Russian Team Championship and Leagues
The Russian Team Championship took place from 4th–10th April 2009. It
consisted of three sections:
- The Premier League was won by Tomsk, which finished in
clear first, two points ahead of the rest. Three teams finished equal second
on match points: 9.0/14. The board points decided, and there ShSM-64 was half
a point in front of Ural, which iteself was half a point better than Economist.
- The Higher League saw Polytechnik win by one match point,
ahead of Economist-SGSEU-2 and Yugra.
- The Women's League was won by Spartak, which shared 11
match points with AVS but had one more board point. Economist-SGSEU-1 came
third.
Final standings
Premier League (seven rounds)
# |
Team |
MP |
BP |
1 |
Tomsk-400 |
11.0 |
23.5 |
2 |
ShSM-64 |
9.0 |
24.5 |
3 |
Ural |
9.0 |
24.0 |
4 |
Economist-SGSEU-1 |
9.0 |
23.5 |
5 |
SPbChFed |
8.0 |
23.0 |
6 |
TPS |
6.0 |
20.5 |
7 |
Eurasia-Logistic |
4.0 |
19.5 |
8 |
M.Chigorin CC |
0.0 |
9.5 |
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Women's League (seven rounds)
# |
Team |
MP |
BP |
1 |
Spartak |
11.0 |
18.0 |
2 |
AVS |
11.0 |
17.0 |
3 |
Economist-SGSEU-1 |
10.0 |
18.5 |
4 |
SPb Chess Fed |
9.0 |
16.0 |
5 |
AFGANVET-PetroDom |
6.0 |
14.0 |
6 |
ShSM |
5.0 |
11.5 |
7 |
Economist-SGSEU-2 |
4.0 |
11.5 |
8 |
M.Chigorin CC |
0.0 |
5.5 |
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Higher League (nine rounds)
# |
Team |
MP |
BP |
1 |
Polytechnik |
14.0 |
32.0 |
2 |
Economist-SGSEU-2 |
13.0 |
31.0 |
3 |
Yugra |
13.0 |
30.5 |
4 |
BelGU |
10.0 |
29.5 |
5 |
Etude-Contact |
10.0 |
28.0 |
6 |
Perspektiva |
9.0 |
30.0 |
7 |
ZAO "OMZ" |
8.0 |
27.5 |
8 |
SC MEPhI |
7.0 |
23.0 |
9 |
Grifon |
6.0 |
26.0 |
10 |
Gostinaya Dvorkovicha |
0.0 |
12.5 |
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Individual results from R1
– R2
R3
– R4
– R5
– R6
– R7
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Individual results from R1
– R2
–
R3
– R4
– R5
– R6
– R7–
R8
– R9
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Après Chess in Dagomys
Photo report by WGM Irina Sudakova and Elena Mikheeva

The winning Higher League Polytechnik team: GMs Dmitry Kryakvin, Pavel Maletin,
Dmitry Kokarev

GM Denis Khismatullin, Tomsk-400

The arbiters

GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, ShSM-64

Kalmyk GM Sanan Sjugirov, Perspektiva (Higher League)

GM Konstantin Sakaev, Premier League, SPbChFed
GMs Igor Khenkin and Konstantin Landa from Etude-Contact

Officials at the closing ceremony, with Andrey Selivanov speaking
Individual board medal winners

WGM Anastasia Bodnaruk, SPb Chess Fed

WFM Valentina Gunina, ShSM

GM Kateryna Lahno, Spartak

IM Viktorija Cmilyte, SPb Chess Fed

GM Roman Ovetchkin, Polytechnik (Higher League)

GM Konstantin Landa, Etude-Contact (Higher League)

Best performance overall (2896!): GM Fabiano Caruana, ShSM-64

Friends: Dmitry Jakovenko, Tomsk-400, Peter Svidler, SPbChFed

GM Boris Gelfand, ShSM-64
Women's League winners

Economist SGSEU-1 – third place in the Women's League

The team of AVS in second place

The winners: Spartak with Yuri Dokhoian, Tatiana Kosintseva, Elmira Mirzoeva,
Evgenija Ovod, Antoaneta Stefanova, Kateryna Lahno, Nadezhda Kosintseva

WGM Elmira Mirzoeva, captain of the Spartak team
Premier League winners

SPb Chess Fed in fifth place

Economist SGSEU-1 in fourth place

Ural in third place

ShSM-64 in second place

The winners: Tomsk-400
Higher League winners

Economist SGSEU-2 in second place

The winners of the Higher League: Polytechnik
Closing party

GM Artem Iljin, Polytechnik

Second highest performance: GM Zhao Xue, Economist-SGSEU-1
A colorful player: IM Irina Vasilevich, Economist-SGSEU-1

The closing party in progress

Harmony: players from different teams

WGM Natalia Zhukova, SPb Chess Fed

Your playful reporters Irina and Elena
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