Turkmen chess player Leila Shohradova won a bronze medal at the World Chess Championship held in Batumi. This is reported by the Internet publication "Turkmenistan: Golden Age".
The competition was held in the Rapid technique. Leyla scored 8 points out of 11 possible points, second only to athletes from Russia and Belarus.
Leila is also competing for a medal in the "blitz" format, where each player has 3 minutes to spare and 2 seconds are added for each move. At the moment, the athlete is in 8th place, but she plans to improve her position by the end of the tournament.
About 500 chess players from 35 countries aged from 8 to 18 take part in the World Chess Championship. Turkmenistan is represented by twelve best chess players, including 6 girls and 6 boys. Honored coach of Turkmenistan S. Annaberdiev and the head of the team S. Annaberdiev are engaged in training of young athletes. Annaberdiev and team leader S. Jumaguliyeva.
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