Baadur Jobava (2721) leader of Georgian national chess team keeps leadership at Georgian men’s championship convincingly. In eighth round Baadur played draw with Zurab Javakhadze (2418) and overtook the competitors with one point. Merab Gugunashvili (2570) and Luka Paichadze have 6-6 points.

The 71^st Georgian men’s chess championship. The eighth round

Davit Arutinyan (2561) – Iveri Chigladze (2390) 1:0

Davit Lomsadze (2345) – Irakli Beradze (2298) 0.5:0.5

 Giga Kuparadze (2471) – Davit Zarkua (2446) 1:0

Levan Pantsulaia (2581) – Konstantine Shanava (2589) -:+

Zurab Javakhadze (2418) – Baadur Jobava (2721)0.5:0.5

Merab Gagunashvili (2570) – Luka Paichadze (2480)1:0

Tournament situation

1.Jobava – 7.0

 2-3. Paichadze, Gagunashvili – 6.0

 4. Shanava – 5.5

 5. Zarkua – 5.0

 6-7. Javakhadze, Arutinyan – 4.0

 8-9. Beradze, Kuparadze – 3.0

 10. Lomsadze – 2.5

 11. Pantsulaia – 1.5

 12. Chigladze – 0

The ninth round

 Luka Paichadze(2480) – Davit Arutinyan (2561)

 Baadur Jobava (2721) – Merab Gagunashvili (2570)  

 Konstantine Shanava (2589) – Zurab Javakhadze (2418)

 Davit Zarkua (2446) – Levan Pantsulaia (2581) 

Irakli Beradze (2298) – Giga Kuparadze (2471)

 Iveri Chigladze (2390) – Davit Lomsadze (2345)