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Nana Ioseliani
N Ioseliani 
Photo by Barbara Hund 

Number of games in database: 464
Years covered: 1975 to 2002
Last FIDE rating: 2462
Highest rating achieved in database: 2500
Overall record: +157 -96 =191 (56.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 20 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (61) 
    B93 B45 B46 B30 B33
 Ruy Lopez (26) 
    C92 C77 C80 C97 C95
 King's Indian (25) 
    E97 E92 E94 E67 E63
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (19) 
    C92 C95 C97 C84 C90
 English (13) 
    A10 A15 A17 A16 A14
 Sicilian Najdorf (13) 
    B93 B92 B90
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (90) 
    B42 B81 B58 B40 B22
 Queen's Gambit Declined (25) 
    D31 D37 D30 D38 D35
 Sicilian Scheveningen (16) 
    B81 B83 B80 B82 B85
 Queen's Indian (13) 
    E12 E15
 Orthodox Defense (11) 
    D58 D56 D61 D52 D51
 Sicilian Kan (11) 
    B42 B43
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   N Ioseliani vs J Xie, 2001 1-0
   N Ioseliani vs S Polgar, 1993 1-0
   Chiburdanidze vs N Ioseliani, 1988 0-1
   N Ioseliani vs S Polgar, 1993 1-0
   N Ioseliani vs Chiburdanidze, 1988 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Rio de Janeiro Interzonal (Women) (1979)
   Jajce (Women) (1982)
   Yerevan Olympiad (Women) (1996)
   Bydgoszcz (Women) (1979)
   Schuhplattler Veterans vs Ladies (2000)
   Elista Olympiad (Women) (1998)
   Valletta Olympiad (Women) (1980)
   FIDE Candidates (Women) (1997)
   Belgrade (Women) (1996)
   Veterans-Women (1994)
   European Team Championship (Women) (1997)
   Rio de Janeiro (1985)
   Bled Olympiad (Women) (2002)
   Montecatini Terme Open (1994)
   Manila Olympiad (Women) (1992)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   1980 (women's) candidates matches: Nana vs Nona by gauer
   1997 (women's) candidates tournament by gauer
   1980 (women's) candidates matches: Nana vs Sue by gauer
   1994 (women's) candidates tournament by gauer

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NANA IOSELIANI
(born Feb-12-1962, 63 years old) Georgia
PRONUNCIATION:
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IM and WGM Nana Mikhailovna Ioseliani was born in Tbilisi. She was awarded the WIM title in 1979 and the WGM title in 1980. She was European Junior Women's Champion in 1978 and 1979 and won the USSR Women's Championship in 1981 (jointly) and 1982. In the 1988 Candidates tournament she tied for first with Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, and won the subsequent play-off match (+1 =4 -0), but narrowly lost the World Championship (Women) (1988) (+2 =11 -3) to reigning champion Maia Chiburdanidze.

Wikipedia article: Nana Ioseliani

Last updated: 2025-04-27 03:05:55

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 page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 464  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. N Ioseliani vs R Reicher-Iacovescu  1-0441975Tbilisi (Women)A16 English
2. E Karakas vs N Ioseliani  0-1441975Tbilisi (Women)A02 Bird's Opening
3. N Ioseliani vs T Kakhabrishvili  1-0531975Tbilisi (Women)A21 English
4. L Lysenko vs N Ioseliani  0-13419769th Soviet Team Cup-BB89 Sicilian
5. N Ioseliani vs N Ruchieva  1-0261977Ch URS (team) (juniors)C41 Philidor Defense
6. N Ioseliani vs N Ruchieva  1-0321977USSR Junior Championship (Girls)B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
7. E Rufitskaya vs N Ioseliani  1-0241977USSR Junior Championship (Girls)A20 English
8. N Ioseliani vs N Gurieli  1-0371977USSR Junior Championship (Girls)A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
9. N Ioseliani vs D Bratimirova  1-0271978European Girl's ChampionshipC00 French Defense
10. N Ioseliani vs N Gurieli  0-1531978Frunze Zonal (Women)B07 Pirc
11. N Ioseliani vs L Saunina  1-0421978Frunze Zonal (Women)C00 French Defense
12. N Ioseliani vs N I Titorenko  ½-½411978Frunze Zonal (Women)B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
13. T Fomina vs N Ioseliani  0-1351978Frunze Zonal (Women)B58 Sicilian
14. N Ioseliani vs L Zsiltzova-Lisenko  1-0291978Frunze Zonal (Women)B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
15. N Ioseliani vs H Zboron  1-0251979Bydgoszcz (Women)A07 King's Indian Attack
16. T Stadler vs N Ioseliani  ½-½141979Bydgoszcz (Women)B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack
17. N Ioseliani vs E Sosnowska  ½-½451979Bydgoszcz (Women)B22 Sicilian, Alapin
18. C Vreeken vs N Ioseliani  0-1291979Bydgoszcz (Women)B53 Sicilian
19. N Ioseliani vs L Bogdan  ½-½641979Bydgoszcz (Women)B30 Sicilian
20. E Karakas vs N Ioseliani  0-1331979Bydgoszcz (Women)B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack
21. N Ioseliani vs T Lematschko  1-0621979Bydgoszcz (Women)C77 Ruy Lopez
22. M Teodorescu vs N Ioseliani  1-0331979Bydgoszcz (Women)B58 Sicilian
23. N Ioseliani vs N Gurieli  ½-½421979Bydgoszcz (Women)B08 Pirc, Classical
24. A Wagner-Michel vs N Ioseliani  ½-½821979Bydgoszcz (Women)B23 Sicilian, Closed
25. N Ioseliani vs R Kas-Fromm  ½-½581979Bydgoszcz (Women)B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
 page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 464  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-23-04  alexapple: what's Nana doing now?
Jul-26-05  alexapple: Nana retired from chess???
Feb-12-06  BIDMONFA: Nana Ioseliani

IOSELIANI, Nana
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Nov-15-06  BIDMONFA: Nana Ioseliani

IOSELIANI, Nana
New link
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Dec-02-06  Albertan: <alexapple: what's Nana doing now? alexapple: Nana retired from chess???>

According to this website http://www.travelclub.ge/welcome_mo... , it appears Nana Ioseliani has entered the travel business.

From the website:"Nana & Co" Ltd was established on February 2001 by the famous Georgian chess player, International Grandmaster Mrs. Nana Ioseliani and her friends Mrs. Tsintsabadze Nino and Mr. Gegiadze Siko. Director of the company is Mr. Vashalomidze Zurab."

Feb-12-08  brankat: Happy Birthday Nana!
Feb-12-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Stonehenge: I always thought her name was Isolani.
Feb-12-08  whiteshark: <Stonehenge: <I always thought her name was Isolani.>> Me too. :D
Feb-12-09  brankat: So then, once again:

Happy Birthday Nana!

Feb-12-12  brankat: And with a three year delay, once again:

Happy Birthday Nana!

Feb-12-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, Nana Ioseliani.

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