Salome Melia (2449) played well in the 8^th round of chess tournament which is underway in Gibraltar. She played draw against German Daniel Fridman (2655) with black pieces. Salome collected 6.0 points and according to the additional data, she is in the 8^th place. Before the start of the tournament, she was No.61 seed.

Ukrainian Vasil Ivanchuk (2764), leader of 2011 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival – Masters, has 7.0 points. English Nigel Short (2658) and Jewish Viktor Mikhalevski (2579) are 0.5 points behind Ivanchuk.

Melia will play agains Indian Pentala Harikrishna (2667) in the 9^th round. Harikrishna has 6.0 points like Melia and is in the 10^th place. She won 4 matches and played 4 draws.

Giorgi Kacheishvili (2585) is in the 21^st place with 5.5 points. He beat French Gabriel Batalini (2437) with black pieces. Indian Dronavali Harika (2520) is the next opponent of Georgian chess player. Harika has 5.5 points. Kacheishvili will play with white pieces.

In the 9^th round, Nana Dzagnidze will play against Serbian Drashko Boshkovic (2412) with white pieces. Dzagnidze played draw against Russian Aleksey Slavin (2417) and is in the 34^th place with 5.0 points.

10 rounds will be held at the tournament and it will finish on February 3. Prize money is 126 000 GBP. Champion will win 17 500 GBP. Top 12 chess players will be rewarded.