Georgian Chess Championship

Championships of Georgia have been held since 1928 . Outside of the competition, the famous Soviet chess players A. Ilyin-Geneva, V. Makogonov, V. Mikenas, P. Keres, L. Stein, E. Gufeld, R. Kholmov, E. Vasyukov, M. Tal and others took part in them.

The greatest successes in these competitions were achieved by B. Gurgenidze (won 11 championships), M. Shishov and 3. Sturua (5 each), A. Ebralidze (4), Sorokin, A. Blagidze, G. Zaichik and E. Ubilava (by 3), T. Georgadze (2).

Content

Chronological table

GSSR Championships

The table shows the champions of Georgia, while it was part of the Soviet Union.

No.	Year	City	Winner	+	-	=	Result
							of

Georgian Championships

The table shows the champions of Georgia after its independence.

No.	Year	City	Winner	+	-	=	Result
							of
	2000						of
	2001						of
	2002						of
	2003						of
	2004						of
	2005						of
65	2006	Tbilisi	Georgy Kacheishvili ^[1]	6	0	five	8½ out of 11
66	2007	Tbilisi	Baadur Jobava ^[2]	7	one	3	8½ out of 11
67	2008	Tbilisi	^[3]				of
68	2009	Tbilisi	Tornike Sanikidze ^[4]	6	2	five	8½ out of 13
69	2010	Tbilisi	^[five]				of
70	2011						of
71	2012	Tbilisi	Baadur Jobava ^[6]	9	0	2	10 from 11
72	2013						of
73	2014	Tbilisi	Gayoz Nigalidze ^[7]	6	0	five	8½ out of 11
74	2015						of
75	2016						of
							of
							of
	2019		Giga Kuparadze				of

Notes

[1] The Week in Chess 587

[2] The Week in Chess 646

[3] The Week in Chess 699

[4] The Week in Chess 743

[5] The Week in Chess 794

[6] The Week in Chess 916

[7] The Week in Chess 1005