4 May 2015
No lead changes in the Premier League
St. Petersburg took the sole lead in the women's event.
In the round 4 of the Russian Chess Premier League, which is played in the famous Grand Hotel Zhemchuzhina in Sochi, University (Belorechensk) defeated Lada (Samara Region) 4-2, and Siberia (Novosibirsk) crushed SHSM (Moscow) 4.5-1.5. There two teams continue to lead the race with completely equal score: both have 8 match points and 15 board points. Their individual encounter is due in the next round.
Other matches ended as follows: Kazan lost to Bronze Horseman 2-4, Malachite defeated Yamal 4-2.
Standings after 4 rounds:
1-2. University and Siberia – both 8 (15), 3. Bronze Hourseman – 6 (16), 4. Malachite – 4 (13), 5. Lada – 2 (10.5), 6. SHSM – 2 (10), 7. Kazan – 1 (9), 8. Yamal – 1 (7.5).
Pairings of the round 5:
University-Siberia, SHSM-Kazan, Bronze Horseman-Malachite, Yamal-Lada.
In the women's championship SDYUSSHOR (St. Petersburg) defeated University (Belorechensk) 3-1 and took a sole lead in the event. Boavista (Moscow) drew with SHSM (Moscow) 2-2, Ugra (Khanty-Mansiysk) crushed Glek Academy 4-0, Ladja (Kazan) lost to Grozny (Chechen Republic) 1.5-2.5, Donchanka (Rostov) defeated Kuban (Krasnodar) 2.5-1.5.
Standings after 4 rounds:
1. SDYUSSHOR SHSH – 7 (11.5), 2. Boavista – 6 (11), 3. Ugra – 5 (10.5), 4. SHSM – 5 (9.5), 5. University – 5 (8.5), 6. Grozny – 4 (8), 7. Kazan – 3 (7.5), 8. Glek Academy – 3 (4.5), 9. Donchanka – 2 (6), 10. Kuban – 0 (3).
Pairings of the round 5:
SDYUSSHOR SHSH-Ugra, University-Boavista, SHSM-Grozny, Donchanka-Glek Academy, Kuban-Kazan.
Chess-Results:
Special Chess Pavilion is opened on the beach of the Grand Hotel, hosting various chess events, master classes, etc. Currently it hosts master classes and simuls of grandmaster Ilya Smirin.
