19 August 2015

Young Players Arriving in Ulan Bator

U-16 Chess Olympiad to be played in the Mongolian capital.

This competition will take place on August 19-29, with 40 teams from 26 countries. 

The Russian team consists of Dinara Dordzhieva, Savely Golubov, Andrey Esipenko, Semyon Khanin, and Aleksey Sarana. 

The Olympiad is a 10-round Swiss. August 22 and August 25 are double-rounds, August 23 is a rest day with a blitz tournament. 

At the previous Junior Olympiad Russian team won silver medals, while Indians were victorious.