30 May 2018

Russian U9 Championships Concluded in Kostroma

The winners are Alexander Usov and Lilia Antonova 


The Russian championships among boys and girls under 9 years old finished in Kostroma.  

The open tournament was won by Alexander Usov (Moscow) who scored 10.5 points out of 11. Bogdan Golovchenko (Saint Petersburg) came second with 10 points. Lev Zverev (Moscow) won the bronze medal with 9 points by edging out Maxim Ivannikov (Moscow) and Ivan Zemliansky (Tyumen Oblast). 

Lilia Antonova (1st place, Crimea), Diana Preobrazhenskaya (2nd place, Vladimir Oblast) and Veronika Yudina (3rd place, Saint Petersburg) scored 9.5/11 to share 1-3 places. 

Tournament on Chess-Results

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