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Bolkvadze, Giya

IM🇷🇺

FIDEFIDE 4137221· Male· Russia· Born in 1962

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Giya Bolkvadze, a 64-year-old Russian International Master, is rated 2100 and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 55 Elo over the past 12 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent appearances: Senior Men Russian Championship 2025 and Malaya Zemlya 2025_Open. Also played 7 rapid (including Malaya Zemlya 2025_RAPID Grand Prix of Russia) and 3 blitz events (including Sea Harbor 2025_BLITZ Grand-Prix of Russia) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 115 months (2003–2013), 17 months (2015–2017) and 72 months (2017–2023). His peak of 2439 was reached at age 39 (Jan 2001).

Awarded IM in 2001 (age 39).

Current rating

2100

Standard

Rpd1839·Blz2079

All-time high

2439

−339 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 39

Activity

17

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 7%

#15,410 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

17 entries
2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 62
Apr 2024
2023
6th Russian 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 2318
Jul 2023
2018
15th Russian 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2374
Jan 2018
2017
Inactive for 72 months
paused at 2374 → returned at 2318
Feb 2017
2015
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2401 → returned at 2374
Aug 2015
2014
100 career games
at age 52
Aug 2014

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Anatolij Matjukhin 1,699
Senior Men Russian Championship 2025 · Nov 2025 · +0.9 Elo
Evolution
-55
2155 → 2100
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
8.5/ 1653.1%
6W5D5L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Senior Men Russian Championship 2025
Swiss
Nov 20254/9#361753-36.5
Malaya Zemlya 2025_Open
Open Swiss
Jul 20254.5/7#161773-17.8
Worst Elo result: Senior Men Russian Championship 2025 (-36.5 Elo, finished #36).

Rankings

/
Russia
#516
out of 13,952 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,144
in continent
World
#15,410
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Russia
1
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2,729
2
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2,684
3
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2,654
4
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2,653
4
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2,653
6
🇷🇺Grischuk, AlexanderFollow Alexander GrischukTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,641
6
🇷🇺Artemiev, VladislavFollow Vladislav ArtemievTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,641
8
🇷🇺Popov, IvanFollow Ivan PopovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,610
9
🇷🇺Matlakov, MaximFollow Maxim MatlakovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,598
10
🇷🇺Zemlyanskii, IvanFollow Ivan ZemlyanskiiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,595
...
516🇷🇺Bolkvadze, Giya2,100
Asia-Pacific
1
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
2
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
3
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
4
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2,751
5
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2,739
6
🇨🇳Ding, LirenFollow Liren DingTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,738
7
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa RFollow Praggnanandhaa RTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,733
8
🇮🇳Gukesh DFollow Gukesh DTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
9
🇻🇳Le, Quang LiemFollow Quang Liem LeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,731
10
🇷🇺Nepomniachtchi, IanFollow Ian NepomniachtchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
...
2144🇷🇺Bolkvadze, Giya2,100
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
15410🇷🇺Bolkvadze, Giya2,100