3 September 2018

Dmitry Jakovenko and Dmitry Andreikin Maintain Leadership at Superfinal

Girya, Pogonina and Goryachkina lead women's event.


The ninth round of the Russian Championship Superfinals was played on September 3rd in Satka. 

In the open event, Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated Grigoriy Oparin. The games Vitiugov - Andreikin, Dubov - Kobalia, Sarana - Khismatullin, Tomashevsky - Fedoseev, and Inarkiev - Jakovenko were drawn.



Standings after round 9:

1-2. Dmitry Andreikin, Dmitry Jakovenko - 5.5
3-6. Evgeny Tomashevsky, Ernesto Inarkiev, Ian Nepomniactchi, Vladimir Fedoseev - 5
7-8. Daniil Dubov, Grigoriy Oparin - 4.5
9-10. Alexey Sarana, Mikhail Kobalia - 4
11. Nikita Vitiugov - 3.5
12. Denis Khismatullin - 2.5. 

Round 10 pairings:

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

In the women's section, Alina Kashlinskaya lost to Polina Shuvalova, Valentina Gunina beat Elena Tomilova, Anastasia Bodnaruk was outplayed by Ananstasiya Protopopova, Aleksandra Goryachkina defeated Oksana Gritsayeva, while Natalija Pogonina bested Alisa Galliamova. Alexandra Kosteniuk and Olga Girya made a draw.



Standings after round 9:

1-3. Olga Girya, Natalija Pogonina, Aleksandra Goryachkina - 6
4-5. Valentina Gunina, Alina Kashlinskaya - 5.5
6. Alisa Galliamova - 5
7. Alexandra Kosteniuk - 4.5
8. Polina Shuvalova - 4
9-10. Oksana Gritsayeva, Elena Tomilova - 3.5
11. Anastasia Bodnaruk - 2.5
12. Anastasia Protopopova - 2.

Round 10 pairings:

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

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).

Tournament page

Photos by Eteri Kublashvili