Mikhail Kobalia

Mikhail Kobalia
Mikhail Kobalia
Full name Михаил Кобалия
Country  Russia
Born May 3, 1978 (1978-05-03) (age 33)
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2648 (May 2010)
Peak rating 2656 (October 2003)

Mikhail Kobalia (Russian: Михаил Кобалия; born May 3, 1978) is a Russian chess Grandmaster (1997).

In 1994 he won European Youth Chess Championship (U16) in Guarapuava. In 2001 was clear first in the Chigorin Memorial at St. Petersburg.[1] In 2005 came first in the Masters Open Tournament in Biel.[2] In 2007, he tied for 1st-6th with Vitali Golod, Mateusz Bartel, Yuri Yakovich, Michael Roiz and Zahar Efimenko in the 16th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International tournament.[3] In 2009 he tied for 9th-11th with Boris Grachev and Tomi Nyback in the European Individual Chess Championship in Budva.[4] He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, but was eliminated in the first round by Igor Lysyj.[5]

Notable games

References

  1. ^ "Archive. Tournament report January 2002". World Chess Federation. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=20634. Retrieved 23 December 2010. 
  2. ^ "Biel: Master Open Tournaments". BielChessFestival.ch. http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/en/past-winners. Retrieved 23 May 2010. 
  3. ^ Crowther, Mark (2007-10-01). "TWIC 673: 16th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man". London Chess Center. http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/twic673.html#4. Retrieved 23 May 2010. 
  4. ^ "Chess News: The European Individual Championship 2009". Chessib.com. http://www.chessib.com/news.html. Retrieved 23 May 2010. 
  5. ^ Crowther, Mark (2011-09-21). "The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011". London Chess Center. http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/fide-world-cup-khanty-mansiysk-2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011. 

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