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Jobava 
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Baadur Jobava
Number of games in database: 684
Years covered: 1997 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2696
Overall record: +327 -143 =214 (63.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Indian (35) 
    E12 E15 E17 E18 E13
 King's Indian (35) 
    E62 E90 E86 E66 E81
 Sicilian (27) 
    B33 B96 B63 B60 B66
 Orthodox Defense (25) 
    D58 D61 D52 D55 D57
 Semi-Slav (22) 
    D43 D44
 Slav (22) 
    D17 D15 D19 D16 D12
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (110) 
    B90 B50 B92 B63 B52
 King's Indian (67) 
    E94 E67 E68 E62 E80
 Sicilian Najdorf (50) 
    B90 B92 B96 B91 B93
 Caro-Kann (36) 
    B12 B18 B19 B10 B14
 Queen's Pawn Game (22) 
    A45 A46 E00 D05 D02
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (16) 
    B63 B65 B60 B64 B62
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Jobava vs Bareev, 2003 1-0
   Jobava vs Wang Hao, 2006 1-0
   Jobava vs Carlsen, 2005 1-0
   M Al Sayed vs Jobava, 2003 0-1
   Jobava vs Grischuk, 2004 1-0
   Jobava vs H Hernandez, 2008 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

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 page 1 of 28; games 1-25 of 684  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Jobava vs K Miton  ½-½42 1997 Wch U14A81 Dutch
2. Jobava vs J V Leal  1-029 1997 Wch U14A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8
3. Jobava vs P Mahesh Chandran  1-077 1997 Wch U14E15 Queen's Indian
4. Jobava vs Lim Chuing Hoong  1-046 1997 Wch U14E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4
5. Jobava vs Sopio Tkeshelashvili  1-031 1997 GEO-chD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
6. D Smerdon vs Jobava  ½-½61 1997 Wch U14B22 Sicilian, Alapin
7. A Neiksans vs Jobava  1-030 1997 Wch U14B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
8. Jobava vs S Nikoladze  1-028 1997 GEO-chD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
9. Jobava vs L Cernousek  1-038 1997 Wch U14D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
10. Jobava vs Daniel F Nunez  1-052 1997 Wch U14E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
11. Jobava vs N Edzgveradze  ½-½42 1997 GEO-chD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
12. Y Drozdovskij vs Jobava  1-030 1997 Wch U14A57 Benko Gambit
13. Zhang Zhuoya vs Jobava  ½-½67 1997 Wch U14E60 King's Indian Defense
14. A Moiseenko vs Jobava  0-133 1998 Petrov memA45 Queen's Pawn Game
15. S Klimov vs Jobava  0-155 1998 Petrov memB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
16. P Skatchkov vs Jobava  1-056 1998 Petrov memB07 Pirc
17. Jobava vs S Milton  1-037 1998 Petrov memE66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno
18. Jobava vs V Popov  0-135 1998 Petrov memD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
19. Georgiy Kastanieda vs Jobava  1-034 1998 Petrov memB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
20. A Orlov vs Jobava  ½-½96 1998 Petrov memB26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3
21. Jobava vs V Yemelin  0-144 1998 Petrov memE10 Queen's Pawn Game
22. Jobava vs S Solovjov  ½-½57 1998 Petrov memE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
23. Jobava vs V Gaprindashvili  ½-½54 1999 GEO team selectE15 Queen's Indian
24. Jobava vs T Sammalvuo  1-071 1999 EU-chT (Men)E15 Queen's Indian
25. Tamaz Aleksidze vs Jobava  0-142 1999 GEO-ch U16B54 Sicilian
 page 1 of 28; games 1-25 of 684  PGN Download
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Feb-16-06   BIDMONFA: Baadur Jobava

Champion - AEROFLOT OPEN 2006
http://www.bidmonfa.com/jobava_baad...
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Feb-17-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  lostemperor: This photo of Jobava was taken the night before the last Corus round. The flash is reflected in his eyes what makes it kind of mellow. I told him I may send some pictures to chessgames.com. and he made sure he got that spelling correct then and his pose too. The next day he beat Arkadi Naiditsch in a fine game! Followed by winning the strong Aeroflot (together with Mamedyarov, Sasikiran and Bologan). Coincidently, after me taking a picture, similar sucesses were made by Sergei Tiviakov also;). Congratulations Baadur and good luck at Dortmund.
Feb-17-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: <MorphyMatt> it sounds almost Klingon even... hehehehe
Jun-03-06   MeatGrinder: Jobava is Topalov's new second.
Jun-03-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: his eyes in this photo look eerie
Aug-05-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: He is now rated 2696. Winner of Tblisi Cup in June 2009:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr230...

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