Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Baadur Jobava (Georgian: ბაადურ ჯობავა; born November 26, 1983) is a Georgian chess grandmaster. His first major achievement on the international scene was winning the Dubai Open 2003 with 7/9. He took the gold medal at the 2004 36th Chess Olympiad, scoring 8½/10. He has taken part in the Olympiads 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010. In the latter, he defeated world's number one Magnus Carlsen in the Georgia-Norway match. He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, but was knocked out in the first round by Ruben Felgaer. He won the Georgian Chess Championship in 2003 and 2007. He won the Second Samba Cup in Skanderborg, Denmark in 2005. 2006 was a good year for Jobava, winning the Railyaway Hotel Cup and the prestigious Aeroflot Open, the strongest open tournament in the world. In 2008 he tied for 1st–8th with Nigel Short, Vadim Milov, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Tamaz Gelashvili, Alexander Lastin, Gadir Guseinov and Farid Abbasov in the President's Cup in Baku. In August 2011 he tied for 1st–2nd with Hrant Melkumyan in the Lake Sevan tournament in Martuni and won the event on tie-break. In December 2011 he won the 32nd Edoardo Crespi Trophy in Milan with 8,5/9, finishing two points ahead of second placed Vladimir Malaniuk. In the same month Jobava won the European Rapid Chess Championship in Warszawa ahead of 746 players.He became well known for his home preparation by beating grandmaster Evgeny Bareev in a prepared line that lasted 34 moves until his opponent resigned. In the 2004 Olympiad he won in a similar way against Alexander Grischuk.His younger brother Beglar Jobava is also a chess player, an International Master.. }
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- Baadur_Jobava abstract "Baadur Jobava (Georgian: ბაადურ ჯობავა; born November 26, 1983) is a Georgian chess grandmaster. His first major achievement on the international scene was winning the Dubai Open 2003 with 7/9. He took the gold medal at the 2004 36th Chess Olympiad, scoring 8½/10. He has taken part in the Olympiads 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010. In the latter, he defeated world's number one Magnus Carlsen in the Georgia-Norway match. He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, but was knocked out in the first round by Ruben Felgaer. He won the Georgian Chess Championship in 2003 and 2007. He won the Second Samba Cup in Skanderborg, Denmark in 2005. 2006 was a good year for Jobava, winning the Railyaway Hotel Cup and the prestigious Aeroflot Open, the strongest open tournament in the world. In 2008 he tied for 1st–8th with Nigel Short, Vadim Milov, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Tamaz Gelashvili, Alexander Lastin, Gadir Guseinov and Farid Abbasov in the President's Cup in Baku. In August 2011 he tied for 1st–2nd with Hrant Melkumyan in the Lake Sevan tournament in Martuni and won the event on tie-break. In December 2011 he won the 32nd Edoardo Crespi Trophy in Milan with 8,5/9, finishing two points ahead of second placed Vladimir Malaniuk. In the same month Jobava won the European Rapid Chess Championship in Warszawa ahead of 746 players.He became well known for his home preparation by beating grandmaster Evgeny Bareev in a prepared line that lasted 34 moves until his opponent resigned. In the 2004 Olympiad he won in a similar way against Alexander Grischuk.His younger brother Beglar Jobava is also a chess player, an International Master.".