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Georgian-American chess grandmaster (born 1984)

Zviad Izoria
Izoria in 2008
Country	Georgia (until 2013) United States (from 2013)
Born	(1984-01-06) 6 January 1984 (age 41) Khoni, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Title	Grandmaster (2002)
FIDE rating	2602 (January 2025)
Peak rating	2660 (July 2006)
Peak ranking	No. 48 (October 2006)

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.
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.

Notes

The richest open tournament in chess history, www.chessbase.com
Results of the HB Global Chess Challenge, www.chesscenter.com
"29th Annual North American Open February 2020 United States of America FIDE Chess Tournament report". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

External links

Zviad Izoria chess games at 365Chess.com
Zviad Izoria player profile and games at Chessgames.com

v t e Georgian Grandmasters
Chess players for Georgia with the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM)
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant Levan Aroshidze David Arutinian Georgy Arzumanian Zurab Azmaiparashvili Giorgi Bagaturov David Baramidze Nino Batsiashvili Davit Benidze Maia Chiburdanidze Alexandre Dgebuadze Nana Dzagnidze Roman Dzindzichashvili Igor Efimov Merab Gagunashvili Nona Gaprindashvili Valeriane Gaprindashvili Tamaz Gelashvili Giorgi Giorgadze Tamaz Giorgadze Bukhuti Gurgenidze Zviad Izoria Lasha Janjgava Baadur Jobava Davit Jojua Nikolozi Kacharava Giorgi Kacheishvili Mikheil Kekelidze Bella Khotenashvili Yona Kosashvili Davit Lomsadze Davit Maghalashvili Giorgi Margvelashvili Mikheil Mchedlishvili Luka Paichadze Levan Pantsulaia Alexandre Qashashvili Giga Quparadze Tornike Sanikidze Konstantine Shanava David Shengelia Zurab Sturua Elizbar Ubilava Gennadi Zaichik
See also: Category:Chess players from Georgia (country) Category:Female chess players from Georgia (country)

v t e American grandmasters
Chess players for the United States with the FIDE title of grandmaster (GM) by title decade
1950–1959	Benko Bisguier Evans Fine Fischer Kashdan Reshevsky Rossolimo
1960–1969	Byrne Kavalek Lombardy
1970–1979	Alburt Biyiasas Christiansen Dzindzichashvili Gulko Palatnik Rogoff Tarjan
1980–1989	Benjamin D. Gurevich Dake De Firmian Denker Dlugy Ehlvest Fedorowicz Goldin Henley Kaidanov Kudrin Mednis Rohde Seirawan Soltis Wilder Zaichik
1990–1999	Akopian Annakov Becerra Bruzón Fishbein I. Gurevich Ivanov Kamsky Novikov Onischuk Sagalchik Schwartzman Serper Shabalov Shaked Sher Sherzer Shulman Stripunsky Wolff Yermolinsky
2000–2009	Akobian Aronian Ashley Bhat Caruana Domínguez Erenburg Finegold Friedel Gareyev González Hernández Hess Izoria Jimenez Kaufman Khachiyan Kraai Kreiman Moradi Nakamura Perelshteyn Quesada Ramírez So Świercz Zherebukh Ziatdinov
2010–2019	Antipov Arnold Brown Burke Chandra Checa Holt Hungaski Krush Lenderman Li Liang Molner Naroditsky Oparin Robson Sevian Sevillano Shankland Smith Tang Troff Xiong Yang Zierk
2020–2029	Balakrishnan Brodsky Daggupati Fernandez Ghazarian Guo Hong Jacobson Mishra Niemann Sheng Sturt Tiglon Woodward Yoo
See also: List of chess grandmasters Category:American chess players

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