Georgian chess players are competing unsuccessfully at 12^th European Individual Championship which is underway in the city of France, Aix les Bains. After 6 rounds, Levan Pantsulaia (2595) and Baadur Jobava (2707) who have the best result among Georgians (4.0 points) are in the 60^th and 95^th places.

Davit Lobjanidze (2489, 104^th), Lela Javakhishvili (2437, 112^th) and Tornike Sanikidze (2542, 116^th) have 3.5 points. Luka Paichadze (2487) is in the 199^th place with 3.0 points. Salome Melia (2462) is in the 226^th place. Davit Zarkua (2397) is in the 264^th place with 25 points.

Javakhishvili competed without a loss till the 6^th round. Yesterday, she lost against Dutch Erwin L’ami (2623) with white pieces.

In the 7^th round, we distinguish two games of Georgians – Jobava will play against Dutch Reinderman (2601) with black pieces. Pantsulaia will play against Hungarian Judit Polgár (2686).

Russian Vladimir Potkin (2653) is in the 1^st place with 5.5 points. 11 rounds will be held at European Championship and it will end up on April 2. Champion of the tournament will win 20 000 EUR. 25 chess players will be rewarded with cash prizes.