Georgian Tornike Sanikidze (2558) collected 5.0 points within 7 rounds at the chess championship which is underway in the city of France, Vandoeuvre Les Nancy. According to the additional data, he is in the 10th place and is one point behind leader.

Sanikidze who is Georgian champion 2009 beat French Polin Guishar (2291) in the 5th round. After that, he played draw against another host Filip Broche (2374) and won over French Kevin Terie (2422).

Two rounds are left till the end of Vandoeuvre Les Nancy tournament. In the 8th round, Georgian chess player will play against Jan-Pier Le Rus (France, 2520) with white pieces. Rus is in the 2nd place with 5.5 points.

Tigran Garamyan who is competing in the name of France is in the 1st place. He has 6.0 points. Prize money of the tournament is 6 000 EUR. Winner will get 1 500 EUR.