Giorgi Giorgadze

Giorgi Giorgadze
Giorgi Giorgadze in 2013
Country	Soviet Union Georgia
Born	(1964-10-10) 10 October 1964 (age 57)
Title	Grandmaster (GM) (1993)
FIDE rating	2584 (December 2021)
Peak rating	2625 (July 1997)

Giorgi Giorgadze (Georgian: 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.^[1] In 1989, Giorgi Giorgadze qualified to the Soviet Chess Championship final tournament, finishing in Odessa in 12th place.^[2] 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.^[3] 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);
• Ankara (1995, FIDE Zonal tournament);
• A Coruña – (twice: 1995, and 1996);
• Bad Wörishofen (1998);^[4]
• Benasque (2002).

Giorgi Giorgadze played for Georgia in the Chess Olympiads:^[5]

• In 1992, at fourth board in the 30th Chess Olympiad in Manila (+6, =4, -3),
• In 1994, at fourth board in the 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+5, =5, -2),
• In 1996, at second board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Yerevan (+6, =5, -1) and won individual bronze medal,
• In 1998, at second board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+2, =5, -3),
• In 2000, at second board in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+2, =7, -1).

Giorgi Giorgadze played for Georgia in the World Team Chess Championship:^[6]

• In 2005, at third board in the 6th World Team Chess Championship in Beer Sheva (+0, =3, -0).

Giorgi Giorgadze played for Georgia in the European Team Chess Championships:^[7]

• In 1992, at second board in the 10th European Team Chess Championship in Debrecen (+1, =5, -2),
• In 1997, at second board in the 11th European Team Chess Championship in Pula (+0, =8, -1),
• In 1999, at first board in the 12th European Team Chess Championship in Batumi (+1, =4, -3).

In 1993, he was awarded the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title.

References[]

External links[]

• Giorgi Giorgadze player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Giorgi Giorgadze chess games at 365Chess.com

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