Baadur Jobava facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Baadur Jobava
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 (June 2025)
Peak rating	2734 (September 2012)
Peak ranking	No. 19 (September 2012)

Baadur Jobava (Georgian: ბაადურ ჯობავა; born November 26, 1983) is a famous chess player from Georgia. He holds the highest title in chess, which is Grandmaster. Baadur has won the Georgian champion title three times (in 2003, 2007, and 2012). He has also played in many important international chess events, like the FIDE World Chess Championship and the FIDE World Cup. He even won special gold medals for his great playing at the Chess Olympiads in 2004 and 2016.

Amazing Chess Career

Baadur Jobava has had a very successful career in chess. He won the Dubai Open in 2003. In 2005, he won the 2nd Samba Cup in Denmark. A year later, in 2006, he won the Railyaway Hotel Cup and the well-known Aeroflot Open tournament.

In 2008, he shared first place with several other strong players at the President's Cup in Azerbaijan. He earned a silver medal at the European Individual Chess Championship in 2010. In 2011, he won the Lake Sevan tournament in Armenia. Later that year, he also won the 32nd Edoardo Crespi Trophy in Italy. In December 2011, Baadur became the European Rapid Chess Champion in Poland, beating 746 other players!

In 2014, Jobava did very well at the Tata Steel Challengers event in the Netherlands. He also won the David Bronstein Memorial in Belarus that same year. In July, he finished second at the ACP Golden Classic in Italy. In 2015, he won the 19th HZ Chess Tournament in the Netherlands. In 2017, he tied for first place at the European Individual Championship in Belarus, earning another silver medal. In 2019, Jobava won the Abu Dhabi Masters tournament with an excellent score.

Baadur Jobava has played against many of the world's top chess players. He has a good record against champions like Magnus Carlsen, Sergey Karjakin, and Ian Nepomniachtchi. He also streams his games online on Twitch, where he has many followers.

Playing for His Country

Baadur Jobava has proudly represented his home country, Georgia, in the Chess Olympiad since 2000. This is a big team competition where countries play against each other.

• In 2004, he won a special gold medal for his individual performance. He scored 8½ points out of 10 games!
• In 2010, he played against and defeated Magnus Carlsen, who was the world's number one player at the time.
• In 2016, he won another individual gold medal for playing the best on the first board. He beat very strong players, including former world champions Ruslan Ponomariov and Veselin Topalov. His performance was one of the best ever seen on the first board at the Olympiad.

The Jobava London Chess Opening

Baadur Jobava is known for making a chess opening called the Jobava London System very popular. A chess opening is the first few moves players make in a game. This opening is also sometimes called the Rapport–Jobava System. It starts with the moves 1.d4, 2.Nc3, and 3.Bf4. Even though it was first played a long time ago in 1882, Jobava used it very well against top players like Veselin Topalov and Ruslan Ponomariov.

He also often uses another opening called Larsen's Opening. He has used it to win games against other strong players like Yu Yangyi and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.

Personal Life

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

Notable Games

Here are some of Baadur Jobava's famous chess games:

• 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