Nino Batsiashvili
| Nino Batsiashvili | |
|---|---|
 Batsiashvili in 2022 | |
| Country | Georgia |
| Born | 1 January 1987 Batumi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster (2018) |
| FIDE rating | 2467 (October 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2528 (March 2018) |
Nino Batsiashvili (Georgian: ნინო ბაციაშვილი; born 1 January 1987)[1] is a Georgian chess grandmaster and 4-time[2][3] and the current Georgian women's chess champion.[4]
Career
[edit]In 2012, she won the Group E (women's section of the RSSU Student Grandmaster Cup) of the Moscow Open.[5][6] In 2013 Batsiashvili won the 3rd Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska Memorial in Wrocław, Poland on tiebreak over Joanna Majdan-Gajewska.[7]
In 2015, she won the Women's Georgian Chess Championship[8] and finished second in the Women's European Individual Chess Championship.[9][10]
She was a member of the Georgian team that won the gold medal in the Women's World Team Chess Championship 2015, held in Chengdu, China.[11] Batsiashvili also won the individual bronze medal on board four.[12]
In December 2015 she drew against reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen in the opening round of the Qatar Masters Open.[13][14][15]
In 2016 Batsiashvili took part in the FIDE Women's Grand Prix series. She finished second in the last stage, held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.[16]
In 2018 she was awarded the Grandmaster title.[17]
In 2022 she won an individual gold medal for her performance at board 2, in the women's tournament at the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India.
References
[edit]- ^ WGM title application FIDE
- ^ 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2018, April 6-9, Minsk, Belarus. FIDE.
- ^ "The Week in Chess 1343". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- ^ "GM Nino Batsiashvili wins 79th Georgian Women's Chess Championship". chessdom.com. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- ^ Moscow Open 2012 E. chess-results.com.
- ^ Winners of RSSU Cup «Moscow Open 2012». FIDE. 2012-02-07
- ^ "Memorial of Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska". Chessdom. 2013-10-08. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ "IM Nino Batsiashvili is 2015 Georgian champion for women". Chessdom. 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ "European Women's Championship: Zhukova First, Batsiashvili Second, Kashlinskaya Third". chess-news.ru. 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ "Natalia Zhukova is 2015 European Women's Champion". Chessdom. 2015-05-31. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ "Georgia takes gold in Women’s World Team Chess Championship". Chessdom. 2015-04-28.
- ^ Women’s World Team Chess Championship 2015: board standings. chess-results.com.
- ^ "Batsiashvili forces draw with Carlsen in Qatar". The Peninsula Qatar. 2015-12-21. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
- ^ Silver, Albert (2015-12-20). "Qatar 2015 Rd1: Surprises, upsets – what a start!". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ "Qatar Masters 1: No-one said it was gonna be easy". chess24.com. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ "Ju Wenjun is triumphant in Khanty-Mansiysk". www.fide.com. FIDE. 2016-12-01. Archived from the original on 2016-12-11. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ "Schach-Ticker | Jetzt wirklich: GM-Titel für Nino Batsiashvili". Archived from the original on 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
External links
[edit]- Nino Batsiashvili rating card at FIDE
- Nino Batsiashvili games at 365Chess.com
- Nino Batsiashvili player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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