Four lead in Tbilisi

Alexandra Kosteniuk: A slow start

The sixteen players on 2/2 battled it out on the third day, and at the end of it four players were left on a perfect 3/3. These are Nadezhda Kosintseva, Elina Danielian, Viktorija Cmilyte along with local girl Bela Khotenashvili. German-based and Georgian-born Ketino Kachiani-Gersinka pulled off a major surprise by beating Natalia Pogonina with Black.

Here are the results of the games featuring players on the top boards.

Table	Flag	Title	White	Rating	Previous Points	Result	Previous Points	Title	Black	Rating	Flag
1		IM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2567	2	1-0	2	GM	Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan	2462
2		GM	Lahno Kateryna	2530	2	½-½	2	IM	Javakhishvili Lela	2454
3		GM	Danielian Elina	2506	2	1-0	2	IM	Khurtsidze Nino	2436
4		IM	Ovod Evgenija	2404	2	½-½	2	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2506
5		GM	Cmilyte Viktorija	2504	2	1-0	2	WGM	Paikidze Nazi	2408
6		IM	Khotenashvili Bela	2470	2	1-0	2	IM	Romanko Marina	2387
7		IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	2468	2	½-½	2	IM	Galojan Lilit	2377
8		WGM	Guramishvili Sopiko	2299	2	½-½	2	IM	Ushenina Anna	2468
9		IM	Milliet Sophie	2388	1½	½-½	1½	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	2559
10		GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2557	1½	½-½	1½	IM	Lomineishvili Maia	2376
11		WGM	Charkhalashvili Inga	2373	1½	½-½	1½	IM	Muzychuk Anna	2537
12		WGM	Kovanova Baira	2361	1½	1-0	1½	IM	Muzychuk Mariya	2473
13		IM	Sedina Elena	2351	1½	0-1	1½	GM	Cramling Pia	2468
14		IM	Gvetadze Sopio	2330	1½	½-½	1½	GM	Hoang Thanh Trang	2456
15		IM	Gaponenko Inna	2455	1½	½-½	1½	IM	Purtseladze Maka	2352
16		WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2448	1½	0-1	1½	IM	Kachiani-Gersinska Ketino	2309
17		IM	Melia Salome	2444	1½	½-½	1½	WGM	Cherednichenko Svetlana	2297
18		IM	Khukhashvili Sopiko	2421	1½	1-0	1½	WGM	Manakova Maria	2303
19		WGM	Mamedjarova Turkan	2322	1½	0-1	1½	IM	Bodnaruk Anastasia	2419
20		IM	Foisor Cristina-Adela	2414	1½	½-½	1½	WIM	Isgandarova Khayala	2143
21		WIM	Ziaziulkina Nastassia	2291	1½	0-1	1½	WGM	Zawadzka Jolanta	2400
22		WGM	Batsiashvili Nino	2399	1½	1-0	1½	WGM	Nemcova Katerina	2294
23		WFM	Melashvili Nino	2104	1½	0-1	1½	WGM	Savina Anastasia	2389
24		GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2522	1	1-0	1½	WFM	Goryachkina Aleksandra	2103

The games starts at 3 pm local time

1 pm Paris and Madrid

12 noon in London

7 am in New York

The Official site : www.tbilisi2011.ge will be an ideal source for further information.