Davit Benidze

Davit Benidze is a Georgian chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster in October 2013.

Biography

Benidze has repeatedly represented Georgia at the European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in different age groups, winning four medals: gold in 2005 at the European Youth Chess Championship, silver in 2001 at the World Youth Chess Championship, and two bronze in 2004 at the European Youth Chess Championship and in 2009 at the European Youth Chess Championship. In 2006, he played for Georgia in the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad, winning a team silver medal and an individual bronze medal. In 2010, Benidze won a bronze medal at the World Student Championship in Zürich.
He has won numerous international chess tournaments, including first prize or shared first place in the Georgi Tringov memorial in Plovdiv, Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, and Bitlis.
In 2008, Benidze was awarded the International Master title, and he received the Grandmaster title five years later.