Georgian
Women Championship 2012
These were the players taking part in the championship, which was staged for
the second time in Anaklia, Georgia:
And this is the way the tournament ended:
Final standings (after eleven rounds of play)
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 |
Top seed and new Georgian Women's Champion IM Bela Khotenashvili, rated 2490,
who scored 8.0/11 points, one more than her nearest rival. Bela is 23 years
old, a philologist specialising in the English language. She is married and
has a little daughter named Marya.
Second place: 18-year-old WIM Meri Arabidze, an 18-year-old very talented school-girl,
led for much of the event, but collapsed in the last three rounds.
In third place: WGM Nino Batsiashvili, rated 2436, 25 years old. Nino is a
telecommunications engineer, lives by the sea shore and the loves the sea. Her
hobbies are reading, chatting and horror movies.

The three winners: Meri Arabidze, IM Bela Khotenashvili and WGM Nino Batsiashvili

Bela Khotenashvili with her husband IM Malkhaz Sulashvili

Fourth: IM Nazi Paikidze, rated 2406. Her first name, typical Georgian, is
incidentally pronounced Nah-zee and should not scare anyone. Her parents, who
are teachers, worked in Irkutsk but moved to Tbilisi when Nazi was four years
old, and in 2006 to Moscow. She learnt chess when she was five. Since 2009 Nazi
is engaged to GM Vladimir Belov. she is still a student and loves shopping and
cheerful company.
Fifth place: WGM Salome Melia, 25 years old, rated 2410. Salome is a lawyer
who likes chess and to play musical instruments.
IM Maia Lomineishvili is and IM rated 2366, 34 years old, a journalist by profession,
married with a son named George. She is a fan of Latin American dance. Sopiko
is and expert on international relationship and diplomacy. She loves poetry
and billiards.
WFM Madona Bokuchava, rated 2058, is 21 years old and a philologist, specialising
in Romanic languages. She is fond of good food and loves spending time with
friends.
WGM Inga Charkhalashvili, 29, rated 2334, is an Economist who loves gold ornaments
and detective movies.
WIM Inga Khurtsilava, 37, rated 2286, is a chess coach. She is married, has
two sons, and dreams of traveling to Israel.
IM Sopiko Khukhashvili, 27 years old, rated 2408, is and expert on international
relationship and diplomacy. She loves poetry and billiards.

Press officer of the Georgian Chess Federation Sopho Nikoladze, from whom we
received the above pictures and exemplary information on the players. Sopho
is a journalist and economist who loves to travel and make new acquaintances.
Oh, yes, she is also a Women's International Master rated 2203.
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Georgian Women Championship 2012
05.05.2012 – This strong event is being staged
in the beautiful Black Sea costal town of Anaklia – a name that translates
to "Ana is crying" (explained in our report). The press officer of the
championship, WIM Sopho Nikoladze, has sent us some lovely pictures and,
thankfully, full captions that acquaint us to the players. We can only
share half of them in our current report – the
rest will follow soon.
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