Georgian chess players Nana Dzagnidze (2550), Salome Melia (2449) and Giorgi Kacheishvili (2585) are only behind 4 opponents at Gibraltar tournament. According to the additional data, they are in top 14.
It is worth mentioning, that all three Georgian chess players collected 7.0 points. Dzagnidze took the 6th place, Melia – the 13th place and Kacheishvili – the 14th place. In the last 10th round, Nana beat Indian Krishnan Sasikiran (2690) with black pieces and became champion among women. Nana won 10 000 GBP.
Melia took the 2nd place among women and she gained 5 000 GBP. In the last round, Salome played against another Indian Narayanan Geetha Gopal (2597) and drew with black pieces.
Kacheishvili took the 14th place. He beat Spanish Alexis Cabrera (2518) with white pieces.
Ukrainian Vasil Ivanchuk (2764) became champion of Gibraltar chess tournament. He collected 9 points (8 wins, 2 draws) within 10 rounds.
Ivanchuk won 17 500 GBP. English Nigel Short (2658, 8.5) who took the 2nd place gained 10 000 GBP. Third-placed Estonian Kaido Kulaots (2577, 7.5) won 8 000 GBP.
