Yona Kosashvili, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Yona Kosashvili

Israeli chess player

Date of Birth: 03-Jul-1970

Place of Birth: Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Georgia

Profession: surgeon, chess player

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Yona Kosashvili

  • Professor Yona Kosashvili MD (Hebrew: ???? ??????????; July 3, 1970) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster and surgeon.
  • Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, he moved to Israel as a child.
  • Kosashvili is one of the few people in the world to have earned both of the titles MD and GM.
  • He is an orthopedic surgeon, specializing in a variety of procedures including arthroscopy and total joint replacement.
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  • Kosashvili is Head of Orthopedic Department at the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot, Israel.
  • Dr Kosashvili is actively involved in academics through his role as Clinical Instructor of Orthopedic Surgery at Tel Aviv University.
  • Although he never played chess professionally, he holds the title of International Chess Grandmaster.
  • In 1995 he was ranked 93rd in the world.

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