Davit Benidze

Davit Benidze (Georgian: დავით ბენიძე; born 15 February 1991) is a Georgian chess Grandmaster (2013).

Davit Benidze
CountryGeorgia
Born (1991-02-15) 15 February 1991
TitleGrandmaster (2013)
FIDE rating2425 (February 2021)

Biography

Davit Benidze repeatedly represented Georgia at the European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in different age groups, where he won four medals: gold (in 2005, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U14 age group), silver (in 2001, at the World Youth Chess Championship in the U10 age group) and two bronze (in 2004, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U14 age group, and in 2009, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U18 age group). In 2006, he played for Georgia in the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad and won team silver medal and individual bronze medal.[1] In 2010, in Zürich Davit Benidze won a bronze medal at the World Student Championship.

Davit Benidze is the winner of many international chess tournaments, including winning or first prize or shared first place in the Georgi Tringov memorial in Plovdiv (2012), Kahramanmaraş (2013), Hatay (2013), Bitlis (2013).

In 2008, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title five years later.[2]

References
  1. "OlimpBase :: World Youth U16 Chess Olympiads :: Davit Benidze". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com.


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