Iulija Osmak relinquished her outright lead at the European Individual Women’s Chess Championship, and is now tied with Elina Danielian on eight points ©Getty Images

Armenia’s Elina Danielian and Ukraine’s Iulija Osmak are tied on eight points at the top of the European Individual Women’s Chess Championship in the Romanian city of Iasi going into the competition’s final day.

Danielian moved ahead of Osmak in the standings by virtue of the average ranking of her opponents being higher than that of the Ukrainian’s.

Both players are unbeaten at the championship, but 15th seed Danielian was able to defeat Georgia’s second seed Bela Khotenashvili while Osmak could only draw with her compatriot Nataliya Buksa and thus relinquished her outright lead.

Danielian’s final match will be against Estonia’s Mai Narva, who continued her fine tournament as the 47th seed by ending the unbeaten record of France’s Deimante Daulyte-Cornette to move on to 7.5 points and give her an outside chance of winning the championship on the final day.

The 43rd seed Oliwia Kiolbasa of Poland also harbours hopes of victory as she beat Georgia’s third seed Lela Javakhishvili.

Kiolbasa will face 11th seed Buksa, whose draw also put her on 7.5 points, in the final round of fixtures.

Azerbaijan’s Gulnar Mammadova advanced to seven points with a win against Russia’s Aleksandra Maltsevskaya.

Sixteen-year-old Leya Garifullina of Russia is also on seven points after a victory against her compatriot Anastasia Bodnaruk, the fifth seed, and so too are Khotenashvili and France’s Sophie Milliet as she continued her unbeaten tournament by beating Georgia’s top seed Nino Batsiashvili.

Twelve players enter the final day on 6.5 points, with Batsiashvili one of 16 players on six points.

The eleventh and final round of the championship is scheduled for tomorrow.