Nino Batsiashvili

Nino Batsiashvili
Country Georgia
Born (1987-01-01) 1 January 1987
Batumi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Title International Master
Woman Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2499 (March 2016)
Peak rating 2509 (November 2015)

Nino Batsiashvili (Georgian: ნინო ბაციაშვილი; born 1 January 1987 in Batumi)[1] is a Georgian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

In 2012 she won the Group E (women's section of the RSSU Student Grandmaster Cup) of the Moscow Open.[2][3] In 2013 Batsiashvili won the 3rd Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska Memorial in Wrocław on tiebreak over Joanna Majdan-Gajewska.[4]

In 2015 she won the Women's Georgian Chess Championship[5] and the silver medal in the Women's European Individual Chess Championship.[6]

She was a member of the Georgian team that won the gold medal in the Women's World Team Chess Championship of 2015, held in Chengdu, China.[7] Batsiashvili also won the bronze medal on board four.[8]

In December 2015 she played a draw against reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen in the opening match of Qatar Masters Open [9]

References

  1. ↑ WGM title application FIDE
  2. ↑ Moscow Open 2012 E Chess-Results
  3. ↑ Winners of RSSU Cup «Moscow Open 2012» FIDE. 2012-02-07
  4. ↑ "Memorial of Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska". Chessdom. 2013-10-08. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  5. ↑ 72nd Georgian Women's Championship Chess-Results
  6. ↑ 16th European Individual Women's Chess Championship Chess-Results
  7. ↑ Georgia takes gold in Women’s World Team Chess Championship Chessdom 28.04.2015
  8. ↑ Women’s World Team Chess Championship 2015: board standings
  9. ↑ "Batsiashvili forces draw with Carlsen in Qatar". The Peninsula Qatar. Retrieved 2015-12-23.

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