David Shengelia is an Austrian-Georgian Chess Grandmaster. He was born on April 25, 1980 in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 1999, he earned the title of Grandmaster by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). Shengelia has represented Georgia in two Chess Olympiads in 1998 and 2000.
Shengelia moved to Austria in 2002. After obtaining Austrian citizenship, he began to represent this country in international competitions. In 2003 and 2007, he participated in the World Cup. In 2009, he was the winner of the Vienna Open and in 2011, he won the Leiden Open.
Throughout his career, Shengelia has played for various chess clubs in Austria, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands. In Austria, he played for the SK Sparkasse Jenbach club, helping them win the Austrian Chess Bundesliga in 2006.