On June 9, the FIDE World U8-18 Rapid and Blitz participants had a rest day.

Three interesting activities were held during the rest day.

1. The participants visited Batumi Botanical Garden, learned a lot of interesting things about it and got acquainted with Georgian culture.

Batumi Botanical Garden is characterized by specific and diverse physical-geographical conditions. Since 1998, the Batumi Botanical Garden has become a member of the International Plant Protection Council (BGCI) of the worlds botanical gardens.

2. Second World Championship in solving chess compositions.

The event was divided into 3 age categories among boys and girls under 10, 14 and 18 years. Each participant had 90 minutes. The participants solved 8 compositions (3 two-moves; 3 three-moves and 2 etudes).

3. International Blitz Tournament - Nesis Cup 2023.

The tournaments were held in 9 rounds according to the Swiss system. Time control: 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move starting from the move In the event 32 chess players participated.

Tournament winner among open category:

1. Murzin, Volodar

2. Maghalashvili, Davit

3. Kobalia, Mikhail

4. Amonatov, Farrukh

5. Jojua, Davit

Tournament winner among women category:

1. Nikoladze, Sopio

2. Ziaziulkina, Nastassia

3. Bodnaruk, Kseniya

4. Beridze, Tinatin

5. Vlasova, Nataliya

On June 10 at 3 PM local time, the World Blitz Championship will start at Euphoria Hotel in Batumi.

Official page of the event

https://batumi2023.fide.com/

Pairings and Results

https://chess-results.com/tnr772015.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=3&flag=30