The 79th Georgian Women’s Chess Championship takes place from 6-15 June in the Georgian Chess Palace in Tbilisi.
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The event will be played as a 10-players round-robin tournament with time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes till the end of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from the move one.
A strong line-up is led by IM Lela Javakhishvili, GM Nino Batsiashvili and IM Meri Arabidze (scroll down for the starting rank list of players). The drawing of lots took place yesterday determining the pairings of each round.
Starting rank list of players – 79th Georgian Women’s Chess Championship 2022:
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
IM
Javakhishvili Lela
GEO
2477
7
GM
Batsiashvili Nino
GEO
2453
6
IM
Arabidze Meri
GEO
2448
4
IM
Melia Salome
GEO
2368
8
IM
Gvetadze Sofio
GEO
2306
2
IM
Purtseladze Maka
GEO
2287
5
WIM
Vakhania Alexandra
GEO
2135
10
Esadze Tamari
GEO
1982
9
WFM
Tsotsonava Elene
GEO
1915
3
WFM
Lomaia Diana
GEO
1846