28 April 2019

Russian Youth Championships Finish in Sochi

Sergey Drygalov and Margarita Potapova win juniors' events.

Sergey Drygalov
Sergey Drygalov

The Russian Youth Championships under 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, and 21 years old and the all-Russian competition «First League» under 11, 13, 15, and 17 years old (boys and girls) finished in AquaLoo resort (Sochi) on April 28. 

Results:

U11. Open: 1. Aleksandr Usov, 2. Lev Zverev (both from Moscow) - 7,5 points out of 9, 3. Maksim Chertkov (Moscow region), 4. Egor Koshulyan (Chelyabinsk region) - 6.5. Girls: 1. Anna Shukhman (Orenburg region) - 9, 2. Olesya Fedorova (Moscow), 3. Eva Gasparyants (Stavropol region) - 6.5.

U13. Open: 1. Erdem Khubukshanov (Buryatia), 2. Vladislav Dudarev (Novosibirsk region) - 8, 3. Daniil Maneluk (Tula region) - 7. Girls: 1. Olga Karmanova (Saint Petersburg) - 8, 2. Galina Mikheeva (Yamalo-Nenets autonomous district), 3. Ekaterina Kirdyashkina (Rostov region), 4. Yana Zhapova (Zabaykalsky region) - 6.5.

U15. Open: 1. Martin Stukan - 7.5, 2. Andrey Tsvetkov (both from Moscow), 3. Pavel Trofimov (Tyumen region) - 7. Girls: 1. Ekaterina Nasyrova (Mari El) - 8.5, 2. Mariya Yakimova (Tatarstan) - 7.5, 3. Alisa Nur-Mukhametova (Moscow) - 7. 

U17. Open: 1. Rudik Makarian (Moscow) - 7.5, 2. Tigran Mukhutdinov (Bashkortostan), 3. Kirill Shubin (Saint Petersburg) - 7. Girls: 1. Dayana Nasybullina (Chelyabinsk region), 2. Lada Ilyina, 3. Ekaterina Miroshnik (both from Moscow) - 7.

U19. Open: 1. Oleg Bykov (Moscow region), 2. Tagir Salemgareev (Kurgan region) - 7, 3. Erik Obgolts (Novosibirsk region) - 6.5. Girls: 1. Anna Afonasieva (Kaluga region) - 7.5, 2. Ekaterina Goltseva (Nizhny Novgorod region), 3. Darya Filippova (Chelyabinsk region) - 6.5. 

Russian youth championships on Chess-Results 

Sergey Drygalov (Kurgan region) won the Russian junior U21 championship with 6.5 points. Semen Khanin (2nd place, Novosibirsk region) and Andrey Drygalov (3rd place, Kurgan region) are half a point behind. 

Margarita Potapova (Krasnodar region) defended her title of the Russian U21 champion having scored 6.5 points. Margarita Lysenko (2nd place, Moscow region), Ekaterina Diakonova (3rd place, Moscow), and Alena Korchagina (4th place, Niznhy Novgorod region) are trailing by half a point.

Russian U21 championships on Chess-Results 

Photos by Eteri Kublashvili

The Russian Youth Blitz Championships will be played on April 29. 

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Photos by Eteri Kublashvili