Evgenyi Romanov of Russia (2654) advanced at the Groningen tournament. Shota Azaladze (2482) has the best result from the Georgians. He defeated Alexander Donchenko of Germany (2455) and earned 4.5 points. Azaladze is in the 9^th place.

Davit Lobzhanidze (2445) lost to Benjamin Bok of Holland (2540) and is in the 19^th place with 3.5 points. Zurab Javakhadze (2451) beat Brent Burg (2227) and is in the 18^th place with 3.5 points.

Another Georgian Giorgi Khelaia (2110) lost to Mark Berkovich of Israel (2366) and is in the 87^th place with 1.5 points.

In the 6^th round 3 Georgian chess players will play with black pieces. Azaladze will face Bok, Lobzhanidze – Maxim Rodshtein (Israel, 2683), Javakhadze – Tjapko Struik (Israel, 2262) and Alexander Chernukhin (2145).