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Merab Gagunashvili
Number of games in database: 152
Years covered: 1999 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2564
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 E54  King's Indian (15)      E67 E60 E63 E68  Sicilian (11)      B90 B67 B48 B80 B50  Grunfeld (7)      D86 D73 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 B11 B13

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. Gagunashvili vs Z Izoria   ½-½ 64 2001 WYB18 B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 5. Jobava vs Gagunashvili   ½-½ 57 2001 GEO olympiad select D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. Gagunashvili vs Aronian   ½-½ 41 2001 WJun D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 7. Gagunashvili vs T Gharamian   ½-½ 51 2001 WYB18 A57 Benko Gambit 8. Gagunashvili vs N Dzagnidze   ½-½ 38 2001 open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. Gagunashvili vs E Shaposhnikov   1-0 34 2001 WJun B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 10. Gagunashvili vs M Paragua   1-0 33 2001 WYB18 E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 11. Gagunashvili vs A Gassanov   1-0 60 2001 open B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 12. Gagunashvili vs Jobava   ½-½ 21 2001 GEO olympiad select B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. S Azarov vs Gagunashvili   0-1 66 2001 WJun B33 Sicilian 14. B Tomic vs Gagunashvili   0-1 33 2001 WYB18 B40 Sicilian 15. T Gelashvili vs Gagunashvili 1-0 29 2001 open B20 Sicilian 16. Gagunashvili vs T Gelashvili   1-0 55 2001 Tbilisi Nabeglavi op D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 17. K Tsiamis vs Gagunashvili   0-1 38 2001 WJun B40 Sicilian 18. Gagunashvili vs A Korobov   1-0 50 2001 WJun E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 19. M Perez-Candelario vs Gagunashvili   0-1 39 2001 WYB18 B23 Sicilian, Closed 20. Gagunashvili vs R Mamedov 0-1 36 2001 open E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 21. Gagunashvili vs Navara   ½-½ 34 2001 WJun D73 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3 22. Gagunashvili vs Kanep   ½-½ 18 2001 WYB18 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. Gagunashvili vs A Pashikian   1-0 30 2001 open D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 24. Gagunashvili vs Ali Sebbar   ½-½ 31 2001 WJun E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 25. Acs vs Gagunashvili   1-0 49 2001 WJun B33 Sicilian  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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