Round 1 of Russian Team Championships Played in Sochi
There are 88 teams in five groups.
Monday, May 1, Round 1 of the Russian Team Championships finished in Grand Hotel "Zhemchuzhina" in the city of Sochi. There are as many as 88 teams in five groups: 10 teams in the Premier League, 14 teams in the Women's Championship, 36 in the Higher League, 18 teams in the 2009 and younger age championship among boys, and 10 teams in the 2009 and younger age championship among girls. There are five Russian grandmasters rated above 2700 in the competition: Alexander Grischuk, Daniil Dubov (both representing team KPRF), Sergey Karjakin, Sanan Sjugirov (Moscow Oblast), and Vladislav Artemiev (Ladya).
You are welcome to watch live games on Chess24:
Premier League
Women’s Championship
Higher League
Round 1 results, Premier League:
SC KPRF (Moscow) – Ladya (Republic of Tatarstan) 3.5:2.5
SSOR on Chess and Checkers (St. Petersburg) – Moscow Chess Team 1.5:4.5
Inlexis (Voronezh Oblast) – Moscow Oblast 1:5
Russian Chess School (Moscow) – Novosibirsk Oblast Team 2.5:3.5
M. Botvinnik School (Moscow) – Belarus 3.5:2.5
Round 2 pairings:
Ladya (Republic of Tatarstan) – Belarus
Novosibirsk Oblast Team – Botvinnik School (Moscow)
Moscow Oblast – Russian Chess School (Moscow)
Moscow Chess Team – Inlexis (Voronezh Oblast)
SC KPRF (Moscow) – SSOR on Chess and Checkers (St. Petersburg)
Women’s Championship:
SSOR on Chess and Checkers-2 – Moscow Chess Team 1:3
Moscow Oblast – Cimmeria (Republic of Crimea) 2:2
Belarus – Moscow Oblast 2:2
SSOR on Chess and Checkers-1 – Krasnodar Krai 3.5:0.5
"Kaissa" KGBU KSC (Altai Krai ) – Novosibirsk Oblast Team 0.5:3.5
Veterans of Russia – Gymnasium named after. Е. Primakov 2:2
Chess Federation of RB (youth) – Ladya (Republic of Tatarstan) 0.5:3.5
Round 2 pairings:
Moscow Chess Team – Novosibirsk Oblast Team
Ladya (Republic of Tatarstan) – SSOR on Chess and Checkers (St. Petersburg)
Gymnasium named after. Е. Primakov – Moscow Oblast Team-1
Moscow Oblast Team – Veterans of Russia
Cimmeria (Republic of Crimea) – Belarus
Kaissa (Altai Krai ) – SSOR on Chess and Checkers-2 (St. Petersburg)
Krasnodar Krai – Chess Federation of RB
Higher League, Round 1 results:
Malakhit Sports Club (Sverdlovsk Oblast) – Altai Chess (Altai Krai) 3.5:0.5
CFM Veterans (Moscow) – Yenisei (Krasnoyarsk Krai) 0.5:3.5
Temus Team (Moscow) – Northern Character-2 (Moscow) 3.5:0.5
"Kimmeria" (Republic of Crimea) – "Volga 64" (Saratov Oblast) 2:2
Russian Chess School-2 (Moscow) – Yamal (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) 0.5:3.5
Tournament on Chess-Results
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Photos by Vladimir Barsky
