BAADUR JOBAVA (born Nov-26-1983, 41 years old) Georgia [what is this?] GM Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava is Georgia's top player. Georgian champion in 2003, 2007 and 2012, the last with 10/11. Winner of Aeroflot Open (2006). Winner of Tblisi Cup in June 2009. Sub-champion of Europe in 2010*, which qualified him to play in the World Cup (2011) in the first round he defeated Azeri GM Namig Guliyev, and in the second he beat Polish GM and number 1 Radoslaw Wojtaszek, before losing to Russian GM Dmitry Jakovenko in the third round and exiting the tournament. In December 2011, he scored 8.5/9 at the 32nd Edoardo Crespi Trophy to take outright first by 2 points, with a TPR of 2910. In 2012 he scored 7.5/11 in the European Championship (2012) and =1st (2nd on tiebreak) at the 14th Dubai Open (2012). In July 2012, he won the Wojtaszek - Jobava Match (2012), winning the classical segment 2.5-1.5 (+1 =3) and the rapid segment by the same margin (+2 -1 =1). In November 2012, he placed =4th at the Fujairah International Open held in the United Arab Emirates, scoring par at 6/9. Qualifying through his strong results at the European Championship (2012), Jobava defeated Ukrainian GM Martyn Kravtsiv in the first round but was eliminated from the tournament when he lost to another Ukrainian GM, Anton Korobov in the rapid game tiebreaker in the second round. He was =2nd behind Ivan Saric at the category 14 Tata Steel Challengers (2014) event, placing 3rd on tiebreak behind veteran GM Jan Timman. In February 2014, he won the powerful Bronstein Memorial (2014) with 7/9 on tiebreak ahead of Sergey A Fedorchuk and Mikhailo Oleksienko and in September he won the Memorial Tseshkovskogo 2014 in Russia. Qualifying by nomination for the 2014-2015 Grand Prix series portion of the 2016 World Championship cycle, Jobava briefly led the FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent (2014), before finishing on 4th-7th, totting up his first 75 points in the Grand Prix. He will also contest the last two legs of the Grand Prix at the tournaments to be held in Tblisi and Khanty-Mansiysk. In the Qatar Masters (2014) he scored 6/9, placing =7th in a powerful field. He won the Xtracon Chess Open (2017). Jobava's highest standard rating and ranking was 2734, No. 19 in the world, in September 2012. Live rating: https://twitter.com/#!/2700chess * http://www.chess-results.com/tnr295... Wikipedia article: Baadur Jobava Last updated: 2025-04-22 18:36:49

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page 1 of 80; games 1-25 of 1,977  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Jobava vs N Edzgveradze   ½-½ 42 1997 GEO-ch D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 2. Jobava vs S Nikoladze   1-0 28 1997 GEO-ch D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 3. Jobava vs S Tqeshelashvili   1-0 31 1997 GEO-ch D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 4. Jobava vs J V Leal 1-0 29 1997 Wch U14 A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 5. Zhang Zhuoya vs Jobava   ½-½ 67 1997 Wch U14 E60 King's Indian Defense 6. Jobava vs D F Nunez Vergara   1-0 52 1997 Wch U14 E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 7. A Neiksans vs Jobava   1-0 30 1997 Wch U14 B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 8. Jobava vs C Lim   1-0 46 1997 Wch U14 E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 9. Jobava vs K Miton ½-½ 42 1997 Wch U14 A81 Dutch 10. Y Drozdovskij vs Jobava   1-0 30 1997 Wch U14 A57 Benko Gambit 11. Jobava vs L Cernousek   1-0 38 1997 Wch U14 D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 12. D Smerdon vs Jobava   ½-½ 61 1997 Wch U14 B22 Sicilian, Alapin 13. Jobava vs M Panchanathan   1-0 77 1997 Wch U14 E15 Queen's Indian 14. A Moiseenko vs Jobava   0-1 33 1998 Petrov mem A45 Queen's Pawn Game 15. Jobava vs V Yemelin   0-1 44 1998 Petrov mem A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 16. G Castaneda vs Jobava 1-0 34 1998 Petrov mem B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 17. Jobava vs S Mentov   1-0 37 1998 Petrov mem E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 18. S Klimov vs Jobava 0-1 55 1998 Petrov mem B50 Sicilian 19. Jobava vs S Solovjov   ½-½ 57 1998 Petrov mem E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 20. A Orlov vs Jobava   ½-½ 96 1998 Petrov mem A07 King's Indian Attack 21. Jobava vs V Popov   0-1 35 1998 Petrov mem D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 22. P Skatchkov vs Jobava   1-0 56 1998 Petrov mem A48 King's Indian 23. T Aleksidze vs Jobava   0-1 42 1999 GEO-ch U16 B54 Sicilian 24. L Aroshidze vs Jobava 0-1 27 1999 GEO-ch U16 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. M Gagunashvili vs Jobava   0-1 36 1999 GEO-ch U16 E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4  page 1 of 80; games 1-25 of 1,977

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 7 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-17-06    lostemperor: <BIDMONFA> nice site. Especially the http://www.bidmonfa.com/informacio_.... Feb-17-06    shr0pshire: <lostemperor> Thank you for the picture. It brightens up the site, and it is always nice to have a face with someone's games. :) Joe Feb-17-06    lostemperor: Well at least some have something else to complain about than the jellow teeth of Kasparov then! (Ever heard of green contact lenses? I would love to have those too! Wait a minute .. I'm already greenish). Feb-18-06    lostemperor: Baadur is an alien from outer space who can make Tal-like sacrifices in the 21st century :) Feb-18-06    Jafar219: And this is your <Tal-like sacrificer>-Mamedyarov vs Jobava, 2006 Feb-18-06    lostemperor: <Jafar219> I know that you still find it hard to accept the fact that Jobava got the Dortmund ticket instead of Mamedyarov. Get over it. The tie-breakrules are fair (the ones with the most black criteria) and known in advance. Mamedyarov won from Jobava but lost to someone else. I think Mamedyarov is a great player and he might be in Dortmund still in the future. He has got a chance in Corus and I think he did well there against the top 4 players. Mamedyarov, his father and sister are the most likable persons I saw at Corus. In fact I was talking about Jobava's record of winning sacrifices and in particular Jobava vs Naiditsch, 2006. Naiditsch, the Dortmund champion, also missed shared first place and the big bucks in aeroflot by half a point. Perhaps I should have taken a picture of him too:) Feb-19-06    Bobak Zahmat: <Chesstosterone> Jobava has even higher percentage winning sacrifices than Alekhine!!! (WOW) 17,49% vs 17,09%. Very impressive! Mar-07-06    jamesmaskell: Jobava is Oligarckh on playchess it seems. Mar-10-06    Bobak Zahmat: Yes, I have seen him there, but he was just wathcing Linares games. Apr-17-06    Bobak Zahmat: Jobava had a good start in Istanbul at the European Championship, but he ended with 7 out of 11 at the 11th spot. Jun-03-06    MorphyMatt: "Baadur Jobava" hmm......... sounds like the perfect Star Wars name ;-D Jun-03-06    Open Defence: <MorphyMatt> it sounds almost Klingon even... hehehehe Jun-03-06    MeatGrinder: Jobava is Topalov's new second. Jun-03-06    Open Defence: his eyes in this photo look eerie Aug-05-06    Peligroso Patzer: It has been a rough tournament so far for Jobava at Dortmund (as it figured to be, with six of the eight players currently ranked in the Top Ten). But what a great talent he is, with what an appealing style! He certainly has the potential to be a Top Ten player himself within a few years. I often encourage my students with the reminder that they can learn much more from their lost games than from games that they win. This has been affirmed by several world champions, and I once saw Karpov quoted to the effect that he had to lose 200 to 300 games before he became any good as a chessplayer. Of course, by his standards, being "any good as a chessplayer" probably meant winning the World Junior Championship! Sep-20-06    Bobak Zahmat: It looks Jobava isn't chosen by Topalov as his second during the match against Kramnnik. But I think Cheparinov is suitable enough. Feb-15-08    whiteshark: <Lost> Great photograph, but how does he look behind the mask ??? Jun-11-08    myra: Appearance means nothing .....he's a very deep man..... Jun-12-08    lostemperor: <whiteshark> he seems a nice man with a sense of humor from what little I saw! Jun-12-08    myra: By the way you're gifted for taking picture Lostemperor ....thx for sharing us ...such particular image of Jobi :).... Jun-19-08    lostemperor: We met in an Italian restaurant in Wijk aan Zee. He was there with Beliavsky and Lahno. I had just a simple camera. He especially posed for this photo for chessgames.com. Oct-03-08    myra: Very please to hear it....Thx :) Nov-06-09    Tabanus: He is now rated 2696. Winner of Tblisi Cup in June 2009: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr230... Jan-03-10    notyetagm: Looks like Jobava has trouble with <TRAPPED PIECES>. Jobava vs Grischuk, 2009 16 ... ♖b8-b6 0-1 click for larger view Kamsky vs Jobava, 2010 35 ♘f4-e6 click for larger view Mar-10-10    znsprdx: <Jafar219:> why so harsh? R&P endgames can turn in the blink of an eye - the players themselves often not knowing why they win or lose in the heat of the moment... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 7) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 7 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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