1/27/2020 Mikhail Kobalia - Wikipedia

Mikhail Kobalia
Mikhail Kobalia (Russian: Михаил Кобалия; born May 3, 1978) is a Russian chess Grandmaster
Mikhail Kobalia
(1997).
Full Михаил Кобалия
In 1994 he won European Youth Chess Championship (U16) in Guarapuava. In 2001 was clear first in the name
Chigorin Memorial at St. Petersburg.[1] In 2005 came first in the Masters Open Tournament in Biel.[2] In Country Russia
2007, he tied for 1st–6th with Vitali Golod, Mateusz Bartel, Yuri Yakovich, Michael Roiz and Zahar
Born May 3, 1978
Efimenko in the 16th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International tournament.[3] In 2009 he tied for
Title Grandmaster
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 FIDE 2609 (https://ratings.fide.c
part in the Chess World Cup 2011, but was eliminated in the first round by Igor Lysyj.[6] rating om/card.phtml?event=411
9150) (January 2020)

Notable games (No. 100 in the December

2012 FIDE World Rankings)

Mikhail Kobalia vs Michael Adams, FIDE WCh KO 2001, King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation Peak 2679 (July 2011)
(A07), 1/2-1/2 (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1209870) Elo
Mikhail Kobalia vs Ante Brkic, 10th European Championship 2009, Sicilian Defense: Modern rating
Variations (B50), 1-0 (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1539298)

References
1. "Archive. Tournament report January 2002" (http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=20634). World Chess Federation.
Retrieved 23 December 2010.
2. "Biel: Master Open Tournaments" (http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/en/past-winners). BielChessFestival.ch. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
3. Crowther, Mark (2007-10-01). "TWIC 673: 16th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man" (http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/twic673.html#4). London
Chess Center. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
4. "Chess News: The European Individual Championship 2009" (http://www.chessib.com/news.html). Chessib.com. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
5. "Arctic Chess Challenge 2010 September 2010 Norway" (http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=50598). FIDE.
Retrieved 22 January 2012.
6. Crowther, Mark (2011-09-21). "The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011" (https://web.archive.org/web/2011102015071
3/http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/fide-world-cup-khanty-mansiysk-2011). London Chess Center. Archived from the original
(http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/fide-world-cup-khanty-mansiysk-2011) on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2011.

External links
Mikhail Kobalia (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=4119150) player profile and games at Chessgames.com

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mikhail_Kobalia&oldid=918850307"

This page was last edited on 30 September 2019, at 15:44 (UTC).

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy
Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kobalia 1/1