Georgian chess player competes at Mikheil Chigorini Memorial which in underway in the city of Russia, Saint Petersburg. This tournament is the stage of Russian Cup. 275 players participate in this tournament and Nazi Paikidze is among them (2376).
Georgian chess player is still unbeaten after 6 rounds. Nazi beat Russian Frakin (1923) Bulgarian Malakhatko (2578) and drew with Russian- Shomoeva (2536) Vorobiov (2565) and Moldovan Svetushkin (2552).
Paikidze is ranked 107 and played against such opponents who have higher rating than she does. In the 6th place Paikidze played against Kazakh Rinat Jumabaev (2547) who has 3.5 points as Paikidze does.
Ivan Sokolov (2641) who represents Bosnia and Herzegovina is a leader of this memorial, who managed to win five matches. The tournament consists of 9 rounds and finishes on November 5.
