Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant
- January 4, 2024
- Chess Player
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant |
| Occupation | Chess Player |
| Date Of Birth | Jul 19, 1968(1968-07-19) |
| Age | 56 |
| Birthplace | Georgia |
| Country | Georgia |
| Horoscope | Cancer |
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant Biography
| Name | Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant |
| Birthday | Jul 19 |
| Birth Year | 1968 |
| Place Of Birth | Georgia |
| Birth Country | Georgia |
| Birth Sign | Cancer |
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on July 19, 1968 in Georgia, Georgia. Georgian- born Scottish chess Grandmaster who became one of the most renowned female chess players in the United Kingdom.
She and Canadian chess player Daniel Yanofsky both reached the rank of Grandmaster.
In 1985, when she won the World Junior Chess Championship for Girls, held in Dobrna (and taking silver in Adelaide three years later). Very soon thereafter, she fulfilled the criteria for the Woman International Master title and this was awarded in 1986. Encouraged by these early successes, she quickly developed aspirations to become a Women’s World Championship contender and in the course of the qualification cycles of the late eighties and early nineties, proved that she had the ability to compete at the top level. Second place behind Nana Ioseliani in her first Interzonal at Tuzla 1987 was an inspirational start, but she won the 1993 event in Jakarta and the 1995 event in Kishinev. Her performances in the respective Candidates Tournaments ruled out an opportunity to play for the world title.
In team chess, Arakhamia debuted at Chess Olympiad at Novi Sad in 1990, representing the USSR Ladies team as first reserve and registering a perfect 12/12 score. With the Soviet and then Georgian Ladies Teams, she has won nine Olympiad medals, and including two team and three individual gold medals. She has won medals at the European Team Chess Championships; a team gold at Pula in 1997 and team silver medals in 1992 and 2005.
She married Scottish chess champion Jonathan Grant.
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Chess Player |
| House | Living in own house. |
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant is one of the richest Chess Player from Georgia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She won the World Junior Chess Championship for Girls in 1985.
She was a chess champion in both Georgia and the United Kingdom.
Despite moving to the UK, Arakhamia continued to represent Georgia for many years, through membership of its national chess federation. She was the Georgian Ladies Champion in 1983, 1984 and 1990. In January 2008 however, she switched her registration to her adopted country.
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In 2007, she beat former U.S. Champion Hikaru Nakamura at Gibraltar Masters, in a 100-move first round encounter. Journalist John Saunders describes Arakhamia-Grant as the ideal role model: “her charming and dignified manner belies a tough, determined fighter at the board.” At Philadelphia, while visiting her sister, she played the World Open and finished top woman. As the tournament was a qualifier for the MonRoi Women’s Grand Prix, she earned a place in the Montreal finale, held just a few weeks later. There, she shared the lead after five rounds and finished in joint fourth place (Pia Cramling won). As part of the Liverpool European Capital of Culture festivities, she played in the United Kingdom vs China match and was top scorer for the UK with 4/6, although China won the match.
Facts & Trivia
Ketevan Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Georgia. Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant celebrates birthday on July 19 of every year.
At the 2008 EU Individual Open Chess Championship in Liverpool, she shared the highest scoring woman prize with Jovanka Houska and Yelena Dembo. At the Olympiad in Dresden, she played for Scotland in the main event and completed her final grandmaster norm with victory in the final round. Having additionally met the 2500 Elo rating requirement in the January 2009 FIDE list, she was awarded the title in March 2009, making her Scotland’s sixth grandmaster. In August 2009 Arakhamia-Grant won the Baltic Queen round-robin tournament in Saint Petersburg.