Nana Ioseliani
Number of games in database: 230
Years covered: 1975 to 2002
Current FIDE rating: 2475
Highest rating achieved in database: 2500
Overall record: +58 -54 =98 (51.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      20 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Ruy Lopez (21)      C92 C95 C97 C67 C77  Sicilian (21)      B46 B93 B65 B67 B58  King's Indian (16)      E97 E92 E91 E62 E60  Ruy Lopez, Closed (15)      C92 C95 C97 C99 C96  Slav (7)      D17 D16 D11 D12 D19  Queen's Indian (6)      E14 E12	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (46)      B42 B43 B58 B90 B47  Queen's Gambit Declined (15)      D31 D30 D37 D38  Queen's Indian (8)      E12 E15  Sicilian Kan (8)      B43 B42  Sicilian Najdorf (8)      B90 B99 B92 B95  English (7)      A13 A17 A11 A15

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NANA IOSELIANI (born Feb-12-1962) Georgia [what is this?] Nana Mikhailovna Ioseliani was born on the 12th of February 1962 in Tbilisi, Georgia. 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 she tied with Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya and won the subsequent play-off match (+1, 4=, -0) but then lost the World Title Match (+2, 11=, -3) to Maia Chiburdanidze.

page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 230  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Ladanyike-Karakas vs N Ioseliani   0-1 44 1975 Tbilisi (Women) A02 Bird's Opening 2. N Ioseliani vs J Bellin   1-0 50 1979 Women's Interzonal B41 Sicilian, Kan 3. Z Veroci vs N Ioseliani   0-1 59 1980 Donji Milanovac cqf Woman B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 4. N Ioseliani vs N Gaprindashvili   ½-½ 65 1980 Ch World (match) (cand.) (1/2) (w) C26 Vienna 5. N Gaprindashvili vs N Ioseliani   1-0 68 1980 Tbilisi E12 Queen's Indian 6. Z Veroci vs N Ioseliani   0-1 27 1980 Donji Milanovac cqf Woman B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. N Gaprindashvili vs N Ioseliani   0-1 37 1980 Ch World (match) (cand.) (1/2) (w) E10 Queen's Pawn Game 8. N Ioseliani vs Z Veroci   ½-½ 42 1980 Donji Milanovac cqf Woman C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 9. N Ioseliani vs N Gaprindashvili   1-0 48 1980 Tbilisi (Georgia) C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 10. N Gaprindashvili vs N Ioseliani   ½-½ 90 1980 Ch World (match) (cand.) (1/2) (w) A17 English 11. N Ioseliani vs Z Veroci   1-0 45 1980 Donji Milanovac cqf Woman C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 12. N Gaprindashvili vs N Ioseliani   ½-½ 40 1980 Tbilisi (Georgia) E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 13. Z Veroci vs N Ioseliani   ½-½ 23 1980 Donji Milanovac cqf Woman B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 14. N Ioseliani vs N Gaprindashvili   0-1 43 1980 Ch World (match) (cand.) (1/2) (w) C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 15. N Gaprindashvili vs N Ioseliani   ½-½ 52 1980 Ch World (match) (cand.) (1/2) (w) E12 Queen's Indian 16. Z Veroci vs N Ioseliani   ½-½ 42 1980 Donji Milanovac cqf Woman B69 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 11.Bxf6 17. N Ioseliani vs N Gaprindashvili   ½-½ 28 1980 Ch World (match) (cand.) (1/2) (w) C67 Ruy Lopez 18. N Ioseliani vs Z Veroci   ½-½ 42 1980 Donji Milanovac cqf Woman C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 19. N Ioseliani vs N Gaprindashvili   ½-½ 53 1980 Tbilisi (Georgia) C47 Four Knights 20. N Gaprindashvili vs N Ioseliani   1-0 64 1980 Tbilisi (Georgia) E12 Queen's Indian 21. N Ioseliani vs Z Veroci   ½-½ 38 1980 Donji Milanovac cqf Woman C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 22. N Ioseliani vs N Gaprindashvili   ½-½ 20 1980 Ch World (match) (cand.) (1/2) (w) C67 Ruy Lopez 23. Z Veroci vs N Ioseliani   ½-½ 42 1980 Donji Milanovac cqf Woman B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 24. N Ioseliani vs N Gaprindashvili   ½-½ 20 1980 Ch World (match) (cand.) (1/2) (w) C47 Four Knights 25. N Gaprindashvili vs N Ioseliani   0-1 31 1980 Tbilisi (Georgia) E12 Queen's Indian  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 230

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 http://www.bidmonfa.com/campionats_... _ Nov-15-06    BIDMONFA: Nana Ioseliani IOSELIANI, Nana New link http://www.bidmonfa.com/ioseliani_n... _ 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    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!

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