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Yona Kosashvili
Y Kosashvili 
 

Number of games in database: 154
Years covered: 1986 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2531
Highest rating achieved in database: 2580
Overall record: +60 -36 =56 (57.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 2 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (38) 
    B50 B31 B58 B33 B83
 French Defense (12) 
    C01 C07 C05
 Ruy Lopez (9) 
    C91 C72 C65 C92 C78
 French Tarrasch (6) 
    C07 C05
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (4) 
    C91 C92 C90
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (28) 
    C96 C69 C91 C84 C67
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (19) 
    C96 C91 C99 C84 C85
 Bogo Indian (9) 
    E11
 Ruy Lopez Exchange (7) 
    C69 C85
 Queen's Indian (6) 
    E17 E19 E12
 Nimzo Indian (5) 
    E32 E54 E20 E33
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Y Kosashvili vs Korchnoi, 2002 1-0
   J Murey vs Y Kosashvili, 1999 0-1
   Y Kosashvili vs Sutovsky, 1993 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Haifa (1995)
   Rishon Le Ziyyon (1993)
   Curacao Open (2002)
   World Junior Championship (1990)
   European Junior Championship 1989/90 (1989)
   Rishon LeZion (1996)
   Israeli Championship (1986)
   Novi Sad Olympiad (1990)
   EUR-chT (Men) 9th (1989)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 European Club Cup
   Y Kosashvili vs K Georgiev (Oct-13-12) 1-0
   Bologan vs Y Kosashvili (Oct-12-12) 1-0
   Y Kosashvili vs Shirov (Oct-11-12) 0-1

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YONA KOSASHVILI
(born Jul-03-1970, 54 years old) Georgia (federation/nationality Israel)

[what is this?]
GM Yona Kosashvili MD was born in Tblisi, Georgia but together with his parents he emigrated to Israel in 1972. He is married to Zsofia Polgar since 1999 and they have two children together - Alon (2000) and Yoav (2003).

Wikipedia article: Yona Kosashvili


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 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 154  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M Illescas vs Y Kosashvili 1-0331986Holon Open 1986/87E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
2. Y Gruenfeld vs Y Kosashvili  ½-½721986Holon Open 1986/87C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
3. V Alterman vs Y Kosashvili  ½-½291986Holon Open 1986/87D31 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. Y Kosashvili vs Shamai  1-0351986Holon Open 1986/87B83 Sicilian
5. Y Kosashvili vs Y Gruenfeld  0-1381986Israeli ChampionshipB20 Sicilian
6. S Kagan vs Y Kosashvili  1-0361986Israeli ChampionshipC42 Petrov Defense
7. N Birnboim vs Y Kosashvili  1-0511986Israeli ChampionshipE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
8. O Bruk vs Y Kosashvili  ½-½501986Israeli ChampionshipC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
9. Y Kosashvili vs I Veinger  ½-½821986Israeli ChampionshipB01 Scandinavian
10. Y Kosashvili vs Y Afek  0-1391986Israeli ChampionshipB70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
11. Y Kraidman vs Y Kosashvili  ½-½321986Israeli ChampionshipD59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower
12. Y Kosashvili vs S Dudakov  ½-½261986Israeli ChampionshipB08 Pirc, Classical
13. V Alterman vs Y Kosashvili  ½-½171986Israeli ChampionshipD58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
14. N Grinberg vs Y Kosashvili  0-1131986Israeli ChampionshipC53 Giuoco Piano
15. Y Kosashvili vs E Shvidler  0-1381986Israeli ChampionshipC91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
16. Y Kosashvili vs I Manor  1-0681986Israeli ChampionshipB33 Sicilian
17. A Greenfeld vs Y Kosashvili  ½-½351986Israeli ChampionshipC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
18. M Kotliar vs Y Kosashvili  ½-½581986Israeli ChampionshipC50 Giuoco Piano
19. Y Kosashvili vs G Rechlis  0-1391986Israeli ChampionshipB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
20. Adams vs Y Kosashvili  1-061198610th Lloyds Bank Masters OpenC99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd
21. Y Kosashvili vs H Wegner  ½-½19198610th Lloyds Bank Masters OpenB44 Sicilian
22. S Conquest vs Y Kosashvili  1-026198610th Lloyds Bank Masters OpenD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
23. Gufeld vs Y Kosashvili  ½-½421989Biel MTO opC99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd
24. Y Kosashvili vs R Storm 1-0261989Biel MTO opB01 Scandinavian
25. Y Kosashvili vs N Davies  1-0501989Tel Aviv-BB06 Robatsch
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-29-02
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sneaky: He's now married to Sofia Polgar.
Dec-01-02  drukenknight: has his game improved or gone south?
Dec-01-02
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sneaky: Well he just tied for 1st place with Korchnoi at the Curacao Open!
May-08-05  Caissanist: ... and hasn't played at all since then. Neither has Sofia.
Aug-27-05  Caissanist: From a posting by <duchamp64> on the Sofia Polgar board:

< Learned at her appearance in Las Vegas: Sophia's husband is a physician who is about to do his M.D. residency in Canada -- so Sophia will be moving there with him soon. Sophia is a talented and published artist who does cartoons and caricatures.>

Dec-01-05  Chopin: I wonder if Kosashvili has ever played against any of the 3 sisters before in a tournament. It's safe to say that their children will have chess genes.

Jul-03-06  BIDMONFA: Yona Kosashvili

KOSASHVILI, Yona
http://www.bidmonfa.com/kosashvili_...
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Jul-03-10  wordfunph: GM Kosashvili with career-high of 2549..

http://ratings.fide.com/id.phtml?ev...

Dec-27-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  sakredkow: I'm looking through some old Robert Byrne columns - wonderful eoy activity. Kosashvili won the 12th Aegon Human-vs-Computer Tournament in 1997 where "50 of the world's best computers competed against 50 human players". Kosashvili was 6-0. (Israeli GMs aren't allowed to play in Saudi Arabia.)

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