Russian Grebnev became world chess champion among children under 18 years of age ahead of schedule – Rossiyskaya Gazeta

On Thursday, in the tenth round, Grebnev faced Indian representative Vuppala Pranit and achieved victory. After that, his score became 9.5 points. Grebnev became unreachable for competitors and won the world champion title ahead of schedule.

The final round of the competition will take place on Friday. In second place is another Russian, Volodar Murzin.

Alexey Grebnev’s success was commented on by the president of the Russian Chess Federation, Andrey Filatov.

“Congratulations on the excellent victory of Alexey Grebnev, who ahead of schedule became the world champion in such a prestigious tournament and who also won the Asian Championship this year. The fact that he triumphantly won all games except one and did not suffer “A single defeat speaks of his enormous potential. I am happy for his coaches and congratulate everyone on another great victory for Russian chess!” – the press service of the federation quotes him.