Georgian chess player Mikheil Mchedlishvili (2640) beat Azer Vugar Bairamov (2231) with black pieces at Nakhchivan International chess tournament and he is among those 11 players with 2.5 points who are the leaders of the tournament.

According to the additional points, Mchedlishvili is in the 9th place, in the fourth round he plays against Sergey Tiviakov (Holland, 2650) with white pieces.

As you know, 4 players participate in this competition, their conditions are the following: 32. Giga Kuparadze (2489)- 1.5; 37. Levan Pantsulaia (2556)- 1.5; 42. Bachana Morchiashvili (2377)- 1.0; 57. Zurab Javakhadze (2448)- 0.5;

Azer tournament is held in 9 rounds according to Swiss system and ends on May 1. Prize money of the tournament is 60 000 USD. Champions wins 10 000 USD and 30 participants will share prize money.