Nino Khurtsidze was born on September 28, 1975, and lived in Tbilisi. She learned chess at a young age and was soon successful on a national and international level. She earned the WGM title in 1993 and the IM title in 1999.
Here are just a few of her career highlights:
- 1991 she won the U16 Girls' World Championship
- 1992 she became U20 European champion and U18 Vice World Champion of the girls
- In 1993 and 1995 she was first in the Girls U20 World Championships, and second in 1994
- Georgian national champion among women five times: 1989, 1993, 2005, 2006 and 2013
- In 1998, she even won the Georgian national championships in open competition
Khurtsidze played on the Georgian women's team in five Chess Olympiads: 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006 and 2012. In 2000, she won the silver medal with the team and achieved the best single result on the third board and the third best individual result of all participants.
In 2007, 2011 and 2013, she took part in Georgia's World Team Championships teams. Between 1999 and 2013, she also played seven times with the Georgian team at the European Women's European Championship.
Khurtsidze was a member of several club teams in various European leagues. In the German Women's League, she played with the SC Baden-Oos (2003, 2004 and 2005), the German Team Champion. With Mearni Tbilisi she won the European Club Cup in 1996, with Agrouniversal Zemun in 2001 and with Mika Yerevan in 2006. With 6 out of 7 she won gold in the individual ranking at the 2006 competition on the fourth board.
At the Women's World Cup 2017 in Tehran, Khurtsidze reached the quarter-finals, losing to Antoaneta Stefanova.
Her last tournament was the Georgian Women's Championship in March 2017, where she finished second. In the penultimate round, she won against Miranda Mikadze.
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1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 d5 5.e3 Bg7 6.Bd3 c6 7.0-0 Be6 8.Ne2 Nbd7 9.h3 9.Rc1 Ne4 10.c4 h6 11.Bf4 g5 12.cxd5 Bxd5 13.Bg3 0-0 14.Nd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Bxa2 16.b3 Bxb3 17.Qb4 Bd5 18.Qxb7 e5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Bxe5 21.Bc4 Rf7 22.Bxd5 cxd5 23.Qc6 Rb8 24.Rfd1 Qd6 25.Qxd5 Bxh2+ 26.Kf1 Qxd5 27.Rxd5 Bc7 28.Nd4 f4 29.Nf5 Kh7 30.e4 Rb6 31.Ke2 Re6 32.f3 g4 33.fxg4 Rxe4+ 34.Kf3 Re6 35.g5 Bb6 36.Rh1 Rg6 37.Nxh6 Rc7 38.Ng4+ Kg7 39.Nf6 Rc3+ 40.Kg4 Rg3+ 41.Kxf4 Bc7+ 42.Ke4 R6xg5 43.Nh5+ Kg6 44.Nxg3 Rg4+ 45.Ke3 Rxg3+ 46.Kf2 Rc3 47.Rhd1 Bb6+ 48.Kf1 Kf6 49.R5d3 Rc4 50.R1d2 a5 51.g3 a4 52.Re2 Bc5 53.Rf3+ Kg7 54.Kg2 a3 55.Rf4 Rxf4 56.gxf4 Bd4 57.Re6 a2 58.Ra6 a1Q 59.Rxa1 Bxa1 60.Kf3 Kf6 9...0-0 10.Bf4 Ne4 11.b3 Kh8 12.c4 Bg8 13.Qc2 a5 14.a3 a4 15.bxa4 dxc4 16.Bxc4 Bxc4 17.Qxc4 Nb6 18.Qb3 Ra7 19.Rfc1 Nd5 20.Be5 Qa5 21.Nf4 Bxe5 22.Nxd5 Bd6 22...Bg3!? 23.fxg3 Qxd5= 23.Nb6 f4 24.Nd7 24.exf4!?± 24...Rd8 24...Rf5 25.Nc5 Bxc5 26.dxc5 Rd5 27.exf4+- e6 28.Ng5 Nxc5 29.Qb2+ Kg8 30.Qf6 b6 31.Re1 Rad7 32.Nxe6 Rf7 33.Qh4 Nxe6 34.Rxe6 Qxa4 35.Qh6 Rd8 36.f5 Qd4 37.Rae1 Qg7 38.fxg6! Rff8 38...Qxh6 39.gxf7++- 39.gxh7+ Kh8 39...Qxh7 40.Qg5++- 40.Qxg7+ Kxg7 41.Rxc6 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Khurtsidze,N | 2383 | Mikadze,M | 2280 | 1–0 | 2017 | A80 | GEO-ch (Women) 74th | 8 |
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Nino Khursidze was coached for many years by GM Konstantin Aseev.
In the summer of 2017, her cancer became known when friends raised money for medical treatment. Nino Khutsidze was 42 years old.
Translation from German: Macauley Peterson
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