Two rounds were held at 12th European Individual Chess Championship in the city of France, Aix-les-Bains. 51 players have the same results. Three Georgians are among them – Levan Pantsulaia (2456) is on the 26th place with additional points, Davit Lobjanidze (2489) is on the 48th points and Lela Javakhishvili (2437) is on the 51st place.
Pantsulaia played with white pieces and won over Dutch Robin Van Kampen (2456), Lobjanifxe won over Russian Boris Savchenko (2621, 67 rank) and as for Javakhishvili won over Azerbaijani Nijat Mamedov (2583).
Tornike Sanikidze (2542), Luka Paichadze (2487), Salome Melia (2462) and Baadur Jobava have one point, as for Davit Zarkua (2397) he has 0.5 point. It is worth mentioning that Jobava is ranked No.8 at this tournament but he could not win yet. He drew two times in a row with Russian Aleksander Potapov.
12th European Individual Chess Championship. Aix-les-Bains (France). March 21- April 3
The second round
Mikhail Kobalia(Russia, 2672) – Tornike Sanikidze (2542) 1:0
Davit Lobjanidze (2489) – Sergey Volkov (Russia, 2621) 1:0
Luka Paichadze(2487) – Boris Savchenko (Russia, 2616) 0:1
Salome Melia(2462) – Mirchea-Emilyan Parligras (Romania, 2598) 0:1
Levan Pantsulaia(2595) – Robin Van Kampen (Holland, 2456) 1:0
Levan Javakhishvili(2437) – Nijat Mamedov (Azerbaijan, 2583) 1:0
Baadur Jobava(2707) – Aleksander Potapov (Russia, 2425) 0.5:0.5
Davit Zarkua(2397) – Tom Nibak (Finland, 2656) 0:1
