Saturday, May 12, 2012

2012 Georgian Women's Chess Championship

Chessbase has a report:
Top seed Khotenashvili wins Georgian Women Championship
12.05.2012– After eight rounds WIM Meri Arabidze, rated 2337, was in the lead, a full point ahead of top seed Bela Khotenashvili, 2490. In round nine the two clashed and Bela beat Meri, who went on to draw and then lose a game. Bela on the other hand won and drew, so that on the final scoreboard she was the sole winner and 2012 Georgian Women's Champion. Player portraits by WIM Sopho Nikoladze.

IM Salome Melia, 2012 Georgian Women's Chess Championship
Our favorite Georgian player, IM Salome Melia (2400), finished in 5th place overall with 5.5/11, where the lowest rated player scored five draws and two wins for a score of 4.5!  A tough field.  Here is the final cross-table:

No.
Title
Player
Rtng
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Pts
1
IM
Khotenashvili Bela
2490
*
1
1
0
½
1
½
1
½
½
1
1
8.0
2
WIM
Arabidze Meri
2337
0
*
0
1
1
1
½
1
½
½
½
1
7.0
3
WGM
Batsiashvili Nino
2438
0
1
*
½
½
0
½
0
1
1
1
1
6.5
4
IM
Paikidze Nazi
2406
1
0
½
*
0
1
½
½
0
½
1
1
6.0
5
IM
Melia Salome
2400
½
0
½
1
*
½
½
½
0
½
½
1
5.5
6
WGM
Guramishvili Sopiko
2395
0
0
1
0
½
*
½
1
½
½
1
½
5.5
7
IM
Lomineishvili Maia
2366
½
½
½
½
½
½
*
½
½
½
0
½
5.0
8
IM
Gvetadze Sofio
2334
0
0
1
½
½
0
½
*
½
½
½
1
5.0
9
WFM
Bokuchava Madona
2058
½
½
0
1
1
½
½
½
*
0
0
0
4.5
10
WGM
Charkhalashvili Inga
2334
½
½
0
½
½
½
½
½
1
*
0
0
4.5
11
WIM
Khurtsilava Inga
2286
0
½
0
0
½
0
1
½
1
1
*
0
4.5
12
IM
Khukhashvili Sopiko
2408
0
0
0
0
0
½
½
0
1
1
1
*
4.0

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