The chess games of Tornike Sanikidze

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Tornike Sanikidze

T Sanikidze

Number of games in database: 469
Years covered: 1999 to 2022
Last FIDE rating: 2458 (2500 rapid, 2420 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2616

Overall record: +156 -106 =160 (55.9%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 47 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Queen's Gambit Declined (29)
    D30 D38 D37 D39 D31
Queen's Indian (25)
    E12 E17 E14 E15
King's Indian (24)
    E90 E97 E95 E73 E91
Queen's Pawn Game (21)
    D02 A45 A41 A46 A50
Slav (19)
    D13 D15 D11 D17 D16
Grunfeld (16)
    D85 D70 D80 D93 D90

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (37)
    B63 B65 B67 B60 B51
Queen's Gambit Declined (33)
    D38 D31 D37 D39 D30
Ruy Lopez (20)
    C92 C77 C93 C78 C69
Sicilian Richter-Rauser (19)
    B63 B65 B67 B60
Catalan (17)
    E04 E06
Grunfeld (15)
    D80 D78 D79 D74 D93

Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Vocaturo vs T Sanikidze, 2018 0-1
   G Meier vs T Sanikidze, 2010 0-1
   D Agaragimov vs T Sanikidze, 2011 0-1
   V Malakhatko vs T Sanikidze, 2007 1/2-1/2
   D Urushadze vs T Sanikidze, 2006 0-1
   D Sebastian vs T Sanikidze, 2012 0-1
   R Camarena Jimenez vs T Sanikidze, 2012 0-1
   P Potapov vs T Sanikidze, 2018 0-1
   T Sanikidze vs J C Ibarra Jerez, 2016 1/2-1/2
   R Mamedov vs T Sanikidze, 2011 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   28th Cappelle-la-Grande (2012)
   French Team Championship (2014)
   Turkish Team Championship (2011)
   Dubai Open (2010)
   Bundesliga 2011/12 (2011)
   European Club Cup (2004)
   World Junior Championship (Boys) (2005)
   World Junior Championship (2008)
   European Championship (2010)
   European Championship (2018)
   Bundesliga 2012/13 (2012)
   European Championship (2011)
   European Championship (2013)
   European Individual Championship (2022)
   Batumi Olympiad (2018)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Baku Open
   V Kovalev vs T Sanikidze (May-12-23) 1-0
   T Sanikidze vs M Muradli (May-11-23) 0-1
   Vuppala Prraneeth vs T Sanikidze (May-10-23) 0-1
   T Sanikidze vs Mendonca (May-09-23) 1/2-1/2
   A Predke vs T Sanikidze (May-08-23) 0-1

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TORNIKE SANIKIDZE
(born Jan-01-1989, 34 years old) Georgia

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GM Tornike Sanikidze won the 68th Georgian Chess Championship in 2009 and scored 7/9 at the 28th Cappelle-la-Grande International Open in 2012 to place =1st (3rd on tiebreak behind Pentala Harikrishna and Parimarjan Negi respectively).

He has represented Georgia at the Chess Olympiad, including 2012, where he scored 4/7 on board three. 2016, scoring 3.5/6 on first reserve.

Wikipedia article: Tornike Sanikidze

Last updated: 2022-01-18 16:12:34

page 1 of 21; games 1-25 of 502

Game		Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. T Sanikidze vs M Gagunashvili		0-1	53	1999	GEO-ch U16	B33 Sicilian
2. M Gagunashvili vs T Sanikidze		½-½	41	2001	GEO-ch U16	D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
3. T Sanikidze vs V Vepkhvishvili		1-0	43	2003	Ch Georgian	C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd
4. L Javakhishvili vs T Sanikidze		½-½	43	2003	Batumi BCSA op	A16 English
5. T Sanikidze vs P Ponkratov		0-1	59	2003	World ol U16	C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
6. P Potapov vs T Sanikidze		½-½	55	2003	European Championship U14	C77 Ruy Lopez
7. T Sanikidze vs Carlsen		1-0	68	2003	European Championship U14	B33 Sicilian
8. T Sanikidze vs V Agafii		1-0	42	2003	World Youth Championship (U14)	B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
9. T Vedrickas vs T Sanikidze		0-1	48	2003	World Youth Championship (U14)	D87 Grunfeld, Exchange
10. T Sanikidze vs I Khairullin		1-0	87	2003	World Youth Championship (U14)	B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
11. A Gupta vs T Sanikidze		1-0	31	2003	World Youth Championship (U14)	D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5
12. T Sanikidze vs T Banusz		0-1	46	2003	World Youth Championship (U14)	A09 Reti Opening
13. T Sanikidze vs C Schwarhofer		1-0	27	2003	World Youth Championship (U14)	B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
14. E Krivoborodov vs T Sanikidze		1-0	50	2003	World Youth Championship (U14)	B22 Sicilian, Alapin
15. M Rodshtein vs T Sanikidze		1-0	70	2003	World Youth Championship (U14)	D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense
16. T Sanikidze vs N Nestorovic		1-0	31	2004	EU-ch U16	B42 Sicilian, Kan
17. M Ragger vs T Sanikidze		½-½	26	2004	EU-ch U16	B22 Sicilian, Alapin
18. T Sanikidze vs D Suajibi		1-0	24	2004	European Club Cup	C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
19. M Ginzburg vs T Sanikidze		0-1	54	2004	European Club Cup	C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
20. T Sanikidze vs C Gulbas		1-0	83	2004	European Club Cup	B07 Pirc
21. D Marciano vs T Sanikidze		1-0	40	2004	European Club Cup	C55 Two Knights Defense
22. T Sanikidze vs S D Sigfusson		1-0	61	2004	European Club Cup	A13 English
23. T Sanikidze vs A Belozerov		½-½	35	2004	European Club Cup	A14 English
24. T Sanikidze vs P Berntsen		½-½	25	2004	European Club Cup	A09 Reti Opening
25. G Sargissian vs T Sanikidze		1-0	15	2004	Petrosian mem op	E60 King's Indian Defense


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Feb-09-09		Karpova: Congratulations on winning the Georgian Chess Championship 2009! He scored 8.5/13 (+6 -2 =5). Source: http://www.chesspoti.ge/

Sep-24-09		BIDMONFA: Tornike Sanikidze SANIKIDZE, Tornike http://www.bidmonfa.com/sanikidze_t... _

Oct-09-09		Tabanus: In the U14 European Championship 22 September 2003 he won the last round game against Magnus Carlsen, taking second place behind Sergei Zhigalko and putting Carlsen on third. Can someone please post that game? Thanks.

Oct-31-09		Tabanus: A collector never gives up! I have obtained the game from Sanikidze himself, and post it here with his permission: [Event "Eu-ch U14"] [Site "Budva"] [Date "2003.09.22"] [Round "9"] [White "Sanikidze, Tornike"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2250"] [BlackElo "2385"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Bd3 f5 16.Bc2 f4 17.Qh5 Rf7 18.Bxh7+ Kf8 19.Bf5 Qe8 20.Bxe6 Qxe6 21.Qg4 Qh6 22.Nf5 Qe6 23.Nfe3 Qh6 24.Nc2 e4 25.Qe2 Re8 26.Qd2 Ne5 27.O-O-O Nc4 28.Qe1 b4 29.Ncxb4 f3+ 30.Ne3 Rb8 31.Rd2 Nxd2 32.Qxd2 Rfb7 33.Qd5 a5 34.Qxa5 Rb5 35.Qa6 Rxb4 36.cxb4 Qf6 37.Qa3 fxg2 38.Nxg2 Qxf2 39.Ne1 e3 40.Nc2 Rc8 41.Qd3 Kg8 42.Kb1 e2 43.Qd5+ Kh7 44.Qd3+ Kg8 45.Ne1 Bh6 46.Qg6+ Kf8 47.Qxh6+ Ke7 48.Qg5+ Ke8 49.Qg8+ Kd7 50.Qg4+ Kc7 51.Qc4+ Kb7 52.Qd5+ Ka7 53.Qf3 Rf8 54.Qd5 Qf5+ 55.Qxf5 Rxf5 56.Rg1 Rf1 57.Rg7+ Kb6 58.Kc2 Rxe1 59.Re7 Ra1 60.Rxe2 Rxa2 61.h4 Ra7 62.h5 Kb5 63.h6 Rh7 64.Rh2 Kxb4 65.Kd3 Kc5 66.Ke4 d5+ 67.Kf5 d4 68.Kg6 1-0 Hopefully Magnus will not be mad at me - I believe this was one of his most painful losses.

Oct-19-11		siggemannen: Pretty impressive higest rating... Guess this is from USCF times?!

Apr-16-12		waustad: He had excellent results this year in the Scachbundesliga, 7.5/8. However, playing on a lower board, Peter-Heine Nielsen was the only higher rated player he played, but he did beat him.

Apr-16-12		waustad: <siggemann>I'm confused by your comment, since I saw no evidence that he has ever played in the US.

Aug-24-14		MissScarlett: <Another GM decided to take a break from chess. This was announced by Tornike Sanikidze on his Facebook page: "Hello Everybody! I feel really very bad. And I decide to take biiig rest from the chess. I think I will not play very long. First of all I have to decline all my invitations and contracts with the clubs, and I have to apologize for it. I hope in some time they will understand me...My life is so @#$%..i need to rest.... it is up to me to continue like this...So thank you very much for all my friends who will support me, and sorry again for making problems. wish you all the best.."> http://chess-news.ru/en/node/12661 This was from July last year, and he was back playing this year in the French team championship, but no full-time return is apparently on the cards.

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