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The Russian Team Championships took place in Loo, Sochi, from April 7th April to 13th. There were 13 teams with players like Grischuk, Karjakin, Svidler, Vitiugov, Nepomniachtchi, Jakovenko, Morozevich, Leko, Shirov, Jobava, Bologan, participating.
Loo, a district of Sochi, lies on the Black Sea coast of Russia – Click to view larger Map
The 21st Russian Team Championship was won by the team Malachite, with the players Sergey Karjakin, 2772, Alexander Grischuk, 2777, Peter Leko, 2730, Alexei Shirov, 2702, Vladimir Malakhov, 2701, Alexander Motylev, 2685, Igor Lysyj, 2662, and Viktor Bologan, 2649. All are GMs, all are from Russia, with the exception of Leko (Hungary) and Bologan (Moldova). Their individual results and performance may be seen here.
The winners Malachite [Photo Vladimir Barsky for the Russian Chess Federation]
| Rk. | SNo | Team |
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MPts
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BPts
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| 1 | 1 | Malachite Sverdlovsk |
5
|
2
|
0
|
12
|
28.5
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| 2 | 4 | SHSM-Our Heritage |
5
|
1
|
1
|
11
|
25.5
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| 3 | 2 | St. Petersburg CF |
4
|
2
|
1
|
10
|
24.0
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| 4 | 6 | University Belorechensk |
4
|
2
|
1
|
10
|
23.0
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| 5 | 3 | Ugra (Khanty) |
3
|
1
|
3
|
7
|
23.0
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| 6 | 9 | Chigorin Club |
2
|
3
|
2
|
7
|
21.0
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| 7 | 5 | Ladya (Kazan) |
2
|
2
|
3
|
6
|
20.5
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| 8 | 8 | Polytechnic Nizhny Tagil |
2
|
2
|
3
|
6
|
20.5
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| 9 | 7 | Lada Samara |
2
|
2
|
3
|
6
|
15.5
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| 10 | 10 | Turbopump Voronezh |
2
|
1
|
4
|
5
|
20.0
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| 11 | 11 | Moscow region |
2
|
1
|
4
|
5
|
18.0
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| 12 | 13 | Atom Desnogorsk |
2
|
1
|
4
|
5
|
16.0
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| 13 | 12 | Yamal |
0
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
17.5
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Here are the players from the top four teams and their individual scores:
| Bo. | Ti. | Name | Rtg | FED |
Pts.
|
Gms
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| 1 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2772 | RUS |
4.0
|
7
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| 2 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2777 | RUS |
6.0
|
7
|
| 3 | GM | Leko Peter | 2730 | HUN |
5.0
|
7
|
| 4 | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2702 | LAT |
4.0
|
6
|
| 5 | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | 2701 | RUS |
2.5
|
5
|
| 6 | GM | Motylev Alexander | 2685 | RUS |
2.0
|
3
|
| 7 | GM | Lysyj Igor | 2662 | RUS |
2.0
|
3
|
| 8 | GM | Bologan Viktor | 2649 | MDA |
3.0
|
4
|
| Bo. | Ti. | Name | Rtg | FED |
Pts.
|
Gms
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| 1 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | 2732 | RUS |
4.0
|
6
|
| 2 | GM | Morozevich Alexander | 2722 | RUS |
3.5
|
6
|
| 3 | GM | Dubov Daniil | 2619 | RUS |
2.5
|
6
|
| 4 | GM | Grachev Boris | 2659 | RUS |
3.5
|
6
|
| 5 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | 2655 | RUS |
3.5
|
6
|
| 6 | GM | Popov Ivan | 2651 | RUS |
3.5
|
5
|
| 7 | GM | Potkin Vladimir | 2617 | RUS |
4.0
|
5
|
| 8 | GM | Mozharov Mikhail | 2557 | RUS |
1.0
|
2
|
| Bo. | Ti. | Name | Rtg | FED |
Pts.
|
Gms
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| 1 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2756 | RUS |
3.0
|
6
|
| 2 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2747 | RUS |
3.0
|
6
|
| 3 | GM | Dominguez Leinier | 2757 | CUB |
5.0
|
6
|
| 4 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2670 | ARM |
3.5
|
6
|
| 5 | GM | Matlakov Maxim | 2690 | RUS |
2.5
|
5
|
| 6 | GM | Efimenko Zahar | 2657 | UKR |
2.0
|
5
|
| 7 | GM | Khairullin Ildar | 2650 | RUS |
2.5
|
4
|
| 8 | GM | Shimanov Aleksandr | 2637 | RUS |
2.5
|
4
|
| Bo. | Ti. | Name | Rtg | FED |
Pts.
|
Gms
|
| 1 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2706 | GEO |
4.5
|
7
|
| 2 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | 2678 | RUS |
2.5
|
6
|
| 3 | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | 2633 | RUS |
3.0
|
7
|
| 4 | GM | Landa Konstantin | 2608 | RUS |
3.5
|
6
|
| 5 | GM | Tregubov Pavel V. | 2620 | RUS |
3.5
|
7
|
| 6 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2539 | BLR |
5.0
|
7
|
| 7 | GM | Beshukov Sergei | 2425 | RUS |
0.5
|
1
|
| 8 | GM | Cherniaev Alexander | 2430 | RUS |
0.5
|
1
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The hero of the championship was Alexander Grischuk, playing on board two for Malachite (behind Karjakin): Grischuk won five games and drew two, against an average opposition of 2672, to chalk up a 2940 performance (according to our calculations) and gain 15 rating points. That puts Alexander Grischuk on place three on the current world live ratings:
| # | Name | Rating | Age | |
| 1 | Carlsen | 2882.3 | 23 (30.11.1990) | |
| 2 | Aronian | 2814.8 | 31 (06.10.1982) | |
| 3 | Grischuk | 2792.1 | 30 (31.10.1983) | |
| 4 | Anand | 2785.0 | 44 (11.12.1969) | |
| 5 | Kramnik | 2783.0 | 38 (25.06.1975) | |
| 6 | Caruana | 2783.0 | 21 (30.07.1992) | |
| 7 | Topalov | 2772.0 | 39 (15.03.1975) | |
| 8 | Nakamura | 2772.0 | 26 (09.12.1987) | |
| 9 | Karjakin | 2770.3 | 24 (12.01.1990) | |
| 10 | Dominguez | 2768.3 | 30 (23.09.1983) |
The following images were provided to us by WFM Maria Emelianova, who visited the tournament for the final round and the closing ceremony.
The playing hall at the start of the final round
Polytechnic playing Malachite. On the left we see Pavel Smirnov and Anton Shomoev, on the right Alexei Shirov, Peter Leko, Alexander Grischuk and Sergey Karjakin. Sergey drew his game, Grischuk won, as did Shirov and Alexander Motylev (just visible in the background). The total score was 4½:1½ for Malachite.
Alexander Motylev and Vladimir Malakhov playing for Malachite
GM Alexander Riazantsev scored 4.5/6 on board six for Ugra
Ian Nepomniachtchi on board one for SHSM-Our Heritage (score: 4.0/6)
GM Denis Khismatullin, rated 2681, on board four for Ugra
Baadur Jobava, 2706, on board one for University scored 4.5/7
Boris Grachev, 2659, scored 3.5/6 for SHSM-Our Heritage
Evgeny Alekseev, 2678, scored a disappointing 2.5/6 for University
Sergey Karjakin, 2772, playing on board one for Malachite, scored 4.0/7
against average 2701 opposition, which translated to a 2755 performance.
Anton Shomoev, 2587, scored 2.0/7 on board two for Polytechnic
Ernesto Inarkiev, 2691, scored 2.5/6 for Ugra
Dmitry Jakovenko, 2726, scored 3.0/5 for Ugra
Deputy chief arbiter Igor Bolotinsky
A young spectator
The start of the game Valentina Gunina vs Anastasia Bodnaruk
Full concentration in Alina Kashlinskaya vs Gulnar Mammadova...
... but a moment of intense levity in the analysis, where team compatriots and friends Alina Kashlinskaya and Valentina Gunina love to play friendly blitz matches. Vladimir Malakhov (not in the picture) has just said: "The one who loses will have to get married". We will not reveal the final result.
| Rk. | SNo | Team |
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MPts
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BPts
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| 1 | 4 | Ugra |
3
|
3
|
0
|
9
|
15.0
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| 2 | 3 | SHSM-Our Heritage |
2
|
4
|
0
|
8
|
13.5
|
| 3 | 2 | Rook |
2
|
2
|
2
|
6
|
12.5
|
| 4 | 1 | Chigorin Club |
0
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
7.0
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The winners Ugra (Khanty-Mansiysk): Marina Guseva, Baira Kovanova, Tatiana Shadrina,
captain Pavel Lobach, Natalia Pogonina and Viktorija Cmilyte
Is it real gold? Natalia and Viktorija check out their medals.
Best women on board one: Viktorija Cmilyte (1), Alisa Galliamova (2) and Valentina Gunina (3)
The best on board two: Elena Zaiatz (3), Baira Kovanova (1), Alina Kashlinskaya (2)
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