Career
In 1970, he earned the title of International Master. He left the United States.S.R. in 1976 for Israel, and earned the General Motors title in 1977. He led the United States. Olympiad team in 1984.
One of his best career performances was first place at The 53rd Hastings Chess Festival in 1977/1978.
He scored 10½ out of 14 points, a full point ahead of former World Champion Tigran Petrosian. He briefly took up residence in Washington Square Park in New York City, and hustled chess during the 1980s, making a living playing blitz for stakes, as is popular there.
He had a cameo in the 1993 film Searching Foreign Bobby Fischer. He is a well-known theoretician and a chess coach.
He is also the author and star of multiple chess instructional DVDs entitled "Roman"s Laboratory".
He is one of the founders of Chess.net internet chess server project, started in 1993. Dzindzichashvili currently produces instructional videos for Chess.com. Topics include openings, middlegames, endgames, famous players, and interesting games.
Dzindzichashvili played a series of rapid games against the computer program Fritz in 1991 and 1993.
In the following game he checkmated the program in only 28 moves. Dzindzichashvili versus Fritz, 1991
1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 cxd4 6.0-0 Bc5 7.Re1 Nge7 8.Nbd2 0-0 9.Bxh7+ Kxh7 10.Ng5+ Kg6 11.Qg4 Nxe5 12.Rxe5 f5 13.Qg3 Rf7 14.Ndf3 Qh8 15.Nh4+ Qxh4 16.Qxh4 Rf8 17.Qh7+ Kf6 18.Nf3 Ng6 19.Bg5+ Kf7 20.Qh5 Rh8 21.Rxf5+ Kg8 22.Qxg6 exf5 23.Bf6 Rh7 24.Re1 d3 25.Re8+ Bf8 26.Ng5 Rh6 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Qf7#
In a match held on March 3–7, 2008, Dzindzichashvili played a series of eight games against the computer program Rybka, with Rybka giving odds of pawn and move.
The series ended in a 4–4 tie. A rubber match, at the same odds, was played on July 28, 2008, at the faster than tournament time control (30"+20").
