| Mikhail Kobalia | |
|---|---|
 Mikhail Kobalia at Superfinal of the Russian Chess Championship, Satka, 2018 | |
| Full name | Михаил Кобалия |
| Country | Russia (until 2022) FIDE (since 2022) |
| Born | May 3, 1978 |
| Title | Grandmaster (1996) |
| FIDE rating | 2543 (November 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2679 (May 2011) |
| Peak ranking | No. 36 (July 2003) |
Mikhail Robertovich Kobalia (Михаил Робертович Кобалия; born May 3, 1978) is a Russian chess Grandmaster (1997).
Together with 43 other Russian elite chess players, Kobalia signed an open letter to Russian president Vladimir Putin, protesting against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and expressing solidarity with the Ukrainian people.[1]
- ^ "'Stop the war.' 44 Top Russian Players Publish Open Letter To Putin", Chess.com, 3 March 2022