Rus SuperFinal 08: Exciting Penultimate Round

by Alejandro Ramirez
12/7/2014 – The Russian Super Final is nearing its end, and in the Open section Lysyj continues with a half point lead. All the games were drawn in that second today except for Khismatullin's win a gainst Vitiugov. If Lysyj wins against Grachev tomorrow he will be Russian Super Final Champion! The race in the Women's is between Galliamova and Gunina, both tied with 6.0/8..

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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 Eight

Round 08
Lysyj, Igor 2686
½-½
Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2714
Jakovenko, Dmitry 2745
½-½
Morozevich, Alexander 2724
Karjakin, Sergey 2770
½-½
Svidler, Peter 2743
Vitiugov, Nikita 2738
0-1
Khismatullin, Denis 2679
Zvjaginsev, Vadim 2655
½-½
Grachev, Boris 2770

The children that visited the tournament also drew the players!

The tournament leader played some kind of weird Dutch against Nepomniachtchi. His slight advantage was never enough to make any progress and eventually the game was drawn.

Jakovenko had a dangerous advantage in the endgame against Morozevich, but some creative and resourceful defense with the active king saved the game for the Russian. A good example to study for defending bad rook endgames.

Karjakin could not best Svidler who continues on a very solid seven draws and one loss.

Sergey Karjakin in the duel of titans against...

Peter Svidler, with a beautiful background

Khismatullin was the only player to win today after his attack on the kingside quickly became unstoppable after transferring both of his rooks to that side of the board. Vitiugov seemed to play rather planless and was duly punished.

Zvjaginsev did not find anything against his opponent's opening

Zvjaginsev and Grachev provided the "how to find a repetition in under 20 moves" game of the day.

A little rest day for Boris Grachev

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1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 Qe8 8.b3 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Ba3 Rf7 11.Qc2 Nc6 12.Rad1 h6 13.Rfe1 Be6 14.e4 Rd8 15.Bd3 f4 16.Nd5 Bg4 17.Be2 Nh7 18.Bb2 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Ng5 20.c5 Kh7 21.Qc4 Qe6 22.Rd3 Nxf3+ 23.Rxf3 Rfd7 24.Rd3 Nb8 25.Red1 a5 26.Qc2 Na6 27.Qc4 Nb8 28.Qc2 Na6 29.Qc4 Nb8 30.Qc2 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Lysyj,I2686Nepomniachtchi,I2714½–½2014A4167th ch-RUS 20148.1
Jakovenko,D2745Morozevich,A2724½–½2014A4067th ch-RUS 20148.2
Karjakin,S2770Svidler,P2743½–½2014C8867th ch-RUS 20148.3
Vitiugov,N2738Khismatullin,D26790–12014A2967th ch-RUS 20148.4
Zvjaginsev,V2655Grachev,B2669½–½2014B2267th ch-RUS 20148.5

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Women's Section

Round 08
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 2439
0-1
Galliamova, Alisa 2471
Gunina, Valentina 2522
1-0
Pogonina, Natalja 2480
Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2541
1-0
Goryachkina, Aleksandra 2438
Girya, Olga 2457
1-0
Gritsayeva, Oksana 2335
Kashlinskaya, Alina 2439
½-½
Bodnaruk, Anastasia 2411

Penultimate round under way

The women continue to provide us with entertainig rounds! Big results at the top as Galliamova won yet again against Kovalevskaya. An unusual three passed pawns vs. three passed pawns endgame proved why bishops are so valuable over knights in these kinds of situations.

Kovalevskaya ended up losing to one of the current tournament leaders: Galliamova

Gunina showed wonderful comprehension of this QGD structure

Gunina played a masterful game cracking down on Pogonina's Lasker Defense. A clean game by Gunina who has recovered wonderfully from her relatively poor start.

Kosteniuk, who has been rather luckless this tournament, smashed Goryachkina, effectively knocking her out of competition for first place.

Alexandra Kosteniuk with a crushing victory

A silly blunder cost Gritsayeva the game against Girya. Without this error the endgame was probably around equal.

A little luck never hurt anyone: Olga Girya

Finally Kashlinskaya forced a perpetual in style:

Black to play and draw (she is worse without this move). Answer in the game!

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.Rg1 g5 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Qd2 a6 10.0-0-0 Ne5 11.f3 Ng6 12.Nb3 Nd7 13.Qf2 b5 14.h4 Nxh4 15.f4 Ng6 16.Bd4 Rg8 17.f5 Nge5 18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Qh2 Qf6 20.Bxb5 axb5 21.Nxb5 Ra4 22.Rgf1 Qg6 23.Bxe5 Nxe5 24.Rxd6 Qxe4 25.Rdd1 Qe3+ 26.Kb1 Re4 27.Nc3 Rxg4 28.Qh5+ Rg6 29.Rfe1 Qf4 30.Rxe5 Qxe5 31.Qxg6+ Ke7 32.Qh7+ Bg7 33.Qd3 Kf7 34.Qf3+ Qf4 35.Qc6 Qc4 36.Nc5 Bxc3 37.Qxc8 Bf6 38.Qb7+ Kg6 39.Nd3 Bg7 40.Re1 Qd5 41.Qe7 Re4 42.Rf1 Kh7 43.a3 Rh4 44.Nc1 Qb5 45.Nd3 Qd5 46.Nc1 Rf4 47.Re1 e5 48.Nd3 Rf5 49.a4 g4 50.Qh4 e4 51.Nc1 Rg5 52.a5 Qb5 53.Nb3 Qe5 54.c3 e3 55.Nd4 g3 56.Qh1 g2 57.Qg1 Qe4+ 58.Nc2 Rg3 59.Ka2 Qxc2 0–1
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Kovalevskaya,E2439Galliamova,A24710–12014B81ch-RUS Superfinal w 20148.1
Gunina,V2522Pogonina,N24801–02014D56ch-RUS Superfinal w 20148.2
Kosteniuk,A2541Goryachkina,A24381–02014C65ch-RUS Superfinal w 20148.3
Girya,O2457Gritsayeva,O23351–02014A41ch-RUS Superfinal w 20148.4
Kashlinskaya,A2439Bodnaruk,A2411½–½2014E60ch-RUS Superfinal w 20148.5

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The action finishes tomorrow at 1 p.m. Moscow time to determine the Russian Super Final Champion in both the Open and Women's section!

Information and pictures provided by Etery Kublashvili

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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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