Maka Purtseladze

Maka Purtseladze is a Georgian chess player. She received the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master in 2005.

Biography

From 1997 to 2006, Maka Purtseladze represented Georgia in the World Youth Chess Championships and European Youth Chess Championships, in which she won five medals: gold, 2 silver and 2 bronzes.
In 2005, she shared with Sopiko Khukhashvili the first place in the Georgian Junior Chess Championship in the U20 girls group. In 2006, she shared with Lela Javakhishvili and Maia Lomineishvili 3rd place in the Georgian Women's Chess Championship after winners Nino Khurtsidze and Nana Dzagnidze.
Four times participated in European Individual Chess Championships, which best result achieved in 2005 in Chişinău, where having taken the 16th place and qualifying for the Women's World Chess Championship.
In 2006, Purtseladze participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Alisa Galliamova.