Elizbar Ubilava (born August 27, 1950 in Tbilisi) is a Spanish chess Grandmaster (1988) of Georgian origin. He is FIDE Senior Trainer (2004)[1] and worked with Viswanathan Anand for nine years between 1994 and 2005.[2] He achieved his highest Elo rating of 2561 in January 1999.[3]

Elizbar Ubilava
CountryGeorgia (until 2005)
Spain (since 2005)
Born (1950-08-27) August 27, 1950 (age 74)
Tbilisi, Georgia
TitleGrandmaster (1988)
FIDE rating2403 (November 2024)
Peak rating2561 (January 1999)

Chess career

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Ubilava won the Georgian Chess Championship in 1974 and 1986[4] and played for Georgia in the 1992 Chess Olympiad.[5] His other successful performances include 1st at Trencianske Teplice 1985, 1st at Eforie Nord 1988, =1st at Tbilisi 1988,[6] 1st at Benasque 2001,[7] 3rd at Elgoibar 2003,[8] =2nd at La Roda 2005,[9] =1st at Benasque 2005[10] and =1st at Almeria 2008.[11]

He participated in the USSR Chess Championship of 1967 making him one of the youngest participants at the age of 17.[12]

Notable games

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References

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  1. ^ "Ubilava, Elizbar FIDE Chess Profile – Players Arbiters Trainers". FIDE. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  2. ^ Karmarkar, Amit (November 7, 2013). "Ubilava hopes Anand can withstand Carlsen onslaught". The Times of India. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  3. ^ "FIDE rating history: Ubilava, Elizbar". OlimpBase. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  4. ^ "Campeonato de Georgia" (in Spanish). Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  5. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Elizbar Ubilava". OlimpBase. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  6. ^ "The chess games of Elizbar Ubilava". ChessGames.com. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  7. ^ "XXI'Villa de Benasque' IO October 2001 Spain". FIDE. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  8. ^ "XII 'Eslgoibar' Magistral April 2003 Spain". FIDE. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  9. ^ "32 La Roda Intl.Open July 2005 Spain". FIDE. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  10. ^ "25 Anniversary Magistral October 2005 Spain". FIDE. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  11. ^ "XIX Open Internacional Villa de Roquetas April 2008 Spain". FIDE. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  12. ^ "35 Championship of USSR – Kharkov 7–27.12.1967 (swiss 13 games,126 participants)". RusBase. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
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