Maka Purtseladze

Maka Purtseladze was born in Gurjaani, Georgia, in 1988. She won European Girls' Under-16 silver in 2003, followed by bronze medals at both the world and European under-sixteen championships in 2004. In 2005, she won the world girls' under-eighteen title and took European silver in the same age group. She also shared first place with Sopiko Khukhashvili in the Georgian junior girls' championship that year. She received both the IM and WGM titles in 2005. Her performance at that year's European Women's Championship qualified her for the 2006 Women's World Championship, where she faced Alisa Galliamova in the first round.