23 October 2018
Five Rounds of World Youth Championships Played in Greece
Polina Shuvalova leads U18 girls' group.
Photo by Anastasiya Karlovich
The fifth round of the World Youth Championships was played in Greece on October 23.
In the U14 open group, the leader is Jose Gabriel Cardoso (Columbia) with a perfect score. The Russians Stefan Pogosyan and Dmitry Tsoi are 1 point behind. In the girls' tournament, Ning Kaiyu (China) is heading the race with 5 points. Leya Garifullina is trailing by 1 point.
In the U16 open event, Shant Sargsyan (Armenia) is maintaining the leadership with 5 points. Andrey Esipenko has scored 4 points. Jovana Srdanovic (Serbia) is leading the pack in the U16 girls' event with 5 points. Aleksandra Maltsevskaya is trailing by 1 point.
Lucas van Foreest (Netherlands) took the lead in the U18 open tournament with 4.5 points. Alexandr Triapishko, Timur Fakhrutdinov and Alexey Sarana have scored 4 points. In the U18 girls' tournament, Polina Shuvalova (Russia) is heading the race with a perfect score. Alexandra Obolentseva (Russia) has got 4.5 points.
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