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Paichadze, Luka
GM🇬🇪FIDE 13602934· Male· Georgia· Born in 1991
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Luka Paichadze, a 35-year-old Georgian Grandmaster, is rated 2492 and ranked 9th among Georgian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has slipped back 37 Elo over the past 12 months. 52 rated games in the past year (≈54/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, GEO 85th Ch, and European Team Ch 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including European Rapid Chess Championship 2025) and 4 blitz events (including European Blitz Chess Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2588 was reached at age 27 (Jan 2018, World #271 at the time); he spent 52 months in Georgian top 5.
Awarded GM in 2012 (age 21), IM in 2010 (age 19), and FM in 2008 (age 17). At junior level, he reached World #30 in U20, World #43 in U18, World #23 in U16, World #46 in U14 and World #49 in U12.
Current rating
2492
Standard
Rpd2496·Blz2527
All-time high
2588
−96 pts below
Jan 2018 · age 27
Jan 2018 · age 27
Activity
62
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
52 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#9
#9 · Georgian players · of 520
52 months in National top 5 (2015–2025)
52 months in National top 5 (2015–2025)
Career timeline
21 entries2025
52 months in national top 5
longest streak 18 months · since Nov 2015
Oct 2025
2024
Peak Georgian rank: #3
at age 33 · rated 2546
Oct 2024
2022
1,000 career games
at age 31
Jul 2022
2020
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2565 → returned at 2564
Mar 2020
2018
Peak World rank: #271
at age 27 · rated 2588
Jan 2018
All-time peak 2588
at age 27 · −96 from today
Jan 2018
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-37
2529 → 2492
Tournaments
6
52 games
Score
31/ 5259.6%
22W18D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/11 | #128 | 2495 | +2.2 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 4/9 | #9 | 2425 | -9.3 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2.5/6 | #146 | 2468 | -2.9 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/7 | #39 | 2298 | -17.5 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 6.5/9 | #18 | 2329 | -10.7 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 7.5/10 | #22 | 2466 | +1.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGiga QuparadzeGM
🇬🇪GEO·2495
+11 −20 =24
55 games·last met May 2026
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vsLevan PantsulaiaGM
🇬🇪GEO·2493
+10 −15 =25
50 games·last met May 2026
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vsTornike SanikidzeGM
🇬🇪GEO·2424
+10 −7 =14
31 games·last met May 2026
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vsTamaz MgeladzeIM
🇬🇪GEO·2388
+20 −4 =7
31 games·last met Jul 2018
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vsKonstantine ShanavaGM
🇬🇪GEO·2446
+9 −9 =12
30 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
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Georgia
#9
out of 679 players
Europe
#377
in continent
World
#647
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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