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Superfinals 7: Tomashevsky, Kosteniuk, Goryachkina

8/17/2015 – The seventh round of the Russian Superfinals in Chita brought a number of interesting games and a change at the top - at least in the men's tournament. E. Tomashevsky won against I. Khairullin to become sole leader with 5.0/7. In the women's tournament A. Kosteniuk and A. Goryachkina both won their games and continue to share the lead. Games and analyses.

Russian Superfinals 6: Three and two leaders

8/15/2015 – The Superfinals reached the half-way-mark and promise an exciting end. In the men's tournament E. Tomashevsky, V. Artemiev, and N. Vitiugov lead with 4.0/6 each. In the women's tournament Aleksandra Goryachkina and Alexandra Kosteniuk share the lead with 4.5/6 each. Goryachkina won against Ovod, Kosteniuk defeated Kateryna Lagno. Analyses.

Things heat up in the Russian Superfinals

8/10/2015 – After a quiet first round things heated up in the Russian Superfinals. In round one Karjakin was the only player to win a game, in round two three games were decided, and now four players lead with 1.5/2. The players in the women's tournament were fiercer. In the first round three games were decided, in the second round four. Goryachkina and Girya lead with 2.0/2.

Russian Superfinal begins

8/9/2015 – On 8th August the Russian Superfinals began in Chita. Men and women play in two groups of 12 players each. All players in the men's group have a rating of 2600 or more, five of them have 2700 or more. Elo-favorite is Dmitry Jakovenko. Elo-favorite in the women's group is Valentina Gunina. But she began the tournament with a loss against Aleksandra Goryachkina.
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