Background
Her father was a mechanical engineer and her mother was a biochemist in Irkutsk, where she was born. When she was four years old, her parents moved to Tbilisi where she grew up.
Her father was a mechanical engineer and her mother was a biochemist in Irkutsk, where she was born. When she was four years old, her parents moved to Tbilisi where she grew up.
Her family has been living in Moscow since 2006. Her brother was a soccer player. She learned to play chess when she was five years old.
Since 2008, she was trained by Russian Grandmaster Vladimir Belov.
Paikidze represented Georgia in the 9th European Women"s Team Chess Championship in Porto Carras 2011, winning the team bronze medal. Paikidze was awarded the title of International Master (IM) in 2012.
She finished fourth in the 2012 Georgian Women"s Chess Championship. In 2013 she competed in a small number of international chess events in the United States after moving to Baltimore, United States of America. She then changed her FIDE Federation to the United States of America.
In 2015, Paikidze made her debut in the United States. Women"s Chess Championship, finishing 2nd with a score of 7½/11 points.
Paikidze currently studies Information Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.