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Roman Yakovlevich Dzindzichashvili (; ; born May 5 1944) (pronounced jin-jee-khash-VEE-lee) is a chess
Chess

Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two Player . Sometimes called Western chess or international chess to distinguish it from History of chess and other chess variants, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older...
 Grandmaster (GM). Born in Tbilisi
Tbilisi

Tbilisi , is the capital city 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 Tpilisi and it was officially known as ?????? in Russian, until 1936....
, Georgian SSR
Georgian SSR

The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic , also known as the Georgian SSR for short, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union that made up the former Soviet Union....
, he earned the International Master
International Master

The title International Master is awarded to outstanding chess players by the world chess organization F?d?ration Internationale des ?checs. The title is open to both men and women....
 title in 1970.

He left the U.S.S.R. in 1976 for Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
, and earned the GM title in 1977. In 1979 Dzindzichashvili settled in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, and he won the Lone Pine tournament
Lone Pine International

Lone Pine International was a series of chess tournaments held annually in March or April from 1971 to 1981 in Lone Pine, California. Sponsored by Louis D....
 the next year. He led the U.S. Olympiad
Chess Olympiad

The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation....
 team in 1984.

He won the U.S. Chess Championship
U.S. Chess Championship

The U.S. Chess Championship is an invitational tournament held to determine the national chess champion of the United States. Since 1936, it has been held under the auspices of the U.S....
 twice, in 1983 and again in 1989, sharing the title with two other players each time. He briefly took up residence in Washington Square Park
Washington Square Park

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 in New York City
New York City

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, and hustled chess during the 1980s, making a living playing blitz for stakes, as is popular there.






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Roman Yakovlevich Dzindzichashvili (; ; born May 5 1944) (pronounced jin-jee-khash-VEE-lee) is a chess
Chess

Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two Player . Sometimes called Western chess or international chess to distinguish it from History of chess and other chess variants, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older...
 Grandmaster (GM). Born in Tbilisi
Tbilisi

Tbilisi , is the capital city 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 Tpilisi and it was officially known as ?????? in Russian, until 1936....
, Georgian SSR
Georgian SSR

The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic , also known as the Georgian SSR for short, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union that made up the former Soviet Union....
, he earned the International Master
International Master

The title International Master is awarded to outstanding chess players by the world chess organization F?d?ration Internationale des ?checs. The title is open to both men and women....
 title in 1970.

He left the U.S.S.R. in 1976 for Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
, and earned the GM title in 1977. In 1979 Dzindzichashvili settled in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, and he won the Lone Pine tournament
Lone Pine International

Lone Pine International was a series of chess tournaments held annually in March or April from 1971 to 1981 in Lone Pine, California. Sponsored by Louis D....
 the next year. He led the U.S. Olympiad
Chess Olympiad

The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation....
 team in 1984.

He won the U.S. Chess Championship
U.S. Chess Championship

The U.S. Chess Championship is an invitational tournament held to determine the national chess champion of the United States. Since 1936, it has been held under the auspices of the U.S....
 twice, in 1983 and again in 1989, sharing the title with two other players each time. He briefly took up residence in Washington Square Park
Washington Square Park

Washington Square Park is one of the best-known of New York City's List of New York City parks. At 9.75 acres , it is a landmark in the Manhattan neighborhood of Greenwich Village, as well as a meeting place and center for cultural activity....
 in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, and hustled chess during the 1980s, making a living playing blitz for stakes, as is popular there. He had a cameo in the 1993 film Searching For Bobby Fischer
Searching for Bobby Fischer

Searching for Bobby Fischer is an acclaimed 1993 film based on the life of prodigy chess player Joshua Waitzkin, played by Max Pomeranc. Adapted from the book of the same name by Joshua's father Fred, the film was written and directed by Steven Zaillian....
.

He is also the author and star of multiple chess instructional DVDs entitled "The Roman Forum."

He is one of the founders of Chess.net ICS project, started back in 1993.

He now coaches
Coach (sport)

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 chess for the University of Texas and has many private students, including a few celebrities.

He played first board for the "GGGg" team that won the Amateur Team East tournament in February 2008.

Dzindzichashvili vs. computer programs


Dzindzichashvili played a series of rapid games against the computer program Fritz
Fritz (chess)

Fritz is a Germany computer chess developed by Frans Morsch and Mathias Feist and published by ChessBase. There is also a version called Deep Fritz that is designed for multi-processing....
 in 1991 and 1993. In the following game he checkmated the program in only 28 moves.

Dzindzichashvili vs. Fritz, 1991 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 cxd4 6.O-O Bc5 7.Re1 Nge7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Bxh7+ Kxh7 10.Ng5+ Kg6 11.Qg4 Nxe5 12.Rxe5 f5 13.Qg3 Rf7 14.Ndf3 Qh8 15.Nh4+ Qxh4 16.Qxh4 Rf8 17.Qh7+ Kf6 18.Nf3 Ng6 19.Bg5+ Kf7 20.Qh5 Rh8 21.Rxf5+ Kg8 22.Qxg6 exf5 23.Bf6 Rh7 24.Re1 d3 25.Re8+ Bf8 26.Ng5 Rh6 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Qf7#

In a match held on March 3-7, 2008, Dzindzichashvili played a series of eight games against the computer program Rybka
Rybka

Rybka is a computer chess engine designed by International Master Vasik Rajlich and Grandmaster Larry Kaufman. , Rybka is top-rated in all notable chess engine rating lists and has won many official Computer Chess Tournaments including the 2007 and 2008 World Computer Chess Championships....
, with Rybka giving odds
Chess handicap

A handicap in chess is a way to enable a weaker player to have a chance of winning against a stronger one. There are many kinds of such handicaps, such as List of chess terms#Material odds, extra List of chess terms#Move , extra time on the Game clock, and special conditions ....
 of pawn and move. The series ended in a 4-4 tie. A rubber match, at the same odds, was played on July 28, 2008, at the faster than tournament time control (30'+20"). Rybka 3, running on eight CPUs, won by the score 2˝–1˝.

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External links

  • , Chessbase.com