Moldovan speaker meets men's chess team

Chisinau, August 15 /MOLDPRES/- Speaker Igor Grosu today greeted the male chess team of the Republic of Moldova, which ranked sixth at the World Olympics, achieving the best ranking in history for our country, the parliament's communications and public relations department has reported.

The team members shared with the head of the Legislature their experience in Chennai, India, where they had as their opponent the multiple world champion Magnus Carlsen with whom our player, Ivan Schitco, achieved an honorable draw.

The speaker sent congratulations to coach Ruslan Soltanici, players Andrei Macovei, Vladimir Hamițevici, Iulian Baltag, Ivan Schițco and Dragoș Cereș and thanks for the dedication and joy they brought to all chess lovers and not only from the Republic of Moldova.

"Out of 188 teams that participated, to rank sixth is an extraordinary performance", he said.

Also, the official congratulated the women's team from the Republic of Moldova, which ranked 66th.

"We certainly witnessed a golden week for Moldovan sports. The Moldovan canoeist Serghei Tarnovschi won the gold medal at the distance of 5000 meters at the World Canoe Championship in Halifax, the young wrestler Cătălin Spînu became the European champion in freestyle wrestling, and the judoka Mihail Latîşev won the World Championship in Ecuador. Moldova - a small country with valuable people", he said.

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