Chess Players with Locomotor Disabilities Played in Russian Championship

The tournament took place in Volgograd.

From April 29 till May 9, the Russian Championship among chess players with locomotor disabilities was being held. The event took place in Volgograd for the first time in its history. The guests noted a fine organization by the State Autonomous Institution of Volgograd Oblast The Centre of Physical Preparation for Adaptive Sports. The organizers are well acquainted with the problems of handicapped persons. All hotel rooms were adapted for wheelchair persons, news chess sets were bought, all inconveniences were resolved in working order. The level of organization was quite high. 

Many parts of Russia were represented in the tournament: from Kamchatka to the North Caucasus. The sportsmen from 21 regions were fighting hard to determine the best chess players of Russia and then represent their country abroad. 

The winners were announced in the following categories: men, women, wheelchair persons, teams. 

Teams:

1 place - Moscow Oblast, 2 place – Sverdlovsk Oblast, 3 place – Moscow.

Wheelchair persons:

1 place - Andrey Tersintsev (Penza Oblast), 2 place – Sergey Tsapalin (Perm Krai), 3 place – Dmitry Scherbin (Sverdlovsk Oblast).

Women:

1 place - Galina Melnik (Moscow Oblast), 2 place - Ekaterina Schukina (Moscow), 3 place - Anna Sergeeva (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug).

Men:

1 place – Andrey Obodchuk (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Ugra), 2 place – Mihail Khudov (Moscow Oblast), 3 place – Andrey Tersintsev (Penza Oblast).