27 August 2018
Four Players Lead Russian Championship Superfinal
Quartet heads women's event as well.
The third round of the Russian Championship Superfinals was played on August 27th in Satka.
In the open event, Vladimir Fedoseev bested Ian Nepomniachtchi, Daniil Dubov beat Ernesto Inarkiev, while Nikita Vitiugov lost to Grigoriy Oparin. The games Jakovenko - Andreikin, Sarana - Tomashevsky, and Kobalia - Khismatullin were drawn.
Standings after round 3:
1-4. Daniil Dubov, Vladimir Fedoseev, Dmitry Andreikin, Grigoriy Oparin - 2
5-9. Ernesto Inarkiev, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Dmitry Jakovenko, Mikhail Kobalia, Alexey Sarana - 1.5
10-11. Nikita Vitiugov, Ian Nepomniactchi - 1
12. Denis Khismatullin - 0.5.
Round 4 pairings:
Khismatullin - Dubov, Vitiugov - Inarkiev, Tomashevsky - Oparin, Fedoseev - Sarana, Andreikin - Nepomniachtchi, Kobalia - Jakovenko
In the women's section, Aleksandra Goryachkina defeated Natalija Pogonina. The games Kashlinskaya - Kosteniuk, Gunina - Girya, Galliamova - Bodnaruk, Tomilova - Protopopova, and Gritsayeva - Shuvalova ended in a draw.
Standings after round 3:
1-4. Valentina Gunina, Oksana Gritsayeva, Alina Kashlinskaya, Alisa Galliamova - 2
5-8. Olga Girya, Anastasia Bodnaruk, Natalija Pogonina, Aleksandra Goryachkina - 1.5
9-12. Alexandra Kosteniuk, Polina Shuvalova, Anastasia Protopopova, Elena Tomilova - 1.
Round 4 pairings:
Shuvalova - Goryachkina, Protopopova - Pogonina, Kosteniuk - Tomilova, Girya - Kashlinskaya, Bodnaruk - Gunina, Gritsayeva - Galliamova
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
