Zviad Izoria Explained

Country:	(until 2013) (from 2013)
Birth Date:	6 January 1984
Birth Place:	Khoni, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Grandmaster (2002)
Peakrating:	2660 (July 2006)
Peakranking:	No. 48 (October 2006)
Fideid:	13601733

Zviad Izoria (Georgian: ზვიად იზორია, born 6 January 1984) is a chess grandmaster playing for the United States. Zviad is a winner of HB Global Chess Challenge and a $50,000 in prize money. He played on the Georgian team at 2002, 2004, and 2008 chess olympiad. Zviad was a 2005 World Cup participant and 2007 World Cup qualifier.

Selected tournament victories

• 2000: Victory at the World Youth Chess Championship for U16.
• 2000: Winner of the Moscow Kasparov Cup.
• 2001: Victory at the European Youth Chess Championship for U18. Victory at the European Junior Chess Championship for U20.
• 2002: Victory at the European Junior Chess Championship for U20.
• 2005: Winner of the HB Global Chess Challenge 2005, and a prize of $50,000 (USD), along with a valuable jeweled watch.^{[1] [2]}
• 2018: Victory over Fabiano Caruana (2018 World Championship Challenger) and Hikaru Nakamura at the US Chess Championship.
• 2020: First place in the 29th annual North American Open along with Hovhannes Gabuzyan.^[3]

External links

• Zviad Izoria chess games at 365Chess.com

Notes and References

1. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1913 The richest open tournament in chess history
2. https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic551.html#3 Results of the HB Global Chess Challenge
3. Web site: 29th Annual North American Open February 2020 United States of America FIDE Chess Tournament report. 2020-06-16. ratings.fide.com.