4 May 2019
SShOR from Saint Petersburg Leads Russian Women's Team Championship
Bronze Horseman heads the race in the Premier League.
The fourth round games of the Russian Team Championships were played in Sochi on May 4.
Having defeated Ugra in the key match, SShOR (Saint Petersburg) took the sole lead in the women's tournament with 8 match points. Ugra and Moscow region are 2 points behind.
Yamal (Yamalo-Nenets autonomous district) and Southern Ural (Chelyabinsk region) have scored 7 match points in the Higher League. Sochi (Krasnodar region), Botvinnik Youth Sports School (Moscow), and Grandmaster Academy are trailing by 1 point.
In the Premier League, the leading team Bronze Horseman (Saint Petersburg) defeated Ladya (Tatarstan) 4.5-1.5. Other results: Guards of Law and Order (Saint Petersburg) - SShOR (Saint Petersburg) 5-1, Molodezhka (Tyumen region) - Moscow region 3.5-2.5, Sima-Land (Sverdlovsk region) - Siberia (Novosibirsk) 3.5-2.5, ShSM Legacy Square Capital (Moscow) - Men's Movement 1.5-4.5.
Tournament on Chess-Results
Tournament page
Photos by Irina Chibikova
