Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska
Number of games in database: 263
Years covered: 1987 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2373
Highest rating achieved in database: 2456
Overall record: +87 -71 =101 (53.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      4 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Queen's Pawn Game (29)      E00 A41 A40 D02 A50  Slav (18)      D11 D12 D16 D13 D19  King's Indian (16)      E73 E75 E74 E61 E70  Catalan (14)      E04 E06 E05  Modern Benoni (12)      A62 A57 A60 A63 A56  Queen's Gambit Accepted (6)      D26 D20 D27	With the Black pieces:  Caro-Kann (34)      B12 B13 B18 B19 B14  King's Indian (31)      E63 E92 E77 E97 E81  Ruy Lopez (10)      C77 C95 C91 C84 C90  Slav (10)      D15 D10 D11  Nimzo Indian (7)      E21 E52 E32  Ruy Lopez, Closed (6)      C95 C91 C84 C90 C92

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   N Bojkovic vs K Kachiani-Gersinska, 2004 0-1
   E Kovalevskaya vs K Kachiani-Gersinska, 2004 0-1
   V Macek vs K Kachiani-Gersinska, 2005 1/2-1/2

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KETINO KACHIANI-GERSINSKA (born Sep-11-1971) Georgia (citizen of Germany) [what is this?] Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska was born in Mestia, Georgia. At the age of 5 she learned the rules of chess from her father. She studied journalism in Tiflis and moved to Germany in 1993 where she married Jürgen Gersinska and gave birth to two children (David, born 1995 and Michael, born 2003). In 1994 she acquired German citizenship and went on to become one of the strongest female chessplayers of her country. In 1986 she won the U16 USSR Girls' Championship and came in second in the U16 World Girls' Championship the same year. She became Georgian Women's Champion in 1987 and won the U20 World Girls' Championship two consecutive years in 1989 and 1990. Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska became a WGM in 1990 and an IM in 1997.

page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 263  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. T Laesson vs K Kachiani-Gersinska 1-0 24 1987 Zheleznovodsk (Russia) C25 Vienna 2. K Kachiani-Gersinska vs I Chelushkina   0-1 39 1989 URS-ch (Women) A40 Queen's Pawn Game 3. K Kachiani-Gersinska vs N Gaprindashvili   1-0 33 1990 Ch Georgia (w) E00 Queen's Pawn Game 4. K Kachiani-Gersinska vs K Kokanovic   1-0 32 1990 Belgrade (Women) D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 5. A Galliamova vs K Kachiani-Gersinska   ½-½ 26 1990 Borzhomi D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. N Gaprindashvili vs K Kachiani-Gersinska   1-0 44 1990 Pula (Croatia) E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 7. N Gaprindashvili vs K Kachiani-Gersinska   1-0 30 1990 Borzhomi (Georgia) E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 8. V Basagic vs K Kachiani-Gersinska   ½-½ 13 1990 Izt (w) C28 Vienna Game 9. Chiburdanidze vs K Kachiani-Gersinska   ½-½ 23 1991 Tbilisi C42 Petrov Defense 10. K Kachiani-Gersinska vs N Gaprindashvili   1-0 33 1991 It (cat.4) A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 11. N Gaprindashvili vs K Kachiani-Gersinska   ½-½ 19 1991 Izt E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 12. N Gaprindashvili vs K Kachiani-Gersinska   0-1 28 1991 It (w) E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 13. N Gaprindashvili vs K Kachiani-Gersinska   0-1 41 1991 It (w) E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 14. Virginie Mora vs K Kachiani-Gersinska   ½-½ 28 1992 EU-chT (Women) C53 Giuoco Piano 15. K Kachiani-Gersinska vs M Tsiganova   ½-½ 51 1992 EU-chT (Women) E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 16. K Kachiani-Gersinska vs D King   0-1 20 1992 Oviedo rapid A10 English 17. K Kachiani-Gersinska vs M van Amerongen   1-0 36 1992 Wch U26 (Women) A52 Budapest Gambit 18. K Kachiani-Gersinska vs Chandler   0-1 33 1992 It (active) E00 Queen's Pawn Game 19. E Vladimirov vs K Kachiani-Gersinska   1-0 31 1993 Oviedo rapid A07 King's Indian Attack 20. S Feldman vs K Kachiani-Gersinska   0-1 40 1993 Groningen Chess Festival; GM open E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 21. K Kachiani-Gersinska vs Nunn 0-1 35 1994 Hastings Premier Hastings ENG E61 King's Indian 22. A Galliamova vs K Kachiani-Gersinska   0-1 31 1995 06 A15 English 23. K Kachiani-Gersinska vs A Stefanova   0-1 51 1996 Olympiad (w) D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 24. Miles vs K Kachiani-Gersinska   1-0 63 1996 It (open) A48 King's Indian 25. K Kachiani-Gersinska vs Uhlmann ½-½ 53 1996 Bundesliga /97 E73 King's Indian  page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 263

Oct-29-05    Karpova: She's Germany's top chessplayer, followed by Elisabeth Paehtz Aug-07-06    nummerzwei: You mean the female players, of course! Germany´s top chessplayer at all is Arkadi Naiditsch, followed by Artur Yusupov and Robert Huebner. Oct-25-06    Karpova: yes, female chessplayers, of course. Strong male chessplayers are Naiditch, Yusupov, Dautov, Lutz, Luther, Khenkin and Graf (former Nenashev). Oct-19-07    Karpova: Birthday: 11-Sept-1971 in Mestia (Georgia) Learned chess at the age of 5 Studied journalism in Tiflis (was awarded a diploma) Moved to Germany in 1993, married and gave birth to two children. Became a WGM in 1990 and an IM in 1997 Hobbies: Music and reading http://www.schacholympiade.org/inde... Jul-11-08    nummerzwei: I think in her biography it should be "She studied journalism...". "Sie" is the German female personal pronoun, of course. Dec-29-12    waustad: She's now leading in the Erfurter Frauen-GMturnier with 6/8, although she lost in the first round to Melanie Ohme. The later started off very well but is now even with 4/8.

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