Round Two of the FONBET Russian Team Championship Completed in Sochi
Three teams are leading the race in two sections.
Thursday, May 2, the Round 2 games of the FONBET Russian Team Championship were played at the Grand Hotel Zhemchuzhina in the city of Sochi.
Premier League – Results:
Novosibirsk Oblast – KPRF Sports Club, 2½:3½
Kimmeria – Sports School Chess and Checkers (St. Petersburg), 1:5
Temus Team – Republic of Belarus, 2:4
ShSM – Voronezh, 5:1
Russian Chess School – Moscow Oblast, 3½:2½
The teams of the Republic of Belarus, KPRF Sports Club and ShSM won both their opening matches.
Round 3 pairings are as follows:
Moscow Oblast – Novosibirsk Oblast
Voronezh – Russian Chess School
Republic of Belarus – ShSM
Sports School Chess and Checkers (St. Petersburg) – Temus Team
KPRF Sports Club – Kimmeria (The Republic of Crimea)
Women's Championship – Results of the matches played by rating favourites:
ShSM – Sports School Chess and Checkers - 1 (St. Petersburg), 3½:1½
Moscow Oblast – ZhK Tatarstan, 1:3
Yamal – Kimmeria, 1½:2½
Republic of Belarus – Sima-Land, ½:3½
ShSM, Kimmeria and ZhK Tatarstan won both their opening matches.
Top team pairings of Round 3:
Kimmeria – ShSM
ZhK Tatarstan – Krasnodar Krai
Sima-Land – Moscow Oblast
Sports School Chess and Checkers - 1 (St. Petersburg) – Parma
Tournament on Chess-Results
Photo gallery
Live games
The general partner of the Russian Team Championships is FONBET. The general partner of the CFR is PhosAgro. The media partner of the tournament is a social network Odnoklassniki.
Photos by Vladimir Barsky
