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Merab Gagunashvili
Number of games in database: 152
Years covered: 1999 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2584
Highest rating achieved in database: 2666
Overall record: +55 -31 =66 (57.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Nimzo Indian (16)      E32 E55 E35 E39 E34  King's Indian (15)      E67 E60 E68 E63  Sicilian (11)      B90 B67 B48 B50 B80  Grunfeld (7)      D73 D86 D74 D76 D97  Slav (6)      D15 D11 D13 D17  Queen's Pawn Game (4)      A40 A45 E10	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (18)      B33 B40 B30 B47 B23  Pirc (16)      B07 B09 B08  Slav (10)      D17 D19 D13 D15 D10  Caro-Kann (5)      B10 B14 B19 B13 B11

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Gagunashvili vs A Somoff, 2006 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

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MERAB GAGUNASHVILI (born Jan-03-1985) Georgia [what is this?] GM Merab Gagunashvili was born in Tbilisi. In 2001, he took the Silver Medal at the World Under 20 Championship. He became a Grandmaster at the age of 17 in 2002.

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 152  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Radjabov vs Gagunashvili   1-0 41 1999 Baku-C U18 A04 Reti Opening 2. Gagunashvili vs Jobava   0-1 36 1999 GEO-ch U16 E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 3. Gagunashvili vs Jobava   ½-½ 56 2000 GEO-ch U20 E60 King's Indian Defense 4. K Tsiamis vs Gagunashvili   0-1 38 2001 WJun B40 Sicilian 5. Gagunashvili vs T Gelashvili   1-0 55 2001 Tbilisi Nabeglavi op D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 6. Gagunashvili vs A Korobov   1-0 50 2001 WJun E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 7. M Perez-Candelario vs Gagunashvili   0-1 39 2001 WYB18 B23 Sicilian, Closed 8. Gagunashvili vs R Mamedov 0-1 36 2001 open E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 9. Gagunashvili vs Navara   ½-½ 34 2001 WJun D73 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3 10. Gagunashvili vs Kanep   ½-½ 18 2001 WYB18 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. Gagunashvili vs A Pashikian   1-0 30 2001 open D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 12. Gagunashvili vs Ali Sebbar   ½-½ 31 2001 WJun E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 13. Acs vs Gagunashvili   1-0 49 2001 WJun B33 Sicilian 14. Gagunashvili vs R Sadykov   ½-½ 56 2001 WYB18 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. G Bagaturov vs Gagunashvili   ½-½ 71 2001 open D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 16. Gagunashvili vs E Berg   1-0 42 2001 WJun E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 17. V Teterev vs Gagunashvili   ½-½ 29 2001 WYB18 B07 Pirc 18. K Rukhaia vs Gagunashvili   0-1 28 2001 open B07 Pirc 19. Ni Hua vs Gagunashvili   ½-½ 27 2001 WJun B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 20. D Schneider vs Gagunashvili   ½-½ 45 2001 WYB18 B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 21. Gagunashvili vs V Bayramov 1-0 78 2001 open C42 Petrov Defense 22. Bu Xiangzhi vs Gagunashvili   ½-½ 55 2001 WJun D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 23. M Haddouche vs Gagunashvili   ½-½ 30 2001 WYB18 B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 24. Gagunashvili vs Z Izoria   ½-½ 64 2001 WYB18 B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 25. Jobava vs Gagunashvili   ½-½ 57 2001 GEO olympiad select D52 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 152    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Gagunashvili wins | Gagunashvili loses

Jan-03-07    BIDMONFA: Merab Gagunashvili GAGUNASHVILI, Merab http://www.bidmonfa.com/gagunashvil... _ Sep-12-07    Karpova: An interview with Merab (GM since the age of 17): http://www.chesscafe.com/misha/mish... <I was born on January 3, 1985 in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. I learned chess from my grandmother, we played it very much at home, and then I had chess lessons during the first grade of school.> Annotated are the following games: Gagunashvili vs E Shaposhnikov, 2001 Gagunashvili vs Morozevich, 2003 M Gagunashvili vs Nakamura, 2006 And a game against Grischuk which is not in the database: Gagunashvili (2563) - Grischuk (2712) Aeroflot Open Moscow (9), 19.02.2003 Nimzo-Indian Defense [E51] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0–0 5.Nf3 d5 6.Be2 b6 7.0–0 Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.a3 Bd6 10.b4 a6 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.Rb1 Nbd7 13.Bd3 Ne4 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Qxd5 Nc3 16.Qc6 Nxb1 17.Bxb1 a5 18.b5 Rad8 19.a4 f5 20.Qd5+ Kh8 21.g3 g6 22.Ba2 Rde8 23.Qc4 Nf6 24.Bb2 Ne4 25.Rd1 h5 26.Ne5 Kh7 27.h4 Qg7 28.Kg2 Rd8 29.Nf3 g5 30.hxg5 Nxg5 31.d5 Qh6 32.Nh4 Rde8 33.Bb1 Re4 34.Rd4 Qf6 35.f4 Rxe3 36.Nxf5 Re1 37.Bc2 Kg8 38.Nxd6 cxd6 39.Rd2 Qe7 40.Rf2 Ne4 41.Re2 Nd2 42.Rxd2 Qe3 43.Rf2 h4 44.Qd3 Qxd3 45.Bxd3 Re3 46.Bf1 1-0

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