13 September 2018
Russians Lead World Junior Girls Championship
Two rounds are to play.
Aleksandra Maltevskaya (Photo: Amruta Mokal/ChessBase India)
9 rounds out of 11 were played at the World Junior Championship in Gebze, Turkey.
Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran) is showing an incredible result in the open section - 8.5 points out of 9! The Russian Maksim Vavulin has scored 7 points, while Andrey Esipenko and Sergei Lobanov are half a point behind.
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Dinara Dordzhieva, Margarita Potapova (all from Russia), and Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova (Uzbekistan) are leading the pack in the girls' event with 7 points.
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