Ian Nepomniachtchi wins Russian Men's Chess Superfinal 2010

Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010

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Hello Everyone,

Congratulations to Ian Nepomniachtchi for winning the Russian Championship!

Sergey Karjakin lost the last game of the Russian Men's Chess Superfinal missing a clear first. All he needed was a draw against Vladimir Malakhaov. The loss forced him to go for an Armageddon tiebreak with Ian Nepomniachtchi. They drew the first two games of the playoff. But in the third and final game - (with Karjakin having White and six minutes while Ian having draw odds and 5 minutes) - Karjakin drew. You can find more details at the official website of www.russiachess.org.

All the other games were drawn in the last round. Here is a video of the Armageddon we found at www.chessbase.com.

And, the final standings:

1. Nepomniachtchi, Ian GM 2720, 7
2. Karjakin, Sergey GM 2760, 7
3. Grischuk, Alexander GM 2771, 6.5
4. Svidler, Peter GM 2722, 6.5
5. Malakhov, Vladimir GM 2712, 5,5
6. Vitiugov, Nikita GM 2709, 5.5
7. Potkin, Vladimir GM 2646, 5.0
8. Jakovenko, Dmitry GM 2726, 5.0
9. Kurnosov, Igor GM 2676, 5.0
10. Tomashevsky, Evgeny GM 2699, 5.0
11. Khismatullin, Denis GM 2659, 4.0
12. Zvjaginsev, Vadim GM 2676, 4.0

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Russian Men's Chess Superfinal-Karjakin leads with one round to go

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In the playing hall.

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The Russian Men's Chess Superfinal is interestingly poised with one round to go. Sergey Karjakin leads with seven points. He beat Evgeny Tomashevsky in Round 10. One more round is to be played. Karjakin is closely followed by Ian Nepomniachtchi at 6.5 points. Peter Svidler and Alexander Grischuk are right behind at 6 points each. You can keep track of the championship at the official website of the tournament at www.russiachess.org.

Round 10 results

Karjakin, Sergey	- Tomashevsky, Evgeny	1-0
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Svidler, Peter	½
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Zvjaginsev, Vadim	1-0
Grischuk, Alexander	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½
Kurnosov, Igor	- Malakhov, Vladimir	½
Khismatullin, Denis	- Potkin, Vladimir	½

Standings after 10 rounds

1.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	2760	7
2.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	2720	6½
3-4.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	2771	6
3-4.	Svidler, Peter	g	2722	6
5.	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	2709	5
6-10.	Potkin, Vladimir	g	2646	4½
6-10.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	2726	4½
6-10.	Kurnosov, Igor	g	2676	4½
6-10.	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	2699	4½
6-10.	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	2712	4½
11-12.	Khismatullin, Denis	g	2659	3½
11-12.	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	2676	3½

Here are two nice games from Round 10. You can run the moves in our pgnplayer or watch in flash below.

PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Nd8 12. c3 c5 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Re8 16. Bc2 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. a4 Bf8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Bd3 Qd7 22. b3 d5 23. e5 Ne4 24. Nf3 Bc6 25. Qc2 Qb7 26. Be3 Bd7 27. Ra1 Rc8 28. Qe2 Ra8 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Rc2 b4 31. Nd4 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 g6 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Qc4 Qc8 35. Qd5 Be6 36. Qxe4 Qd7 37. Nxe6 Qxe6 38. Qa8 Qxe5 39. Bh6 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. g3 Qd6 42. Kg2 f5 43. Qxf8+ Qxf8 44. Bxf8 Kxf8 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. Ke3 Kd6 47. Kd4 g5 48. Kc4 1-0




PGN: 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. h4 f5 11. O-O-O h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e4 g6 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Rg1 Nf6 16. g4 fxg4 17. Nh2 h5 18. f3 Ne5 19. fxg4 hxg4 20. Ne4 Qg7 21. Be2 d5 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Nxg4 Rg6 24. h5 Rxg4 25. Bxg4 Nxg4 26. Qg2 e5 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qd3+ Kh8 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Rd6 Bf5 32. Qxa8 Qc7 33. Rxg4 Bxg4 34. Qd8 Qxc4+ 35. Kd2 Qe2+ 36. Kc3 Qe3+ 37. Kb4 Qf4+ 38. Ka5 b6+ 39. Ka6 Qf7 40. b4 Be2+ 41. b5 1-0




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Russian Men's Chess Superfinal - Nepomniachtchi beats Svidler in R9, joins Karjakin in lead

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GM Ian Nepomniachtchi

Hello Everyone,

Round 9 saw Ian Nepomniachtchi beat Peter Svidler forcing the latter to drop to shared third place. Now Sergey Karjakin and Ian lead jointly with two more rounds to go at the 63rd Russian Championship Superfinal being currently played in Moscow.

The Superfinal of the 63rd Russian Chess Championship for men is held in Moscow at the Central Chess Club, from 10 to 22 December. Alexander Grischuk (2771) defends his title against Sergei Karjakin (2760), Dmitry Jakovenko (2726), Peter Svidler (2722), Ian Nepomniachtchi (2722), Vladimir Malakhov (2720), Nikita Vitiugov (2709), Evgeny Tomashevsky (2699), Igor Kurnosov (2676), Vadim Zvjaginsev (2676), Denis Khismatullin (2659) and Vladimir Potkin (2646). The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes to end of the game with 30 second increment.

Here is the nice game from Round 9 that you can watch in flash below or run the moves through the pgnplayer. Enjoy.

PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Qb4+ 11. Kd1 Nb6 12. b3 Bg7 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Kc2 c5 16. h4 d5 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Bxg7 Qxd2+ 19. Nxd2 Kxg7 20. Ne4 Nd7 21. Rd1 Bb7 22. Nc3 Nf6 23. f3 Rfe8 24. Bd3 a5 25. Rhe1 Bc6 26. Nb5 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Rxe8 Nxe8 29. Kb2 Kh6 30. Be2 Ng7 31. Ka3 Nf5 32. Ka4 Nxh4 33. Bf1 Nf5 34. Kxa5 Ne3 35. Nxc7 Nxf1 36. Kb6 Bd7 37. Nd5 Kg7 38. a4 Bc8 39. Ne7 1-0




Round 9 results

Karjakin, Sergey	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	1/2-1/2
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Svidler, Peter	1-0
Zvjaginsev, Vadim	- Grischuk, Alexander	1/2-1/2
Potkin, Vladimir	- Vitiugov, Nikita	1/2-1/2
Malakhov, Vladimir	- Khismatullin, Denis	1/2-1/2
Tomashevsky, Evgeny	- Kurnosov, Igor	1/2-1/2

Standings after 9 rounds

1-2.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	2760	6
1-2.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	2720	6
3-4.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	2771	5½
3-4.	Svidler, Peter	g	2722	5½
5.	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	2699	4½
6.	Potkin, Vladimir	g	2646	4
7.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	2726	4
8.	Kurnosov, Igor	g	2676	4
9.	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	2709	4
10.	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	2712	4
11.	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	2676	3½
12.	Khismatullin, Denis	g	2659	3

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Russian Men's Chess Superfinal - Karjakin catches up with Svidler to jointly lead again after R8

Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010

The playing hall. Photo: Yana Melnikova/www.russiachess.org

Hello Everyone,

Even though Peter Svidler had surged ahead by half point in Round 6, Sergey Karjakin has caught up with him again by Round 8. The official website www.russiachess.org has a great live broadcast of games and lots of photos for you to check out.

Round 8 results

Grischuk, Alexander	- Potkin, Vladimir	½
Svidler, Peter	- Zvjaginsev, Vadim	½
Kurnosov, Igor	- Karjakin, Sergey	0-1
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Malakhov, Vladimir	0-1
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½
Khismatullin, Denis	- Tomashevsky, Evgeny	½

Standings after 8 rounds

1.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	2760	5½
2.	Svidler, Peter	g	2722	5½
3.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	2771	5
4.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	2720	5
5.	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	2699	4
6.	Potkin, Vladimir	g	2646	3½
7.	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	2709	3½
8.	Kurnosov, Igor	g	2676	3½
9.	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	2712	3½
10.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	2726	3½
11.	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	2676	3
12.	Khismatullin, Denis	g	2659	2½

Earlier, in Round 7 the results were as follows:

Round 7 results

Tomashevsky, Evgeny	- Vitiugov, Nikita	½
Karjakin, Sergey	- Khismatullin, Denis	½
Kurnosov, Igor	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	1-0
Potkin, Vladimir	- Svidler, Peter	½
Malakhov, Vladimir	- Grischuk, Alexander	0-1
Zvjaginsev, Vadim	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	0-1

Here is an interesting game from Round 8. You can run the moves in our pgnplayer or watch in flash below.

PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Ne2 b6 12. Rd1 Ba6 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nf5 Be2 16. Rd2 Bc4 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Nd5 Rc8 19. b3 c6 20. Ne3 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Bb2 g6 23. Rd1+ Kc7 24. f3 Bh6 25. Kf2 a5 26. a4 b5 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Nd5+ Kc6 29. Nc3 Bf8 30. Rd8 c4 31. Ke2 b4 32. Ne4 cxb3 33. cxb3 Bg7 34. Rd6+ Kb5 35. Rd3 Bh6 36. Kd1 Ra8 37. Kc2 Rc8+ 38. Kb1 Rc7 39. g4 Bf4 40. Nd6+ Ka6 41. Ne8 Rd7 42. Rxd7 Bxd7 43. Nf6 Be6 44. gxh5 Bxb3 45. Bc1 Bxc1 46. Kxc1 gxh5 47. f4 a4 48. f5 a3 49. Nd7 Bd5 50. e6 fxe6 51. f6 e5 52. Nxe5 b3 53. f7 b2+ 54. Kc2 Be4+ 55. Kd2 b1=Q 56. f8=Q Qc2+ 57. Ke3 a2 58. Qd6+ Kb5 59. Qb8+ Kc5 60. Nd7+ Kc6 61. Ne5+ Kd5 62. Nf7 Qc3+ 63. Kf4 Qf6+ 0-1

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Russian Men's Chess Superfinal - Svidler leads with half point after six rounds

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Grandmaster Peter Svidler.

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Hello Everyone,

Interesting chess is on in Moscow at the Russian Men's Superfinal. In the sixth round Svidler won his game against Vladimir Malakhov while Dmitry Jakovenko held Sergey Karjakin to a draw. This gave Peter Svidler a half-point lead over the others.

You can access the official website at www.russiachess.org.

Round 6 results

Svidler, Peter - Malakhov, Vladimir 1-0
Grischuk, Alexander - Tomashevsky, Evgeny ½
Nepomniachtchi, Ian - Potkin, Vladimir ½
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Zvjaginsev, Vadim ½
Vitiugov, Nikita - Karjakin, Sergey ½
Khismatullin, Denis - Kurnosov, Igor ½

Standings after 6 rounds

1. Svidler, Peter 2722 4½
2. Karjakin, Sergey 2760 4
3-4. Grischuk, Alexander 2771 3½
3-4. Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2720 3½
5-7. Tomashevsky, Evgeny 2699 3
5-7. Vitiugov, Nikita 2709 3
5-7. Jakovenko, Dmitry 2726 3
8-11. Potkin, Vladimir 2646 2½
8-11. Malakhov, Vladimir 2712 2½
8-11. Kurnosov, Igor 2676 2½
8-11. Zvjaginsev, Vadim 2676 2½
12. Khismatullin, Denis 2659 1½

Here is an interesting game from Round 6 which you can enjoy in the flashplayer below. Maybe, you would prefer to run the moves through our pgnplayer.

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Russian Men's Chess Superfinal-Svidler, Karjakin keep lead after five rounds

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Grandmaster Peter Svidler.

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Hello Everyone,


Nothing much happening in the snow in Moscow where the Russian Men's Superfinal is on. Peter Svidler and Sergey Karjakin maintained their joint lead of the previous round into the fifth round too. All games were draw in Round 5. You can check the official website at www.russiachess.org. 


Round 5 results


Karjakin, Sergey - Grischuk, Alexander ½
Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Svidler, Peter ½
Khismatullin, Denis - Jakovenko, Dmitry ½
Kurnosov, Igor - Vitiugov, Nikita ½
Potkin, Vladimir - Zvjaginsev, Vadim ½
Malakhov, Vladimir - Nepomniachtchi, Ian ½


Standings after Round 5


1. Karjakin, Sergey 2760 3½
2. Svidler, Peter 2722 3½
3. Grischuk, Alexander 2771 3
4. Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2720 3
5. Malakhov, Vladimir 2712 2½
6. Tomashevsky, Evgeny 2699 2½
7. Jakovenko, Dmitry 2726 2½
8. Vitiugov, Nikita 2709 2½
9. Kurnosov, Igor 2676 2
10. Potkin, Vladimir 2646 2
11. Zvjaginsev, Vadim 2676 2
12. Khismatullin, Denis 2659 1


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Russian Men's Chess Superfinal-Svidler, Karjakin lead after four rounds

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The Russian Men's Superfinal in progress in Moscow.

Hi Everybody,



Quite like the Russian Women's Superfinal 2010, the men's Superfinal is possibly the strongest national championship in the world. You can catch lot of info and live broadcast at the official website here.



Standings after Round 4

1-2. Karjakin, Sergey g 2760 3
1-2. Svidler, Peter g 2722 3
3-4. Grischuk, Alexander g 2771 2½
3-4. Nepomniachtchi, Ian g 2720 2½
5-8. Jakovenko, Dmitry g 2726 2
5-8. Malakhov, Vladimir g 2712 2
5-8. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g 2699 2
5-8. Vitiugov, Nikita g 2709 2
9-11. Potkin, Vladimir g 2646 1½
9-11. Kurnosov, Igor g 2676 1½
9-11. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g 2676 1½
12. Khismatullin, Denis g 2659 ½

Here are some interesting games played so far. You can run them in our pgnplayer or watch in flash below. Enjoy.

PGN: 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. e3 Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qc2 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. e4 c6 15. f4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Nd5 17. Rd1 Nb4 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. a3 Nd5 20. Qc2 Nf6 21. h3 Be6 22.Na4 Qa7 23. Bd2 Rad8 24. Bc3 Nh5 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Kh2 Rxa4 27. f5 Rc4 28. Qe2 Bd5 0-1





PGN: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qe3 Qd8 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. f4 Qa5 15. g4 b5 16. g5 b4 17. Nce2 Qc5 18. h4 a5 19. Qf3 Rfc8 20. Rc1 a4 21. c4 bxc3 22. Rxc3 Qb6 23. Rhc1 Rc5 24. Rxc5 dxc5 25. Nc2 Rb8 26. Qc3 Bb5 27. Ng3 Bd3 28. Ka1 c4 29. a3 Qf2 30. Qe5 Rb3 31. Nh5 Bf8 32. Nb4 Qf3 33. Nxd3 Rxd3 0-1






PGN: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bd7 9. Bg2 O-O-O 10. O-O f5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Bh3 Bc7 14. Rb1 Kb8 15. b4 cxb3 16. Nxb3 Ne7 17. Nfd2 Qc6 18. Nc5 Nf5 19. Ndb3 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 b6 21. a4 Bc8 22. a5 e5 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ba3 Nh4 25. Bg2 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Rde8 27. Na4 exd4 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. cxd4 Re6 30. Bc5 b5 31. Nc3 Ba6 32. Nxb5 Bxb5 33. Qxb5+ Qxb5 34. Rxb5+ Kc8 35. Bf8 Bb6 36. Rxd5 1-0





PGN: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nd5 b5 12. Bb3 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Qc7 14. c3 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Bf6 16. Red1 Rfd8 17. a4 Ne7 18. Qd3 Qc6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. h4 h6 22. Bg5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Rd8 24. gxf6 gxf6 25. Nh2 d5 26. Ng4 d4 27. Qg3 Ng6 28. Qf3 Kg7 29. Ne3 Ne7 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Qh4 Kg7 32. Rd3 Qb6 33. cxd4 exd4 34. Qg4+ Kf8 35. Qd1 Ke8 36. Qh5 Rd6 37. Qh8+ Kd7 38. Ng4 Qc6 39. e5 Ng6 40. Nxf6+ Ke6 41. Qh3+ Kxe5 42. Ng4+ Kd5 43. Rd1 Qe8 44. Qf3+ Qe4 45. Qxf7+ Qe6 46. Ne3+ Ke5 47. Ng4+ Kd5 48. Qb7+ Kc4 49. Rc1+ 1-0








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