Alexandra Obolentseva wins the Russian U8 chess championship
Report by Chessdom.com

Alexandra Obolentseva, one of the top world girls talents, won the Russian U8 championship. The competition took place in Kostroma and finished on June 1st, Children’s day holiday. A total of 143 young players participated in the event. With seven victories and two draws Obolentseva finished top of the table.

Nikolai Golovin, the coach of Obolentseva shared with kp.ru, “Of course it was a difficult victory. In the last round she had to play against the winner of last year. We had very little time to prepare after the participation at the World School Chess Championship in Thessaloniki.”

Her mother, Liudmila Obolentseva, was also happy, “This is a result of her work and love of chess.”

Alexandra shared her secret, “I have a talisman named after Judit Polgar, she helped me a lot.”

Source: Chessdom.com

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