Sensational result was showed at Georgian Women’s 69th Chess Championship which is hosted by hotel “Anaklia” in resort town Anaklia. In the first round, international grandmaster, Olympic and current champion of the country Maia Lomineishvili (3366) could not beat FIDE master Madona Bokuchava (2058) and played draw.
The game between Salome Melia (2044) and Bela Khotenashvili (2490) also caused a great interest. It ended up draw too.
Here are the results of the first round:
Madona Bokuchava – Maia Lomineishvili – 0,5:0,5
Salome Melia – Beka Khotenashvili – 0,5:0,5
Sopho Gvetadze – Nino Batsiashvili – 1:0
Inga Khurtsilava – Sophiko Khukhashvili – 0:1
Inga Charkhalashvili – Sophiko Guramishvili – 0,5:0,5
Meri Arabidze – Nazi Paikidze – 1:0
Schedule of the second round
Paikidze - Guramishvili
Khukhashvili - Charkhalashvili
Khotenashvili - Khurtsilava
Lomineishvili – Melia
Batsiashvili - Bokuchava
Arabidze - Gvetadze
Nana Dzagnidze, Lela Javakhishvili and Nino Khurtsidze, members of Georgian national team, do not compete in the current championship.
Roland Labuchidze
