Mikhail Kobalia
Mikhail Kobalia | |
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Full name | Михаил Кобалия |
Country | Russia |
Born | May 3, 1978 |
Title | Grandmaster |
FIDE rating | 2646 (March 2024) (No. 100 in the December 2012 FIDE World Rankings) |
Peak rating | 2679 (July 2011) |
Mikhail Kobalia (Russian: Михаил Кобалия; born May 3, 1978) is a Russian chess Grandmaster (1997).
In 1994 he won European Youth Chess Championship (U16) in Guarapuava. In 2001 was clear first in the Chigorin Memorial at St. Petersburg.[1] In 2005 came first in the Masters Open Tournament in Biel.[2] In 2007, he tied for 1st–6th with Vitali Golod, Mateusz Bartel, Yuri Yakovich, Michael Roiz and Zahar Efimenko in the 16th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International tournament.[3] In 2009 he tied for 9th–11th with Boris Grachev and Tomi Nyback in the European Individual Chess Championship in Budva.[4] In 2010 he tied for 1st–2nd with Manuel León Hoyos in the Arctic Chess Challenge.[5] He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, but was eliminated in the first round by Igor Lysyj.[6]
Notable games
- Mikhail Kobalia vs Michael Adams, FIDE WCh KO 2001, King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (A07), 1/2-1/2
- Mikhail Kobalia vs Ante Brkic, 10th European Championship 2009, Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations (B50), 1-0
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External links
- Mikhail Kobalia player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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