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Yona Kosashvili

Yona Kosashvili is an Israeli chess grandmaster and orthopedic surgeon who heads the orthopedic department at Beilinson Hospital.

born 1970Chess grandmaster titleOrthopedic surgery at Beilinson HospitalDeveloping an IDF tactical helmet

Born: 3 July 1970, Tbilisi
Occupation: chess player, surgeon
Education: Tel Aviv University

Yona Kosashvili was born in 1970 in Tbilisi

Yona Kosashvili was born on July 3, 1970, in Tbilisi, Georgia.

He studied medicine at Tel Aviv University through the army's academic reserve program. In chess, he took third place at the 1990 Israeli Championship and earned the grandmaster title in 1993. He represented Israel twice at the Chess Olympiad and has not played competitively since November 2012.

He served in the Shaldag unit and was a brigade doctor in Kiryat Shmona during the Second Lebanon War. He later worked in the trauma branch of the Chief Medical Officer's headquarters, where he took part in developing a tactical helmet.

He worked for about 3 years as an orthopedic surgeon in Toronto, Canada. He managed the orthopedic department at Kaplan Medical Center and now heads the one at Beilinson Hospital. He has published about 100 research papers in orthopedics.

In 1999 he married Sofia Polgar, and they have 2 children. The family lives in Ganei Tikva.

Yona Kosashvili's life in 5 milestones

1970
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia.
1990
Finished third at the Israeli Chess Championship.
1993
Received the chess grandmaster title.
1999
Married Sofia Polgar.
2012
Stopped playing competitive chess in November.

Yona Kosashvili served in the military

He served in the Shaldag unit and was a brigade doctor in Kiryat Shmona during the Second Lebanon War, treating 12 mass casualty events. He then served in the trauma branch of the Chief Medical Officer's headquarters.