58th
Russian Championship Superfinal
The final stage of the Russian Championship is taking place from December 19-30,
2005, in Moscow, with rounds starting each day at 15:00h local time. It is a
12 player round robin, with time controls of 100/40, then 50/20, 10/rest, with
a 30 seconds increment from move one. The total prize fund is US $130,000, with
$40,000 going to the winner
Round seven report
Round 7: Monday, December 26, 2005 |
Volkov, Sergey |
½-½ |
Svidler, Peter |
Khalifman, Alexander |
½-½ |
Motylev, Alexander |
Bareev, Evgeny |
1-0 |
Morozevich, Alexander |
Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
½-½ |
Dreev, Alexey |
Rublevsky, Sergei |
½-½ |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
1-0 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
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GM Dmitry Jakovenko |
Jakovenko vs Tomashev was a key game today, since the fine victory
by 23-year-old Dmitry Jakovenko put him into the joint lead with Rublevsky.
Volkov vs Svidler saw two players not interested in a fight,
and a game ending after twelve moves in a draw.
Khalifman vs Motylev began with twelve moves of Queen's Indian
theory and ended, after considerable thought by both players, on move 19 in
a draw.
Zvjaginsev-Dreev was a tough battle which ended on move 55,
when White could not make a full point out of his extra pawn.
Kramnik-Rublevsky was interesting, but produced a novelty
only at move 19, and a draw eight moves later.
Bareev-Morozevich was a highly volatile, as is usually the
case when Alexander Morozevich is involved in a game. He was fighting for a
place in the top group after losing a game by default (oversleeping) in round
three. Today he was in a fighting move but got into big trouble against a player
with ambitions of his own.
Bareev,E (2675) - Morozevich,A (2707) [E38]
ch-RUS Superfinal Moscow RUS (7), 26.12.2005
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Qc7 6.Nf3 Bxc5 7.g3 a6 8.Bf4
d6 9.Bg2 h6 10.Rc1N [in Kazan 2005 Khalifman played 10.0-0 e5 11.Bd2
Be6 12.Rac1 and drew] 10...Nc6 11.0-0 e5 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.cxd5 exf4 14.dxc6
fxg3 15.hxg3 Qxc6
Black has a pawn but a very depressed position, and White launches an attack:
16.b4 Bxb4? (a bishop retreat to b6 or a7 was required) 17.Qb2
Bc5 18.Ng5 Qd7 19.Qxg7 hxg5 20.Qxh8+. Black is material down and his
position is a mess. There is no way he is going to survive this against a player
like Bareev. 20...Ke7 21.Rc4 Qd8 22.Qg7 Be6 23.Rb1 Rb8 24.Qxg5+ Ke8
25.Bc6+.
Taking the bishop loses the queen (25...bxc6 26.Rxb8 Qxb8 27.Qg8+ Kd7 28.Qxb8),
so Morozevich is forced to resort to desperate measures: 25...Kf8.
But this is even worse: 26.Qh6+ Ke7. Now Fritz is screaming
for mate: 27.Rxb7+ Rxb7 28.Qg5+ Kf8 29.Qxd8+ Kg7 30.Qg5+ Kf8 31.Rh4 Bd4 32.Qd8+
Kg7 33.Qh8+ Kg6 34.Qh6+ Kf5 35.Rh5+ Kg4 36.Qg5#. Bareev line leads to a similarly
certain demise: 27...Kf8 28.Rxb7 Kg7 29.Rxb8 Qxb8 30.Qg5+ Kf8 31.Qh6+
Kg8 32.Rh4 Qb2 33.Qg5+ 1-0.
Current standings

Previous Results
Round 1: Monday, December 19, 2005 |
Rublevsky, Sergei |
1-0 |
Bareev, Evgeny |
Svidler, Peter |
1-0 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
½-½ |
Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
Khalifman, Alexander |
½-½ |
Volkov, Sergey |
Motylev, Alexander |
½-½ |
Dreev, Alexey |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
½-½ |
Morozevich, Alexander |
|
Round 2: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 |
Svidler, Peter |
½-½ |
Motylev, Alexander |
Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
1-0 |
Khalifman, Alexander |
Morozevich, Alexander |
½-½ |
Rublevsky, Sergei |
Dreev, Alexey |
½-½ |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
1-0 |
Volkov, Sergey |
Bareev, Evgeny |
½-½ |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
|
Round 3: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
0-1 |
Svidler, Peter |
Motylev, Alexander |
½-½ |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
Rublevsky, Sergei |
1-0 |
Dreev, Alexey |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
1-0 |
Morozevich, Alexander |
Khalifman, Alexander |
½-½ |
Bareev, Evgeny |
Volkov, Sergey |
0-1 |
Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
|
Round 4: Thursday, December 22, 2005 |
Svidler, Peter |
½-½ |
Rublevsky, Sergei |
Motylev, Alexander |
½-½ |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
½-½ |
Dreev, Alexey |
Morozevich, Alexander |
1-0 |
Khalifman, Alexander |
Bareev, Evgeny |
1-0 |
Volkov, Sergey |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
½-½ |
Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
|
Round 5: Friday, December 23, 2005 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
0-1 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
Rublevsky, Sergei |
1-0 |
Motylev, Alexander |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
½-½ |
Svidler, Peter |
Khalifman, Alexander |
½-½ |
Dreev, Alexey |
Volkov, Sergey |
0-1 |
Morozevich, Alexander |
Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
½-½ |
Bareev, Evgeny |
|
Round 6: Saturday, December 24, 2005 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
0-1 |
Bareev, Evgeny |
Dreev, Alexey |
0-1 |
Volkov, Sergey |
Morozevich, Alexander |
½-½ |
Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
Svidler, Peter |
½-½ |
Khalifman, Alexander |
Motylev, Alexander |
0-1 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
½-½ |
Rublevsky, Sergei |
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