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Azerbaijani chess players successful in world championship among school children
Wed 04 May 2011 12:55 GMT | 5:55 Local Time
The seventh chess championship among schoolchildren is run in Poland’s Krakow.
Azerbaijani chess splayers are also competing. After four rounds, several representatives of our country are among leaders. Khatun Bagirova is second with 3.5 points in the contests among girls below 15 years, just behind Diana Assanbayeva of Kazakhstan.
Meanwhile, Farid Aslanov (U-9), Oguz Abishli (U-11), Ulvi Sadikhov (U-13) and Kenan Izzet (U-15) are third in their age groups.
The championship will be made up of nine rounds and is to finish on 9 May. Champions will get the title of ‘candidates for masters’.
Elmir Aliyev
News.Az
