Georgian chess player Tornike Sanikidze (2513) played quite well at Open International de Vandoeuvre, in 9 rounds he gained 7 rounds and became champion.
Tornike competed at this tournament without failure, he won five matched and played draw in four. He won over French Christian Bauer (2641) who gained the second place only with additional points. Moldovan Dmitry Svetushkin (2621), who gained 6.5 points took the third place. As for another Geogian participant of this tournament, Davit Lobjanidze (2487) took the 16th place with 5.5 points.
Sanikidze left for Switzerland from France and started competition at Zuricher Weihnachtsopen. Among 113 grand masters Sanikidze was No.19 seed, after four rounds he was in the 12th place with 3.0 points.
In last rounds Georgian Christopher Klamp (2110) and Swiss Damian Kare (2181), Russian Igor Kunosov (2648) and played draw with German Daniel Fridnam (2661).
At the same time ten chess players are leaders with 3.5 points, among them is Geogian chess player who represents Germany Davit Baramidze (2597).
35. Zürcher Weihnachtsopen is held in nine rounds accoding to Swiss system and finishes on December 30. Winner of this tournaement gaines 5 000 Swiss frank.
In the next round Sanikidze plays against Serbian Hailo Stoianovic (2591), he also owns 3.0 points.
