Buchuti Gurgenidze
Buchuti Gurgenidse, Bad Liebenzell 1995 |
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Association | Georgia |
Born | November 13, 1933 Surami , Georgian SSR , Soviet Union |
Died | May 23, 2008 Tbilisi |
title |
International Master (1966) Grand Master (1970) |
Best Elo rating | 2540 (July 1971) |
Buchuti Gurgenidze ( Georgian ბუხუტი გურგენიძე, Russian Бухути Иванович Гургенидзе , also Bukhuti Gurgenidze ; born November 13, 1933 in Surami , Inner Cartia , Georgia ; † May 23, 2008 in Tbilisi ) was a Georgian, formerly Soviet chess grandmaster .
Buchuti Gurgenidze was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 1966 and the title of Grand Master in 1970. He won the individual championship of the Georgian SSR twelve times : 1955, 1958-1965, 1968, 1970 and 1973. In 1957 and 1958 he won the student world championship with the Soviet team. He later coached several top Georgian players, including Maia Chiburdanidze and Nana Alexandria . In the 1990s he was also vice president of the Georgian Chess Federation.
A number of openings and variants are named after Buchuti Gurgenidse , for example the Gurgenidze variant in modern defense , the Gurgenidze variant in the Caro-Kann defense or the Gurgenidze variant in a line of the Rossolimo Sicilian.
Tournament victories
- 1965 Tbilisi: 1st place
- 1969/70 Tbilisi: 1st place (shared with Michail Tal )
- 1976 Olomouc: 1st place
- Senior World Chess Championship 1993 in Bad Wildbad: 2nd place (tied with the winner Mark Taimanow )
Individual evidence
- ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 75.
- ^ André Schulz : In memory of Bukhuti Gurgenidze. In: Chessbase.com. Chessbase.com, November 13, 2018, accessed November 16, 2018 .
Web links
- Replayable chess games by Buchuti Gurgenidse on chessgames.com (English)
- Death of a chess original (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gurgenidze, Buchuti |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gurgenidze, Bukhuti (FIDE); გურგენიძე, ბუხუტი (Georgian); Гургенидзе, Бухути (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Georgian, former Soviet chess grandmaster |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1933 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Surami , Inner Cartia , Georgia |
DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 2008 |
Place of death | Tbilisi |