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Young chess players of Uzbekistan brought home five medals from Spain

Young chess players of Uzbekistan brought home five medals from Spain

Young chess players from Uzbekistan won five medals at the FIDE World Championship for players aged 7 to 17, which took place in Spain. The national team's tally includes one gold, three silver, and one bronze award.

Lazizabonu Komiljonova became the world champion among girls under 13. She took first place in her age category.

Three more representatives of Uzbekistan became silver medalists. Saifuddin Erkinboev took second place among boys under 9 years old, Sarvinoz Begmuratova among U13 girls, and Akbar Mustafakulov among U11 boys.

Khusnorakhon Khusnitdinova won the bronze medal among girls under 11 years old.

Other members of the national team also showed decent results. Aminabonu Zokhirova took fifth place among girls under 9 years old, and Fazliddin Farkhodov finished seventh among boys in the same age category.

Earlier, seven-year-old chess player from Uzbekistan Mukhammadyusuf Bakhromov won a gold medal at the Asian Schools Chess Championship, scoring 8 points out of a possible 9.

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