3 May 2023

Round 2 of Russian Team Championships Completed in Sochi

There are four leaders in the Premier League.

On 2 May, the second round of the Russian Team Championships was played in the Grand Hotel "Zhemchuzhina" in Sochi. Before the start, the participants paid respect to the memory of a chess organiser and philanthropist Maksim Shusharin (1966-2023), who was buried in Moscow on this day.

The Minister of Physical Culture and Sports of the Sverdlovsk region Leonid Rapoport was a guest of honour. He greeted the players and invited them to take part in new tournaments in the Sverdlovsk region.

Live games:

Premier League
Women’s Championship
Higher League

Premier League:

Round 2 results:

Ladya (Republic of Tatarstan) - Belarus - 3.5:2.5
Novosibirsk Oblast Team - M. Botvinnik School (Moscow) - 3.5:2.5
Moscow Oblast - Russian Chess School (Moscow) - 3.5:2.5
Moscow Chess Team - Inlexis (Voronezh Oblast) - 4.5:1.5
SC KPRF (Moscow) – SSOR on Chess and Checkers (St. Petersburg) – 4.5:1.5.

Standings after Round 2:

1. Moscow Chess Team - 4 match points (9 board points), 2. Moscow Oblast - 4 (8.5), 3. SC KPRF (Moscow) - 4 (8), 4. Novosibirsk Oblast Team - 4 (7).

Round 3 pairings:

SSOR on Chess and Checkers (St. Petersburg) - Ladya (Republic of Tatarstan)
Inlexis (Voronezh Oblast) - SC KPRF (Moscow)
Russian Chess School (Moscow) - Moscow Chess Team
Belarus - Novosibirsk Oblast Team.

Women’s Championship:

Standings after Round 2:

1. SSOR on Chess and Checkers-1 (St. Petersburg) - 4 (7), 2. Novosibirsk Oblast Team - 4 (6).

Round 3 pairings:

Novosibirsk Oblast Team - SSOR on Chess and Checkers-1
Moscow Oblast-1 - Moscow Oblast
Moscow Chess Team - Cimmeria (Republic of Crimea)
SSOR on Chess and Checkers-2 – Ladya
Veterans of Russia - Krasnodar Krai
Belarus – Gymnasium named after. Е. Primakov
Chess Federation of RB (youth) - Kaissa (Altai Krai).

Higher League, standings after Round 2:

1. Temus Team (Moscow) - 4 (7), 2. Financial University - 4 (6.5), 3-6. Malakhit Sports Club (Sverdlovsk Oblast), Yenisei (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Veterans of Russia, Yamal (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) - 4 (6).

Youth Championship, boys, standings after Round 2:

1-2. Lightning 64 (Saratov, 64), Rostov Oblast Team - 4 (7), 3. M. Botvinnik School (Moscow) - 4 (6.5).

Youth Championship, girls, standings after Round 2:

1. M. Botvinnik School-1 (Moscow) - 4 (6.5), 2. Daddy's Girls (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) - 4 (6), 3. Alpha Zero (Rostov Oblast) - 4 (5).

Tournament on Chess-Results

Photos

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