Davit Maghalashvili

Davit Maghalashvili
Personal information
Born (1987-06-27) June 27, 1987
Chess career
CountryGeorgia
TitleGrandmaster (2014)[1]
FIDE rating2436 (August 2026)
Peak rating2524 (November 2015)

Davit Maghalashvili is a Georgian chess grandmaster.

Chess career

He achieved the Grandmaster title in 2014, earning his norms at the:[1]

  • Aeroflot Open A2 in February 2005
  • ULUSLARARASI 5 in September 2006
  • Tbilisi Chess Academy-01 in February 2014
Frick vs. Maghalashvili, Batumi 2018
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h1 white king
f1 white rook
d1 white queen
b1 white rook
h2 white pawn
g2 white pawn
f2 white bishop
e2 white bishop
b2 white pawn
f3 white pawn
c3 white knight
a3 white pawn
f4 black bishop
c4 white pawn
b4 black knight
h5 black knight
f5 black pawn
e5 black pawn
d5 white pawn
a5 black pawn
h6 black queen
d6 black pawn
h7 black pawn
g7 black pawn
b7 black pawn
g8 black king
f8 black rook
a8 black rook
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After 21...Bxh2!! White resigned, as 22.Kxh2 Ng3+ 23.Kxg3 f4+ 24.Kg4 Rf5!! 25.Bh4 Rh5 26.Qe1 Nc2 27.Qf2 Ne3+ wins.

In September 2018, he played for the Georgia B team in the 43rd Chess Olympiad. In the first round, he was awarded the best game prize for his game against Renato Frick of Liechtenstein.[2]

In June 2020, he placed 2nd-6th in the 1st Mukhtar Ismagambetov Memorial along with Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Dmitriy Bocharov, Kazybek Nogerbek, and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, with a score of 8.5/11.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "I was disappointed when my opponent resigned" Archived 2018-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, official site, 25 September 2018
  3. ↑ "The Week in Chess 1338". theweekinchess.com. Archived from the original on 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2020-07-09.