{"id":43451,"date":"2026-02-05T21:26:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T21:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/?p=43451"},"modified":"2026-02-05T21:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T21:33:30","slug":"georgian-championship-2026-baadur-jobava-and-nino-batsiashvili-claim-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/georgian-championship-2026-baadur-jobava-and-nino-batsiashvili-claim-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgian Championship 2026: Baadur Jobava and Nino Batsiashvili claim titles"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"43451\" class=\"elementor elementor-43451\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f96cb55 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f96cb55\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7989a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e7989a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GC-2026-Open.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-43454\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GC-2026-Open.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GC-2026-Open-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GC-2026-Open-768x541.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a27275 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a27275\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Baadur Jobava<\/strong> and <strong>Nino Batsiashvili<\/strong> have been crowned Georgian chess champions, each claiming their fifth national title.<\/p><p>The 85<sup>th<\/sup> Georgian Chess Championship and the 83<sup>rd<\/sup> Georgian Women\u2019s Chess Championship were held concurrently in Tbilisi from January 27 to February 5, 2026. Both competitions were 10-player round-robins with classical time control.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b9d328 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5b9d328\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GC-2026-Playing-Hall.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-43455\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GC-2026-Playing-Hall.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GC-2026-Playing-Hall-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GC-2026-Playing-Hall-768x449.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d77e9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d77e9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Top seed Jobava lived up to his status as the pre\u2011tournament favorite, seizing the lead in Round 4 and preserving it to the finish. Entering the final round on 5.5\/8 \u2013 a half\u2011point ahead of <strong>Tornike Sanikidze<\/strong> and a full point ahead of <strong>Luka Kiladze<\/strong> \u2013 he secured the title with a quick draw against his nearest rival as all other games also ended in draws.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-036bcdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"036bcdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jobava.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-43457\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jobava.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jobava-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jobava-768x584.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eff8722 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eff8722\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sanikidze took silver, while Kiladze completed the podium with bronze. Notably, the champion and the runner-up completed the event unbeaten.<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.chess-results.com\/tnr1334287.aspx?lan=1&amp;art=4&amp;turdet=YES&amp;SNode=S0\">Final standings \u2013 Open<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-474994a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"474994a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"826\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Batsiashvili.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-43452\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Batsiashvili.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Batsiashvili-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Batsiashvili-768x634.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ec5636 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ec5636\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nino Batsiashvili continued her impressive run of strong results, dominating the women\u2019s event. The top seed strung together five consecutive victories in Round 4-8 and secured the title with a round to spare, finishing on 7.5\/9.<\/p><p>In the final round, <strong>Meri Arabidze<\/strong> defeated <strong>Lela Javakhishvili<\/strong> in a hard\u2011fought encounter and caught up to tie for second place. However, Javakhishvili claimed silver on the Sonneborn\u2013Berger tiebreak, leaving Arabidze with bronze.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d84493 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d84493\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GC-2026-Women.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-43456\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GC-2026-Women.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GC-2026-Women-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GC-2026-Women-768x526.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d73e829 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d73e829\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/s2.chess-results.com\/tnr1334300.aspx?lan=1&amp;art=4&amp;turdet=YES&amp;SNode=S0\">Final standings \u2013 Women<\/a> <\/strong><\/p><p>Photos: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/georgianchess\/\">Georgian Chess Federation Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baadur Jobava and Nino Batsiashvili have been crowned Georgian chess champions, each claiming their fifth national title. The 85th Georgian Chess Championship and the 83rd Georgian Women\u2019s Chess Championship were held concurrently in Tbilisi from January 27 to February 5, 2026. Both competitions were 10-player round-robins with classical time control. Top seed Jobava lived up to his status as the pre\u2011tournament favorite, seizing the lead in Round 4 and preserving it to the finish. Entering the final round on 5.5\/8 \u2013 a half\u2011point ahead of Tornike Sanikidze and a full point ahead of Luka Kiladze \u2013 he secured the title with a quick draw against his nearest rival as all other games also ended in draws. Sanikidze took silver, while Kiladze completed the podium with bronze. Notably, the champion and the runner-up completed the event unbeaten. Final standings \u2013 Open Nino Batsiashvili continued her impressive run of strong results, dominating the women\u2019s event. The top seed strung together five consecutive victories in Round 4-8 and secured the title with a round to spare, finishing on 7.5\/9. In the final round, Meri Arabidze defeated Lela Javakhishvili in a hard\u2011fought encounter and caught up to tie for second place. However, Javakhishvili claimed silver on the Sonneborn\u2013Berger tiebreak, leaving Arabidze with bronze. Final standings \u2013 Women Photos: Georgian Chess Federation Facebook<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[299,297],"regular":[],"sticky-post":[],"class_list":["post-43451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chess-news","tag-georgia-2","tag-national-championship"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43451"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43464,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43451\/revisions\/43464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43451"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=43451"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=43451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}