Georgian Nino Khurtsidze (2456) played the first match without failure at Fide Grand Prix, ongoing in the city of Armenia, Jermuk. In the fourth round, she played against Armenian Elina Danielyan (2480) and played draw.
Nini earned 0.5 points and among 12 participants she is in the last place, Chinese Wenzhun Zhua (2518) is leader, she has 3.5 points. In the next round Khurtsidze plays against Chinese Yifan Hou (2617) with black pieces, who is in the second place with 2.5 points.
Jermuk is the 5thstage. Six stages are planned. Chess player with the best result will be declared as a winner.
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.
Georgian top seed among men Baadur Jobava (2730) could not progress at the chess tournament which is underway in the city of Holland, Amsterdam. In the 6th round Baadur played with black pieces and lost with Emil Sutovski of Israel (2687) and as a result he is in the last place with 0.5 points. In the last round Jobava plays against American Gatha Camsky (2744) with white pieces. Vasil Ivanchuk is leader of “Gold Classic” with 4.0 points.
