First League tournament of Men' Georgian 70th Chess Championship, hosted by Tbilisi Chess Palace, is underway in Vera Park.
Shota Azaladze is leading the tournament after 3 rounds. In the 3rd round, he beat Nikoloz Neparidze who had 2 points. The following players are half point behind the leader and are sharing the 2nd-8th places: Bachana Morchiashvili, Iveri Chigladze, Malkhaz Sulashvili, Luka Paichadze, Giga Kuparadze, Davit Magalashvili and Aleksandre Kashashvili.
Here are the results of the 3rd round: Nikoloz Neparidze (2 points) - Shota Azaladze (2) 0:1; Bachana Morchiashvili (2) - Davit Magalashvili (2) 0,5:0,5; Giga Kuparadze (2) - Iveri Chigladze (2) 0,5:0,5; Malkhaz Sulashvili (1,5) - Irakli Beradze (2) 1:0, Aleksandre Kashashvili (1,5) - Davit Lomsadze (1,5) 1:0; Luka Paichadze (1,5) - Lizi Trapaidze (1,5) 1:0.
The 4th round schedule of the leaders:
Azaladze (3) - Morchiashvili (2,5), Chigladze (2,5) - Sulashvili (2,5), Paichadze (2,5) - Kuparadze (2,5), Magalashvili (2,5) - Kashashvili (2,5).

Roland Labuchidze