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Mikhail Kobalia
M Kobalia 
 

Number of games in database: 1,768
Years covered: 1994 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2538 (2509 rapid, 2474 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2679
Overall record: +478 -206 =576 (60.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 508 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (302) 
    B90 B51 B30 B31 B52
 Ruy Lopez (122) 
    C78 C65 C84 C67 C80
 French Defense (102) 
    C07 C10 C03 C05 C18
 Caro-Kann (74) 
    B13 B10 B14 B18 B12
 Sicilian Najdorf (55) 
    B90 B92 B93 B94
 French Tarrasch (49) 
    C07 C03 C05 C09 C04
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (192) 
    B46 B40 B42 B43 B22
 Slav (161) 
    D11 D15 D10 D12 D16
 Semi-Slav (78) 
    D45 D43 D44 D47 D49
 Ruy Lopez (67) 
    C67 C65 C78 C60 C76
 Sicilian Taimanov (59) 
    B46 B47 B48 B49 B45
 King's Indian Attack (47) 
    A07
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   M Kobalia vs B Kantsler, 2001 1-0
   Karjakin vs M Kobalia, 2004 0-1
   M Kobalia vs V Akopian, 2006 1-0
   M Kobalia vs T Nalbandian, 1999 1-0
   M Kobalia vs Hjartarson, 2020 1-0
   M Kobalia vs J Lundin, 2019 1-0
   M Kobalia vs Karjakin, 2004 1/2-1/2
   M Kobalia vs Smagin, 1999 1-0
   I Khairullin vs M Kobalia, 2004 0-1
   M Kobalia vs Morozevich, 2019 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (1999)
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Chigorin Memorial Open (1997)
   Russian Cup 4th stage (1999)
   Biel MTO Open (2001)
   Isle of Man Masters (2007)
   European Championship (2003)
   Ubeda Open (2001)
   European Championship (2009)
   Chigorin Memorial (2017)
   Moscow Open Championship (1996)
   World Junior Championship (1998)
   European Championship (2005)
   European Championship (2011)
   European Championship (2018)
   European Championship (2001)
   European Championship (2010)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   1998 World Junior chess championship by gauer

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute
   A Wirig vs M Kobalia (May-31-25) 1/2-1/2
   D Yuffa vs M Kobalia (May-30-25) 1/2-1/2
   R Praggnanandhaa vs M Kobalia (Dec-30-24) 0-1, blitz
   R Sadhwani vs M Kobalia (Dec-30-24) 1-0, blitz
   M Kobalia vs M Bortnyk (Dec-30-24) 1-0, blitz

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MIKHAIL KOBALIA
(born May-03-1978, 47 years old) Russia
PRONUNCIATION:
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Grandmaster. Won the Arctic Chess Challenge 2010 and scored 7.5/11 in the European Championship (2011), placing 18th on tiebreak and thereby qualifying for the World Cup (2011), where he was eliminated in the first round tiebreaker by compatriot GM Igor Lysyj. His strong result in the European Championship (2012) qualified him for the World Cup (2013), where he defeated Denis Khismatullin in the first round but lost to compatriot and former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik in the second round tiebreaker. In the 2016 Aeroflot Open, he tied 3rd-10th with Vladimir Fedoseev, Daniil Dubov, Mateusz Bartel, Sanan Sjugirov, Maxim Matlakov and Vadim Zvjaginsev.

Wikipedia article: Mikhail Kobalia

Last updated: 2023-01-19 10:20:38

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 page 1 of 71; games 1-25 of 1,768  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M Kobalia vs B Annakov  1-0311994Moscow ChampionshipB33 Sicilian
2. M Kobalia vs V Utemov  1-0371994Moscow ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
3. M Kobalia vs V Moskalenko  ½-½461994Moscow opC05 French, Tarrasch
4. A Gavrilov vs M Kobalia  0-1381994Moscow ChampionshipC55 Two Knights Defense
5. A Korotylev vs M Kobalia  ½-½291994Moscow ChampionshipA99 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3
6. M Kobalia vs V Malaniuk  ½-½911994St Petersburg op2C47 Four Knights
7. M Kobalia vs V L Ivanov  0-1551994Moscow ChampionshipB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
8. S Shipov vs M Kobalia  ½-½411994St Petersburg op2D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
9. A Gelman vs M Kobalia  ½-½211994Moscow ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
10. M Kobalia vs A Mitenkov  0-1221994Moscow ChampionshipB23 Sicilian, Closed
11. S Guliev vs M Kobalia  ½-½451994Moscow ChampionshipD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. A Rychagov vs M Kobalia  ½-½161994St Petersburg op2B32 Sicilian
13. M Kobalia vs Y Gusev  1-0401994Moscow ChampionshipB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
14. P Tregubov vs M Kobalia  0-1331994St Petersburg op2A97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky
15. M Kobalia vs O Jascenko  ½-½311994St Petersburg op2B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
16. Filippov vs M Kobalia  1-0511995RUS-ch U18A04 Reti Opening
17. V Malakhov vs M Kobalia 1-0951995RUS-ch U18C05 French, Tarrasch
18. M Kobalia vs A Korotylev  ½-½691995RUS-ch U18B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
19. M Kobalia vs A Rychagov  0-1281995Moscow-ch opA07 King's Indian Attack
20. Yagupov vs M Kobalia  ½-½611995Chigorin MemorialA07 King's Indian Attack
21. G Chepukaitis vs M Kobalia 1-0381995Chigorin MemorialA84 Dutch
22. A Kulashko vs M Kobalia  0-1621995Chigorin MemorialC00 French Defense
23. M Kobalia vs A Gubanov  ½-½271995Chigorin MemorialB08 Pirc, Classical
24. M Kobalia vs Sakaev  0-1491995Chigorin MemorialB86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack
25. M Kobalia vs E Zhurina  1-0701995Chigorin MemorialB32 Sicilian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-20-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  WTHarvey: Here are some puzzles from Mikhail's early games not shown here: http://www.wtharvey.com/koba.html
May-03-06  BIDMONFA: Mikhail Kobalia

KOBALIA, Mihail
http://www.bidmonfa.com/kobalia_mih...
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May-03-08  brankat: Happy birthday Mikhail!
Mar-14-09  blacksburg: Gregory Shahade is angry at you, Mikhail Kobalia. you wouldn't like him when he's angry.

http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/vie...

M Kobalia vs Naiditsch, 2009

M Kobalia vs V Malakhov, 2009

Mar-17-09  atripodi: Kobalia made up for it today:
http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/vie...
Mar-17-09  blacksburg: yeah, that game was bananas.
May-03-09  wordfunph: Birthday happy GM Kobalia!
May-03-09  WhiteRook48: happy birthday!
May-03-10  wordfunph: 32nd Birthday happy GM Kobalia!
May-03-10  newzild: Yet another megastrong super-GM that I've never heard of...
May-03-10  whiteshark: <blacksburg: yeah, that game was bananas.> Ok, if you'd like to express it this way... A Volokitin vs M Kobalia, 2009

but to me someone else deserved it much more to be attributed like that...

May-03-10  Quarticom: happy birthday GM Kobalia!
Aug-08-10  Don Cossacks: Winner of Arctic Chess Challenge 2010 with 7.5 points with a last round victory over GM Loek Van Wely.Congratulations!

http://tournamentservice.com/standi...

May-03-18  paavoh: Happy 40th!
Jan-19-23  Olavi: Worth mentioning that he was in Kasparov's team for the 2000 match against Kramnik (and probably longer).
Dec-29-24  Messenberg: Treinador do GM Volodar Murzin.

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