Elizbar Ubilava

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]

Elizbar Ubilava
Full nameElizbar Ubilava
CountryGeorgia, Spain
Born (1950-08-27) August 27, 1950
Tbilisi
TitleGrandmaster (1988)
FIDE rating2447 (February 2021)
Peak rating2561 (January 1999)

Chess career

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.[12]

Notable games

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". IndiaTimes.com. 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.


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