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Merab Gagunashvili
Number of games in database: 245
Years covered: 1999 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2592
Highest rating achieved in database: 2666
Overall record: +81 -39 =124 (58.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Nimzo Indian (19)      E32 E34 E38 E55 E35  King's Indian (19)      E67 E63 E68 E62 E60  Grunfeld (14)      D76 D73 D86 D97 D71  Sicilian (13)      B90 B50 B67 B48 B80  Slav (13)      D11 D17 D15 D12 D13  Queen's Gambit Declined (10)      D37 D38 D30	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (24)      B40 B47 B33 B30 B23  Pirc (23)      B07 B08 B09  Slav (16)      D17 D10 D11 D19 D13  Caro-Kann (10)      B18 B10 B12 B14 B19  Queen's Pawn Game (8)      A41 D01 E10 E00  Sicilian Taimanov (5)      B47 B48

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

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

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Bled Olympiad (2002)
   EU-ch 4th (2003)
   Harmonie (2003)
   6th Dubai Open (2004)
   8th Dubai Open (2006)
   National Open (2006)
   4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament (2009)
   Chess Olympiad (2010)
   13th Dubai Open (2011)
   Chess Olympiad (2012)
   2nd Indonesia Open Chess Championship (2012)
   European Individual Championships (2013)

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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. Georgian champion in 2004 and 2010 (=Tamaz Gelashvili). Wikipedia article: Merab Gagunashvili

page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 245  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Radjabov vs M Gagunashvili   1-0 41 1999 Baku-C U18 A04 Reti Opening 2. M Gagunashvili vs Jobava   0-1 36 1999 GEO-ch U16 E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 3. M Gagunashvili vs Jobava   ½-½ 56 2000 GEO-ch U20 E60 King's Indian Defense 4. M Gagunashvili vs Akobian   ½-½ 31 2000 Wch U20 D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 5. M Haddouche vs M Gagunashvili   ½-½ 30 2001 WYB18 B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 6. M Gagunashvili vs Z Izoria   ½-½ 64 2001 WYB18 B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 7. M Gagunashvili vs V Bayramov 1-0 78 2001 open C42 Petrov Defense 8. M Gagunashvili vs T Gelashvili   1-0 55 2001 Tbilisi Nabeglavi op D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 9. S Azarov vs M Gagunashvili   0-1 66 2001 WJun B33 Sicilian 10. M Gagunashvili vs T Gharamian   ½-½ 51 2001 WYB18 A57 Benko Gambit 11. K Tsiamis vs M Gagunashvili   0-1 38 2001 WJun B40 Sicilian 12. M Gagunashvili vs A Korobov   1-0 50 2001 WJun E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 13. M Gagunashvili vs M Paragua   1-0 33 2001 WYB18 E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 14. M Gagunashvili vs N Dzagnidze   ½-½ 38 2001 open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. M Gagunashvili vs Navara   ½-½ 34 2001 WJun D73 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3 16. B Tomic vs M Gagunashvili   0-1 33 2001 WYB18 B40 Sicilian 17. M Gagunashvili vs S Ali   ½-½ 31 2001 WJun E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 18. Acs vs M Gagunashvili   1-0 49 2001 WJun B33 Sicilian 19. M Perez Candelario vs M Gagunashvili   0-1 39 2001 WYB18 B23 Sicilian, Closed 20. T Gelashvili vs M Gagunashvili 1-0 29 2001 open B20 Sicilian 21. M Gagunashvili vs A Hasanov   1-0 60 2001 open B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 22. M Gagunashvili vs E Berg   1-0 42 2001 WJun E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 23. M Gagunashvili vs Kanep   ½-½ 18 2001 WYB18 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. M Gagunashvili vs R Mamedov 0-1 36 2001 open E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 25. Ni Hua vs M Gagunashvili   ½-½ 27 2001 WJun B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 245    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 Jan-28-10    Tabanus: Georgian champion in 2004, and again in 2010: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr292... http://reports.chessdom.com/news-20... He was 3rd in European Individual Ch 2002, 7th in Corus C 2004, 2nd in Dubai Open 2005, winner of Hastings 2007, 2nd in Dubai Open 2008, winner of Groningen Open A 2009, 2nd in Tblisi Cup (Georgia) 2009. Bio in Polish: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merab_... Pictures: http://www.chessbase.de/2005/dubai/... http://www.chessbase.com/images2/20... Jul-17-10    Tabanus: Placed 2nd in the 9th Al Saleh Open (Yemen) 2-8 June 2010: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr347... Jul-20-10    Tabanus: Placed 3rd in the Canadian Open 10-18 July 2010: http://monroi.com/2010-cocc-results... http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Aug-26-10    Tabanus: Placed 5th in Pichay Cup (Philippines) 21-26 August 2010: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr373... Sep-04-10    Tabanus: Placed 5th in Campomanes Memorial (Philippines) 28 Aug. - 3 Sept. 2010: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr375... May-29-12    wordfunph: GM Merab Gagunashvili is also a lawyer. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

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