Moscow Chess Team Grabs Lead at FONBET Russian Team Championship
Sima-Land is ahead in the women's section.
Tuesday, May 7, the Round 6 games of the FONBET Russian Team Championship were plated at the Grand Hotel Zhemchuzhina in the city of Sochi.
Premier League – Results:
Novosibirsk Oblast – Temus Team, 4:2
Kimmeria – ShSM, 4.5:1.5
Russian Chess School – SK KPRF, 3:3
Moscow Oblast – Sports School Chess and Checkers (St. Petersburg), 4:2
Voronezh – Republic of Belarus, 1:5
Standings after Round 6:
1. ShSM – 11 team points (23 board points), 2. SK KPRF – 10 (24), 3. Russian Chess School – 9 (21.5), 4. Novosibirsk Oblast – 9 (21);
Round 7 pairings are as follows:
Republic of Belarus – Novosibirsk Oblast
Sports School Chess and Checkers (St. Petersburg) – Voronezh
SK KPRF – Moscow Oblast
Kimmeria – Russian Chess School
Temus Team – ShSM
Women's Championship – Results of the matches played by rating favourites:
ZhK Tatarstan – Sima-Land, 0.5:3.5
ShSM – Krasnodar Krai, 4:0
Kimmeria – Republic of Belarus, 1.5:2.5
Moscow Oblast – Novosibirsk Oblast, 2.5:1.5
Standings after Round 6:
1. Sima-Land – 11 (19), 2. ShSM – 9 (17.5), 3. Moscow Oblast – 8 (15.5), 4. Republic of Belarus – 8 (13).
Top team pairings of Round 7:
Sima-Land – Kimmeria
Republic of Belarus – ShSM
Sports School Chess and Checkers-1 (St. Petersburg) – Moscow Oblast
Sports School Chess and Checkers-2 (St. Petersburg) – ZhK Tatarstan
There are four teams ahead in the Higher League: Yenisei – 10 (18), Tatarstan-1 – 10 (17), Formula of Chess – 10 (16), and Sima-Land – 10 (15.5).
The Russian Championship among boys born 2010 and younger has team Youth Sports School named after M. Botvinnik in the lead with all six matches won. The first team of the Zhansaya Abdumalik Chess Academy is 3 points behind. There are four teams with 8 points.
The Russian Championship among girls born 2010 and younger has team SK Yunost Moskvy in the lead with 12 match points. Team KASULYA has scored 10 match points, and Moscow Oblast – 8 points.
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The general partner of the Russian Team Championships is FONBET. The general partner of the CFR is PhosAgro. The media partner of the tournament is a social network Odnoklassniki.
Photos by Vladimir Barsky
