13 Facts About Baadur Jobava

Baadur Jobava is a Georgian chess grandmaster and three-time Georgian champion.

Baadur Jobava competed in the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2004 and in the FIDE World Cup in 2005,2009,2011,2013,2017, where he reached round of 16 after defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi, and in 2021.

Baadur Jobava won the individual board performance gold medals in the Chess Olympiads of 2004 and 2016.

Baadur Jobava took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, where he was knocked out in the first round by Ruben Felgaer.

Baadur Jobava won the 2nd Samba Cup in Skanderborg, Denmark in 2005.

In 2006 Baadur Jobava won the Railyaway Hotel Cup and the prestigious Aeroflot Open.

Baadur Jobava won the silver medal in the European Individual Championship 2010, held in Rijeka.

In 2017 Baadur Jobava tied for first with Maxim Matlakov and Vladimir Fedoseev in the European Individual Championship in Minsk, taking the silver medal on tiebreak.

Baadur Jobava has a record against Magnus Carlsen, a record against Sergey Karjakin, a record against Ian Nepomniachtchi, a record against Leinier Dominguez and a record against Teimour Radjabov.

Baadur Jobava won 4 out of the first 6 Titled Tuesday blitz events held on Chess.

Baadur Jobava has played for the Georgian national team in the Chess Olympiad since 2000.

On February 3,2023, Baadur Jobava accused GM Xu Xiangyu of cheating after losing to him during the Airthings Masters Play-In and publicly berated chess.

Baadur Jobava's younger brother Beglar Jobava is a chess player, an International Master.