Karaganda chess player won three medals at the World Championship

The World Chess Championship among athletes with musculoskeletal disorders was held in India at the International Center in Dona Paula, one of the districts of Panaji, the capital of the Indian state of Goa. 89 athletes from 15 federations participated. Alimzhan Ayapov, a 20-year-old from Karaganda, played in the national team and won three medals.

– In the blitz in the "20 years and younger" category, the Karaganda athlete took second place with a score of six out of nine possible points, losing only to last year's champion Mikhail Denisena from Belarus. In rapid, with six wins, two draws and one loss, Alimzhan became the second among men. And in the classics, scoring seven out of nine points, he won the bronze medal in the adult category," said coach Viktor Maksimenko.

There were only four athletes in the national team. In the unofficial team competition, a quartet of chess players from Kazakhstan took third place, following Russia and India. The team has won five silver and two bronze medals. Alimzhan Ayapov made a great contribution to this success.

According to the press service of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the Karaganda region