On February 18th many times Georgian Champion, international grand master Merab Gagunashvili gave a lecture at Tbilisi Chess Palace. The strongest young chess players of Georgia were attending the lecture, which was dedicated to Wijk aan Zee tournament in Netherlands.    ...

Selective match-tournament for Georgian National Team ended in club ‘NTN’, National Youth and Children Palace of Georgia.   Three participants fought with each other for 2 passes. Tournament was double round-robin system. Nino Khurtsidze rested in the final round and despite he...

On October 17th 1962 Nona Gaprindashvili defeated then-champion Elisabeth Bykova in the match for World Championship in Moscow and became the strongest chess player of the planet. To celebrate this event Nona’s anniversary evening will be held in the conference hall of ‘Radisson Blu&...

International chess festival dedicated to the independence of Azerbaijan, Baku 2012 started in the capital.   64 chess players from 10 different countries participate in, prize fund is 50 000$.   Traditionally there are many participants from Georgian delegation:   5th nu...

Georgian Youth U16 chess team played remarkably at World Youth Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, gathered 24 points in 10 games and took IV place.   Leader of the team Irakli Beradze   Winner of bronze medal at European Championship in his age Giorgi Sibashvili   Many-time Georgian ...