Nikoloz Shavtvaladze (2424) was competing without a lost until the 8th round of the chess tournament which is held in the city of Greece, Kalamaria. But in the last round he was defeated by Ukrainian Natalia Zdebskaya (2383) and now he is away from the leaders group.
Georgian chess player has 4.5 points and is in the 22nd place among 67 participants. Obvious leader of the tournament is Armenian Zaven Andriasyan (2588) who collected 6.5 points.
In the 9th round Shavtvaladze will play with black pieces against Greek Ast Asimenios (1986).