15 April 2021

Russian Youth Championships Come to Final Straight

Seven rounds are played in Sochi.

Photo by Vladimir Barsky
Photo by Vladimir Barsky


The seventh round of the Russian Youth Championships among boys and girls under 11 and 13 years old, and the all-Russian competition "First League" among boys and girls under 11 and 13 years old, and girls under 15 years old was played in the AquaLoo resort on April 14. Two decisive rounds are ahead.

The leaders of the Russian Youth Championships are:

Open, U11:

1. Taimaz Temirbekov (Dagestan) - 6 points, 2-3. Nikolay Vasilkov (Moscow), Zakhar Gulenko (Novosibirsk region) - 5,5; 

Girls, U11:

1. Diana Preobrazhenskaya (Vladimir region) - 7, 2-3. Vasilisa Semenova (Crimea), Polina Smirnova (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) - 5.5;

Open, U13:

1-2. Artem Uskov, Aleksandr Usov - 6, 3-5. Vladimir Maslovskiy (all from Moscow), Semen Novozhilov (Yaroslavl region), Ivan Zemlyanskii (Tyumen region) - 5.5; 

Girls, U13:

1. Anna Shukhman (Orenburg region) - 6, 2-4.  Victoria Merkulova, Olesya Fedorova (both from Moscow), Mariia Dolinskaya (Samara region), Leila Tabermakova (Bashkortostan) - 5.5.

Tournament on Chess-Results

Tournament page

Photo album by Vladimir Barsky