Biography

Israeli Grandmaster (1994) and surgeon born in Georgia. He emigrated in Israel in 1972. He is a talented Israeli player who, due to heavy medical practice in Canada, doesn’t play too much.  

He won in Tel Aviv 1992, Rishon Le Zion 1994, Haifa Vidra and Portoroz Vidmar Memorial 1995 and the Curacao Anniversary Open in 2002 (shared).

A participant in the 1990 Olympiad, winning a silver medal for the best individual performance (83%) on board six and in the Olympiad of 1998.   Kosashvili is married with IM Sofia Polgar. Best ELO: 2580 in 1995.