In the 10^th round of the Chennai tournament Nino Batsiashvili (2425) defeated Sharma Hemant of India (2230) with black pieces and is in the 29^th place with 6.0 points.

As for Sophiko Guramishvili, she drew with Ashwath of India (2205) and is in the 69^th place with 4.5 points.

The Georgian chess players will play with white pieces in the 11^th round. Batsiashvili will face Ivan Popov of Russia (2652) and Guramishvili – Bala Dulipala of India (2185).

Aravind Chidambaram of India (2235) is leading the tournament with 8.5 points.