Baadur Jobava
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| Baadur Jobava | ||
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| Full name | Baadur Jobava | |
| Country |  Georgia |
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| Born | November 26, 1983 Gali, Georgia |
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| Title | Grandmaster (2001) | |
| FIDE rating | 2658 (No. 60 on the April 2008 FIDE ratings list) |
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| Peak rating | 2658 (April 2008) | |
Baadur Jobava (Georgian: ბაადურ ჯობავა; born November 26, 1983) is a Georgian chess grandmaster. His first major achievement on the international scene was winning the Dubai Open 2003 with 7/9.[1] He took the gold medal at the 2004 36th Chess Olympiad, scoring 8½/10. In total he has taken part in four Olympiads: 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006 (scoring 64.3% overall).[2] He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, but was knocked out in the first round by Ruben Felgaer. He won the Georgian Chess Championship in 2003[3] and 2007[4]. He won the Second Samba Cup in Skanderborg, Denmark in 2005.[5] 2006 was a good year for Jobava, winning the Railyaway Hotel Cup[6] and the prestigious Aeroflot Open, the strongest open tournament in the world.[7]
He became well known for his home preparation by beating grandmaster Evgeny Bareev in a prepared line that lasted 34 moves[8] until his opponent resigned. In the 2004 Olympiad he won in a similar way against Alexander Grischuk.[9] Among contemporary grandmasters he also has the highest percentage of winning sacrifices, according to the chessgames.com database.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ FIDE Archive - Tournament report July 2003
- ^ OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Baadur Jobava
- ^ FIDE Archive - Tournament report July 2003
- ^ The Week in Chess 646
- ^ ChessBase.com - Chess News - Jobava wins the Samba Cup in Denmark
- ^ FIDE Archive - Tournament report October 2006
- ^ ChessBase.com - Chess News - Baadur Jobava wins Aeroflot Open
- ^ Baadur Jobava vs Evgeny Bareev European Clubs Cup 2003. Caro-Kann Defense:Classical Variation(B19) 1-0 ChessGames.com
- ^ Corus Chess 2006 - Biography of Baadur Jobava
- ^ Chess Statistics
[edit] External links
- Baadur Jobava at ChessGames.com
- FIDE rating card for Baadur Jobava
