After five rounds at Baku Open 2012 Mikheil Mchedlishvili has the best result among Georgian chess players (2652). He is in the 14th place with 3.5 points, as for the leaders, they are three, Baris Esen (2588), Anton Korobov (2474) and Sergey Zhigalok (2667), who have 4-4 points.
Conditions of other Georgian chess players who compete in Azerbaijani is the following: 25. Tornike Sanikidze (2586)- 3.0; 26. Sophiko Khukhashvili (2245) - 3.0; 30. Nino Batsiashvili (2410) – 2.5; 33. Salome Khajomia (2143) – 2.5; 40. Gaioz Nigalidze (2449)- 2.5; 48. Levan Pantsulaia (2575)- 2.0; 53. Ana Gavasheli (2360) – 1.5.
10 countries started competition at Baku international tournament. Prize money of the tournament is 50 000 USD. Russian Anton Korobov (2705) who has the best ranking among the participants is in the 6th place with 2.5 points.
