There was held 6 round matches at Men's Georgian 70th Chess Championship at Tbilisi Chess Palace. The match between leader of the tournament Shota Azaladze and experienced Giorgi Baghaturovi caused big interest.
Azaladze gained 5.5 points from 6, won over the opponent and kept leadership. Malkhaz Sulashvili took the 2nd place with 5 points. Davit Zarkua, Aleksandre Kashashvili and Luka Paichadze, who gained 4.5-4.5 points are on the III-V places.
Technical results of the 6th round matches : Shota Azaladze (4.5 points)- Giorgi Baghaturovi (4) 1:0; Malkhaz Sulashvili (4) - Giga Kuparadze (4) 1:0, Luka Paichadze (3.5) - Giorgi Sibashvili (3.5) - Davit Zarkua (3.5) 0:1; Aleksandre Kashashvili (3.5) - Nikoloz Shavtvaladze (3)1:0.
The leaders' schedule of the 7th round:
Davit Zarkua (4,5) – Shota Azaladze (5,5), Luka Paichadze4,5) – Malkhaz Sulashvili (5), Bachana Morchiashvili (4) – Aleksandre Kashashvili (4,5).
Ronald Labuchadze