Georgian women’s team claim bronze at world chess championships
Tweet 
Share
Georgian national women’s chess team finished among prize-winners at the World Team Championships hosted in Russia by claiming third place and bronze medals on Monday.
The five competitors of the Georgian team played nine matches over the tournament, defeating the United States on the final competition day with a final score 3-1.
The result saw Georgia achieve 12 points at the championship hosted in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, with the team finishing ahead of joint points-scorers India and Ukraine with match points.
#Georgia#ugrachess#wtcc2017pic.twitter.com/ZPe6kkZEtl
— chessugra (@ugrachess) June 26, 2017
Local favourites Russia celebrated the champion’s title with 16 points accumulated over the competition.
Organised by the World Chess Federation (FIDE), the World Team Championships featured 10 women’s teams including hosts Russia as well as China and Vietnam.
The tournament featured 10 national teams from arond the world. Photo: FIDE World Team Championships.
Held for the sixth time among women’s national teams, the event included former world champions as well as title holders from continental tournaments. Georgia celebrated winning the competition in 2015.
The championships launched on June 16, with the winning teams awarded on June 26.
Georgian female chess player Nana Dzagnidze has won the European Individual Women’s Chess Championship in the Latvian capital of Riga today.
Georgian players claimed two medals at the 42nd World Chess Olympiad that featured competitors from more than 180 countries, as Georgia starts preparations to host the next edition of the tournament.
Young Georgian chess players are successfully continuing the country’s long-rooted tradition in the intellectual game.
One of Georgia’s best chess players with lifetime recognition as Grandmaster (GM) has won bronze at the 17th European Individual Chess Championship. GM Baadur Jobava was victorious in all but one of his matches at the prestigious chess competition, held in Gjakova, Kosovo.
Georgia has won one silver and one bronze medal at a prestigious international karate event in the Kazakhstan’s capital of Astana.
Georgia's capital Tbilisi is gearing up to host over 120 top chess players from around the world in this year's Chess World Cup, with the current world champion taking part in the high-profile competition for the first time in history.
Armenia's world no. 2 ranked Levon Aronian triumphed in World Chess Cup 2017 tournament after defeating China's Ding Liren in the final played in Georgia's capital Tbilisi on Wednesday.