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 |
7½ |
|
3 |
IM |
Javakhishvili, Lela |
2477 |
7 |
|
4 |
IM |
Arabidze, Meri |
2448 |
4½ |
|
5 |
IM |
Gvetadze, Sofio |
2306 |
4½ |
|
6 |
WIM |
Vakhania, Alexandra |
2135 |
4 |
|
7 |
IM |
Purtseladze, Maka |
2287 |
4 |
|
8 |
WFM |
Lomaia, Diana |
1846 |
3½ |
|
9 |
Esadze, Tamari |
1982 |
1½ |
|
|
10 |
WFM |
Tsotsonava, Elene |
1915 |
½ |
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