In the previous two rounds Nino Khurtsidze (2456) gained 1.5 point at Grand Prix ongoing in the city of Armenia, Jermuk. But in spite of this, she took the last place. In the seventh round Georgian chess player beat Ekaterina Kovalenskaya (Russia, 2417) with black pieces and in the eighth round she played draw with Ndezhda Kosintseva (Russia, 2516).
Khurstdize gained 2.0 points and as we have already mentioned, she took the 12^th place, leaders Chinese – Wenzhun Zhu (2518) and Yifan Hou (2617) have 5.5-5.5 points. 3 rounds are left before ending Jermuk tournament. Khurstidze plays against Ukraine Caterina Lanho (2537) who is in the third place with black pieces.
Champion will earn 160 points. Other points will be distributed this way: II – 130, III – 110, IV – 90, V – 80, VI – 70, VII – 60, VIII – 50, IX – 40, X – 30, XI – 20, XII – 10.

Top 5 chess players of Grand Prix have the following points: Hou – 420, Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia, 2606) – 375, Lahno – 260, Zhao – 235, Viktorija Cmilyte (Lithuania, 2525) – 235.

Now, top five of Grand Prix has such points: Hou-420, Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia, 2606)- 375, Lanho- 260, Zhao-235, Viktorija Cmilyte (Lithuania, 2525)- 235