Ernesto Inarkiev Joins Leader at Russian Championship Superfinal

Five players head women's event.

 
The second round of the Russian Championship Superfinals was played on August 26th in Satka. 

In the open event, Ernesto Inarkiev beat Denis Khismatullin, The games Tomashevsky - Nepomniachtchi, Fedoseev - Jakovenko, Dubov - Oparin, Andreikin - Kobalia, and Vitiugov - Sarana ended in a draw. 



Standings after round 2:

1-2. Dmitry Andreikin, Ernesto Inarkiev - 1.5
3-11. Nikita Vitiugov, Vladimir Fedoseev, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Daniil Dubov, , Ian Nepomniactchi, Dmitry Jakovenko, Mikhail Kobalia, Alexey Sarana, Grigoriy Oparin - 1 
12. Denis Khismatullin - 0.  

Round 3 pairings:

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

In the women's section, Oksana Gritsayeva defeated Anastasia Bodnaruk, ... The games Goryachkina - Tomilova, Girya - Galliamova, Protopopova - Kashlinskaya, Shuvalova - Pogonina, and Kosteniuk - Gunina were drawn.



Standings after round 2:

1-5. Natalija Pogonina, Valentina Gunina, Oksana Gritsayeva, Alina Kashlinskaya, Alisa Galliamova - 1.5
6-7. Olga Girya, Anastasia Bodnaruk - 1
8-12. Alexandra Kosteniuk, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Polina Shuvalova, Anastasia Protopopova, Elena Tomilova - 0.5.

Round 3 pairings:

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

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 will include 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