Dmitry Jakovenko and Dmitry Andreikin Pull Ahead at Russian Championship Superfinal

Olga Girya and Alina Kashlinskaya lead the women's event.

The eighth round of the Russian Championship Superfinals was played on September 2nd in Satka. 

In the open event, Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated Alexey Sarana, Nikita Vitiugov lost to Vladimir Fedoseev, Dmitry Andreikin won his game against Daniil Dubov, while Dmitry Jakovenko outplayed Grigoriy Oparin. The games Kobalia - Inarkiev and Khismatullin - Tomashevsky were drawn.



Standings after round 8:

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

Round 9 pairings:

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

In the women's section, Alina Kashlinskaya outplayed Valentina Gunina, Olga Girya bested Anastasiya Protopopova, Alexandra Kosteniuk lost to Polina Shuvalova, Alisa Galliamova beat Elena Tomilova, Aleksandra Goryachkina defeated Anastasia Bodnaruk, while Natalija Pogonina won her game against Oksana Gritsayeva.



Standings after round 8:

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

Round 9 pairings:

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

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