Elizbar Ubilava (born August 27, 1950 in
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...
) is a Spanish chess
Grandmaster (1988) of Georgian origin. He is
FIDE Senior Trainer
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 an ...
(2004) and worked with
Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster and a former five-time World Chess Champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and is one of the few players to have surpassed an Elo rating o ...
for nine years between 1994 and 2005. He achieved his highest
Elo rating of 2561 in January 1999.
Chess career
Ubilava won the
Georgian Chess Championship Following are the official winners of the national Georgian Chess Championships from 1928 to date. Until 1990 the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic was a republic within the Soviet Union.
Winners
References
List of winners 1928-2008 in 1974 and 1986 and played for Georgia in the
1992 Chess Olympiad. His other successful performances include 1st at
Trencianske Teplice 1985, 1st at
Eforie Nord
Eforie (; historical names (for Eforie Sud): ''Băile Movilă'', ''Carmen-Sylva'', ''Vasile Roaită'') is a town and a holiday resort on the Black Sea shore, in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is located about 14 kilometers south ...
1988, =1st at Tbilisi 1988, 1st at
Benasque
Benasque (; in Benasquese dialect: ''Benás''; an, Benás) () is a town in the comarca of Ribagorza, province of Huesca, (Spain). It is the main town in the Benasque Valley, located in the heart of the Pyrenees and surrounded by the highest p ...
2001, 3rd at
Elgoibar 2003, =2nd at
La Roda
La Roda is a small city and municipality located in the Province of Albacete in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha in Spain.
Description
The town has a population of around 16,500 people. It is an important industrial town. Its mo ...
2005, =1st at Benasque 2005 and =1st at
Almeria 2008.
He participated in the
USSR Chess Championship
The USSR Chess Championship was played from 1921 to 1991. Organized by the USSR Chess Federation, it was the strongest national chess championship ever held, with eight world chess champions and four world championship finalists among its winner ...
of 1967 making him one of the youngest participants at the age of 17.
Notable games
Igor A. Zaitsev vs Elizbar Ubilava, USSR Championship (1967), Sicilian Defense: Smith–Morra Gambit (B21), 0–1Vladimir Kramnik vs Elizbar Ubilava, It (active) 1992, Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack (D37), 0–1
References
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chessmetrics.com
1950 births
Living people
Chess coaches
Chess grandmasters
Chess Olympiad competitors
Chess players from Georgia (country)
Sportspeople from Tbilisi
Spanish chess players
Immigrants to Spain
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