Sopiko Guramishvili

Sopiko Guramishvili

Guramishvili at the Andorra open, 2009
Full name სოფიკო გურამიშვილი
Country Georgia
Born (1991-01-01) 1 January 1991
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Title Woman Grandmaster (2009)
International Master (2012)
Peak rating 2441 (November 2013)

Sopiko Guramishvili (Georgian: სოფიკო გურამიშვილი; born 1 January 1991 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian chess player. She was awarded the Woman Grandmaster title in 2009 and the International Master title in 2012.

Chess career

She finished second in the 2003 World Under-12 Girls Championship[1] and won the 2006 World Under-16 Girls Championship.[2]

In 2004 Guramishvili played a match with Irene Kharisma Sukandar ("Enerpac Chess Match") in Jakarta, consisting in two rapid games and four standard games. She won by 4-2.[3]

She won the bronze medal in the women's World University Chess Championship of 2010 held in Zurich.[4] In January 2012, Guramishvili won the women's round-robin tournament of the Reggio Emilia chess tournament.[5]

In October 2015 Guramishvili won a six-game match with European U16 girls champion Anna-Maja Kazarian by 5,5-0,5 at the Hoogeveen Chess Festival.[6]

Personal life

On 18 July 2015 Sopiko Guramishvili married the Russian-born Dutch grandmaster Anish Giri.[7]

References

  1. ↑ World Youth Chess Championship 2003 - Girls-12 Chess-Results
  2. ↑ World Youth Chess Championship 2006 Girls -16 Chess-Results
  3. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2004-07-19). "TWIC 506: Guramishvili vs Kharisma Match". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "2010 WUC Chess Update: Wang Yue and Batkhuyag Munguntuul win World University Chess Championship". FISU. 2010-09-11. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "54th Reggio Emilia: The stars align for Anish Giri as he takes first!". ChessBase. 2012-01-06. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  6. ↑ Silver, Albert (2015-10-25). "Experience wins out at Hoogeveen". ChessBase. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  7. ↑ Another Chess Wedding: Anish Giri becomes a Son in Law of Georgia, and Sopiko Guramishvili Marries One of the World's Top Players - chess-news.ru, 18 July 2015

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