The Top Chess Players in the World

GM Yona Kosashvili

Full name

Yona Kosashvili

Born

Jan 1, 1970 (age 53)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Israel

Retired

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation (17 games)

French Defense: Exchange Variation (7 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Yates, Bogoljubov Variation (7 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (5 games)

Indian Game: Knights Variation, East Indian Defense (5 games)

Black Pieces

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres Variation (10 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Closed, Keres, Keres Defense (7 games)

Bogo-Indian Defense: Vītoliņš Variation (7 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation (7 games)

Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation (6 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Yona Kosashvili (2529) Kiril Georgiev (2668)	1-0	60	2012
Yona Kosashvili (2529) Alexei Shirov (2718)	0-1	39	2012
Yona Kosashvili (2521) Igor Bitensky (2406)	1-0	62	2010
Yona Kosashvili (2521) Konstantin Z Lerner (2538)	1-0	67	2010
Yona Kosashvili (2521) Ido Porat (2441)	½-½	51	2010
Yona Kosashvili (2527) Ronen Lev (2443)	1-0	39	2003
Yona Kosashvili (2543) Viktor Korchnoi (2642)	1-0	50	2002
Yona Kosashvili (2543) Bartlomiej Macieja (2629)	1-0	35	2002
Yona Kosashvili (2543) Sequera Jose (2392)	1-0	40	2002
Yona Kosashvili (2543) Gelfer Israel (2317)	1-0	21	2002

Top Chess Players

Live Chess Ratings

Christmas Trivia Quiz - Comments, answers & winners

The Big ChessVibes Christmas Trivia Quiz (part II of III)

Recent Players

Vladimir Nemogai

Hernandez Roberto Torres

Dennis Van den Bergh