Famous Georgian Female Chess Players

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Nona Gaprindashvili

(Georgian Former Chess Player and the First Woman Ever to Be Awarded the FIDE Title Grandmaster)

Birthdate: May 3, 1941

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Zugdidi, Georgia

Sopiko Guramishvili

(Georgian and Dutch Chess Player)

Birthdate: January 1, 1991

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union

Nazí Paikidze

(Georgian–American Chess Player)

Birthdate: October 27, 1993

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Irkutsk, Russia

Georgia-born Nazi Paikidze had earned four European Youth Chess Championships by the time she was 16. She is also a six-time World Youth Chess Championship winner. The Woman Grandmaster and International Master later moved to Moscow and then to the US, where she is currently studying information systems.

Maia Chiburdanidze

(Georgian Chess Grandmaster)

Birthdate: January 17, 1961

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Kutaisi, Georgia

International grandmaster Maia Chiburdanidze made headlines after winning the Women’s World Chess Championship at age 17. She is also the second female chess player to be named a grandmaster by FIDE. She has also been featured on postage stamps and documentaries. She prefers competing against male chess players.

Keti Tsatsalashvili

(Georgian Chess Player and Woman Grandmaster (WGM))