The 3rd FIDE World Cadets Rapid & Blitz Championships among boys and girls under 8, 10 and 12 years old have finished in Minsk (Belarus), on June 18. 635 young chess players from 35 federations took part in the World Cadets Blitz Championships. Two players Aleksandr E. Usov from Russia (Open U-10) and Yeganegi Barad from Iran showed perfect score in the tournament 9/9.
First Deputy Minister of Sports and Tourism Vyacheslav Durnov, FIDE Vice-president Lukasz Turlej and FIDE Vice-president, Head of the Belorussian Chess Federation Anastasia Sorokina delivered speeches at the closing ceremony. The winners of all categories were awarded cups, medals and presents. The organizers of the Championships are the National Olympic Committee of Belarus Republic, Ministry of Sport and Tourism of Belarus republic, Belorussian Chess Federation, chess school FIDE Belarus, President’s sports club of Belarus.
| Girls, U8 | |||
| 1 | Diana Preobrazhenskaya | RUS | 8,5 |
| 2 | Tong Thai Hoang An | VIE | 7,5 |
| 3 | Mai Chi Nguyen | VIE | 7,5 |
| Girls U10 | |||
| 1 | Afruza Khamdamova | UZB | 8 |
| 2 | Evgeniia Satanovskaia | RUS | 8 |
| 3 | Ngoc Vy Ho | VIE | 8 |
| Girls U12 | |||
| 1 | Yana Zhapova | RUS | 8 |
| 2 | Klara Szczotka | POL | 7 |
| 3 | Milana Babic | BIH | 7 |
| Open U8 | |||
| 1 | Barad Yeganegi | IRI | 9 |
| 2 | Savva Tereschenko | RUS | 8 |
| 3 | Maxim Tsoy | KAZ | 7,5 |
| Open U10 | |||
| 1 | Aleksandr E. Usov | RUS | 9 |
| 2 | Pavel Boykov | RUS | 8 |
| 3 | Savva Vetokhin | RUS | 7,5 |
| Open U12 | |||
| 1 | Erdem Khubukshanov | RUS | 7,5 |
| 2 | Gleb Pidluznij | LTU | 7,5 |
| 3 | Dmitriy Mochalov | RUS | 7,5 |
Photos: Niki Riga
