“Star Tournament” among women chess players is underway at “Sheraton Metechi Palace” hotel. Two Georgians Maia Chiburdanidze and Nana Dzagnidze are competing in the tournament.

After two rounds, Chiburdanidze had 2 points. In the third round, Maia played draw against Kateryna Lahno of Ukraine with black pieces. In the fourth round, Tatiana Kosintseva of Russia was her opponent. The match ended up draw. Chiburdanidze also played draw in the fifth round – against Pia Cramling of Sweden with black pieces.

As for Nana Dzagnidze, the third round turned out unsuccessful for her. She lost to Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia. In the fourth round, Dzagnidze defeated Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia with white pieces. In the fifth round, Nana beat Zeinab Mamedyarova of Azerbaijan.
 
III round
Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) 1:0 Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia)
Zeinab Mamedyarova (Azerbaijan) 0 :1 Nadezhda Kosintseva (Georgia)
Viktorija Cmilyte (Lithuania) 1:0 Anna Zatonskih (USA)
Kateryna Lahno (Ukraine) 0,5:0,5 Maia Chiburdanidze (Georgia)
Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia) 1:0 Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria)
Pia Cramling (Sweden) 0,5:0,5 Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia)

IV round
Nana Dzagnidze 1:0 Alexandra Kosteniuk
Antoaneta Stefanova 0:1 Pia Cramling
Maia Chiburdanidze  0,5:0,5 Tatiana Kosintseva
Anna Zatonskih 0:1 Kateryna Lahno
Nadezhda Kosintseva 1:0 Viktorija Cmilyte
Anna Muzychuk 1:0 Zeinab Mamedyarova

V  round
Zeinab Mamedyarova 0:1 Nana Dzagnidze
Viktorija Cmilyte 0,5:0,5 Anna Muzychuk
Kateryna Lahno 0,5:0,5 Nadezhda Kosintseva
Tatiana Kosintseva 0:1 Anna Zatonskih
Pia Cramling 0,5:0,5 Maia Chiburdanidze 
Alexandra Kosteniuk 0,5:0,5 Antoaneta Stefanova

Tournament situation:
Anna Muzychuk 4,5 points
Kateryna Lahno, Pia Cramling  4-4
Maia Chiburdanidze 3,5
Nadezhda Kosintseva 3
Nana Dzagnidze 2,5
Alexandra Kosteniuk, Anna Zatonskih 2-2
Viktorija Cmilyte, Tatiana Kosintseva, Antoaneta Stefanova 1,5-1,5
Zeinab Mamedyarova 0
 

Lasha Koiava