GM Nino Batsiashvili wins 79th Georgian Women’s Chess Championship

The 79th edition of Georgian Women’s National Chess Championship took place from 6-15 June in the Georgian Chess Palace in Tbilisi. The event was played as a 10-player round robin tournament, gathering one Grandmaster, five International Masters, one Woman International Master, and two Woman FIDE Masters.

GM Nino Batsiashvili won the event with impressive 8/9 points. She lost the first round against second-placed IM Salome Melia, and scored seven consecutive victories to emerge as the sole leader of the event. IM Salome Melia was in the race for the first place until the last round, but after a draw with IM Meri Arabidze claimed silver with 7.5 points. IM Lela Javakhishvili won bronze with 7 points. (scroll down for final rankings)

79th Georgian Women’s Chess Championship – Final standings:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	GM	Batsiashvili Nino	GEO	2453	8	29.5	8	0	3
2	IM	Melia Salome	GEO	2368	7.5	31.5	6	0	3
3	IM	Javakhishvili Lela	GEO	2477	7	24	6	0	2
4	IM	Arabidze Meri	GEO	2448	4.5	14.8	3	0	1
5	IM	Gvetadze Sofio	GEO	2306	4.5	13.8	4	0	1
6	WIM	Vakhania Alexandra	GEO	2135	4	10	4	0	1
7	IM	Purtseladze Maka	GEO	2287	4	10	3	0	0.5
8	WFM	Lomaia Diana	GEO	1846	3.5	8.5	3	0	1
9		Esadze Tamari	GEO	1982	1.5	2.75	1	0	0.5
10	WFM	Tsotsonava Elene	GEO	1915	0.5	3.75	0	0	0.5

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Featured photo by: Niki Riga