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Try and picture an event where all of the following hold true:
A hint: the event is being played at the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, actually in the district of Dagomys, which is 18 km from the city centre and is noted for its botanical garden as well as tea plantations and factories.
Sochi is very close to the Russian border with Georgia. It is famous for its spectacular scenery, with the snow-capped peaks of the Caucasus Mountains overlooking the gentle shores of the Black Sea. The resort has a temperate climate and boasts many sanatoria and mineral baths.
To put things in perspective here is the location of Sochi on a map of Russia.
Yes, it is BIG!
The Russian Team Championships 2008 are taking place in Dagomys, Sochi, from April 1st-14th, 2008. For your enjoyment we have put together a list of all participants sorted according to their ratings (January list).
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And here are the teams.The list gives you a chance to learn to read these names in Cyrillic. Many of us will remember the days of the famed Kapmob-Kacmapob matches, when we first learned to decipher these characters. This is especially useful if you want to follow the results of the Russian Team Championship on the official web site, which is monolinguistically in Russian (the English site has not started with coverage).
| 1 |
«ШСМ» Москва |
2604.38 |
«ShSM» Moscow |
| 1 | мг Онищук Александр |
2664 |
GM Onischuk, Alexander |
| 2 | мг Асрян Карен |
2630 |
GM Asrian, Karen |
| 3 | мг Попов Иван |
2594 |
GM Popov, Ivan |
| 4 | мг Григорянц Сергей |
2573 |
GM Grigoriants, Sergey |
| 5 | мг Поткин Владимир |
2617 |
GM Potkin, Vladimir |
| 6 | мг Красенков Михаил |
2624 |
GM Krasenkow, Michal |
| 7 | мг Савченко Борис |
2569 |
GM Savchenko, Boris |
| 8 | мг Новиков С. |
2564 |
GM Novikov, Stanislav |
| 2 | «ТПС-Саранск»
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2639.38 |
«TPS-Saransk» |
| 1 | мг Иванчук Василий |
2740 |
GM Ivanchuk, Vassily |
| 2 | мг Сакаев Константин |
2649 |
GM Sakaev, Konstantin |
| 3 | мг Волокитин Андрей |
2684 |
GM Volokitin, Andrei |
| 4 | мг Сутовский Эмиль |
2630 |
GM Sutovsky, Emil |
| 5 | мг Кобалия Михаил |
2627 |
GM Kobalia, Mikhail |
| 6 | мг Волков Сергей |
2633 |
GM Volkov, Sergey |
| 7 | мг Наер Евгений |
2627 |
GM Najer, Evgeniy |
| 8 | мг Попов Валерий |
2525 |
GM Popov, Valerij |
| 3 | «ФИНЭК» Санкт-Петербург |
2638.13 |
«FINEK» St. Peterburg |
| 1 | мг Свидлер Петр |
2746 |
GM Svidler, Peter |
| 2 | мг Звягинцев Вадим |
2674 |
GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
| 3 | мг Мовсесян Сергей |
2695 |
GM Movsesian, Sergei |
| 4 | мг Навара Давид |
2672 |
GM Navara, David |
| 5 | мг Витюгов Никита |
2617 |
GM Vitiugov, Nikita |
| 6 | мг Туров Максим |
2583 |
GM Turov, Maxim |
| 7 | мг Емелин Василий |
2583 |
GM Yemelin, Vasily |
| 8 | мг Макаров Марат |
2535 |
GM Makarov, Marat |
| 4 | «Спасио» Москва |
2638.63 |
«Spasio» Moscow |
| 1 | мг Пономарев Руслан |
2719 |
GM Ponomariov, Ruslan |
| 2 | мг Хенкин Игорь |
2609 |
GM Khenkin, Igor |
| 3 | мг Мамедьяров Шахрияр |
2752 |
GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
| 4 | мг Инаркиев Эрнесто |
2684 |
GM Inarkiev, Ernesto |
| 5 | мг Ткачев Владислав |
2657 |
GM Tkachiev, Vladislav |
| 6 | мг Александров Алексей |
2582 |
GM Aleksandrov, Aleksej |
| 7 | мг Хисматуллин Денис |
2584 |
GM Khismatullin, Denis |
| 8 | мг Косырев Владимир |
2522 |
GM Kosyrev, Vladimir |
| 5 | «Экономист-СГСЭУ-2» Саратов |
2536.5 |
Economist-SGSEU-2 Saratov |
| 1 | мг Андрейкин Дмитрий |
2580 |
GM Andreikin, Dmitry |
| 2 | мг Евдокимов Александр |
2551 |
GM Evdokimov, Alexander A. |
| 3 | мг Илюшин Алексей |
2552 |
GM Iljushin, Alexei |
| 4 | мг Шапошников Евгений |
2552 |
GM Shaposhnikov, Evgeny |
| 5 | мг Корнев Алексей |
2544 |
GM Kornev, Alexei |
| 6 | мг Дьячков Сергей |
2566 |
GM Dyachkov, Sergej |
| 7 | мг Ковчан Александр |
2513 |
GM Kovchan, Alexander |
| 8 | мм Лушенков Михаил |
2434 |
IM Lushenkov, Mikhail |
| 6 | «Томск – 400» |
2645.75 |
Tomsk-400 |
| 1 | мг Морозевич Александр |
2774 |
GM Morozevich, Alexander |
| 2 | мг Карякин Сергей |
2732 |
GM Karjakin, Sergey |
| 3 | мг Яковенко Дмитрий |
2711 |
GM Jakovenko, Dmitry |
| 4 | мг Ван Вели Люк |
2676 |
GM Van Wely, Loek |
| 5 | мг Тимофеев Артем |
2664 |
GM Timofeev, Artyom |
| 6 | мг Харлов Андрей |
2499 |
GM Kharlov, Andrei |
| 7 | мг Белозеров Андрей |
2521 |
GM Belozerov, Andrei |
| 7 | «Политехник» Нижний Тагил |
2599.13 |
Polytechnik Nizhny Tagil |
| 1 | мг Ефименко Захар |
2660 |
GM Efimenko, Zahar |
| 2 | мг Арещенко Алексадр |
2650 |
GM Areshchenko, Alexander |
| 3 | мг Грачев Борис |
2610 |
GM Grachev, Boris |
| 4 | мг Лысый Игорь |
2595 |
GM Lysyj, Igor |
| 5 | мг Бочаров Дмитрий |
2569 |
GM Bocharov, Dmitry |
| 6 | мг Малетин Павел |
2574 |
GM Maletin, Pavel |
| 7 | мг Кокорев Дмитрий |
2579 |
GM Kokarev, Dmitry |
| 8 | мг Овечкин Роман |
2556 |
GM Ovetchkin, Roman |
| 8 | «Экономист-СГСЭУ-1» Саратов |
2653.5 |
Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov |
| 1 | мг Алексеев Евгений |
2711 |
GM Alekseev, Evgeny |
| 2 | мг Томашевский Евгений |
2646 |
GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
| 3 | мг Эльянов Павел |
2692 |
GM Eljanov, Pavel |
| 4 | мг Ни Хуа |
2703 |
GM Ni, Hua |
| 5 | мг Ройз Михаил |
2659 |
GM Roiz, Michael |
| 6 | мг Моисеенко Александр |
2650 |
GM Moiseenko, Alexander |
| 7 | мг Галкин Александр |
2606 |
GM Galkin, Alexander |
| 8 | мг Хайруллин Ильдар |
2554 |
GM Khairullin, Ildar |
| 9 | «Урал» Екатеринбург |
2702.25 |
Ural Ekaterinburg |
| 1 | мг Раджабов Теймур |
2751 |
GM Radjabov, Teimour |
| 2 | мг Широв Алексей |
2755 |
GM Shirov, Alexei |
| 3 | мг Камский Гата |
2732 |
GM Kamsky, Gata |
| 4 | мг Грищук Александр |
2711 |
GM Grischuk, Alexander |
| 5 | мг Малахов Владимир |
2689 |
GM Malakhov, Vladimir |
| 6 | мг Акопян Владимир |
2700 |
GM Akopian, Vladimir |
| 7 | мг Дреев Алексей |
2633 |
GM Dreev, Alexey |
| 8 | мг Мотылев Александр |
2644 |
GM Motylev, Alexander |
| 10 | «Шатар» Республика Бурятия |
2637.13 |
Shatar Buryatia |
| 1 | мг Гашимов Вугар |
2679 |
GM Gashimov, Vugar |
| 2 | мг Бу Сяньджи |
2708 |
GM Bu, Xiangzhi |
| 3 | мг Митонь Камиль |
2620 |
GM Miton, Kamil |
| 4 | мг Трегубов Павел |
2629 |
GM Tregubov, Pavel V. |
| 5 | мг Шомоев Антон |
2559 |
GM Shomoev, Anton |
| 6 | мг Аврух Борис |
2632 |
GM Avrukh, Boris |
| 7 | мг Амонатов Фаррух |
2649 |
GM Amonatov, Farrukh |
| 8 | мг Ластин Александр |
2621 |
GM Lastin, Alexander |
| 11 | «Южный Урал» Челябинск |
2557.13 |
Southern Ural Chelyabinsk |
| 1 | мг Карпов Анатолий |
2655 |
GM Karpov, Anatoly |
| 2 | мг Рязанцев Александр |
2638 |
GM Riazantsev, Alexander |
| 3 | мг Корчной Виктор |
2598 |
GM Korchnoi, Viktor |
| 4 | мг Курносов Игорь |
2593 |
GM Kurnosov, Igor |
| 5 | мг Свешников Евгений |
2506 |
GM Sveshnikov, Evgeny |
| 6 | мг Романов Евгений |
2547 |
GM Romanov, Evgeny |
| 7 | мм Понкратов Павел |
2499 |
IM Ponkratov, Pavel |
| 8 | мм Маценко Сергей |
2421 |
IM Matsenko, Sergei |
| 12 | «64» Москва |
2668.25 |
«64» Moscow |
| 1 | мг Гельфанд Борис |
2723 |
GM Gelfand, Boris |
| 2 | мг Рублевский Сергей |
2695 |
GM Rublevsky, Sergei |
| 3 | мг Непомнящий Ян |
2634 |
GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
| 4 | мг Харикришна Пентала |
2679 |
GM Harikrishna, P. |
| 5 | мг Ван Хао |
2684 |
GM Wang, Hao |
| 6 | мг Бареев Евгений |
2677 |
GM Bareev, Evgeny |
| 7 | мг Халифман Александр |
2628 |
GM Khalifman, Alexander |
| 8 | мг Родштейн Максим |
2626 |
GM Rodshtein, Maxim |
You can follow the results on the official Russian web site (with the help of our "translation tables" above). All games are being broadcast live on Playchess.com.
| Rnk | Team | Pts |
B.-pts |
| 1 | Ural Yekaterinburg | 8 |
16.5 |
| 2-3 | Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov | 6 |
14.0 |
| 2-3 | Shatar Buryatia | 6 |
13.0 |
| 4-5 | Finek St. Petersburg | 5 |
12.5 |
| 4-5 | 64 Moscow | 5 |
12.5 |
| 6-8 | ShSM Moscow | 4 |
12.5 |
| 6-8 | TPS Saransk | 4 |
12.0 |
| 6-8 | Spasio Moscow | 4 |
11.5 |
| 9-10 | Polytechnik Nizhny Tagil | 3 |
11.0 |
| 9-10 | Economist-SGSEU-2 Saratov | 3 |
10.0 |
| 11-12 | Southern Ural Chelyabinsk | 0 |
9.5 |
| 11-12 | Tomsk 400 | 0 |
9.0 |
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