Giorgi Bagaturov (born November 28, 1964) is a Georgian-Armenian

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grandmaster. He is a three-time

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and won the

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'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

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. He played for Georgia in the

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of 1998. In 1998 tied for 7th–11th with

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, Ioannis Nikolaidis, Angelos Vouldis and Ashot Nadanian in the Zonal tournament in Panormo,

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, which was the qualifying tournament for the

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. In 2000 he tied for second through sixth place with Roman Slobodjan, Ventzislav Inkiov,

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and Stefan Đurić in the Arco Chess Festival. In 2008 he tied for second/third place with Tamaz Gelashvili in the

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International tournament. In 2011, he won the Thessaloniki International Open "Alexander the Great". On the May 2011 FIDE list, Bagaturov's Elo rating was 2459.

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* 1964 births Living people Chess players from Georgia (country) Armenian chess players Georgian people of Armenian descent Chess grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors World Senior Chess Champions {{Georgia-chess-bio-stub