RUS SuperFinal 06: Leaders cement positions

by Alejandro Ramirez
12/5/2014 – Not the pre-tournament favorites, but the leaders are playing powerful chess. Lysyj in the Open section is performing fantastically at 2924 and his latest victim was Khismatullin. With this win Lysyj leads by a full point. In the Women's, Goraychkina drew Pogonina, but Galliamova was able to turn a bad situation into a tie for the 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 Six

Round 06
Lysyj, Igor 2686
1-0
Khismatullin, Denis 2679
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2714
½-½
Morozevich, Alexander 2724
Jakovenko, Dmitry 2745
½-½
Grachev, Boris 2669
Vitiugov, Nikita 2738
½-½
Svidler, Peter 2743
Karjakin, Sergey 2770
1-0
Zvjaginsev, Vadim 2655

A fantastic round for Lysyj! Khismatullin's aggressive approach included a pawn sacrifice, and it seemed that he managed to obtain enough compensation, but a serious error landed him with less than adequate play for his missing exchange and he ended up losing the game.

Lysyj's latest victim: Denis Khismatullin

Nepo saw himself in a difficult position against Morozevich who was pressing for the win, but on move 40 he was unable to keep the pressure and the game petered out to a draw.

Nepomniachtchi suffered a bit but he held the draw against Morozevich

Jakovenko and Grachev played a crazy tactical French that is better seen with a real board! Meanwhile you can check out some variations below.

Unafraid of big complications and a fantastic blitz player: Boris Grachev

Vitiugov and Svidler drew without playing while Karjakin crushed Zvjaginsev when the latter somehow forgot how to handle the Pirc pawn structure.

A much needed breather for the #1 seed

This leaves Lysyj a full point ahead of the competition with a fantastic 2900+ performance.

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1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.d5 Bg7 6.Nd4 Bd7 7.e4 c5 8.Nf3 0-0 9.h3 e6 10.Bd3 exd5 11.exd5 Re8+ 12.Be3 b5 13.cxb5 a6 14.bxa6 Nxa6 15.0-0 Nb4 16.Bc4 Ne4 17.Bd2 Bf5 18.a3 Nc2 19.Rc1 Nd4 20.Nxd4 Bxd4 21.Nxe4 Rxe4 22.Bd3 Bxb2 23.Bxe4 Bxe4 24.Re1 Bxd5 25.Rb1 Qf6? This is a serious mistake as Black has no good answer to Be3. 25...Be5 26.a4 gives Black chances to draw this with his powerful pair of bishops, but White still is the one in the drivers seat. 26.Be3 Bd4 26...Ba2 27.Rxb2 Qxb2 28.Qxd6 is too dangerous for Black. His dark squares around his king are almost impossible to hold. 27.Bxd4 cxd4 28.Ra1 28.Rb4 Rxa3 29.Qxd4 Qxd4 30.Rxd4 Ra5 31.Red1 Bb3 32.Rb1 Bd5 is probably a win but Lysyj wants to keep his last pawn on the queenside alive. 28...h5 29.Qd2 Kg7 30.a4 Bc4 31.a5 d3 32.Rab1 h4 33.Re4 Be6 34.Rf4 Bf5 35.Qb4 Rc8 36.Rd1 Qe5 37.Rxh4 d5 38.Qd4 Kf6 39.Qxe5+ Kxe5 40.Ra4 Bd7 41.Ra3 Ra8 42.Rdxd3 Bb5 43.Re3+ Kd6 44.Rf3 Ra7 45.a6 Kc5 46.Rfb3 Rxa6 47.Rxa6 Bxa6 48.f3 Kd4 49.Kf2 Bc8 50.h4 Be6 51.g3 Kc4 52.Rb6 Kc5 53.Ra6 Kd4 54.Ra4+ Ke5 55.Ke3 Bd7 56.Ra5 Be6 57.g4 Bd7 58.f4+ Kd6 59.h5 gxh5 60.gxh5 Bf5 61.Kd4 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Lysyj,I2686Khismatullin,D26791–02014A4167th ch-RUS 20146.1
Nepomniachtchi,I2714Morozevich,A2724½–½2014A0567th ch-RUS 20146.2
Jakovenko,D2745Grachev,B2669½–½2014C1167th ch-RUS 20146.3
Vitiugov,N2738Svidler,P2743½–½2014E6067th ch-RUS 20146.4
Karjakin,S2770Zvjaginsev,V26551–02014B0967th ch-RUS 20146.5

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Women's Section

Round 06
Goryachkina, Aleaksandra 2438
½-½
Pogonina, Natalja 2480
Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2541
0-1
Galliamova, Alisa 2471
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 2439
1-0
Bodnaruk, Anastasia 2411
Gunina, Valentina 2522
1-0
Gritsayeva, Oksana 2335
Kashlinskaya, Alina 2439
0-1
Girya, Olga 2457

Another bloody round, but this one saw at least one draw. Over the past three rounds a massive 14/15 games have been decisive in the Women's section!

Pogonina tried hard against Goryachkina but without success

Goryachkina saw herself in a difficult position against Pogonina, who was up a pawn in a rook endgame. However the pawn was blockaded and it was too hard to make progress, so Goryachkina was able to hold the half point.

Kosteniuk was outplaying Galliamova but she suddenly stopped attacking. Her initiative on the kingside faded and her position became a series of weaknesses. Further mistakes allowed Galliamova to mop up easily after a panicked Kosteniuk sacrificed two pieces for no compensation.

Alisa Galliamova turned the game from a bad position into a win against...

The highest rated Russian woman: Alexandra Kosteniuk

Kovalevskaya played a very nice White version of the early Qf3 Paulsen Sicilians and beat Bodnaruk, no questions asked. Gunina took advantage of a serious mistake by Gritsayeva to gain the initiative and a decisive material advantage thanks to the awkward placement of some of Black's pieces around move 22.

Kashlinskaya had a pride and joy: her pawn on c7. This compensated her missing pawn and some of her positional weaknesses. Later in the game a mistake allowed tactics that gave Girya the opportunity to pick off this pawn, after which all of White's position fell apart!

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.a3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Bb6 12.0-0 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.b4 d4 15.g4 Bg6 16.e4 Re8 17.Re1 h5 18.Kg2 hxg4 19.hxg4 Bc7 20.Qd2 Rc8 21.Rad1 a6 22.Bxc7 Rxc7 23.Qf4 Rce7 24.Re2 Qc7 25.Kg3 Ne5 26.Nxe5 Rxe5 27.Rc2 Qd6 28.f3 Bxe4 29.Bc4 Bd5 30.Bxd5 Rxd5 31.Qxd6 Rxd6 32.Rd3 g5 33.Rc5 f6 34.Rc7 b5 35.Kf2 Kf8 36.Rd1 Re7 37.Rc8+ Kf7 38.Rd3 Re5 39.Rc7+ Ke6 40.Rc8 Kf7 41.Rc7+ Ke6 42.Rc8 f5 43.gxf5+ Rxf5 44.Kg3 Re5 45.f4 Rf5 46.fxg5 Rxg5+ 47.Kf4 Rg1 48.Rc5 Rf1+ 49.Ke4 Re1+ 50.Kf4 Kd7 51.Rc2 Rh1 52.Rcd2 Kc6 53.Rxd4 Rxd4+ 54.Rxd4 Rh3 55.Ke5 Re3+ 56.Re4 Rxa3 57.Kd4 Ra4 58.Re6+ Kd7 59.Kd5 Rxb4 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Goryachkina,A2438Pogonina,N2480½–½2014D37ch-RUS Superfinal w 20146.1
Kosteniuk,A2541Galliamova,A24710–12014D10ch-RUS Superfinal w 20146.2
Kovalevskaya,E2439Bodnaruk,A24111–02014B48ch-RUS Superfinal w 20146.3
Gunina,V2522Gritsayeva,O23351–02014A55ch-RUS Superfinal w 20146.4
Kashlinskaya,A2439Girya,O24570–12014E53ch-RUS Superfinal w 20146.5

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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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