Lasha Janjgava
Lasha Janjgava (; born 5 May 1970) is a Georgian chess Grandmaster (GM) (1990), two-times Georgian Chess Championship winner (1994, 1996). Biography. During the 1980s and 1990s Lasha Janjgava was one of the leading Georgian chess players. At the turn of 1989/90 he was very successful in Hastings, where in the "Scheveningen system" tournament he shared 1st place with Joseph Gallagher, Gregory Kaidanov and Sergey Smagin. In 1991, Lasha Janjgava shared the 3rd place with Maia Chiburdanidze (behind Zurab Sturua and Giorgi Giorgadze) in Tbilisi. In 1992, he won in Antwerp Academic World Chess Championship. He twice won  Georgian Chess Championships: in 1994 and 1996. Lasha Janjgava played for Georgia in the Chess Olympiads: Lasha Janjgava played for Georgia in the European Team Chess Championships: In 1989, Lasha Janjgava was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title year later. He is FIDE Trainer (2010). In recent years Lasha Janjgava has rarely participated in chess tournaments.