ACP “Star Tournament “started at Tbilisi “Sheraton Metechi Palace” hotel. Two Georgian chess players – Maia Chiburdanidze (5-time world champion) and Nana Dzagnidze (Olympic Champion) participate in this following tournament.

I round appeared successful for Maia Chiburdanidze, who beat Azerbaijani Zeinab Mamedyarova with black pieces. She succeeded in the second round too and beat Cmilyte Viktorija (Lithuania). As for Dzagnidze, in the first round she played draw with Kosintseva Nadezhda (Russia) and in the second round she lost with Cramling  Pia (Sweden) with white pieces.      

 I round

Kosintseva Nadezhda (Russia)   0.5:0.5  Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia)

Muzychuk Anna (Slovenia)    1:0   Zatonskih Anna (USA)        

Zeinab Mamedyarova (Azerbaijan)  0:1 Maia Chiburdanidze (Georgia)

Cmilyte Viktorija (Lithuania)    0:1  Stefanova Antoaneta(Bulgaria)    

Lahno Katerina (Ukraine) 1:0 Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia)     

Kosintseva Tatiana (Russia)   0:1 Cramling  Pia (Sweden)           

II round

Dzagnidze 0:1 Cramling

Kosteniuk 1:0 Tatiana Kosintseva

Stefanova 0:1 Lanho

Chiburdanidze 1:0 Cmilyte

 Zatonskih 1:0 Mamedyarova

Kosintseva Nadezhda 0:1 Muzychuk

Tournament situation: Muzychuk, Chiburdanidze, Lanho, Cramling 2-2, Zatonskih, Stefanova, Kosteniuk 1-1, Nadezhda Kosintseva, Dzagnidze 0.5-0.5, Mamedyarova, Cmilyte, Tatiana Kosintseva 0-0.

Lasha Koiava