Georgian national team gained 24 points in 10 rounds of U-16 chess Olympiad, which was underway in Istanbul and took the fourth place. They were very close to pedestal.
Georgian chess players (Irakli Beradze, Giorgi Sibashvili, Nikoloz Kumsiashvili, Nino Khomeriki, Anna Shamatava) played the final rounds very well. In the 9th round our team played draw with Russian team which was favorite of this tournament, in the last round it beat Czech Republic 2.5:1.5.
Finally, Russians became champions with 29 points, Iran took the second place with 28.5 points and India won bronze medal with 25.5 points. It is newsworthy that Georgian national team was seeded as No.11 and that’s why taking the fourth place is really success.
