Yona Kosashvili

Yona Kosashvili, 2012
Association	Israel
Born	3rd July 1970 Tbilisi
title	International Master (1990) Grand Master (1994)
Current  Elo rating	2531 (September 2020)
Best Elo rating	2580 (July 1995)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Yona Kosashvili ( Russian Йона Косашвили ; born July 3, 1970 in Tbilisi ) is an Israeli chess player .

He played for Israel at two Chess Olympiads : 1990 and 1998 . He also took part in the European team championship (1989).

He is married to the Hungarian chess player Zsófia Polgár . The couple has two sons: Alon (* 2000) and Joaw (* 2003).

In 1990 he was awarded the title of International Master (IM). The title of Grand Master (GM) was awarded to him in 1994.

Kosashvili has been inactive as a chess player since 2012. He works as head of orthopedics at Kaplan Medical Center in Rechovot and holds a professorship at Tel Aviv University .

Elo development

Web links

• Homepage
• Replayable chess games by Yona Kosashvili on chesstempo.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)