After 5 rounds of the 41^st Olympiad 7 men’s team are leading with 9 points and Georgia is among the leaders.

This time the Georgian chess players beat Belgium 3:1. Baadur Jobava (2713) won over Luc Winants (2545), Gaioz Nigaldze (2542) – Stefan Docx (2491). Mikheil Mchedlishvili (2618) and Levan Pantsulaia (2581) played draws with Bart Michiels (2535) and Tanguy Ringoir (2508).

The Georgian men’s team is in the 7^th place. Azerbaijan, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Cuba and Uzbekistan are ahead.

On August 8 the Georgians will play Azerbaijan.

The Georgian women’s team played lost to Russia 1.5:2.5 and is in the 19^th place with 7.0 points.

Bela Khotenashvili (2494) failed to Valentina Gunina (2524). Other three games finished draw. Nana Dzagnidze (2550) played draw with Kateryna Lahno (2540), Lela Javakhishvili (2478) – with Alexandra Kosteniuk (2531) and Salome Melia (2475) – with Natalia Pogonina (2479).

China, Hungary and Russia are leading with 10-10 points. Netherlands, Poland and Serbia are one point behind them.

In the next round the Georgian women’s team will face Latvia, China – Hungary, Serbia – Russia, Netherlands – Poland.