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GM Zurab Sturua

Full name

Zurab Sturua

Born

1/1/1959 (age 65)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Georgia

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Debrecen, Classical Main Line (13 games)

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (10 games)

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (9 games)

English Opening: Symmetrical, Anti-Benoni Variation (9 games)

Indian Game: East Indian, Przepiórka Variation (9 games)

Black Pieces

Modern Defense: Standard Line (11 games)

Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Nimzowitsch Variation, Quiet, Check Variation, Intermezzo Line (9 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Breyer, Zaitsev Hybrid Variation (8 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (7 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation (7 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Zurab Sturua (2502) Heimo Toefferl (1973)	1-0	21	2024
Zurab Sturua (2502) Dr Matthias Kierzek (2101)	1-0	35	2024
Zurab Sturua (2502) Rouslan Pogorelov (2283)	1-0	64	2024
Zurab Sturua (2502) Rainer Knaak (2458)	1-0	41	2024
Zurab Sturua (2502) Rolf Bergstrom (2155)	1-0	38	2024
Zurab Sturua (2502) Valentin Bogdanov (2328)	1-0	31	2024
Zurab Sturua (2502) Jaime Sunye Neto (2374)	0-1	36	2024
Zurab Sturua (2521) Sergei Lobanov (2540)	1-0	78	2023
Zurab Sturua (2521) Emin Ohanyan (2384)	1-0	42	2023
Zurab Sturua (2514) Glen Gratz (2100)	1-0	66	2023

Top Chess Players

Live Chess Ratings

Gold For Nunn, Sturua, Gaprindashvili, Berend At World Senior Championships

Gold For Granda, Sveshnikov, Berend, Khmiadashvili At World Seniors

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