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Baadur Jobava
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Jobava at the 2016 Chess Olympiad
Country Georgia
Born (1983-11-26) 26 November 1983 (age 41)
Gali, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Title Grandmaster (2001)
FIDE rating 2603 (September 2025)
Peak rating 2734 (September 2012)
Peak ranking No. 19 (September 2012)

Baadur Jobava (Georgian: ბაადურ ჯობავა) was born on November 26, 1983. He is a famous Georgian chess grandmaster. He has won the Georgian Chess Championship three times: in 2003, 2007, and 2012.

Baadur Jobava has played in many big chess tournaments. These include the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2004 and the FIDE World Cup several times. In 2017, he did very well in the World Cup, reaching the round of 16 after beating strong player Ian Nepomniachtchi. He also won gold medals for his individual performance at the Chess Olympiads in 2004 and 2016.

Baadur Jobava's Chess Journey

Baadur Jobava started his journey in chess by winning the Dubai Open in 2003. He scored 7 points out of 9, showing his great skill. In 2004, he played in the FIDE World Chess Championship.

He continued to win important events. In 2005, he won the 2nd Samba Cup in Denmark. The year 2006 was also successful for him. He won the Railyaway Hotel Cup and the well-known Aeroflot Open tournament.

Major Tournament Wins

In 2008, Jobava shared first place with several other strong players in the President's Cup in Baku. He earned a silver medal at the European Individual Chess Championship in 2010. This event took place in Rijeka.

In August 2011, he tied for first place at the Lake Sevan tournament in Martuni. He won the event after a tie-break. Later that year, in December 2011, he won the 32nd Edoardo Crespi Trophy in Milan. He finished two points ahead of the second-place player. In the same month, Jobava also won the European Rapid Chess Championship in Warsaw. He beat 746 other players in this fast-paced tournament.

Recent Achievements

In January 2014, Jobava placed second and third on tiebreak at the Tata Steel Challengers tournament. He scored 8½ points out of 13 games. The next month, he won the David Bronstein Memorial in Minsk. He won on tiebreak against Sergey Fedorchuk and Mikhailo Oleksienko.

In July 2014, he finished second behind Wesley So at the ACP Golden Classic in Bergamo, Italy. In August 2015, he took first place at the 19th HZ Chess Tournament in the Netherlands. He scored 8 out of 9 points, winning seven games and drawing two.

In 2017, Jobava tied for first place at the European Individual Championship in Minsk. He took the silver medal after a tiebreak. In 2019, he won the Abu Dhabi Masters. He scored 8 out of 9 points and had a very high performance rating of 2904.

Playing Against Top Players

Baadur Jobava has played many games against the world's best chess players. He has a good record against Magnus Carlsen, the former World Champion. He has won two games, lost two, and drawn three against Carlsen.

He also has a strong record against Sergey Karjakin, winning two games, losing one, and drawing three. Against Ian Nepomniachtchi, he has won one game, lost one, and drawn three. Jobava has a very good record against Leinier Domínguez, winning four games and drawing one. He has also won two games and drawn two against Teimour Radjabov. In 2012, Jobava won a match against Radoslaw Wojtaszek with a score of 5-3.

Online Chess and Streaming

Jobava is also active in online chess. He won 4 out of the first 6 "Titled Tuesday" blitz events on Chess.com. He also streams his games and tournaments on Twitch to his many followers. His username there is "JamesBlunder".

Team Competitions and Olympiads

Jobava has been a key player for the Georgian national team. He has played in the Chess Olympiad since 2000. In the 2004 Olympiad, he won an individual gold medal. He scored an impressive 8½ points out of 10 games.

In the 2010 Olympiad, he had a memorable win against Magnus Carlsen. Carlsen was the world's number one player at the time. In the 2016 Olympiad, Jobava won another individual gold medal. This was for the best performance on the first board. He beat strong players like Richárd Rapport, Francisco Vallejo Pons, and former FIDE world champions Ruslan Ponomariov and Veselin Topalov. His performance rating in this event was 2926, which is one of the highest ever for board 1.

Jobava's Chess Openings

Baadur Jobava is known for popularizing a chess opening called the Jobava London System. This opening is also known as the Rapport–Jobava System. It starts with the moves 1.d4, 2.Nc3, and 3.Bf4. He has used it successfully against top players like Veselin Topalov and Ruslan Ponomariov.

He is also one of the most frequent users of Larsen's Opening in modern chess. He has won games with this opening against players like Yu Yangyi, Daniil Dubov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, and David Howell.

Family Life

Baadur Jobava has a younger brother named Beglar. Beglar is also a chess player and holds the title of International Master.

Notable Games

This section uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.
Jobava vs. Bareev, Rethymnon 2003
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  • Baadur Jobava vs.Evgeny Bareev, European Club Cup 2003
    1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ngf6 11.Bd2 e6 12.0-0-0 Be7 13.Qe2 0-0 14.Kb1 c5 15.d5 exd5 16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Nf5 Re8 18.Nxh6+ Kf8 19.Ng5 Qb6 20.Qf3 Ne5 21.Qg3 Bd6 22.Nf5 Qxb2+ 23.Kxb2 Nc4+ 24.Kb3 Bxg3 25.h6 Na5+ 26.Ka4 b5+ 27.Kxa5 Bc7+ 28.Kxb5 Rab8+ 29.Ka4 Ne4 30.Rxd5 Nc3+ 31.Ka3 Nb5+ 32.Kb2 Nd4+ 33.Kc3 Nb5+ 34.Kd3 1–0
  • Baadur Jobava vs.Magnus Carlsen, Chess Olympiad 2010
    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Nc6 6.e4 Nxe4 7.Qg4 f5 8.Qxg7 Qf6 9.Qxf6 Nxf6 10.Nf3 b6 11.d5 Na5 12.Nd4 Kf7 13.dxe6+ dxe6 14.Bf4 Ba6 15.Nf3 Ne4 16.Ne5+ Kf6 17.f3 Nd6 18.0-0-0 Rhd8 19.h4 Nf7 20.Nd7+ Kg7 21.Rh3 Kh8 22.Bg5 Nxg5 23.hxg5 Kg7 24.Rh6 Bxc4 25.Bxc4 Nxc4 26.Rdh1 Rh8 27.f4 c5 28.Rxe6 Rae8 29.Rxh7+ Rxh7 30.Rxe8 Kf7 31.Ra8 Rh1+ 32.Kc2 a5 33.Ra7 Nxa3+ 34.Kd2 Rh2 35.Nxb6+ Kg6 36.Rxa5 Rxg2+ 37.Kd1 Nb1 38.Rxc5 Nd2 39.Nd5 Ne4 40.Rc6+ Kf7 41.Ne3 Rg3 42.Ke2 Ke8 43.Re6+ Kf7 44.Re5 Nxc3+ 45.Kf2 Rh3 46.Rxf5+ Kg6 47.Rf6+ Kg7 48.Nf5+ Kg8 49.Kg2 Rd3 50.Rd6 Ne2 51.Rg6+ Kh8 52.Rh6+ Kg8 53.Ne7+ Kf7 54.Ng6 Kg7 55.Kf2 Nc3 56.Ne7 Ne4+ 57.Ke2 Ra3 58.Nf5+ Kg8 59.Re6 Nc3+ 60.Kf3 Nd5+ 61.Kg4 Ra1 62.Re5 Rg1+ 63.Kf3 Rf1+ 64.Kg2 1–0
  • Sergey Karjakin vs.Baadur Jobava, FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent 2014
    1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Bc4 Qe7+ 7.Be2 Qc7 8.d4 Bd6 9.0-0 0-0 10.h3 Rd8 11.Be3 Nd7 12.c4 Nf8 13.Bd3 Ng6 14.Qc2 Be6 15.Rfe1 Qd7 16.Bd2 Bxh3 17.gxh3 Qxh3 18.Bxg6 hxg6 19.Re3 g5 20.c5 Bf4 21.Rb3 Bc7 22.Qc4 Qh5 23.Kg2 Qg4+ 24.Kf1 Re8 25.Re1 Qh3+ 26.Kg1 Rxe1+ 27.Bxe1 Qg4+ 28.Kf1 Re8 29.Ng1 Bh2 30.Ne2 Rxe2 31.Rxb7 Re6 0–1
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