Judo tournament, friendly volleyball matches, and a chess master class: the sports program is taking place in Minsk as part of the Days of Nizhny Novgorod.

      The judo tournament, friendly volleyball matches, and a chess master class: the sports program is taking place in Minsk as part of the Days of Nizhny Novgorod, which was officially opened the day before by the head of the city, Yuri Shalabaev, along with the leadership of the Belarusian capital. As reported by the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the Nizhny Novgorod Administration, within the framework of the judo tournament, athletes from the Nizhny Novgorod Olympic reserve sports school in sambo and judo and representatives of the Minsk city center for Olympic reserve martial arts took to the tatami. At the opening of the competitions, the director of Nizhny Novgorod's sports department, Anton Ermakov, noted: "This match between the teams of Minsk and Nizhny Novgorod has international status. I am sure that for the athletes it will become an important vector for development on the path to high achievements." The matches were held in fierce competition. As a result of the tournament, our athletes won against the "Minsk-2" team with a score of 5:0, but lost to the "Minsk-1" team with a score of 1:4. The outcome – a well-deserved second place. "The atmosphere of the tournament was friendly! We could have won – all matches were equal, but we lost on points. There is work to be done!" said the coach of the Nizhny Novgorod team, Alexander Mokeichev. The volleyball players of the Nizhny Novgorod Olympic reserve sports school No. 4 held friendly matches with the volleyball club "Minsk". The matches turned out to be dynamic and tense, with all teams showing a worthy level of preparation. The results of the Nizhny Novgorod teams: boys' team — 1:2; girls' team — 2:1. For the young Nizhny Novgorod chess players of sports school No. 9, a master class was held by Belarusian chess master Sergey Mikhailovsky. After the class, the kids consolidated their knowledge in a training blitz tournament with Minsk athletes from the SDYUSHOR in chess and checkers. "At the master class, Sergey Mikhailovsky talked about psychological preparation, analyzed his games, and communicated with the kids. The blitz tournament took place in a warm atmosphere — there were many interesting opponents at the boards," noted the coach of the Nizhny Novgorod team, Svetlana Viflehemskaya. As a result of the training blitz tournament, our athletes occupied the entire podium: first place was taken by Nikolai Chelyadinov — 9 points; second place went to Timofey Goryachev — 8.5 points; third place was taken by Rostislav Morozov — 8 points.

      Let us remind you that the head of Nizhny Novgorod, Yuri Shalabaev, and the chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee, Vladimir Kukharev, signed a new roadmap for cooperation for 2026-2028. The signing ceremony took place as part of the Days of Nizhny Novgorod in Minsk. The document outlines the main areas of joint work and provides for the implementation of more than 40 joint projects and events.

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