The Montenegrin chess team achieved victories in the third round of the European Team Championship in Georgia.
The men's chess players defeated the Israeli team, which has been at the top of European chess for years, while the women's chess players were better than Monaco.
Katarina Đukić achieved the victory on her debut in the national team.
Dragan Kosić's team played an outstanding match, and the epithet of hero went to grandmaster Denis Kadrić, who defeated Maksim Rodštejn with black pieces in a duel on the first board.
Kadrić created a promising position, and turned Rodštejn's mistake into a victory, the first in this competition after two initial draws.
Nikita Petrov drew the third game, this time with Ido Gorštejn.
Debutant Nemanja Vukčević drew with grandmaster Avital Borčovski after precise play.
Grandmaster Luka Drašković stayed at the board the longest, and after a great fight, practically down to bare kings, he drew with his title-winning colleague, Jahli Sokolovski, with precise play.
A big victory for the Montenegrin team, their second in the championship, after a minimal defeat at the start against the defending champion, the Serbian national team.
The successful day was completed by the female chess players who defeated the Monaco team 2,5-1,5, in a duel that will be especially remembered by the debutant, Katarina Đukić.
The daughter of grandmaster Nikola Đukić played a great game, and in the end she achieved victory with a checkmate combination.
Aleksandra Milović also achieved victory, as she skillfully used the advantage she gained in the opening set and won the entire match against Martina Dubois.
Aleksandra Žerebcova's draw on the first board confirmed the victory of the Montenegrin team, which was not spoiled by Alena Skvortsova's defeat.
Tomorrow is the fourth round.
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