Daniil Dubov Takes the Lead at Russian Championship Superfinal

Oksana Gritsayeva pulls ahead in the women's event.

 
The fourth round of the Russian Championship Superfinals was played on August 28th in Satka. 

In the open event, Daniil Dubov beat Denis Khismatullin, while Dmitry Jakovenko lost to Mikhail Kobala. The games Andreikin - Nepomniachtchi, Tomashevsky - Oparin, Fedoseev - Sarana, and Vitiugov - Inarkiev were drawn.



Standings after round 4:

1. Daniil Dubov - 3
2-5. Vladimir Fedoseev, Dmitry Andreikin, Grigoriy Oparin, Mikhail Kobalia - 2.5
6-8. Ernesto Inarkiev, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Alexey Sarana - 2
9-11. Dmitry Jakovenko, Nikita Vitiugov, Ian Nepomniactchi - 1.5 
12. Denis Khismatullin - 0.5. 

Round 5 pairings:

Jakovenko - Khismatullin, Nepomniachtchi - Kobalia, Sarana - Andreikin, Oparin - Fedoseev, Inarkiev - Tomashevsky, Dubov - Vitiugov

In the women's section, Alexandra Kosteniuk defeated Elena Tomilova, Alexandra Goryachkina outplayed Polina Shuvalova, Natalija Pogonina bested Anastasiya Protopopova, Olga Girya beat Alina Kashlinskaya, while Alisa Galliamova lost to Oksana Gritsayeva in a very dramatic way. The game Bodnaruk - Gunina ended in a draw.



Standings after round 4:

1. Oksana Gritsayeva - 3
2-5. Olga Girya, Valentina Gunina, Natalija Pogonina, Aleksandra Goryachkina - 2.5
6-9. Alina Kashlinskaya, Alisa Galliamova, Anastasia Bodnaruk, Alexandra Kosteniuk - 2
10-12. Polina Shuvalova, Anastasia Protopopova, Elena Tomilova - 1.

Round 5 pairings:

Galliamova - Shuvalova, Gunina - Gritsayeva, Kashlinskaya - Bodnaruk, Tomilova - Girya, Pogonina - Kosteniuk, Goryachkina - Protopopova

The organizers are the Russian Chess Federation, Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation, Government of Chelyabinsk Oblast, and Magnezit Group. The competition is also supported by Renault Russia Company, Federal Grid Company of Unified Energy System (FGC UES), and PhosAgro. Logistics partner of the Russian Chess Federation is Russian Post.

The tournament is a part of the Chess in Museums program, carried out by the RCF together with Timchenko Foundation since 2012. During the Superfinals, the exhibition of the Soviet and Russian painter, a representative of the “Severe Style” Geliy Korzhev (1925-2012) will be opened in Magnezit Palace of Culture. The exposition called Painting’s Way. Geliy Korzhev includes sketches and graphics from the archive of the artist's family. The sketches and graphics were made by Korzhev during the work on his key paintings on historical, biblical and other series from 1953 till 2012. 

Total prize fund is 9,000,000 roubles. Besides, the winners of both men's and women's tournaments will also receive a special prize – bright and stylish city crossover Renault Kaptur. 

The tournaments are round-robin events with 11 rounds. The match days: August 25-30 and September 1-5. Free day - August 31. The rounds start at 1 p.m. (Moscow time), the final 11th round begins at 11 a.m. (Moscow time).

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Photos by Eteri Kublashvili