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

Chess career

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

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

Notable games

• Igor A. Zaitsev vs Elizbar Ubilava, USSR Championship (1967), Sicilian Defense: Smith–Morra Gambit (B21), 0–1
• Vladimir Kramnik vs Elizbar Ubilava, It (active) 1992, Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack (D37), 0–1

References

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.

External links

• Official website (in English) (in Spanish)
• Elizbar Ubilava rating card at FIDE
• Elizbar Ubilava player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Elizbar Ubilava chess games at 365Chess.com
• Critical Positions in his Games at wtharvey.com Archived 2021-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
• ELO statics of Elizbar Ubilava at chessmetrics.com

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