Tamar Khmiadashvili ( ka, თამარ ხმიადაშვილი; 27 November 1944 – 2019) was a

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

player, who was awarded the title of

Woman Grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(WGM) by

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in 1998. She won the Georgian Women's Championship in 1972, 1975 and 1978, the European Women's Senior Championship in 2010, and the World Women's Senior Championship in 1998, 1999, 2003, 2010 and 2017 (in the 65+ age category). She placed second in the latter event in 1995–1997. In 2007 she was also accorded the FIDE Arbiter title. Khmiadashvili was fluent in German. She worked as a chess coach in her native city of

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...

and was never married.Interview mit GM Tamara Khmiadashvili
''teleschach.com'' . 2008.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khmiadashvili, Tamar 1944 births 2019 deaths Female chess players from Georgia (country) Soviet female chess players Chess woman grandmasters Sportspeople from Tbilisi World Senior Chess Champions Date of death missing Place of death missing