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Azerbaijan’s junior chess team head coach Nijat Mammadov has assessed the squad’s performance at the European Championship. Speaking to the Azerbaijan Chess Federation’s official website, he said the team had prepared seriously for the tournament and that this was reflected in its results.
Mammadov singled out Narmin Abdinova, who won all nine games in the girls’ under-18 competition. The head coach said Abdinova gave her opponents no opportunities throughout the tournament.
Azerbaijani chess players win three medals
The head coach said Tunar Davudov and Selin Mammadova showed determination through the final round and won medals. He described Azerbaijan’s place among the top five of 42 countries as evidence of the strength of the country’s chess school. He added that the World Championship was coming up and that the European Championship success would motivate the young players.
Narmin Abdinova beat FIDE representative Lizaveta Liashkevich in the ninth round and finished the tournament with nine points. In the boys’ under-18 competition, Tunar Davudov defeated Poland’s Pawel Sowinski in the final round, took his tally to seven points and won the silver medal.
In the girls’ under-8 competition, Selin Mammadova beat Turkey’s Eliz Karahan to claim bronze.
