29 June 2019

Round Two of Russian Championships Higher League Played in Yaroslavl

First leaders appeared.

Andrey Esipenko
Andrey Esipenko

Second round games of the Russian Championships Higher League were played in Yaroslavl on June 28. Alexandr Predke, David Paravyan, Andrey Esipenko, and Artyom Timofeev are leading the race in the open event with a perfect score. The following leaders' games will be played in the third round: Predke - Timofeev and Esipenko - Paravyan.

Daria Charochkina, Ekaterina Borisova, Polina Shuvalova, Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, and Elena Tomilova are heading the women's section with 2 points. The games Maltsevskaya - Shuvalova, Tomilova - Charochkin, and Bodnaruk (1.5 points) - Borisova are to be played in Round 3. 

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Photos by Dmitry Kryakvin