20 July 2017
Sandugach Shaydullina Wins Elena Akhmilovskaya Memorial
Elena Tomilova is second due to the inferior tie-break.
Elena Akhmilovskaya Memorial, a stage of the Russian Women’s Cup, finished in Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai. WGM Sandugach Shaydullina and WIM Elena Tomilova were waging the fight for the first place. They both have scored 7 points out of 9. Shaydullina became the winner due to her superior tie-break.A young chess player Anastasiya Martynova is third with 6 points.
The next stage of the Russian Women’s Cup will take place in Naberzhnye Chelny in August.
Information and photo by Denis Petrukhin