11 October 2018

Nosorogi From Moscow Win Russian Blitz Team Championship

ShSM Legacy Square Capital (Moscow) heads women's event. 


The Russian Blitz Team Championships among men, women, and seniors finished in Sochi on October 10.   

The open event was won by Nosorogi (Moscow) with 29 match points out of 30. Team consisted of Daniil Dubov, Alexander Morozevich, Boris Savchenko, Ilia Iljushenok, and Aleksandar Indjic. ShSM Legacy Square Capital (Moscow) and Siberia (Novosibirsk) took second and third places respectively with 23 points.   

ShSM Legacy Square Capital (Moscow) is the winner of the women's event with 22 points out of 26. Team composition: Daria Voit, Dinara Dordzhieva, Polina Shuvalova, and Ekaterina Kovalevskaya. Team from Saint Petersburg is second with 21 points, while Anatoly Karpov Chess School (Moscow) won bronze with 19 points.  

Sima-Land (Yekaterinburg) took the first place in the seniors' event with 16 points out of 20. The Moscow team is second due to inferior tie-break. Chess players from the Central Federal District came third with 15 points. 

Tournament page

Tournament on Chess-Results

Photos by Vladimir Barsky