Memorial to the late Kazan grandmaster Valery Petrovich Yandemirov (who worked for several years as a coach at the Naberezhnye Chelny Chess Club) - the stage of the Russian Children's Chess Cup was held in Kazan from March 20 to 28.
Albert Mukhametzyanov, a pupil of the Étude Secondary School, took the lead in the boys' group up to 9 years old (coaches Ramil Khusnullin and Igor Knyazev). Danis Khabibullin from Naberezhnye Chelny (coached by Jalil Sultanov and Eduard Ashiyev) won a bronze medal in this group.
Kira Gainetdinova (coaches - Ramil Khusnullin and Igor Knyazev) She became the third in the girls' U-9 tournament. Alexander Sungatullin (coach - Natalia Goncharova) won the silver medal in the under-15 tournament. Azaliya Kamalieva (coach - Ramzia Samusenko) took the third place among girls under 15 years of age.