Sopiko Guramishvili

Sopiko Guramishvili (Georgian: სოფიკო გურამიშვილი; born 1 January 1991) is a Georgian and Dutch chess player. She was awarded by FIDE the titles Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 2009 and International Master (IM) in 2012.

Sopiko Guramishvili
CountryGeorgia
Netherlands
Born (1991-01-01) 1 January 1991
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Title
Peak rating2441 (November 2013)

Chess career

In 2004, Guramishvili won a match with Irene Kharisma Sukandar ("Enerpac Chess Match") in Jakarta by 4–2.[1] She won the Girls U16 section of the World Youth Chess Championships in 2006.[2]

She won the bronze medal in the women's event of the 2010 World University Chess Championship in Zurich.[3]

In January 2012, Guramishvili won the women's round-robin event of the Reggio Emilia chess tournament.[4]

In October 2015, she won a six-game match with Anna-Maja Kazarian, the then European U16 girls' champion, by a score of 5½-½ at the Hoogeveen Chess Festival.[5] Guramishvili competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2015 and 2017.

Personal life

On 18 July 2015 Sopiko Guramishvili married the Dutch grandmaster Anish Giri.[6] On 3 October 2016, while Giri was playing the Tal Memorial, their son Daniel was born.[7]

References
  1. Crowther, Mark (19 July 2004). "TWIC 506: Guramishvili vs Kharisma Match". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  2. World Youth Chess Championship 2006 Girls -16. chess-results.com.
  3. "2010 WUC Chess Update: Wang Yue and Batkhuyag Munguntuul win World University Chess Championship". FISU. 11 September 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  4. "54th Reggio Emilia: The stars align for Anish Giri as he takes first!". ChessBase. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  5. Silver, Albert (25 October 2015). "Experience wins out at Hoogeveen". ChessBase. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  6. Another Chess Wedding: Anish Giri becomes a Son in Law of Georgia, and Sopiko Guramishvili Marries One of the World's Top Players - chess-news.ru, 18 July 2015
  7. Doggers, Peter (4 October 2016). "Peaceful Round In Moscow As Giri Celebrates Fatherhood". Chess.com. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
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