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Elizbar Ubilava
E Ubilava 
 

Number of games in database: 699
Years covered: 1966 to 2022
Last FIDE rating: 2394 (2353 rapid, 2412 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2558
Overall record: +239 -169 =283 (55.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 8 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Nimzo Indian (40) 
    E21 E20 E46 E53 E38
 King's Indian (28) 
    E73 E75 E74 E92 E62
 English (23) 
    A16 A10 A15 A13 A17
 English, 1 c4 e5 (23) 
    A22 A20 A21 A25 A29
 English, 1 c4 c5 (22) 
    A33 A30 A34 A31 A36
 Slav (19) 
    D10 D14 D17 D11 D12
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (119) 
    B90 B92 B22 B61 B56
 Queen's Gambit Declined (55) 
    D37 D31 D30 D35 D38
 King's Indian (37) 
    E92 E94 E76 E97 E81
 Sicilian Najdorf (35) 
    B90 B92 B93 B97 B91
 Queen's Pawn Game (19) 
    A46 A41 D02 A45 E00
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (18) 
    B61 B62 B60 B67
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Kramnik vs E Ubilava, 1992 0-1
   de Firmian vs E Ubilava, 1989 0-1
   I A Zaitsev vs E Ubilava, 1967 0-1
   E Ubilava vs Plachetka, 1985 1-0
   M Cornette vs E Ubilava, 2003 0-1
   E Ubilava vs Matulovic, 1988 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Czechoslovak Championship (International) (1985)
   URS-ch qual Sevastopol (1986)
   Goglidze Memorial (1983)
   San Sebastian Open (1991)
   Toledo (1991)
   Varna (1985)
   Elgoibar 1st (1991)
   URS-ch sf Barnaul (1984)
   Alma-Ata (1989)
   Elgoibar (1993)
   Las Palmas-B (1994)
   Yerevan (1981)
   URS-ch FL50 (1982)
   Benasque Open (1997)
   Rome Open (1990)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Spanish Chess League
   E Ubilava vs N Batsiashvili (Sep-21-22) 1-0
   P Cramling vs E Ubilava (Sep-19-22) 0-1
   M Santos Ruiz vs E Ubilava (Jul-09-21) 1-0
   Gabriel Quispe Arteaga vs E Ubilava (2020) 1-0
   E Ubilava vs N Grandelius (2020) 0-1

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ELIZBAR UBILAVA
(born Aug-27-1950, 74 years old) Georgia (federation/nationality Spain)

[what is this?]
Elizbar Elizbarovich Ubilava was born in Tbilisi. Awarded the IM title in 1978 and the GM title in 1988, he was 1st at Trencianske Teplice 1985, 1st at Eforie Nord 1988 and 1st= at Tbilisi 1988. Most recently he has acted in the role of a trainer; he is a FIDE Senior Trainer.

Wikipedia article: Elizbar Ubilava


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 page 1 of 28; games 1-25 of 699  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. E Ubilava vs A Razovsky  1-0431966Georgian ChampionshipA36 English
2. E Ubilava vs I Kalinski  1-0421967USSR ChampionshipC77 Ruy Lopez
3. I A Zaitsev vs E Ubilava 0-1331967USSR ChampionshipB21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
4. T Lomaia vs E Ubilava  0-1541968Georgian ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
5. E Ubilava vs A Bokuchava 0-1391968Georgian ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
6. Alburt vs E Ubilava  1-0461969URS-ch Young MastersB06 Robatsch
7. Z Mikadze vs E Ubilava  0-1441970Georgian ChampionshipA30 English, Symmetrical
8. Tal vs E Ubilava  ½-½601970Georgian ChampionshipE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
9. Furman vs E Ubilava  1-0601971Karseladze MemorialE41 Nimzo-Indian
10. V Vepkhvishvili vs E Ubilava  1-0281971Ch Tbilisi UniversityB32 Sicilian
11. V Vepkhvishvili vs E Ubilava  0-1431971Ch Chess ClubB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
12. E Ubilava vs Karpov  ½-½231971URS-ch sf DaugavpilsB40 Sicilian
13. E Ubilava vs Furman  1-0421971URS-ch sf DaugavpilsC00 French Defense
14. V Karasev vs E Ubilava  1-0411971URS-ch sf DaugavpilsD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
15. Bagirov vs E Ubilava  1-0491971Goglidze MemorialD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
16. E Ubilava vs B Gurgenidze  1-0401971Goglidze MemorialA00 Uncommon Opening
17. N Gaprindashvili vs E Ubilava  ½-½421971Goglidze MemorialB39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation
18. E Ubilava vs O Averkin  1-0361971Georgia - RussiaB40 Sicilian
19. E Ubilava vs Babadzhanov  1-0471972Dinamo Team ChampionshipB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
20. H Gabrans vs E Ubilava  1-0311972Dinamo Team ChampionshipB23 Sicilian, Closed
21. E Ubilava vs V Vepkhvishvili  1-0271972Qual Georgian Olympic TeamC77 Ruy Lopez
22. L Grigorian vs E Ubilava  0-146197212th Soviet Team Championship qual-3A16 English
23. Tukmakov vs E Ubilava  ½-½63197212th Soviet Team Championship qual-3B32 Sicilian
24. S Giterman vs E Ubilava  0-134197212th Soviet Team Championship qual-3D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
25. E Ubilava vs Furman  ½-½75197212th Soviet Team Championship Final-AB40 Sicilian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-19-04  Cecil Brown: Vishy Anand's regular second. He's Russian I think, certainly from the former Soviet Union.
Mar-20-04  vishyanand: actually, i think he is spanish
Mar-20-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Chessical: Elizbar Ubilava is a 53 year old Georgian IGM, with a current rating of 2530.
Feb-19-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: "Then I saw her face.... And I'm Ubilava..."
Feb-19-06  Jim Bartle: Excellent!
May-26-06  BIDMONFA: Elizbar Ubilava

UBILIVA, Elizbar
http://www.bidmonfa.com/ubilava_eli...
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Jan-22-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: A game not in the database:

[Event "?"]
[Site "USSR"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Black "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 ♘f6 2. e5 ♘d5 3. ♘c3 ♘xc3 4. bxc3 d5 5. d4 ♗f5 6. ♘e2 e6 7. ♘g3 ♗g6 8. ♗d3 c5 9. ♖b1 ♕c7 10. O-O ♘c6 11. ♗e3 O-O-O 12. f4 cxd4 13. ♗xd4 ♗xd3 14. cxd3 g6 15. ♗e3 ♔b8 16. ♕a4 ♗e7 17. ♖b2 ♖d7 18. ♖fb1 ♖c8


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19. ♖b5 f6 20. ♘e2 fxe5 21. fxe5 ♔a8 22. ♘d4 ♕xe5 23. ♗f2 ♖f8 24. ♘xc6 bxc6 25. ♖a5 1-0

Source: Bill Wall, “500 Alekhine Miniatures”, Chess Enterprises, Moon Township, Pennsylvania, 1994

Feb-02-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Why were he and his dad both called Elizabeth?
Aug-04-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  WCC Editing Project:

At age 18, he entered the <Karseladze Memorial 1968>, but withdrew after scoring 1.5 from 4 rounds: http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour...

His four games were canceled from the crosstable and score tally, and the pgns are not to be found in the Rusbase pgn download of this event.

Aug-27-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  eternaloptimist: Happy birthday to GM Ubilava!
May-03-23  stone free or die: A picture of him as a younger man:

https://dspace.nplg.gov.ge/bitstrea...

(Date uncertain)

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