International grandmaster Tornike Sanikidze (2541) is leading the international tournament in the city of India, Gurgaon.
In the 9th round Sanikidze beat Sahaj Grover of India (2478). The Georgian and Mishra Swayams of India (2426) earned 7.5 points but Sanikidze is leading with additional data.
In the last round Sanikidze and Swayams will face each other. The Indian plays with whites.
Another Georgian Merab Gagunashvili defeated Kelkar Abhishek of India (2277) and is in the 18th place with 6.5 points. Merab will hold the last game against Nikil Shyam of India (2424).
In Gurgaon Gagunashvili is No.4 seed and Sanikidze – No.6.