The Russians won the youth Olympiad ahead of time
In round 8 our team outplayed Kazakhstan 2 team and became out of opponents reach
Photo provided by the Colombian Chess Federation.
Round 8 of the U16 World youth Olympiad took place in Barranquilla (Colombia). Ivan Zemlyanskii, Savva Vetokhin and Artem Uskov won their games while Anna Shukhman drew.
Our team has 16 match points out of 16. Running-up is the team from Belarus with 13 points.
We congratulate Ivan Zemlyanskii and his team mates as well as coaches with such an outstanding result!
The last round will take place on Friday, August 22, starting at 18:00 Moscow time.