Championship. In 1989, Giorgi Giorgadze qualified to the Soviet Chess Championship final tournament, finishing in Odessa in 12th place. In 1997, in Groningen he participated in FIDE World Chess Championship, in which in first round he won Étienne Bacrot and in the second round he lost to Michael Adams. In 2007, in Tbilisi he won bronze medal in Georgian Chess Championship. Giorgi Giorgadze has participated in international chess tournaments many times, winning or sharing the first places, including in: * Nałęczów (1989); * San Sebastián (1991); * Mondariz – (three times: 1994, 1999, and 2001); ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zurab Azmaiparashvili
Zurab Azmaiparashvili ( ka, ზურაბ აზმაიფარაშვილი; born 16 March 1960) is a chess grandmaster from Georgia. His peak Elo rating was 2702, achieved in July 2003. Career Azmaiparashvili became a Grandmaster in 1988. Among his achievements are a 2810 performance rating at the 1998 Chess Olympiad and first-place finishes at Pavlodar 1982, Moscow 1986, Albena 1986, Tbilisi 1986, London (Lloyds Bank Open) 1989, and in the 2003 European Individual Chess Championship in Silivri. In 2010 he tied for 1st–2nd with IM Oliver Barbosa in the 1st ASEAN Chess Championship in Singapore, and won the event on tie-break. Azmaiparashvili is active in chess politics. He is President of the European Chess Union and a vice-president of international chess federation FIDE. In August 2009, he was appointed as captain of Azerbaijani chess team and won European Team Chess Championship in Novi Sad (Serbia). Controversies Azmaiparashvili was alleged to have rigged the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |