Elizbar Ubilava

Elizbar Ubilava
Full name Elizbar Ubilava
Country Georgia, Spain
Born (1950-08-27) August 27, 1950
Tbilisi
Title Grandmaster (1988)
FIDE rating 2480 (January 2016)
Peak rating 2561 (January 1999)

Elizbar Ubilava (born August 27, 1950 in Tbilisi) is a Spanish chess Grandmaster (1988) of Georgian origin. He is FIDE Senior Trainer (2004)[1] and worked with Viswanathan Anand for nine years between 1994 and 2005.[2] He achieved his highest Elo rating of 2561 in January 1999.[3]

Chess career

Ubilava won the Georgian Chess Championship in 1974 and 1986[4] and played for Georgia in the 1992 Chess Olympiad.[5] His other successful performances include 1st at Trencianske Teplice 1985, 1st at Eforie Nord 1988, =1st at Tbilisi 1988,[6] 1st at Benasque 2001,[7] 3rd at Elgoibar 2003,[8] =2nd at La Roda 2005,[9] =1st at Benasque 2005[10] and =1st at Almeria 2008.[11]

He participated in the USSR Chess Championship of 1967.[12]

Notable games

References

  1. ↑ "Ubilava, Elizbar FIDE Chess Profile – Players Arbiters Trainers". FIDE. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Karmarkar, Amit (November 7, 2013). "Ubilava hopes Anand can withstand Carlsen onslaught". IndiaTimes.com. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ "FIDE rating history: Ubilava, Elizbar". OlimpBase. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Campeonato de Georgia" (in Spanish). Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  5. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Elizbar Ubilava". OlimpBase. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  6. ↑ "The chess games of Elizbar Ubilava". ChessGames.com. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  7. ↑ "XXI'Villa de Benasque' IO October 2001 Spain". FIDE. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  8. ↑ "XII 'Eslgoibar' Magistral April 2003 Spain". FIDE. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  9. ↑ "32 La Roda Intl.Open July 2005 Spain". FIDE. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  10. ↑ "25 Anniversary Magistral October 2005 Spain". FIDE. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  11. ↑ "XIX Open Internacional Villa de Roquetas April 2008 Spain". FIDE. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  12. ↑ "35 Championship of USSR – Kharkov 7–27.12.1967 (swiss 13 games,126 participants)". RusBase. Retrieved January 24, 2014.

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