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David Shengelia
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David Shengelia

AustriaBorn 1980 (age 46)FIDE ID 13601270

Luft classical

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Monthly Luft ratings, now 2478
FIDE

FIDE classical

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Monthly FIDE ratings, now 2503
Luft

Flair

David Shengelia's classical flairs

0 of 19 earned over the last 12 months

  • TitanLuft classical rating averaging 2800+ over the last 4 years
  • Serial WinnerWon 2+ elite events in the last 12 months
  • UnderdogRegularly beats players rated 50+ higher
  • Fortress25+ games in a row without a loss
  • Black BeltDoes better with black than with white
  • IronmanPlayed 50+ games over the last 12 months
  • RisingAged 18 or under, Luft rating up 40+ over the last 12 months
  • Endgame SpecialistEndgame 90+: converting, saving and not throwing endgames
  • TacticianTactics 90+: sharp, tactical games they made sharp
  • LightningTop 20 at speed chess (mostly blitz, some rapid)
  • Hot StreakAt least 6 points from 7 straight games against strong opposition
  • SignatureSticks to one defence with black far more than most
  • ChameleonPlays a wide range of defences with black
  • WildcardBrilliant one event, off the next: hard to predict
  • ReliableConsistent across all top events
  • FighterRarely draws, and wins far more than they lose
  • AdaptableTactics and Positional both 90+
  • PositionalPositional 90+: slow, quiet games they steered
  • PodiumTop 3 in at least half of their elite events

No classical flair in the last year yet.

Trophy cabinet

David Shengelia's classical titles

2 classical titles, newest first

  • Austrian Championship 20151st
  • Austrian Championship 20121st
  • Austrian Championship×2

Attributes

Tactics 73Positional 72Endgame 77Openings 70Composure 67Defence 76Speed 66Consistency 72

Luft classical rating

2478No. 312

From 21 classical games in top events over the last year, playing at a 2469 level.

ResultsPlayed at a 2469 level, blended with their FIDE rating−6
Tournament winsNone in the last year0
FormThe last 3 months against the whole year−10
ConsistencyHow steady they are from event to event−6
Activity21 classical games in top events−3

Openings

Their most-played, from 31 classical games in top events over the last 4 years

OpeningGamesScore
Queen's Pawn Game530%
Nimzo-Indian Defense350%
Queen's Indian Defense250%
Indian Defense250%
English Opening1100%

Queen's Pawn Game

With White: 5 games, won 0, drew 3, lost 2 · 30%

VariationGamesScore
Colle System333%
London System150%
Symmetrical Variation10%

Nimzo-Indian Defense

With White: 3 games, won 0, drew 3, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Normal Variation250%
St. Petersburg Variation150%

Queen's Indian Defense

With White: 2 games, won 0, drew 2, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Spassky System150%
Fianchetto Variation150%

Indian Defense

With White: 2 games, won 1, drew 0, lost 1 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Tartakower Attack1100%
Anti-Nimzo-Indian10%

English Opening

With White: 1 game, won 1, drew 0, lost 0 · 100%

VariationGamesScore
Symmetrical Variation1100%

Sicilian Defense

With Black: 4 games, won 1, drew 2, lost 1 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack1100%
Delayed Alapin Variation150%
Alapin Variation150%
Taimanov Variation10%

Queen's Indian Defense

With Black: 3 games, won 0, drew 1, lost 2 · 17%

VariationGamesScore
Classical Variation20%
Fianchetto Variation150%

Caro-Kann Defense

With Black: 2 games, won 0, drew 1, lost 1 · 25%

VariationGamesScore
Two Knights Attack150%
Advance Variation10%

Queen's Gambit Accepted

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Main line150%

Catalan Opening

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Open Defense150%

Recent events

EventPlace+/−+/−
German Bundesliga 2026/2711 Oct 2026½/3−9−9
German Bundesliga 2025/2626 Apr 20266/13+3+8
Austrian Bundesliga 2025/2619 Apr 20264½/7+9+11
Bundesliga 2023/2417 Mar 20242/11−14−14

Best wins

OpponentRating
FMP. Balint17 Apr 2026 · Austrian Bundesliga 2025/262431
IMA. Krastev25 Apr 2026 · German Bundesliga 2025/262425
IMP. Schreiner15 Apr 2026 · Austrian Bundesliga 2025/262419
IMT. Sakelsek19 Apr 2026 · Austrian Bundesliga 2025/262416

Most played

OpponentGamesWDL
GMV. PlatLast 21 Oct 2023 · Bundesliga 2023/241001
IMM. NeugebauerLast 22 Oct 2023 · Bundesliga 2023/241010
GMV. KeymerLast 13 Jan 2024 · Bundesliga 2023/241010
GMM. LagardeLast 14 Jan 2024 · Bundesliga 2023/241010
GMS. MamedyarovLast 3 Feb 2024 · Bundesliga 2023/241001

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How attributes are calculated

From their games in top events over the last 12 months, each judged against the opponent's rating

  • TacticsHow well they score in sharp games they chose to make sharp.
  • PositionalHow well they score in quiet, manoeuvring games they steered.
  • EndgameHow they do in endgames against what the position promised when it began: converting a winning one earns a little, saving a losing one earns a lot, and throwing a winning one costs a lot.
  • OpeningsThe engine's verdict on their position around moves 15 to 20, against what's normal for that colour, as the score it points to. Over the last 4 years, with older games counting less.
  • ComposureHow well they score under pressure: the game straight after a loss, and the last 3 games of an event while they can still win it. Over the last 4 years.
  • DefenceHow they do in games where they were 0.8 pawns or more worse after move 18, against what that position usually scores: holding the draw earns, turning it around earns more, and losing costs a little.
  • SpeedTheir Luft rapid and blitz ratings. With neither, an estimate a little below their classical level.
  • ConsistencyTheir Luft rating, less their off days: tournaments (5+ games each) over the last 4 years where they played 50+ below it. Anything better never counts against them.

  • "How well they score" is a performance rating: the opponent's rating, plus 400 for a win and minus 400 for a loss, averaged. So it's always judged against who they played.

    The score out of 100: 80 is a 2600 level, and each 13 rating points adds one, so 2860 and up is 100.

    Fair to everyone: with only a few games of a kind, the result leans towards their overall Luft rating. Strengths and weaknesses are measured against their overall level and compared with the top 100, so a specialist's best side stands out. A little recent form is added to all but Speed.