Yona Kosashvili
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Dr. Yona Kosashvili is a Georgian-born chess
Grandmaster and physician, who now lives in Canada.
He was born in Tbilisi
, Georgia
, moved to Israel
as a child, and now lives in Toronto, Canada.
Kosashvili is one of the few people in the world to have earned the titles MD and GM. He is a medical doctor, with a specialty in orthopedic surgery. Although he never played chess professionally, he holds the title of International Chess Grandmaster. In 1995 he was ranked 34th in the world. On the September 2009 FIDE list his Elo rating is 2521.
In 1999 he married International Master Sofia Polgar, and they have two children: Alon and Yoav.
Dr. Kosashvili also published scientific articles, on orthopedic subjects, that are on the web. He works in, Orthopedic Department, Arthroplasty, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as an orthopedic surgeon.
Before beginning his army service, he published a book for chess trainers that was adopted by the Israeli Chess Federation as its official trainers, guide. In 1995, he was the managing director of the European Junior Chess Championship
and International Chess Festival.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Grandmaster and physician, who now lives in Canada.
He was born in Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...
, Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
, moved to Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
as a child, and now lives in Toronto, Canada.
Kosashvili is one of the few people in the world to have earned the titles MD and GM. He is a medical doctor, with a specialty in orthopedic surgery. Although he never played chess professionally, he holds the title of International Chess Grandmaster. In 1995 he was ranked 34th in the world. On the September 2009 FIDE list his Elo rating is 2521.
In 1999 he married International Master Sofia Polgar, and they have two children: Alon and Yoav.
Dr. Kosashvili also published scientific articles, on orthopedic subjects, that are on the web. He works in, Orthopedic Department, Arthroplasty, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as an orthopedic surgeon.
Chess coaching and management
In addition to actively competing, Yona was the Israeli junior team captain and trainer in 1993. One of his students won the Under 14 World Junior Championship in 1992, while another student won second place in the Under 12 World Junior Championship.Before beginning his army service, he published a book for chess trainers that was adopted by the Israeli Chess Federation as its official trainers, guide. In 1995, he was the managing director of the European Junior Chess Championship
European Junior Chess Championship
The first chess youth championship in Europe was the yearly European Junior Championship for under age 20. It was played from 1971–2002. FIDE officially introduced the European Junior Championship in 1970 at their Annual Congress and so the 1971/72 edition was the first official European...
and International Chess Festival.