Daniil Dubov and Vladimir Fedoseev Lead Russian Championship Superfinal

Alina Kashlinskaya heads the women’s event.

On December 4, round 2 of the Russian Championships Superfinals among men and Women was played in the State Museum of Political History of Russia in Saint Petersburg.  

In the open tournament, Peter Svidler lost to Daniil Dubov, Vladimir Fedoseev defeated Evgeny Tomashevsky, while Nikita Vitiugov bested Evgeny Romanov. The games Inarkiev - Volkov, Riazantsev - Malakhov, and Sjugirov - Matlakov were drawn. 



Standings after round 2:

1-2. Vladimir Fedoseev, Daniil Dubov - 2 
3. Nikita Vitiugov - 1.5 
4-7. Maxim Matlakov, Ernesto Inarkiev, Vladimir Malakhov, Sanan Sjugirov - 1
8-12. Sergey Volkov, Peter Svidler, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Evgeny Romanov - 0.5. 

Round 3 pairings:

Matlakov - Inarkiev, Fedoseev - Sjugirov, Malakhov - Tomashevsky, Vitiugov - Riazantsev, Dubov - Romanov, Volkov - Svidler.

In the women’s section, Alina Kashlinskaya outplayed Oksana Gritsayeva, Aleksandra Goryachkina defeated Olga Girya, Valentina Gunina bested Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, while Natalija Pogonina won against Marina Nechaeva. The games Ovod - Goryachkina and Shuvalova - Bodnaruk. 



Standings after round 2:

1. Alina Kashlinskaya - 2 
2-4. Natalija Pogonina, Alisa Galliamova, Aleksandra Goryachkina - 1.5 
5-9. Marina Nechaeva, Valentina Gunina, Olga Girya, Evgenija Ovod, Anastasia Bodnaruk - 1
10. Polina Shuvalova - 0.5 
11-12. Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, Oksana Gritsayeva - 0.

Round 3 pairings:

Girya - Pogonina, Bodnaruk - Goryachkina, Galliamova - Shuvalova, Gunina - Ovod, Gritsayeva - Kovalevskaya, Nechaeva - Kashlinskaya.

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