Last week, the matches of the third round of the group stage and the first playoff games were played. We present to your attention a brief overview of the results of last week's matches:
The first day of the Turkmenistan Chess Championship among cadets under
8, 10 and 12 years old in Ashgabat produced a lot of surprises, during which
medals in rapid chess were played out.
Today, at the Ashgabat Chess and Checkers School, more than 300 children aged 5 to 12 years began to compete for the palm in the national championships among cadets in the categories under 8, 10 and 12 years old.
On January 27, the Turkmen Junior under-20 Chess Championship ended in Ashgabat, where
tournament favorites Amanmuhammet Hommadov and Lala Shohradova confirmed their leadership
positions.
The Directorate for the preparation and holding of the World Nomad Games
approved all protocols for the fifth Games, which will be held from September 8 to
15 in Astana, The Astana Times reports.
At the qualifying championship of Central and West Asia among juniors under 14, which ended in Muscat (Oman), a tennis player from Turkmenistan, Ilima Huseynova, won a gold medal, becoming the holder of the title of champion. The competition was held in two stages with the participation of representatives of 13 countries.
On January 11, the slogan, emblem and mascots of the 9th Asian Winter Games, which will be held in 2025 in Harbin, the capital of the northernmost Chinese province of Heilongjiang, were officially presented.
The Argentine football player, striker of the Inter Miami club, captain of the Argentine national team Lionel Messi was again recognized as the best player of the year by FIFA.
