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Wednesday, 15 Jun 2022 20:16
Nino Batsiashvili wins Georgian Women's Championship

Nino Batsiashvili is a new Georgia Women's Champion. A native of Batumi won her fourth national title in the 79th Georgian Women's Championship, held from June 6–15, 2022, in Tbilisi.

The only GM in the 10-player round-robin with classical time control, Nino lost her first-round game to Salome Melia but roared back, scoring eight (!) straight victories and taking the title.

Salome Melia (pictured above) gave the champion a good run for her money and stayed in the contest for gold to the very end, but after drawing her final round game against Meri Arabidze finished just a half-point behind Batsiashvili. Salome became the only unbeaten player in the event.

Leila Javakhishvili (pictured below) also turned in an excellent performance and netted an impressive 7/9 (that score would have been enough for gold in many events) but had to settle for bronze.

Final standings:

1

GM

Batsiashvili, Nino

2453

8

2

IM

Melia, Salome

2368

3

IM

Javakhishvili, Lela

2477

7

4

IM

Arabidze, Meri

2448

5

IM

Gvetadze, Sofio

2306

6

WIM

Vakhania, Alexandra

2135

4

7

IM

Purtseladze, Maka

2287

4

8

WFM

Lomaia, Diana

1846

9

 

Esadze, Tamari

1982

10

WFM

Tsotsonava, Elene

1915

½


Official website: gcf.org.ge

Photo: Georgian Chess Federation Facebook page