- Tamaz Gelashvili
Infobox chess player
playername =Tamaz Gelashvili
caption=
birthname = Tamaz Gelashvili
country = GEO
datebirth = birth date and age|1978|4|8
placebirth =Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic , USSR
datedeath =
placedeath =
title = Grandmaster
worldchampion =
womensworldchampion =
rating = 2622
peakrating = 2623 (October 2007)Tamaz Gelashvili (born
8 April 1978 ) is achess grandmaster from Georgia. He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1999. His highest FIDE rating has been 2623, achieved in October 2007. His national ranking is 4th and he has played forhis country at several Olympiads. Gelashvili won Athens 2006 (Acropolis International).citation|title=Ilya Smirin wins Acropolis 2007|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4073|date=26 August 2007|periodical=ChessBase News|access-date=2008-04-10]He is noted for some unusual opening variations, such as playing 2.b3 as a response to the
French Defence andCaro-Kann Defence .References
External links
* [http://chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=13600702 Rating data]
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