RUS SuperFinal 05: Big results!

by Alejandro Ramirez
12/2/2014 – How the standings have changed in both sections! Thanks to big upsets in the Open section (Khismatullin defeating Morozevich, Lysyj defeating Karjakin) there are new leaders. Lysyj sits alone with 3.5/5 followed by Jakovenko and Nepo with 3.0/5. In the Women's we had five decisive results again (!) but this time only one of the leaders won: Goryachkina leads with a half point lead.

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The Russian Super Final and the Russian Women's Super Finals, are taking place in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan. The time control of the event is 90 minutes for 40 moves, 30 minutes until the end of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one. Participants are not allowed to offer a draw until move 40.

Round Five

Round 05
Zvjaginsev, Vadim 2655
½-½
Javovenko, Dmitry 2745
Morozevich, Alexander 2724
0-1
Khismatullin, Denis 2679
Karjakin, Sergey 2770
0-1
Lysyj, Igor 2686
Svidler, Peter 2743
½-½
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2714
Grachev, Boris 2669
½-½
Vitiugov, Nikita 2738

The beautiful artwork of the subway in Kazan

An interesting round in Kazan! Two of the pre-tournament favorites fell with the White pieces. First Morozevich's exchange sacrifice in a complex endgame was dubious at best. Khismatullin patiently rearranged his pieces and obtained a winning advantage with his extra material.

Khismatullin with a huge win against Morozevich

The new tournament leader: Igor Lysyj

Karjakin, who is having a horrible tournament and is dead last, was simply positionally outplayed by Lysyj who is now leading the event! Lysyj has been one of the best players in Russia for many years but never quite the elite, and this might be after a long time his breakthrough event!

Svidler and Nepomniachtchi played a very, very strange game. At the end the draw by repetition seemed to be the best for both sides.

Zvjaginsev essayed a King's Gambit (that is still played nowadays?) and although he got a horrible position from the opening he managed to hold it at the end. Grachev and Vitiugov played an interesting but nothing special draw.

Vitiugov stays at 50%

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1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bb5+ c6 6.dxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 Bd6 8.0-0 0-0 9.c3 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Bc7 11.Bd3 Re8 12.Qc2 Nd5 13.Nb3 g6 14.Bd2 Ne3 15.Bxe3 fxe3 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Rxf3 Qd6 18.g3 Re7 19.Nc5 Kg7 20.Ne4 Qd5 21.Qb3 Qxb3 22.axb3 f5 23.Nc5 Bd6 24.b4 b6 25.Nb3 Rf8 26.Raf1 a5 27.b5 Nd8 28.Na1 Nf7 29.h4 Nh6 30.Be2 Ng4 31.Nc2 h5 32.Kg2 Rc8 33.Ra1 Rf8 34.Ra4 f4 35.gxf4 Re4 36.Ra1 Bxf4 37.Bd3 Re7 38.Re1 Ref7 39.Re2 g5 40.hxg5 Bxg5 41.Rxf7+ Rxf7 42.Bc4 Rf6 43.Bd5 h4 44.Bf3 Nh2 45.Ne1 Bf4 46.Kh3 Nf1 47.Nd3 Bg5 48.Ne5 Nd2 49.Bg2 Rf2 50.Rxf2 exf2 51.c4 Be3 52.c5 Bxd4 53.Nd7 bxc5 54.b6 c4 55.b7 Ba7 56.Ne5 Bb8 57.Nc6 Bg3 58.Nxa5 Kf6 59.Nc6 f1Q 60.Bxf1 Nxf1 61.b8Q Bxb8 62.Nxb8 Kg5 63.Nc6 Ne3 64.Ne5 Kh5 65.Nf3 Nd1 66.Nxh4 Nxb2 67.Nf3 c3 68.Nd4 Kg5 69.Kg3 Kf6 70.Kf4 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Zvjaginsev,V2655Jakovenko,D2745½–½2014C3667th ch-RUS 20145
Morozevich,A2724Khismatullin,D26790–12014B9067th ch-RUS 20145
Karjakin,S2770Lysyj,I26860–12014A3067th ch-RUS 20145
Svidler,P2743Nepomniachtchi,I2714½–½2014A3467th ch-RUS 20145
Grachev,B2669Vitiugov,N2738½–½2014D1167th ch-RUS 20145

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Women's Section

Round 05
Kashlinskaya, Alina 2439
1-0
Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2541
Bodnaruk, Anastasia 2411
0-1
Goryachkina, Aleksandra 2438
Gritsayeva, Olga 2335
0-1
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 2439
Girya, Olga 2457
0-1
Gunina, Valentina 2522
Pogonina, Natalja 2480
0-1
Galliamova, Alina 2471

As if yesterday was not enough, the women have graced us with another round of all decisive games! Again, they came in all different types.

Kashlinskaya had a slightly worse position against Kosteniuk for most of the game, but a trick in time trouble caused Kosteniuk to panic and drop a pawn and then a piece, losing her the game.

A stroke of cunning and luck: Alina
Kashlinskaya vanquished Alexandra Kosteniuk

Goryachkina showed better understanding of a complex structure against Bodnaruk and took a nice victory. Kovalevskaya had a relatively easy time against Gritsayeva as White lost a pawn early in the game and was always worse.

Girya and Gunina played a bizarre game where neither side wanted to win material, instead they kept focusing on improving their position. At the end of the complications Gunina's position was much better and she confidently took the point home.

Pogonina seemed very confused in the opening and she also dropped a pawn early in the game. Galliamova played cleanly and with good technique won a nice game, which allows her to grab second place by leapfrogging Girya and Kosteniuk!

Pogonina couldn't find a good continuation in the opening

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.0-0 cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Re1 Nc6 12.a3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ne7 14.Bd3 Ng6 15.Ne5 Qc7 16.Re3 Rfc8 17.Rc1 Qd6 18.a4 Rc7 19.Rg3 Ne4 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Qe2 Qd5 22.Nxg6 Bxg6 23.h4 h5 24.Bf4 Rc6 25.Be5 Rac8 26.Rg5 Rxc3 27.Rxc3 Rxc3 28.Bxg7 Qc4 29.Qe5 Qc7 30.f4 Qxe5 31.Bxe5 Rd3 32.Kf2 Kh7 33.Ke2 Ra3 34.d5 f6 35.Bxf6 Bd3+ 36.Kf2 exd5 37.f5 Rxa4 38.Ke3 Bc2 39.Rg7+ Kh6 40.Rf7 Bxf5 1–0
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Kashlinskaya,A2439Kosteniuk,A25411–02014E53ch-RUS Superfinal w 20145
Bodnaruk,A2411Goryachkina,A24380–12014C26ch-RUS Superfinal w 20145
Gritsayeva,O2335Kovalevskaya,E24390–12014B22ch-RUS Superfinal w 20145
Girya,O2457Gunina,V25220–12014E11ch-RUS Superfinal w 20145
Pogonina,N2480Galliamova,A24710–12014C60ch-RUS Superfinal w 20145

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Grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez has been playing tournament chess since 1998. His accomplishments include qualifying for the 2004 and 2013 World Cups as well as playing for Costa Rica in the 2002, 2004 and 2008 Olympiads. He currently has a rating of 2583 and is author of a number of popular and critically acclaimed ChessBase-DVDs.

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