48th Final of Belaya Ladya Started in Dagomys

Schoolchildren of 18 countries are participating. 

On June 2, the first round games of the final tournament of the traditional all-Russian scholastic chess team event Belaya Ladya were played in Dagomys. 80 Russian and 17 foreign (Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, England, Estonia, Greece, India, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Moldavia, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia) teams are taking part in the competition.  

The organizers of Belaya Ladya are the Russian Chess Federation and Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation. The competition is also supported by Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation, Renault Russia Company, Federal Grid Company of Unified Energy System (FGC UES), and PhosAgro.

In the first round, teams from India, Latvia, Tyumen Oblast, Kaliningrad Oblast, Belgorod Oblast, Mari El, Vologda Oblast, Tver Oblast, and Primorsky Krai won 4-0. In general, 42 teams won their matches.  

On June 3, rounds 2 and 3 will be played. 

Round 2 pairings

Tournament page  

In parallel with Belaya Ladya, the final competition of Chess in Schools project, which is conducted by the Russian Chess Federation together with Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation, will be held. 6 teams from Pskov Oblast, Novosibirsk Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Altai Krai, Krasnodar Krai, and Ingushetia will take part in it.  

Photos by Vladimir Barsky