Chess

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There is Still a Chance

After seven rounds of European Individual Chess championship ongoing in Poland Alexandr Moiseenko is leader with 6 points. 7 players are behind him with 5.5-5.5points. Davit Shengelia a representative of Austria is among them. In the seventh round he played draw with Azerbaijani Rauf Mamedov. Baadur Jobava  has 4.5 points- he played draw with Turkish Dragan Solak. Merab Gagunashvili also has a half point, he also played draw with Greek Adanasios Mastrovasilis. Georgian chess players have got4 points. Tornike Sanikidze also has 4 points, who beat Austrian Rafal Lubzhinsky. Davit Lomsadze meets the eighth round with 2 points.

The tournament will be renovated on Monday, Jobava plays against Czech Vlastimil Babulias with white pieces, Sanikidze against Russian Vladimir Putkin with black pieces, Merab Gagunashvili against German Bathias Bluebaumi and Lomsadze against Ukrainian Elena Cherednihenko.

The prize fund of the tournament is 100 thousand EUR, where the winner will get 14 k. 23 the best chess player of the Championship will qualify for the World Cup.

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