Levan Pantsulaia
Number of games in database: 296
Years covered: 2000 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2563
Highest rating achieved in database: 2629
Overall record: +127 -52 =111 (62.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      6 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  English (28)      A15 A14 A13 A17 A11  King's Indian Attack (20)      A07  Grunfeld (16)      D76 D80 D73 D85 D74  King's Indian (15)      E69 E61 E62 E67 E76  Queen's Indian (12)      E15 E17 E19 E16 E18  English, 1 c4 c5 (12)      A30 A35 A39 A34 A37	With the Black pieces:  Caro-Kann (48)      B19 B18 B12 B10 B13  Modern Benoni (24)      A70 A60 A65 A67 A62  Sicilian (22)      B43 B42 B41 B40 B92  Queen's Pawn Game (15)      E10 D02 A45 A46 E00  Sicilian Kan (13)      B43 B42 B41  Reti System (8)      A04

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Berescu vs L Pantsulaia, 2007 0-1
   L Pantsulaia vs G Jones, 2008 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   World Junior Championships (2003)
   European Clubs Cup (Men) (2003)
   World Junior Championship (2006)
   European Team Chess Championships (2007)
   European Individual Championship (2008)
   Chess Olympiad (2010)
   European Individual Championships (2010)
   Dubai Open (2010)
   12th European Individual Championship (2011)
   27th Cappelle-la-Grande (2011)
   13th Dubai Open (2011)
   European Team Championship (2011)

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LEVAN PANTSULAIA (born Feb-26-1986) Georgia [what is this?] Levan Pantsulaia was born on the 26th of February 1986 in Tbilisi. He was World Under-16 champion in 2002, the same year he earned the IM title, and became a GM in 2005 after placing 19th overall in the 6th European Individual Championship (2005). That result qualified him for the FIDE World Cup (2005), in which he reached the third round before falling to Boris Gelfand in rapid tie-breaks. Pantsulaia won the 2007 Dubai Open and the 2008 Georgian Championship.

page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 296  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Vepkhvishvili vs L Pantsulaia   1-0 25 2000 Ch Georgian B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 2. L Pantsulaia vs Jobava   0-1 34 2000 GEO-ch U18 A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 3. N Zhukova vs L Pantsulaia   1-0 37 2001 open A65 Benoni, 6.e4 4. L Pantsulaia vs G Bagaturov   ½-½ 47 2001 open E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System 5. Jobava vs L Pantsulaia   1-0 29 2001 GEO-ch D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 6. L Pantsulaia vs I Charkhalashvili   1-0 38 2001 open E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 7. N Tsikarishvili vs L Pantsulaia   0-1 20 2001 open B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 8. L Pantsulaia vs Jobava   0-1 32 2001 GEO-ch A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 9. A Hasanov vs L Pantsulaia   ½-½ 76 2001 open B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 10. L Pantsulaia vs V Vepkhvishvili   1-0 54 2001 Rr18-Saiubileo D02 Queen's Pawn Game 11. L Pantsulaia vs N Sahakyan   ½-½ 51 2001 open D90 Grunfeld 12. L Pantsulaia vs L Manukian   ½-½ 44 2001 open E16 Queen's Indian 13. L Pantsulaia vs T Gelashvili   0-1 55 2001 Tbilisi Nabeglavi op A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 14. V Vepkhvishvili vs L Pantsulaia   1-0 40 2001 Ch Georgian 61st D02 Queen's Pawn Game 15. L Pantsulaia vs A Vardanian   1-0 72 2001 open D85 Grunfeld 16. D Maghalashvili vs L Pantsulaia   ½-½ 61 2001 open A61 Benoni 17. L Pantsulaia vs V Vepkhvishvili   1-0 43 2001 Ch Georgian 61st E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 18. B Chatalbashev vs L Pantsulaia   ½-½ 40 2002 Saraybahce GP A65 Benoni, 6.e4 19. L Pantsulaia vs Mamedyarov   ½-½ 41 2002 Saraybahce GP D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 20. L Pantsulaia vs T Gelashvili   0-1 35 2002 GEO-ch 62th A40 Queen's Pawn Game 21. L Pantsulaia vs Wang Yue   1-0 57 2002 WYb16 D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 22. M Mchedlishvili vs L Pantsulaia   ½-½ 21 2002 Saraybahce GP A15 English 23. L Pantsulaia vs Jobava   ½-½ 32 2002 GEO-ch 62th E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 24. L Pantsulaia vs A Timofeev   1-0 33 2003 European Clubs Cup (Men) A04 Reti Opening 25. L Pantsulaia vs J M Mabusela   ½-½ 43 2003 World Junior Championships D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav  page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 296

Jun-23-05    Pawsome: As of today (23/06/05) this fellow is among the leaders with 4.5 out of 6 in the European Individual Championship at the break. Moreover, he hasn't had an easy schedule, playing against six players all of whom have about 200 ELO pts higher than he does. Jul-01-05    ARMENIA: It is a very funny fact but we were both born on the same day, in the same months and on the same year... But your ELO is highter than mine even though I am better looking :) 1997 Lvov, forth round with black pieces... Rings a bell? Well, just 59 moves but black was victorious... Your performance was fantastic! I am taking my hat off for you... Times have changed but your humor is still with me... Jul-03-05    Ezzy: An awesome European championships from Pantsulaia. He is rated 2496, and the average ratings of his opponents was 2628. With a score of 8 points, he probably was the most improved performer in the field. He gained a massive 38 elo points for this tournament!!!! Dec-05-05    Chnebelgrind: Here is some biography: http://www.bidmonfa.com/pantsulaia_... Very good performance in FIDE World Cup 05 Dec-11-05    ARMENIA: Levan... Great performance in the World Chess Cup! A little disoppointing that you couldn't make to the final 16 but you made a great statement that Georgia has a new shining star that is taking charge! Great performance... amazing game against Milov; two more fantasic finishes against Gerfand! My favorite of all being your game against the Indian GM Surya Sekar with the black pieces!!!!!!! Just amazing ability; amazing composure! I wish you the best in the future! Just keep pounding up the ladder! I may have the risk of saying that you are a brighter star than Karjakin, Carsen or Radjabov! Stay humble and just put that unforgettable smile after each time you defeat another player! My best wishes... Levon Jan-14-06    WTHarvey: Levan just cracked the top 10 of FIDE's Juniors list. Here is a little collection of his winning OTB combinations: http://www.wtharvey.com/pant.html Oct-24-09    DarthStapler: Pantsu? Jul-20-10    Tabanus: GM Levan Pantsulaia, Georgia, born 26 February 1986. Now rated 2586, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... IM in 2002, GM in 2005. Rated 2629 in Jan. 2008. ICC: bladelev GM application: http://ratings.fide.com/title_appli... Olimpbase: http://www.olimpbase.org/players/04... http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/0... http://www.olimpbase.org/playerst/0... Bio: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewan_... (in Polish) Pictures: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped... http://www.chessbase.com/news/2009/... World U16 champion 2002. In World Cup 2005 he survived (by defeating Milov and Ganguly) till round 3, when he was knocked out by GM Boris Gelfand. Placed 5th in European U18 Ch 2004, 19th in European Ch 2005 (3rd GM norm), 4th in World Junior Ch 2006, 1st in Dubai Open 2007, <1st in Georgian Ch 2008>, 4th in Georgian Ch 2009, 8th in Georgian Ch 2010, 103rd in European Ch 2010, 2nd in the Nana Aleksandria Cup (Poti, Georgia) 10-19 July 2010: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr348... Dec-27-10    whiteshark: Levan polka, long version: http://www.myvideo.de/watch/4244135...

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