Oleksii Nakonechnyi, a 10-year-old chess player from Truskavets, won the U10 World Cadet Rapid Chess Championship in Albania, defeating Russian champion Roman Shogdzhiev, who participated in the tournament as a neutral player. The International Chess Federation (FIDE) hosted the competition in cooperation with the Albanian Chess Federation, bringing together over 300 participants from 43 countries. The tournament took place from April 25-29. Oleksii Nakonechnyi played against 11 opponents, winning seven games and drawing four. Oleksii’s father, Ihor Nakonechnyi, told Ukrainska Pravda that he a…