GMRobby Kevlishvili

Robby Kevlishvili was born in Dronten in 2001 and began playing chess at four. He finished second in the 2013 World Under-12 Championship and became a grandmaster in 2021. That December he shared first place at the Charlotte Open. At the 2022 Trinidad and Tobago International Open, he won the Masters section and scored a perfect 9/9 in the blitz event.

Kevlishvili won an individual bronze medal for the Netherlands at the 2022 World Team Championship and finished second in that year's Dutch championship. He attended Saint Louis University, studying finance and mathematics before pursuing an MBA. He played on the university's championship-winning teams and became team captain. In 2025 he captained Saint Louis to third place in the Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship, qualifying the team for the President's Cup.