(1983-11-26) 26 November 1983 (age 40) Gali, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Title
Grandmaster (2001)
FIDE rating
2582 (May 2024)
Peak rating
2734 (September 2012)
Peak ranking
No. 19 (September 2012)
Baadur Jobava (Georgian: ბაადურ ჯობავა; born 26 November 1983) is a Georgian chess grandmaster and three-time Georgian champion (2003,[1] 2007,[2] 2012[3]). He competed in the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2004 and in the FIDE World Cup in 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, where he reached round of 16 after defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi, and in 2021. He also participated in the FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15, where he finished joint 4th out of 12 participants in the Tashkent Leg after beating Sergey Karjakin. He won the individual board performance gold medals in the Chess Olympiads of 2004 and 2016.
BaadurJobava (Georgian: ბაადურ ჯობავა; born 26 November 1983) is a Georgian chess grandmaster and three-time Georgian champion (2003, 2007, 2012). He...
Baadur (Georgian: ბაადურ) is a given name. Notable people with the name include: BaadurJobava (born 1983), Georgian chess grandmaster Baadur Tsuladze...
win Gold". ChessBase. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2015. "GM BaadurJobava is 2011 European Rapid Champion". Chessdom. Retrieved 24 September 2015...
Palac and Baskaran Adhiban in the first and second rounds, but lost to BaadurJobava in tiebreaks. On 10 December 2017, Ian won a chess game against world...
exploiting the b7-pawn by b4–b5. The line with 4.g3 has been tried by Anand, BaadurJobava, Gyula Sax, and Francisco Vallejo Pons among others. A more speculative...
In 2006, he tied for first place at the Aeroflot Open in Moscow with BaadurJobava, Victor Bologan and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, finishing third on tiebreak...
and above. Mishra played in the 2021 Chess World Cup, losing 1½-½ to BaadurJobava in the first round. Mishra won the St. Louis 2022 Spring Chess Classic...
MrDodgy Invitational, a blitz tournament. The top-seeded Giri defeated BaadurJobava in the finals to clinch first place for the second time in a row. At...
last round, Carlsen drew with Peter Leko, while Karjakin won against BaadurJobava. Thus, they both finished the tournament with 16½/21. The tie-break...
and GM Gukesh D (2684); 4 draws against GM Axel Bachmann (2588), GM BaadurJobava (2585), GM Avital Boruchovsky (2551), and GM Pentala Harikrishna (2720)...
from 19 September to 4 October, he scored 4½/8, losing three games, to BaadurJobava, Michael Adams, and Sanan Sjugirov; these were his first losses with...
with a rating performance of 2992. The other gold medalists include: BaadurJobava of Georgia on board one with a total score of 8 out of 10 and a rating...
Viktor Bologan 2734 2012-08 1971 Highest-ranked Moldovan player Georgia BaadurJobava 2734 2012-09 1983 Highest-ranked Georgian player (since 2010) 64 Russia...
March 2021. This includes wins against AGM Choudary B Vishal (2077), GM BaadurJobava (2585), IM Vignesh N. R. (2467) and GM Robert Hovhannisyan (2599); losses...
Abu Dhabi Masters tournament, edging out on tiebreak Martyn Kravtsiv, BaadurJobava, Alexander Areshchenko and Richárd Rapport. In March 2016, Grandelius...
Grigorian and Levon Grigorian Jozsef Horvath and Csaba Horváth BaadurJobava and Beglar Jobava Paul Johner and Hans Johner Arvid Kubbel and Leonid Kubbel...
tournament in Bergamo, Italy with a score of 4½/6, a point ahead of BaadurJobava. This string of tournaments propelled So to 12th in the FIDE World Rankings...
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