Irina Bulmaga (2387) of Romania advanced with 7.5 points before the end of the 4^th round of World Youth Championship in girls. Russian Alexandra Goriachkina (2418) has 7.0 points and then follows the group of 4-players, in which Meri Arabidze of Georgia is included.

Arabidze completed the last 2 parties with a draw and gained 6.5 points. At first, Meri played a draw with black pieces against Bulmaga, and then with white pieces against Rout Padmini (2312) of India. She played also draw with Ruth.

The Georgian is in the 5^th place with additional showing. The next party she will play with black pieces against Alina Kashlinskaya (2434). Alina has the best ranking among the participants and is in the 3^rd place with 6.5 points.

As we were informing before, another Georgian Ana Kuchava (2092) takes part in this tournament, who has 4.0 points and is in the 45^th place after 9 rounds. Ana lost previous 2 parties, her next opponent will be Lithuanian Zivile Urbonaviciute (1826).

in the men tournament, Zurab Javakhadze has 5.0 points and is in the 37^th place. He has not won after 6^th round. In the 10^th round the Georgian chess player will play with white pieces against the representative of Switzerland Nico Georgiadis (2396).