The 5th round matches were played at First League tournament of Men's Georgian 70th Chess Championship. Tbilisi Chess Palace hosts the tournament in Vera Park.
The match between Shota Azaladze (4 points) and Malkhaz Sulashvili (3,5 points) caused great interest of people. After 4 victories, Azaladze played the first draw but he kept the leadership with 4,5 points.
Malkhaz Sulashvili, Giorgi Bagaturov and Giga Kuparadze are sharing the 2nd-4th places with 4-4 points.
The following players are in the 5th-9th places with 3,5-3,5 points: Luka Paichadze, Akaki Shalamberidze, Aleksandre Kashashvili, Davit Zarkua and Giorgi Sibashvili.
Here are the 5th round results: Malkhaz Sulashvili (3,5) - Shota Azaladze (4) 0,5:0,5; Davit Zarkua (3) - Luka Paichadze (3) 0,5:0,5; Giga Kuparadze (3) - Davit Magalashvili (3) 1:0; Giorgi Bagaturov (3) - Kakhaber Tsereteli (3) 1:0; Aleksandre Kashashvili (3) - Akaki Shalamberidze (3) 0,5:0,5; Giga Burduli (2,5) - Giorgi Sibashvili (3) 0,5:0,5.
The 6th round schedule of the leaders: Shota Azaladze (4,5) - Giorgi Bagaturov (4), Malkhaz Sulashvili (4) - Giga Kuparadze (4), Luka Paichadze (3,5) - Giorgi Sibashvili (3,5), Akaki Shalamberidze (3,5) - Davit Zarkua (3,5), Aleksandre Kashashvili (3,5) - Nikoloz Shavtvalashvili.


Roland Labuchidze