- Baadur Jobava
Infobox chess player
playername = Baadur Jobava
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birthname = Baadur Jobava
country = GEO
datebirth = birth date and age|1983|11|26
placebirth = Gali, Georgia
datedeath =
placedeath =
title = Grandmaster (2001)
worldchampion =
womensworldchampion =
rating = 2665
(No. 55 on the July 2008 FIDE ratings list)
peakrating = 2665 (July 2008)Baadur Jobava ( _ka. ბაადურ ჯობავა; born
November 26 ,1983 ) is a Georgianchess grandmaster. His first major achievement on the international scene was winning the Dubai Open 2003 with 7/9. [ [http://ratings.fide.com/trarc.phtml?event16=366&codt=8 FIDE Archive - Tournament report July 2003 ] ] He took the gold medal at the 200436th Chess Olympiad , scoring 8½/10. In total he has taken part in four Olympiads: 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006 (scoring 64.3% overall). [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/players/2y0c44ae.html OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Baadur Jobava ] ] He took part in theFIDE World Chess Championship 2004 , but was knocked out in the first round byRuben Felgaer . He won theGeorgian Chess Championship in 2003 [ [http://ratings.fide.com/trarc.phtml?event16=595&codt=8 FIDE Archive - Tournament report July 2003 ] ] and 2007 [ [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic646.html#6 The Week in Chess 646 ] ] . He won the Second Samba Cup inSkanderborg ,Denmark in 2005. [ [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2703 ChessBase.com - Chess News - Jobava wins the Samba Cup in Denmark ] ] 2006 was a good year for Jobava, winning the Railyaway Hotel Cup [ [http://ratings.fide.com/trarc.phtml?event16=3608&codt=21 FIDE Archive - Tournament report October 2006 ] ] and the prestigiousAeroflot Open , the strongest open tournament in the world. [ [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2931 ChessBase.com - Chess News - Baadur Jobava wins Aeroflot Open ] ]He became well known for his home preparation by beating grandmaster
Evgeny Bareev in a prepared line that lasted 34 moves [ [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1268811 Baadur Jobava vs Evgeny Bareev] European Clubs Cup 2003. Caro-Kann Defense:Classical Variation(B19) 1-0ChessGames.com ] until his opponent resigned. In the 2004 Olympiad he won in a similar way againstAlexander Grischuk . [ [http://www.coruschess.com/participants.php?year=2006&group=2&bio=9 Corus Chess 2006 - Biography of Baadur Jobava ] ] Among contemporary grandmasters he also has the highest percentage of winning sacrifices, according to the chessgames.com database. [ [http://www.chessgames.com/chessstats.html Chess Statistics ] ]References
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* [http://chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=13601520 Rating data]
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