Russian Championship Super Final
The Russian Championship Super Final took place from October 3rd to 15th in
the Moscow Central Chess Club. Participants were the top players by rating and
qualifiers from the higher league competitions. The rate of play was 100 minutes
for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 moves, and then 15 minutes and a 30 second
increment per move to end the game. Players could not offer draws directly to
their opponents but had to do so through an arbiter. The prize fund was five
million roubles, which translates to 139,000 Euros or US $193,000.
Round ten
| Round 10: Tuesday, 14th October 2008 |
|
Peter Svidler |
½-½ |
Dmitry Jakovenko |
Nikita Vitiugovy |
1-0 |
Artyom Timofeev |
Konstantin Sakaev |
0-1 |
Evgeny Alekseev |
Alexander Lastin |
½-½ |
Alexander Morozevich |
Evgeny Tomashevsk |
1-0 |
Alexander Riazantse |
Konstantin Maslak |
½-½ |
Ernesto Inarkiev |
|
Round eleven
| Round 11: Wednesday, 15th October 2008 |
| Evgeny Alekseev |
0-1 |
Peter Svidler |
Dmitry Jakovenko |
1-0 |
Nikita Vitiugov |
Artyom Timofeev |
0-1 |
Evgeny Tomashevsky |
Alexander Morozevich |
1-0 |
Konstantin Maslak |
Alexander Riazantse |
½-½ |
Alexander Lastin |
Ernesto Inarkiev |
½-½ |
Konstantin Sakaev |
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Alekseev,Evgeny (2715) - Svidler,P (2727) [B12]
ch-RUS Moscow RUS (11), 15.10.2008
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.0-0 Bg6 7.b3 Nh6 8.c4
Nf5 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Bb2 0-0 11.Bd3 f6 12.Ne2 fxe5 13.dxe5 Nc5 14.Nf4 Nxd3 15.Nxd3
Bh5 16.Nf4 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Qe7 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Qg4 Bd2 20.Nd3 Rac8 21.Qd1 Qg5 22.g3
Be3 23.Kh1 Qh6 24.Bc1 d4 25.Kg2 Rc3 26.Qe2 Qg6 27.fxe3 Rxd3 28.Kg1 Nxe3 29.Rxf8+
Kxf8 30.Bxe3 dxe3 31.Rc1 h6 32.Rc8+ Kf7
Peter Svidler has played an attacking Caro-Kann, and, after his opponent missed
some chances to hold (e.g. with 31.Qc2!), is now pushing for victory. In time
trouble Evgeny Alekseev makes it easy for him: 33.g4?? Qe4 34.Rc4 Qd5
0-1. A bitter defeat for Alekseev, who traded a clear win of the Russian
Championship for a place in the tiebreak, which will be played on October 28.
Final standings
Draw average
The tournament had an anti-draw rule implemented – the players had to
get permission from the arbiters before they could agree to a draw. This (and
probably other factors) led to a lot of good fights and a comparatively low
drawing percentage: only 35 out of 66 = 53% of the games were drawn. White won
23 games (=35%) and Black eight games (=12%).
Playoffs
The playoffs were supposed to take place immediately after the final round,
but it had become late and the three-way tie meant that the tiebreak would go
on until way past midnight. So the organisers decided to hold the playoff games
on 28th October, starting from 1:00 p.m. Moscow time. There will be six games
in a double round robin, with time controls at 15 min per player per game, with
a ten-second increment per move.
Links
The games are being broadcast
live on the official site and on the chess server Playchess.com.
If you are not a member of Playchess you should download
ChessBase Light, which is free and gives you immediate access.
You can use the program to read, replay and analyse PGN games. |
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