Help Nino Khurtsidze fight cancer
Top Georgian player Nino Khurtsidze, who has been two-time World Junior Champion, is fighting a war against a malignant tumour. She underwent surgery in Germany and now has to undergo five cycles of Chemotherapy. The total cost of which is something that she is unable to afford. We ask the chess community to contribute in huge numbers so that Nino can overcome the situation and be back on the chess board.
Nino Khurtsidze (born 28 September 1975) is a Georgian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is one of the very few players who has won the World Junior Girls Chess Championship twice (in 1993 and 1995.)
Khurtsidze also won the World Under-16 Girls Chess Championship of 1991 in Brazil, the absolute Georgian Chess Championship in 1998 and is five times Georgian women champion (in 1989, 1993, 2005, 2006 and 2013).
Nino is suffering from a malignant tumour. She underwent surgery and is now undergoing chemotherapy in Germany. She has to indulge in five cycles of chemotherapy. Each one costs €30,000. That's a total of €1,50,000.
We ask journalists to appeal to the chess community, philanthropists and ask to help Nino Khurtsidze in her difficult situation. Here is how you can contribute:
Paypal:
Link to contribute via paypal: https://www.paypal.me/NinoKhurtsidze
Bank transfer in Euros
INTERMEDIARY: DEUTSCHE BANK AG
FRANKFURT/MAIN, GERMANY
SWIFT: DEUTDEFF
BLZ: 50070010
BENEFICIARY'S BANK: HEAD OFFICE SWIFT: TBCBGE22
JSC "TBC Bank", Head Office
SWIFT: TBCBGE22
BEN'S Account: GE59 TB39 1764 5063 6224 87
NAME OF BENEFICIARY: NINO KHURTSIDZE
Bank transfer in USD:
INTERMEDIARY: CITIBANK N.A.
NEW-YORK, USA
SWIFT: CITIUS33
ABA: 021000089
BENEFICIARY'S BANK: HEAD OFFICE SWIFT: TBCBGE22
JSC "TBC Bank", Head Office
SWIFT: TBCBGE22
BEN'S Account: GE59 TB39 1764 5063 6224 87
NAME OF BENEFICIARY: NINO KHURTSIDZE
Bank transfer in Georgian Lari (GEL)
JSC "TBC Bank", Head Office
BANK CODE: TBCBGE22
NAME OF BENEFICIARY: NINO KHURTSIDZE
BEN'S Account: GE59 TB39 1764 5063 6224 87
Nino Khurtsidze at the Women's World Cup in Tehran that ended a few months ago (photo by David Llada). She played really well and knocked out Zhukova in round one (annotated game at the end of the article) and Batsiashvili in round two, before losing to Stefanova in round three. Through her games and play it can be seen that she is a great fighter and we are sure that she will fight and overcome her health issues as well. All that she needs is our support.
Appeal by chess community on social media:
Emil Sutovksy:
Sopiko Guramishvili:
Here's the brief analysis of the very interesting game between Zhukova and Khurtsidze, where the latter was able to outplay her opponent and qualify for the next round.