10/14/2013 – Nepomniachtchi was able to capitalize on a blunder by Kramnik to catch Svidler in the last round of the Super Final after the latter drew Karjakin. In the women's section Gunina held a draw against Kosteniuk and that automatically made her champion as no one else was close to her. Svidler and Nepo faced off in a 15-minute rapid playoff that was won by Svidler. Analysis and report.

10/13/2013 – With only one round to go in Nizhny Novgorod both Svidler and Gunina have a half point lead over their rivals. In the men's section Kramnik and Nepomniatchi will play a decisive round tomorrow as they trail Svidler by half a point, who in turn will be black against Karjakin. Gunina missed a chance today to increase her lead as she did not finish off a winning endgame. GM Analysis of round 8.

10/12/2013 – In the women's section of the Super Final there were five decisive games, with the highlights certainly being Kosteniuk's fantastic sacrificial attack against Charochkina and Gunina's also sacrificial win against Pogonina. With these results Gunina keeps her one point lead over Kosteniuk, and they are quite distant from the pack. In the Men's section four draws and a win by the newly titled GM Goganov keep the leaderboard stable. Round seven report.

10/11/2013 – What a round! The men's section saw an unbelievable five decisive games. Svidler keeps his lead by beating Motylev while Kramnik crushed Inarkiev and keeps trailing by half a point. Nepomniachtchi hopped over Vitiugov in the standings with a powerful attack and is now third with Andreikin. Gunina smashed Kovanova to become the solo lead a full point ahead. We bring you multiple GM annotations.

10/9/2013 – Svidler is still in the lead with 4.0/5, but his opponent's are trying to quickly catch up. Kramnik won a nice game against Motylev which puts him only half a point away from Svidler. Nepomniachtchi and Andreikin also won and are a point away. In the girl's section a crazy draw in Gunina-Kosintseva keeps Gunina and Kovanova in the lead.

10/8/2013 – With a crushing victory over yesterday's hero, Andreikin, Svidler moves to an amazing +3 and leads the Super Final with 3.5/4. In the lady's section Kovanova and Gunina keep gaining ground as they both won today with black. The tragedy of that tournament so far is Kosintseva with a dismal 1.0/4 after losing to Kosteniuk. GM analysis of both events.

10/7/2013 – Andreikin took vengeance for his World Cup match against Kramnik and won a nice game. Now Svidler and Vitiugov share first place with 2.5/3. In the girl's section Kovanova and Gunina also have 2.5/3. Gunina barely survived against today's birthday girl, Daria Charochkina. The organization of the tournament gave her a nice surprise on this occasion. Round 3 report.

10/6/2013 – Gunina and Vitiugov take an early lead in their respective tournaments as they are the only players to have won both of their games. Kramnik-Svidler was not too exciting as Svidler perfectly neutralized Kramnik's ideas in a Gruenfeld endgame. However, Nepo absolutely demolished Andreikin and we give you the annotations of that game provided by GM Josh Friedel.

10/5/2013 – As if to attone for last year's performance, where the tournament saw an incredibly high percentage of draws and the winners were decided on a big tiebreak from those that scored 5.0/9, the Russian Super Final has started with five decisive games! In the women's section, three of the games were decisive with one interesting upset. First round and opening ceremony report.