Zviad Izoria

Zviad Izoria (Georgian: ზვიად იზორია, born 6 January 1984) is a Georgian chess grandmaster playing for the United States. Zviad is a winner of HB Global Chess Challenge and a $50,000 in prize money. He played on the Georgian team at 2002, 2004, and 2008 chess olympiad. Zviad was a 2005 World Cup participant and 2007 World Cup qualifier.

Selected tournament victories 2000: Victory at the World Youth Chess Championship for U16. 2000: Winner of the Moscow Kasparov Cup. 2001: Victory at the European Youth Chess Championship for U18. Victory at the European Junior Chess Championship for U20. 2002: Victory at the European Junior Chess Championship for U20. 2005: Winner of the HB Global Chess Challenge 2005, and a prize of $50,000 (USD), along with a valuable jeweled watch. 2018: Victory over Fabiano Caruana (2018 World Championship Challenger) and Hikaru Nakamura at the US Chess Championship. 2020: First place in the 29th annual North American Open along with Hovhannes Gabuzyan.