1 June 2015

13th World's Youth Stars ends in Kirishi

The rating favorite IM Maksim Chigaev wins with 8/11.

Young Russian IM Maksim Chigaev won the Vanya Somov Memorial in Kirishi, Leningrad Region. He collected 8 points in 11 rounds and surpassed the Georgian FM Giorgi Sibashvili by half a point. Russian players IM Kirill Kozionov and the youngest participant of the event FM Andrey Esipenko shared the third place with 7 points.