GMDavid Shengelia
AUT · FIDE ID 13601270 · 135 tournament games since 2021
Standard
2507
#6 in AUT (active)
Rapid
2435
#14 in AUT (active)
Blitz
2413
#14 in AUT (active)
Score
53%
49 W · 46 D · 40 L
Opp. avg
2423
Last 50 games
Last game
2026-06-20
FIDE World Team Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2026 | Blitz | Pool A
Prep summary
- As White: 1.d4 in 81% of games (scores 50%).
- Against 1.e4: 1...c5 in 28 of 36 games (Sicilian Defense), scoring 59%.
- Against 1.d4: 1...Nf6 in 18 of 20 games (Indian Defense), scoring 50%.
- By opponent strength: 22% against higher-rated players, 72% against lower-rated.
- Drawish: 34% of games end in a draw.
Based on 135 over-the-board games (17 classical · 10 rapid · 7 blitz). 68 with White (54%), 67 with Black (53%).
Openings as White
First move
| 1.d4 | 55 | 50% |
| 1.Nf3 | 5 | 70% |
| 1.c4 | 3 | 67% |
| 1.e4 | 2 | 50% |
Most played
| Opening | Games | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System | 5 | 60% |
| King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation | 3 | 50% |
| Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation | 3 | 100% |
| Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation | 2 | 75% |
| Indian Defense: Tartakower Attack | 2 | 50% |
Openings as Black
Against 1.e4 (36 games)
| 1...c5 Sicilian Defense | 28 | 59% |
| 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense | 7 | 36% |
| 1...g6 Modern Defense | 1 | 0% |
Against 1.d4 (20 games)
| 1...Nf6 Indian Defense | 18 | 50% |
| 1...e6 Horwitz Defense | 2 | 50% |
Most played
| Opening | Games | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack | 4 | 50% |
| English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Indian Formation | 3 | 50% |
| Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation | 2 | 0% |
| Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Classical Variation | 2 | 100% |
| English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation, Double Fianchetto | 2 | 75% |
Recent games
| Date | Opponent and event | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-20 | Xiaopeng Zhang (2315) FIDE World Team Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2026 | Blitz | Pool A · blitz | L |
| 2026-06-20 | Yang-Fan Zhou (2429) FIDE World Team Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2026 | Blitz | Pool A · blitz | L |
| 2026-06-20 | Fabiano Caruana (2781) FIDE World Team Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2026 | Blitz | Pool A · blitz | L |
| 2026-06-20 | Alejandro Yuste Valenzuela (2207) FIDE World Team Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2026 | Blitz | Pool A · blitz | ½ |
| 2026-06-20 | Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez (2435) FIDE World Team Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2026 | Blitz | Pool A · blitz | L |
| 2026-06-20 | Xiangyi Liu (2323) FIDE World Team Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2026 | Blitz | Pool A · blitz | L |
| 2026-06-20 | Ramazan Zhalmakhanov (2472) FIDE World Team Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2026 | Blitz | Pool A · blitz | L |
| 2026-06-19 | Changda Gong (2163) FIDE World Team Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2026 | Rapid | Matches 11+ · rapid | L |
| 2026-06-19 | Jonathan Chen (2170) FIDE World Team Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2026 | Rapid | Matches 11+ · rapid | W |
| 2026-06-19 | Zaur Tekeyev (2370) FIDE World Team Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2026 | Rapid | Matches 11+ · rapid | L |
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