Winning starts with what you know
The new version 18 offers completely new possibilities for chess training and analysis: playing style analysis, search for strategic themes, access to 6 billion Lichess games, player preparation by matching Lichess games, download Chess.com games with built-in API, built-in cloud engine and much more.
The "Higher League" offers Russian talents the chance to qualify for the Russian Championship, where they can play against some of the world's best players. Since 1992, when the "Superfinal" took place for the first time, players such as Peter Svidler, Garry Kasparov or Alexander Grischuk have won. In 2015 Evgeny Tomashevky became Russian Champion, ahead of Sergey Karjakin and Nikita Vitiugov. All three have the right to play in the "Superfinal 2016".
In Kolomna, which is about 110 km away from Moscow, five players qualified for this year's "Superfinal". Tournament winner Grigoriy Oparin (Elo 2597), Vladimir Fedoseev (Elo 2665), Dmitry Kokarev (Elo 2624), Alexander Riasantsev (Elo 2646) and Alexey Goganov (2620). It was a strong tournament, which can can be seen from the fact that Maxim Matlakov, Vadim Zvjaginsev and Daniil Dubov, the three top-seeded, failed to qualify.
The winner: Grigoriy Oparin, here in Gibraltar, January 2016
Silver went to Vladimir Fedoseev, here in Warsaw 2014
Grigoriy Oparin won convincingly. He started with 4.5/5, which put him one point ahead of the field and allowed him to finish the tournament with four draws - which was enough to become clear first.
In round four he scored a crucial win against Maksim Vavulin. In a complicated position Oparin was objectively worse but handled the tactics much better than his opponent and won a wild game.
| Rg. | Snr | Name | Country | Elo | Club/Place | Wtg1 | Wtg2 | Wtg3 | |
| 1 | 22 | GM | Oparin Grigoriy | RUS | 2597 | Москва | 6,5 | 47,5 | 43,5 |
| 2 | 4 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | RUS | 2665 | Санкт-Петербург | 6,0 | 49,5 | 45,5 |
| 3 | 16 | GM | Kokarev Dmitry | RUS | 2624 | Пензенская область | 6,0 | 46,0 | 42,5 |
| 4 | 9 | GM | Riazantsev Alexander | RUS | 2646 | Москва | 6,0 | 45,5 | 42,0 |
| 5 | 18 | GM | Goganov Aleksey | RUS | 2620 | Санкт-Петербург | 6,0 | 45,0 | 41,5 |
| 6 | 26 | GM | Ponkratov Pavel | RUS | 2573 | Челябинская область | 6,0 | 44,5 | 42,0 |
| 7 | 2 | GM | Zvjaginsev Vadim | RUS | 2677 | Москва | 6,0 | 42,5 | 39,5 |
| 8 | 5 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | RUS | 2665 | Самарская облать | 6,0 | 39,5 | 36,5 |
| 9 | 20 | GM | Volkov Sergey | RUS | 2604 | Республика Мордовия | 6,0 | 37,5 | 35,0 |
| 10 | 23 | GM | Timofeev Artyom | RUS | 2586 | Республика Татарстан | 5,5 | 49,0 | 45,0 |
| 11 | 1 | GM | Matlakov Maxim | RUS | 2691 | Санкт-Петербург | 5,5 | 47,0 | 43,0 |
| 12 | 6 | GM | Lysyj Igor | RUS | 2663 | Свердловская область | 5,5 | 43,5 | 40,0 |
| 13 | 25 | GM | Alekseenko Kirill | RUS | 2576 | Санкт-Петербург | 5,5 | 43,0 | 40,0 |
| 14 | 21 | GM | Eliseev Urii | RUS | 2602 | Москва | 5,5 | 41,5 | 38,5 |
| 15 | 14 | GM | Khairullin Ildar | RUS | 2629 | Санкт-Петербург | 5,5 | 38,0 | 34,5 |
| 16 | 17 | GM | Khismatullin Denis | RUS | 2623 | Республика Башкортостан | 5,5 | 36,0 | 33,0 |
| 17 | 27 | GM | Pridorozhni Aleksei | RUS | 2552 | ХМАО-Югра | 5,5 | 32,0 | 31,0 |
| 18 | 38 | IM | Vavulin Maksim | RUS | 2507 | Москва | 5,0 | 47,5 | 43,0 |
| 19 | 28 | GM | Predke Alexandr | RUS | 2550 | Самарская область | 5,0 | 47,0 | 43,5 |
| 20 | 30 | GM | Shaposhnikov Evgeny | RUS | 2545 | Саратовская область | 5,0 | 45,0 | 42,5 |
| 21 | 29 | GM | Kryakvin Dmitry | RUS | 2547 | Тюменская область | 5,0 | 42,5 | 40,0 |
| 22 | 15 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | RUS | 2626 | Санкт-Петербург | 5,0 | 42,0 | 39,0 |
| 23 | 7 | GM | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | RUS | 2655 | Вологодская область | 5,0 | 39,5 | 36,5 |
| 12 | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | RUS | 2638 | Москва | 5,0 | 39,5 | 36,5 | |
| 25 | 49 | FM | Khegay Dmitriy | RUS | 2434 | Красноярский край | 5,0 | 38,5 | 35,5 |
... 60 participants
The women's tournament was won by IM Evgenija Ovod who finished with 7.0/9. FM Daria Pustovoitova, IM Alina Kashlinskaya, WIM Ekaterina Ubiennykh and IM Daria Charochkina qualified for the Russian Championship.
| Rg. | Snr | Name | Country | Elo | Club/Place | Wtg1 | Wtg2 | Wtg3 | |
| 1 | 13 | IM | Ovod Evgenija | RUS | 2338 | Ленинградская область | 7,0 | 47,5 | 43,5 |
| 2 | 18 | FM | Pustovoitova Daria | RUS | 2297 | Москва | 6,5 | 51,0 | 48,0 |
| 3 | 1 | IM | Kashlinskaya Alina | RUS | 2467 | Москва | 6,5 | 44,5 | 42,0 |
| 4 | 16 | WIM | Ubiennykh Ekaterina | RUS | 2324 | Красноярский край | 6,5 | 44,0 | 40,5 |
| 5 | 8 | IM | Charochkina Daria | RUS | 2359 | Москва | 6,0 | 47,5 | 43,5 |
| 6 | 3 | IM | Nechaeva Marina | RUS | 2425 | Ставропольский край | 6,0 | 47,5 | 43,5 |
| 7 | 7 | IM | Vasilevich Tatjana | UKR | 2367 | Республика Крым | 6,0 | 46,5 | 43,0 |
| 8 | 21 | Maltsevskaya Aleksandra | RUS | 2285 | Ростовская область | 6,0 | 42,0 | 39,0 | |
| 9 | 4 | WFM | Shuvalova Polina | RUS | 2409 | Москва | 5,5 | 50,5 | 46,0 |
| 10 | 2 | IM | Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | RUS | 2466 | Москва | 5,5 | 47,5 | 44,5 |
| 11 | 10 | WIM | Schepetkova Margarita | RUS | 2355 | Владимирская область | 5,5 | 46,5 | 43,0 |
| 12 | 6 | WGM | Kovanova Baira | RUS | 2382 | Саратовская область | 5,5 | 46,0 | 43,0 |
| 13 | 9 | WIM | Bivol Alina | RUS | 2359 | Московская область | 5,5 | 44,5 | 41,0 |
| 14 | 5 | IM | Savina Anastasia | RUS | 2384 | Москва | 5,5 | 42,5 | 39,0 |
| 15 | 14 | WFM | Gritsayeva Oksana | RUS | 2336 | Республика Крым | 5,5 | 37,5 | 36,0 |
