Before the last round of Barcelona chess tournament Georgian Levan Aroshidze (2560) earned 4.5 points and is in the 5^th place among 10 participants.

In the 8^th round the Georgian played draw with Josep Oms Pallisse of Spain (2506) with black pieces. Ivan Sokolov of Holland (2690) is in the 4^th place. Here is top 3: 1. Sanan Sjugirov (Russia, 2624) – 6.2 points; 2. Yuniesky Quesada Perez (Cuba, 2604) – 5.5; 3. Heine Peter Nielsen (Denmark, 2662) – 5.0;

In the last round Aroshidze will play against Nielsen with white pieces.