Robby Kevlishvili is a Dutch

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grandmaster.

Chess career

Kevlishvili began playing chess at the age of 4, and finished in second place in the 2013 U-12

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. In December 2021, Kevlishvili tied for 1st place at the 2021 Charlotte Open alongside Grandmasters

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, Tanguy Ringoir, and

Akshat Chandra Akshat Chandra (born May 28, 1999) is an American chess player. He started playing Chess during a visit to India in 2009 when he was nine years old. In 2015, he won the US National K-12 Championship and was also the US Junior Champion, the firs ...

. In the Trinidad and Tobago International Open 2022, Kevlishvili won the Blitz event with a perfect 9/9 score. In the Masters section, he won with a score of 8/9. In 2022, Kevlishvili represented the Netherlands at the World Team Championship in Jersusalem, Israel, winning an individual bronze medal. Later in the year, Kevlishvili finished second at the Dutch Chess Championship. In 2024, Kevlishvili participated in the 2024 World Rapid & Blitz Championships in New York City.

Personal life

Kevlishvili attended

Saint Louis University Saint Louis University (SLU) is a private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1818 by Louis William Valentine DuBourg, it is the oldest university west of the Missi ...

for a major in finance and mathematics, and later a masters of business administration, and played for the university's team in the Collegiate Chess League in 2022 and 2023. The team won both championships. In 2022, Kevlishvili won the 2022 Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess Championship as part of team SLU. Later that year, Saint Louis also won the National Championship. In 2023, Saint Louis University finished second at the National Championships. In 2025, with Kevlishvili as the team captain, Saint Louis finished third at the Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship, qualifying for the 2025 President's Cup.

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