In the 7th round of the Al Ain tournament Baadur Jobava of Georgia (2705) drew with Andrey Vovk of Ukraine (2599) and is leading with 6.0 points.
Levon Babujian (Armenia, 2512), Vasif Durarbayli (Azerbaijan, 2559), Martyn Kravtsiv (Ukraine, 2617) and Vovk are 0.5 point behind Baadur.
Another Georgian Khvicha Supatashvili (2455) is in the 31st place with 4.5 points.
In the 8th round the Georgian chess players will play with white pieces. Jobava will face Kravtsiv and Supatashvili – Viorel Iordachescu of Moldova (2614).
