8 August 2016

Russians Arrived At The World Junior Championship

Six players from our country are participating.

The World Junior Championship begins in Bhubaneswar, India. The tournaments among boys and girls are the 13-round Swiss. The highest rated player on our team is Vladislav Artemiev (2665). Kirill Alekseenko (2582) is the third seed of the event. Four Russians are taking part in the girls championship: the national junior champion Dinara Dordzhieva (#8, 2304), Alina Bivol (#2, 2362), Anna Styazhkina (#7, 2315), and Karina Ivanova (#27, 2129). 

The event takes place on August 8-21.