Six young chess players from the city of Ashgabat and Mary, Dashoguz, Lebap velayats will represent Turkmenistan at the World Cadet Chess Championships starting today in the Italian city of Montesilvano .

The prestigious tournament brought together 716 schoolchildren from 80 countries, who will compete for medals in three age categories – U8, U10 and U12 – in 11 rounds according to the Swiss system.

In the youngest of them – up to 8 years old – our country will be represented by Charyhekim Charyev from Ashgabat and Aylar Hemrayeva from Mary, in the middle – up to 10 years – Omarbek Ismailov from the Shabat etrap of the Dashoguz velayat and bronze medalist of the 2024 World Blitz Championship under 10 in Albania Aya Bayramova from Turkmenabat, and in the senior – under 12 – Rauf  Yusupov from Mary and Nebahat Muradova from Turkmenabat.

Kurbangeldy Amangeldyev, Ashir Ashirov (both from Ashgabat) and Hairulla Haitbaev from Dashoguz trained turkmen chess players for the world championship as coaches.

The World Cadet Chess Championships will end on November 26.