Baadur Jobava finished competing well at European Championship which is underway in the city of France, Aix les Bains. In the 10th round Georgian chess player (2707) lost with Russian Vladimir Potkin (2653) who was playing with black pieces. As a result Jobava is on the 21st place with 7.0 points and cannot fight for medals.
There are three leaders with 8.0 points – Potkin, Pole Radoslov Vojtashek (2711) and Hungarian Yudi Polgar (2686).
The central match in the last round is held between Potkin and Polgar, as for Jobava he plays against Russian Ildar Khairulin (2634).
The situation of Georgian participants is the following: 58. Levan Pantsulaia(2595) – 6.5; 98. Lela Javakhishvili (2437) – 6.0; 114. Luka Paichadze (2487) – 6.0; 129. Tornike Sanikidze (2542) – 5.5; 186. Davit Lobjanidze (2489) – 5.0; 212. Davit Zarkua (2397) – 5.0; 222. Salome Melia (2462) – 5.0;
11 rounds will be held at European Championship and it will end up on April 2. Champion of the tournament will win 20 000 EUR. 25 chess players will be rewarded with cash prizes.
