10 May 2018
Yugra Is Close to Win Russian Women's Team Championship
Bronze Horseman maintains leadership in Premier League.
On May 9, the penultimate round 8 of the Russian Team Championships in classical chess among men, women, seniors, youth (boys and girls under 15), boys (under 11), and girls (under 11) was played in Grand Hotel Zhemchuzhina, Sochi.
Premier League:
Bronze Horseman - Siberia 4.5-1.5, Southern Ural - Moscow Oblast 1.5-4.5, SShOR - Molodezhka 2-4, Ladya - ShSM Legacy Square Capital 2.5-3.5, Zhiguli - Sima-Land 0-6.
Standings after round 8: 1. Bronze Horseman - 15, 2. ShSM Legacy Square Capital - 14, 3. Molodezhka - 12, 4. Siberia - 8, 5-7. SShOR, Ladya, Moscow Oblast - 7, 8. Sima-Land - 6, 9. Southern Ural - 4, 10. Zhiguli - 0.
Round 9 pairings:
Sima-Land - Bronze Horseman, ShSM Legacy Square Capital - Zhiguli, Molodezhka - Ladya, Moscow Oblast - SShOR, Siberia - Southern Ural.
Russian Women's Team Championship:
Bukavushki - ShSM Legacy Square Capital 0-4, Tolpar - Yugra 0-4, Southern Ural-2 - SShOR 1-3, Moscow Oblast - Southern Ural 3-1, Ladya - Zhiguli 3-1, CVC Group - Ninth Horizontal 1.5-2.5.
Standings after round 8: 1. Yugra - 14 (27.5 game points), 2. ShSM Legacy Square Capital - 14 (25), 3. SShOR - 13 (21), etc.
Round 9 pairings:
ShSM Legacy Square Capital - Southern Ural-2, Yugra - Zhiguli, SShOR - Tolpar, Moscow Oblast - Ladya, Ninth Horizontal - Bukavushki, Southern Ural - CVC Group.
Higher League standings: 1. Men's Movement - 12, 2-4. Yamal, M. Botvinnik Youth Sports School, Law and Order Guards - 11, etc.
Tournament on Chess-Results
Tournament page
Photos by Evgeny Vashenyak
