At the turn of 1989/90 he was very successful in Hastings, where in the Scheveningen system tournament he shared 1st place with Joseph Gallagher, Gregory Kaidanov and Sergey Smagin.
In 1991, Lasha Janjgava shared the 3rd place with Maia Chiburdanidze (behind Zurab Sturua and Giorgi Giorgadze) in Tbilisi.
Lasha Janjgava played for Georgia in the Chess Olympiads:[2] Lasha Janjgava played for Georgia in the European Team Chess Championships:[3] In 1989, Lasha Janjgava was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title year later.
In recent years Lasha Janjgava has rarely participated in chess tournaments.
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