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 79; games 1-25 of 1,952  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 Tkeshelashvili   1-0 31 1997 GEO-ch D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 4. Y Drozdovskij vs Jobava   1-0 30 1997 Wch U14 A57 Benko Gambit 5. Jobava vs M Panchanathan   1-0 77 1997 Wch U14 E15 Queen's Indian 6. D Smerdon vs Jobava   ½-½ 61 1997 Wch U14 B22 Sicilian, Alapin 7. Jobava vs L Cernousek   1-0 38 1997 Wch U14 D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 8. Jobava vs J V Leal 1-0 29 1997 Wch U14 A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 9. Zhang Zhuoya vs Jobava   ½-½ 67 1997 Wch U14 E60 King's Indian Defense 10. Jobava vs D F Nunez Vergara   1-0 52 1997 Wch U14 E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 11. A Neiksans vs Jobava   1-0 30 1997 Wch U14 B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 12. Jobava vs C Lim   1-0 46 1997 Wch U14 E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 13. Jobava vs K Miton ½-½ 42 1997 Wch U14 A81 Dutch 14. A Moiseenko vs Jobava   0-1 33 1998 Petrov Memorial A45 Queen's Pawn Game 15. Jobava vs V Yemelin   0-1 44 1998 Petrov Memorial A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 16. G Castaneda vs Jobava 1-0 34 1998 Petrov Memorial B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 17. Jobava vs S Mentov   1-0 37 1998 Petrov Memorial E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 18. S Klimov vs Jobava 0-1 55 1998 Petrov Memorial B50 Sicilian 19. Jobava vs S Solovjov   ½-½ 57 1998 Petrov Memorial E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 20. A Orlov vs Jobava   ½-½ 96 1998 Petrov Memorial A07 King's Indian Attack 21. Jobava vs V Popov   0-1 35 1998 Petrov Memorial D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 22. P Skatchkov vs Jobava   1-0 56 1998 Petrov Memorial A48 King's Indian 23. L Aroshidze vs Jobava 0-1 27 1999 GEO-ch U16 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. T Aleksidze vs Jobava   0-1 42 1999 GEO-ch U16 B54 Sicilian 25. M Gagunashvili vs Jobava   0-1 36 1999 GEO-ch U16 E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4  page 1 of 79; games 1-25 of 1,952

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 6 OF 7 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-03-17    sycophante: He doesn't seem to have a website or a blog. I'd like to follow his current activities, tournaments. According to 2700chess.com he plays sometimes in the Swedish league, but what is he up to now? Jun-29-17    john barleycorn: "Die Null muß stehen" (frei nach Huub Stevens) Jul-01-17    ketchuplover: When you don't reign it can pour. Jul-01-17    morfishine: This is how lacking chess is in general: comments reduced to pathetic puns or play-on-word Thats the only unexplored territory left for chess: dumb word play Really pathetic ***** Jul-31-17    Troller: Jobava won the Xtracon Chess tournament (previously Politiken Cup) in Denmark ending last week. He scored 8½/10 to win outright in a relatively strong field sporting 10 2600+ players. Homepage: http://www.xtraconchessopen.dk/ Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr293... Youtube channel with commentary, lectures and interviews: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT... Sep-12-17    SugarDom: LGCDA supports you all the way. As in ALL THE WAY. LOL (as long as there is no expense involved) Sep-13-17    SugarDom: Jobava has the psychological advantage with the draw with black. He should press for a win in the next game against the punk who's much better than him in blitz. Sep-13-17    Arconax: <SugarDom> I wouldn't call young Wesley a "punk" but yes, I do think Jobava has excellent chances of winning tomorrow. Sep-13-17    SugarDom: Don't even mention the name, it's unspeakable. Sep-13-17    tuttifrutty: <<SugarDom> I wouldn't call young Wesley a "punk" > I agree...but I would call Sugardom a punk instead... <but yes, I do think Jobava has excellent chances of winning tomorrow.> My crystal ball says BJ has a slim .0001% chance of winning. Sep-13-17    Arconax: <fruitcake: My crystal ball says BJ has a slim .0001% chance of winning.> I have more faith in <SugarDom>'s (and my own) assessment of tomorrow's game between Jobava and So than your "crystal ball" predictions, thank you very much. Sep-13-17    tuttifrutty: We shall see... Sep-13-17    SugarDom: Jobava the Hut's stockfish is working just fine. He's receiving the morse code from his left shoe. Putting the lights out on Punk Solo. Sep-13-17    Nonnus: If only Joba can put his N at h5 and his heavy artilleries on the g-file Sep-13-17    Nonnus: Current position looks very good for Joba. The g7 and h6 pawns are sitting ducks targets Sep-13-17    SugarDom: Jobava is ahead in tempo and clock. Always a dangerous combination. Sep-13-17    SugarDom: Very high quality fight. No real blunders so far... Sep-13-17    geniokov: I think it's a draw! White cannot make any chances to convert it into substantial advantage. The only advantage White has is computer evaluation. Sep-13-17    SugarDom: Exactly <geniokov>. The idiots in the WS page is too slow in the uptake. That what happens when they ban people like us there. Sep-13-17    geniokov: I was impressed about Jobaba's handling of White pieces! Sep-13-17    geniokov: Jobava is a dangerous player. He must not be understimated. He is the same as GM Kiril Giorgiev! Sep-13-17    SugarDom: But this is looking more like a draw than a decisive result. Sep-13-17    geniokov: Correct Sugardom! Sep-13-17    SugarDom: Rooks and pawns endgames with equal material are mostly drawn. Sep-13-17    SugarDom: In other words it's a <technical draw>. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 7) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 6 OF 7 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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