26 April 2021

Five Rounds of Russian Youth Championships Played in Sochi

Best coaches received rewards.

Photo by Anastasia Domchenkova
Photo by Anastasia Domchenkova


The fifth round of the Russian Youth Championships among boys and girls under 15, 17 and 19 years old, the Russian Junior Championships under 21 years old, and the all-Russian competition "First League" among boys under 15 years old, and boys and girls under 17 years old was played in Sochi on April 25. 

While closing the FIDE trainer seminar, the head coach of the Russian junior team Mikhail Kobalia rewarded the best country's coaches of 2019-2020. Andrey Shariyazdanov, Sergey Zagrebelny, Yuri Yakovich, Andrey Beletsky, Olga Sukhareva, Alexander Potapov, Viktor Tchernyi, a d Alexey Mishin were marked off for their trainees' achievements and their contribution to chess.

Standings after 5 Rounds:

U15, open: 1-2. Vsevolod Ponomarev (Saint Petersburg), Matvei Gashev (Arkhangelsk region) - 4.5;

U15, girls: 1. Valeria Kleymenova (Ulyanovsk region) - 5, 2. Yana Zhapova (Zabaykalsky Krai) - 4.5;

U17, open: 1. Aleksey Grebnev (Samara region), 2-6. Vladislav Kundianok, Kirill Putrenko (both from Saint Petersburg), Andrey Kim (Moscow) Konstantin Popov (Moscow region), Maksim Popov (Voronezh region) - 4;

U17, girls: 1-3. Mariya Yakimova, Alisa Nur-Mukhametova (both from Tatarstan), Margarita Zvereva (Moscow) - 4.5;

U19, open: 1. Filipp Rudovskii (Saint Petersburg) - 4.5, 2-7. Artemiy Shidlovskiy (Saint Petersburg), Valery Skatchkov (Samara region), Artem Odegov (Sverdlovsk region), Lavrenty Murzoyan (Rostov region), Dmitry Tsoi (Moscow region), Georgiy Vasiliev (Saint Petersburg) - 4;

U19, girls: 1. Ekaterina Miroshnik (Moscow) - 4.5, 2-7. Viktoriya Loskutova (Altai Krai), Mariya Kombar (Saratov region), Adelya Salakhova (Tatarstan), Lada Ilyina (Moscow), Sofya Ershova (Karelia), Daria Urasova (Saint Petersburg) - 4;

Juniors, open: 1. Andrey Tsvetkov (Moscow) - 4.5, 2-3. Volodar Murzin (Moscow region), Gleb Dudin (Moscow) - 4;

Juniors, girls: 1. Anna Afonasieva (Kaluga region) - 4.5, 2. Ekaterina Nasyrova (Tatarstan) - 4.

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