In the seventh round of Barcelona chess tournament Levan Aroshidze (2568) defeated Jaume Gallart Zafra of Spain (2226) with black pieces. The Georgian chess player earned 4.5 points and is in the 45^th place among 318 participants.

In the 8^th round Aroshidze will play with white pieces. Imar Tallo Dominguez of Spain (2185) will be his opponent. According to the previous games, 5 chess players are leading the tournament with 6-6 points: Narciso (Spain, 2528), Gaevski (Poland, 2628), Nisipeanu (Romania, 2648), Cuartas (Colombia, 2521) and Cordova (Peru, 2572).

Davit Magalashvili (2482) is in the 12^th place with 5.0 points after 7 rounds of 2nd International Tournament “Isthmia” 2012 which is underway in Greece. Shota Azaladze (2466) is in the 39^th place with 3.5 points. Ukrainian Firman (2535) and Indian Shyam (2486) are leading the Greek tournament with 6-6 points.