22 October 2018

Three Rounds of World Youth Championships Played in Greece

Russians lead in half of the groups.

Photo by Niki Riga
Photo by Niki Riga

The second and third rounds of the World Youth Championships were played in Greece on October 21st. 

In the U14 open group, 10 players, including the Russian Stefan Pogosyan, are leading with a perfect score. In the girls' tournament, there are 6 leaders with 2 points. Leya Garifullina if half a point behind.

In the U16 open event, Andrey Esipenko is chasing five leaders with 2.5 points. 6 players, including Elizaveta Solozhenkina and Ekaterina Goltseva, are leading the race in the girls' tournament. 

Three participants are heading the U18 open event. Alexandr Triapishko and Timur Fakhrutdinov are half a point behind. In the U18 girls' tournament, five participants have a perfect score with Polina Shuvalova among of them. 

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