The Moscow Region team – Russian rapid championship bronze medal winner!
The team consisted of Ivan Zemlyanskii, Boris Savchenko, Pavel Smirnov, Ilya Ilyushenok and Vladimir Malakhov
Photo by RCF.
The competition ended on October 19 in “Pearl” Grand Hotel situated in Sochi. After not the best performance in blitz tournament our team has pulled itself together and showed a wonderful result in a rapid competition. After the fifth day the Moscow Region team was on the top place however it slowed down a bit. The victory over team Tatarstan in the final round allowed our chess players to get the bronze medal. It is worth mentioning that the team leader Ivan Zemlyanskii outplayed the national champion Vladislav Artemyev on board 1. Today at the closing ceremony Ivan received another medal – a few days ago he became a bronze medalist of the Russian blitz championship.
Photo by RCF.
The open tournament was dominated by “Central Park Tower” team from Moscow. The 2-nd place was occupied by the team from Saint-Petersburg “Chess and checkers school”.
The women’s team consisting of Baira Kovanova, Irina Sudakova, Ekaterina Smirnova, Glafira Usacheva and Alexandra Lukina finished 11-th. The gold medals were awarded to “Moscow chess team”. “Sima-land” from the Sverdlovsk Region finished 2-nd. The Belorussian national team was awarded bronze medals.
We congratulate the men’s team with such a success. We wish you to carry on!