The 3rd World Cadets Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships finished in Minsk

Sunday, 18 August 2019 20:44

The 3rd FIDE World Cadets Rapid & Blitz Championships among boys and girls under 8, 10 and 12 years old have finished in Minsk (Belarus), on June 18. 635 young chess players from 35 federations took part in the World Cadets Blitz Championships. Two players Aleksandr E. Usov from Russia (Open U-10) and Yeganegi Barad from Iran showed perfect score in the tournament 9/9.

First Deputy Minister of Sports and Tourism Vyacheslav Durnov, FIDE Vice-president Lukasz Turlej and FIDE Vice-president, Head of the Belorussian Chess Federation Anastasia Sorokina delivered their speeches at the closing ceremony. The winners of all categories were awarded cups, medals and presents. The organizers of the Championships are the National Olympic Committee of Belarus Republic, Ministry of Sport and Tourism of Belarus republic, Belorussian Chess Federation, chess school FIDE Belarus, President's sports club of Belarus.

	Girls, U8
1	Diana Preobrazhenskaya	RUS	8,5
2	Tong Thai Hoang An	VIE	7,5
3	Mai Chi Nguyen	VIE	7,5

	Girls U10
1	Afruza Khamdamova	UZB	8
2	Evgeniia Satanovskaia	RUS	8
3	Ngoc Vy Ho	VIE	8

	Girls U12
1	Yana Zhapova	RUS	8
2	Klara Szczotka	POL	7
3	Milana Babic	BIH	7

	Open U8
1	Barad Yeganegi	IRI	9
2	Savva Tereschenko	RUS	8
3	Maxim Tsoy	KAZ	7,5

	Open U10
1	Aleksandr E. Usov	RUS	9
2	Pavel Boykov	RUS	8
3	Savva Vetokhin	RUS	7,5

	Open U12
1	Erdem Khubukshanov	RUS	7,5
2	Gleb Pidluznij	LTU	7,5
3	Dmitriy Mochalov	RUS	7,5