In the seventh round of Baku Open 2012 Georgian Mikheil Mchedlishvili (2652) beat Azerbaijani Gulnar Mamadova (2324) with black pieces and as a result he is in the fourth place with 5.0 points. Now, he is behind only Belarusian Sergey Zhigalko (2667), as for Azerbaijani Rauf Mamedov (2542) and Indian Parimarjan Negi (2658) they are ahead him with additional points.
As for other Georgian participants of “Baku Open”, their tournament situations is the following: 19. Gaioz Nizaladze (2449)- 4.5; 23. Salome Khajomia (2143)- 4.0; 25. Tornike Sanikidze (2586)- 4.0; 28. Nino Batsiashvili (2410)- 4.0; 35. Anna Gavasheli (2360)- 3.5; 42. Sophiko Khukhashvili (2396)- 3.0; 45. Levan Pantsulaia (2575)- 3.0;
In the eighth round match central matches will be held between Zhigalko (white pieces) and Negi and Mchedlishvili against Mamedov.
10 countries started competition at Baku international tournament. Prize money of the tournament is 50 000 USD.