Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant is a prominent Georgian-British chess player who holds the titles of International Grandmaster (GM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
Born on July 19, 1968, in Ochamchire, Abkhazian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, she first achieved international recognition by becoming the Under-16 Girls World Champion in 1985.
She represented Georgia at the 1986 Chess Olympiad at the age of 17 for the first time, where she won a team gold medal. Arakhamia-Grant went on to win various medals in the Women's Chess Olympiads from 1986 to 2006. During the 1990 XIX Chess Olympiad, she secured the highest possible score.
Arakhamia-Grant was also part of the victorious USSR team in the Women's European Team Chess Championships in 1992. After relocating to Edinburgh, Scotland in 1996, she represented her new country in various chess events, becoming the first woman to play in the Open section of the Scottish Team Championships.
2007 marked the year she was granted the title of grandmaster (GM) after her impressing performance at an international tournament.