20 March 2018

First Leaders Emerge at European Championship in Batumi

Russians are among pursuers.

Photo by Seyran Baroyan
Photo by Seyran Baroyan

Three rounds of the European Individual Championship are played in Batumi. Jure Skoberne (Slovenia), Marin Bosiocic (Croatia), Daniele Vocaturo (Italy), Gawain Jones (England), Aleksandar Indjic (Serbia), and Robert Hovhannisyan (Armenia) are leading the race with a perfect score.  

44 chess players, including the Russians Kirill Alekseenko, Daniil Dubov, Ernesto Inarkiev, Mikhail Kobalia, Evgeny Najer, Alexandr Predke, Anton Demchenko, Sanan Sjugirov, Alexey Sarana, Evgeny Romanov, Evgeny Alekseev, David Paravyan, and Daniil Yuffa, are trailing by half a point. 

Round 4 pairings

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