Elizbar Ubilava | |
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Country | Georgia (until 2005) Spain (since 2005) |
Born | Tbilisi, Georgia | August 27, 1950
Title | Grandmaster (1988) |
FIDE rating | 2408 (June 2024) |
Peak rating | 2561 (January 1999) |
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]
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]
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