Yugra and ShSM Legacy Square Capital Lead Russian Women's Team Championship

Bronze Horseman heads the race in Premier League.

On May 8, round 7 of the Russian Team Championships in classical chess among men, women, seniors, youth (boys and girls under 15), boys (under 11), and girls (under 11) was played in Grand Hotel Zhemchuzhina, Sochi. 

Premier League: 

Zhiguli - Bronze Horseman 0.5-5.5, Sima-Land - Ladya 4.5-1.5, ShSM Legacy Square Capital - SShOR 3.5-2.5, Molodezhka - Southern Ural 3-3, Moscow Oblast - Siberia 1.5-4.5.

Standings after round 7: 1. Bronze Horseman - 13, 2. ShSM Legacy Square Capital - 12, 3.  Molodezhka - 10, 4. Siberia - 8, 5-6. SShOR, Ladya - 7, 7. Moscow Oblast - 5, 8-9. Southern Ural, Sima-Land - 4, 10. Zhiguli - 0. 

Round 8 pairings: 

Bronze Horseman - Siberia, Southern Ural - Moscow Oblast, SShOR - Molodezhka, Ladya - ShSM Legacy Square Capital, Zhiguli - Sima-Land.

Russian Women's Team Championship: 

Southern Ural - Yugra 0-4, ShSM Legacy Square Capital - Tolpar 3.0-0.5, SShOR - Ninth Horizontal 4-0, Zhiguli - Moscow Oblast 1-3, Ladya - CVC Group 3-1, Bukavushki - Southern Ural-2 2.5-1.5.

Standings after round 7: 1-2. Yugra, ShSM Legacy Square Capital - 12, 3. SShOR - 11, etc. 

Round 8 pairings: 

Bukavushki - ShSM Legacy Square Capital, Tolpar - Yugra, Southern Ural-2 - SShOR, Moscow Oblast - Southern Ural, Ladya - Zhiguli, CVC Group - Ninth Horizontal.

The leader of the Higher League is Yamal with 11 match points. Men's Movement and CVC Group are trailing by 1 point. 

Tournament on Chess-Results

Tournament page

Photos by Oksana Golubeva