The fourth round games were held at Bulgarian Open which is hosted by Plovdiv. The Georgians played successfully. Shota Azaladze defeated Kanev Giretti of Italy (2186) and Luka Paichadze (2520) won over Maria Manelidou of Greece (2040).

Azaladze is in the 14^th place with 3.5 points. Paichadze is in the 48^th place with 3.0 points. In the 5^th round Azaladze will play against Mircea-Emilian Parligras of Romania (2633) and Paichadze – against Boil Banov of Bulgaria (2211).

8 chess players are leading the tournament: Ivan Cheparinov (2709), Alexandr Fier (Brazil, 2577), Bartlomiej Heberla (Poland, 2545), Vladimir Petkov (Bulgaria, 2559), Vladislav Nevednic (Romania, 2542), Nikola Jukic (Montenegro, 2537), Marian Petrov (Bulgaria, 2518) and Vlad-Cristian Jianu (Romania, 2500).