20 April 2015
Russian Junior Blitz Championships concluded in Loo
10 players won gold medals.
The Russian Junior Blitz Championships in age groups U11, U13, U15, U17, and U19 ended in Loo village (Krasnodar Krai).
The list of champions:
Boys U-11 – Volodar Murzin (Sverdlovsk Region) 8.5/9
Girls U-11 – Galina Mironenko (Rostov Region) 8.5/9
Boys U-13 – Aram Yertsian (Moscow) 7.5/9
Girls U-13 – Elizaveta Solozhenkina (St. Petersburg) 7.5/9 (she also won the Rapid Championship)
Boys U-15 – Semyon Lomasov (Moscow) 8.5/9
Girls U-15 – Oyuna Erdynieva (Tomsk Region) 8/9
Boys U-17 – Nikita Afanasiev (Moscow) 7/9
Girls U-17 – Irina Alekseeva (Kurgan Region) 7.5/9
Boys U-19 – Saveliy Golubov (Moscow Region) 7.5/9
Girls U-19 – Darya Rodionova (Novosibirsk Region) 8/9
The Russian Junior Championships in classical chess begin on April 21.
Photos by Pavel Lobach