Kaluga chess players took medals of the championship of the Central Federal District

Young athletes from Kaluga and Sosensky successfully performed at the championship of the Central Federal District in chess, which gathered more than 500 participants.

The competition was held in Ivanovo. 517 chess players from 17 regions of the Central Federal District under the age of 19 fought for the awards.

In classical chess among participants up to 11 years, the victory was won by Polina Baskakova, a pupil of sports school No. 5 Kaluga. The bronze award in the same age group was given to Eva Goruleva from the chess club Logic. Another first place in the classic program was won by Yana Vaganova from the cultural and leisure center "Prometheus" (Sosenssky). She became the best among chess players before the age of 15.

Representatives of the Kaluga region also distinguished themselves in the chess composition tournament. Sofia Koroleva from the Logic club won a gold medal in the under-13 category. Anna Circumnova, representing sports school No. 5, became a silver medalist among the participants under the age of 19.

As told earlier “MK in Kaluga”, Kaluga fighter won the silver of the world championship.