Nikita Vitiugov and Daniil Dubov Overtake the Leader at Russian Championship Superfinal

Valentina Gunina pulls ahead in the women’s event.

On December 10, round 7 of the Russian Championships Superfinals among men and women was played in the State Museum of Political History of Russia in Saint Petersburg.  

In the open tournament, Nikita Vitiugov defeated Vladimir Fedoseev, Sanan Sjugirov lost to Sergey Volkov, while the games Malakhov - Inarkiev, Dubov - Matlakov, Svidler - Tomashevsky, and Romanov - Riazantsev were drawn.



Standings after round 7:

1-3. Vladimir Fedoseev, Daniil Dubov, Nitita Vitiugov - 4.5 
4-5. Peter Svidler, Evgeny Tomashevsky - 4
6-8. Vladimir Malakhov, Alexander Riazantsev, Ernesto Inarkiev - 3.5
9-10. Sanan Sjugirov, Maxim Matlakov - 3
11-12. Evgeny Romanov, Sergey Volkov - 2. 

Round 8 pairings:

Inarkiev - Riazantsev, Tomashevsky - Romanov, Sjugirov - Svidler, Matlakov - Volkov, Fedoseev - Dubov, Malakhov - Vitiugov. 

In the women’s section, Valentina Gunina defeated Anastasia Bodnaruk, Aleksandra Goryachkina outplayed Marina Nechaeva, Natalija Pogonina bested Alisa Galliamova, while the games Gritsayeva - Girya, Kashlinskaya - Shuvalova, and Kovalevskaya - Ovod ended in a draw. 



Standings after round 7:

1. Valentina Gunina - 5
2-3. Olga Girya, Aleksandra Goryachkina - 4.5
4-5. Alina Kashlinskaya, Natalija Pogonina - 4
6. Anastasia Bodnaruk - 3.5 
7-10. Marina Nechaeva, Polina Shuvalova, Evgenija Ovod, Ekaterina Kovalevskaya - 3
11. Oksana Gritsayeva - 2.5
12. Alisa Galliamova - 2.

Round 8 pairings:

Pogonina - Ovod, Shuvalova - Kovalevskaya, Goryachkina - Kashlinskaya, Girya - Nechaeva, Bodnaruk - Gritsayeva, Galliamova - Gunina.

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