Nana Dzagnidze ( ka, ნანა ძაგნიძე; born 1 January 1987) is a Georgian

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player. She was awarded the title of Grandmaster by

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in 2008. Dzagnidze was a member of the gold medal-winning Georgian team in the

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and European women's individual champion in 2017.

Career

Dzagnidze won the Girls Under 12 section of the

World Youth Chess Championship The World Youth Chess Championship is a FIDE-organized worldwide chess competition for boys and girls under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. Twelve world champions are crowned every year. Since 2015, the event has been split into "World Cade ...

s in 1999. She also won the gold medal at the World Girls Under 20 Championship in 2003, scoring 2 points ahead of the field. In September 2005 she took part in the sixth

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Young Masters tournament, finishing seventh.

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won the tournament. At the

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, Dzagnidze won the prize for the best female player in 2009 and 2011. Dzagnidze nana 20081119 olympiade dresden

In July 2010 she won in

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the fourth leg of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix series, which was part of the

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cycle for

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. She won seven games and

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four, in the eleven-round

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. She finished 1½ points ahead of second-place finisher

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. In 2017, she won the European Women's Individual Championship in

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and the Women's

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. The winner of the honorary FIDE award of Caissa as the best female player of the year (2017). Chess Award of Caissa, designed and executed by artisans of the Lobortas Classic Jewelry House, was solemnly presented on December 31, 2018 during the closing ceremony of the 2018 World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship in Saint Petersburg. In March 2020, Dzagnidze shared 1st place in the 3rd leg of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2019–20 in Lausanne.

Team competitions

Dzagnidze has played for the Georgian national team in the Women's Chess Olympiad, the Women's World Team Chess Championship and the Women's

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. Her team won the gold medal at

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in 2008; she scored scoring a 7/10 points. In 2014, at the

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, Norway, Dzanidze won the individual gold medal as the best player on board one, ahead of

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. In the Women's World Team Championship, she won the team bronze medal in 2011 and 2017. In the Women's European Team Championship, Georgia won the silver medal in 2005, 2009 and 2017. Dzagnidze an individual board four gold medal in 2007. Dzagnidze also won several gold medals in the European Club Cup for Women.

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