11 December 2017

World Youth Under-16 Olympiad Begins in India

Russians have the third starting number.

The World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad has started in Ahmedabad. 30 teams will play 9 rounds according to the Swiss system. 

India Green (average ELO - 2503) is the tournament's rating favourite. The Russian national team, which consists of Semen Lomasov, Sergei Lobanov, Artur Gaifullin, Timur Fakhrutdinov, and Alexandra Obolentseva, has got the third starting number (2446).

In round 1, the Russians won the match against Iraq 4-0.  

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