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A chess player from Turkmenistan took second place at the international tournament “The Road and the Belt”A chess player from Turkmenistan took second place at the international tournament “The Road and the Belt”

A chess player from Turkmenistan took second place at the international tournament “The Road and the Belt”

Chess player from Turkmenistan, international master Saparmurat Atabaev won a silver medal at the 3rd international open tournament “The Road and the Belt”, which was held in Qinhuangdao, China. Saparmurat won 4 games, drew the rest and ultimately scored 6.5 points out of 9 possible. In the second round, Saparmurat was even able to defeat the tournament winner, the young Chinese Huang Renji, who, after losing to Saparmurat, began to win grandmasters one after another and eventually scored 7 points.

Leyla Shohradova retains her place in the top three at the World Chess ChampionshipLeyla Shohradova retains her place in the top three at the World Chess Championship

Leyla Shohradova retains her place in the top three at the World Chess Championship

Two rounds before the end of the World Championship among boys and girls in classical chess, FIDE master candidate Leyla Shohradova retains her place in the «top three” leaders in the category of girls under 16. Leila, who has so far scored 7 points out of 9 possible thanks to yesterday’s victory in a beautiful attacking style over Guldona Karimova, a chess player from Uzbekistan, is one point behind the duet of leaders – Russian Alexandra Shvedova (FIDE rating – 2170) and Chinese Wang Chukiao (FIDE rating – 2215). Our compatriot will have to face the last of them in a face-to-face match today in the 10th round, the Chess Federation of Turkmenistan reported.