The 4th round matches were played at First League tournament of Men's Georgian 70th Chess Championship. Leader of the tournament Shota Azaladze beat Bachana Gorchiashvili (2,5 points), gained 4 victories in a row and kept the leadership.
Malkhaz Sulashvili is half point behind Azaladze. The following players have 3-3 points and are sharing the 3rd-11the places: Davit Zarkua, Giga Kuparadze, Giorgi Bagaturov, Aleksandre Kashashvili, Giorgi Sibashvili, Akaki Shalamberidze, Kakhaber Tsereteli, Davit Magalashvili and Luka Paichadze.
Here are the 4th round results of the leaders: Shota Azaladze (3) - Bachana Gorchiashvili (2,5) 1:0, Iveri Chigladze (2,5) - Malkhaz Sulashvili (2,5) 0:1; Luka Paichadze (2,5) - Giga Kuparadze (2,5) 0,5:0,5; Davit Magalashvili (2,5) - Aleksandre Kashashvili (2,5) 0,5:0,5.
The 5th round schedule of the leaders: Malkhaz Sulashvili (3,5) - Shota Azaladze (4), Davit Zarkua (3) - Luka Paichadze (3), Giga Kuparadze (3) - Davit Magalashvili (3), Giorgi Bagaturov (3) - Kakhaber Tsereteli (3), Aleksandre Kashashvili (3) - Akaki Shalamberidze (3), Giga Burduli (2,5) - Giorgi Sibashvili (3).
 

Roland Labuchidze