Ana Matnadze
- January 11, 2024
- Chess Player
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Ana Matnadze Biography
Birthday | Feb 20 |
Birth Year | 1983 |
Ana Matnadze is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on February 20, 1983 in Telavi, Georgia. Ana Matnadze (Georgian: ანა მათნაძე ; born 20 February 1983) is a Georgian-Spanish chess player. FIDE awarded her the titles Woman Grandmaster (WGM), in 2002, and International Master (IM), in 2006. Matnadze was European and world girls champion in her age category.
She played for Georgian teams NTN Tbilisi and Energy-Investi Sakartvelo in the European Club Cup for Women five times from 2002 to 2006. During that time she won two team gold medals and two individual silver (in İzmir 2004 and Saint- Vincent 2005), two team silver (in Rethymno 2003 and Fügen 2006), and the team bronze in Antalya 2002.
In June 2004, she and Lela Javakhishvili published a letter to FIDE, in which they criticized various aspects of the Women’s World Chess Championship 2004, leading to a hostile dispute with FIDE Vice-President Zurab Azmaiparashvili. After initially cancelling her participation, Matnadze was later convinced to play in the event, but was eliminated by Olga Alexandrova in round one.
Matnadze is dedicated to the support of international charities. she participated in events such as the chess tournament in Tbilisi to help flood victims in Western Georgia (2005), the charity tournament Chess Against Drugs in Tbilisi (2006), the exchange program Chess and Friendship in Georgia and Spain (2006), the exchange program Chess for peace and understanding in Georgia and Spain (2007), and the chess project We Play For Peace in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2009). Since 2005, she has been the President of the International Charity Movement Chess – A Peace Ambassador, a non-profit organisation which has already conducted many international chess and charity events.
Matnadze finished second, behind Regina Pokorná, in the European Junior Girls Championship in Patras 1999, and third, behind Jovanka Houska and Viktorija Cmilyte, in Avilés 2000. She jointly won the Black Sea Countries Women’s Championship in Batumi 2000. Together with Maia Lomineishvili, Matnadze jointly won the Georgian Women’s Championship in April 2002. In the same year, she won the European Women’s Blitz Chess Championship in Antalya.
Ana Matnadze Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Chess Player |
House | Living in own house. |
Ana Matnadze is one of the richest Chess Player from Georgia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ana Matnadze 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Matnadze was introduced to chess at the age of four by her mother. She was trained by Grandmaster Nona Gaprindashvili, amongst others. She won the Georgian girls’ championship in her age group four times (in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1998). She won the European Youth Chess Championships in her age girls group five times, in Băile Herculane 1994, Verdun 1995, Tallinn 1997, Mureck 1998, and Litochoro 1999. Matnadze also won the World Youth Chess Championships twice, in the Girls U10 category in 1993 and in the Girls U14 in 1997.
She received the Grantee of the Foundation of the President of Georgia award in 1998 and 2003, and she was a holder of the scholarship stipend established by the President of Georgia in 2001.
In 2003, Matnadze graduated from the Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University, Foreign Language and Literature Department, with a Degree in Philology (German Language and Literature). She knows seven languages, Georgian, Spanish, German, English, Russian, Portuguese, and Catalan.
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Ana Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Georgia. Ana Matnadze celebrates birthday on February 20 of every year.
Top Facts about Ana Matnadze
- Ana Matnadze is a Georgian-Spanish chess player.
- She was born on February 20, 1983 in Tbilisi, Georgia.
- Matnadze holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
- Her highest FIDE rating was 2447 in January 2016.
- Matnadze has won multiple national and international chess tournaments.
- She represented Spain in the Women’s Chess Olympiad from 2008-2018.
- In 2019, she returned to representing Georgia in the Olympiad.
- Matnadze is also a chess coach and author of several books on chess strategy.
- She has been playing competitive chess since age six.
- Matnadze speaks Georgian, Spanish, English and Russian fluently.