Russian Champions: Tomashevsky and Girya

Final round & Tiebreak

For a third year in row, Natalija Pogonina was in a play-off to decide the winner of the Women's Superfinal. In 2017, she was defeated by Aleksandra Goryachkina, while last year she took down none other than Olga Girya. For Girya, this was a particularly suspenseful event, as she was caught up by Pogonina in the very last round, then won the first play-off game...only to be caught up again in the second rapid encounter. The eventual champion got White in the Armageddon, and thanks to a 67-move win she finally got her first national title.

Contrary to what was expected, the open section was the one to finish without the need of a play-off, despite it being such a tight race throughout. In the last round, Evgeny Tomashevsky — who was co-leading with Nikita Vitiugov until round ten — faced an ambitious Kirill Alekseenko with the white pieces. Alekseenko's approach backfired though, as he found himself in a worse position in the early middlegame. When Tomashevsky got the win after 76 moves, Vitiugov had already signed a draw with Alexey Sarana, thus securing Tomashevsky first place on 7 out of 11 — this was his second triumph in the Russian championship, as he had won the title back in 2015.

• Report on Rounds 1-2: Leaders on plus one
• Report on Rounds 3-4: Girya sole leader in the Women's
• Report on Rounds 5-7: Tomashevsky and Girya on top
• Report on Rounds 8-9: Three leaders in the Open, Goryachkina beats Girya

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A tie for first place is settled by a rapid playoff with 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move for each player and, if the score is still tied, a 5 vs. 4 Armageddon game, where Black has draw odds.

 

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St	White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res	Rnd	id

	Adams,M	2661	Pert,R	2413		4.2	5463737
	Fernandez,D	2475	Siva Mahadevan	2385		4.1	5463736
	Sasikumar,S	1953	Li,W	2342		4.3	5463739
	Balaji,A	2346	Adams,G	1829		4.4	5463740
	Yoon,J	2250	Hindol Ghosh	1669		4.5	5463742
	Camacho Collados,J	2327	Tiviakov,S	2536		4.6	5463744
	Bosiocic,M	2511	York-Weaving,R	2323		4.7	5463745
	Kalavannan,K	2303	Ghasi,A	2502		4.8	5463747
	Clarke,B	-	Fava,L	2299		4.9	5463748
	Cummings,D	2249	Cuenca Jimenez,J	2495		4.10	5463749
	Wadsworth,M	2484	Nawalaniec,A	2211		4.11	5463750
	Murawski,J	2191	Camacho Collados,M	2462		4.12	5463752
	Ladron De Guevara Pinto,P	2419	Pozzari,S	2171		4.13	5463754
	Haubro,M	2402	Yu,R	2048		4.14	5463755
	Fernandez Garcia,J	2365	Shearsby,J	2133		4.15	5463756
	Wells,P	2350	Varnam,L	2022		4.16	5463758
	Lebedev,L	1996	Keerthi Kumar,A	1823		4.17	5463759
	Kaushik,M	1779	Dierssen Garcã­a-Barredo,G	-		4.18	5463760
	Goh,J	2186	Iyengar,I	1979		4.19	5463761
	Udovenko,D	-	Patel,K	1958		4.20	5463762
	Hanache,K	2149	Keohane,B	-		4.21	5463764
	Khoury,T	2143	De Coverly,R	1918		4.22	5463766
	Smart,M	1914	Willow,J	2478		4.23	5463768
	Hutchinson,P	2054	McMahon,P	1911		4.24	5463771
	Lazarus,S	1874	Badacsonyi,S	2289		4.25	5463776
	Majeed,H	1999	Walley,A	1871		4.26	5463777
	Pai,S	1832	Pick,F	1997		4.27	5463779
	Pert,M	2290	Anjulan,A	1826		4.28	5463780
	Jacobs,S	1909	Cole,J	1972		4.29	5463782
	Sowray,P	2219	Alldritt,N	-		4.30	5463784
	Botteley,M	1947	Badacsonyi,F	2190		4.31	5463785
	Payne,M	2116	Ward,C	1946		4.32	5463786
	Volovich,J	1945	Brewer,C	2154		4.33	5463787
	Brett,A	2057	Hedger,A	1924		4.34	5463788
	Myall,I	1924	Dasgupta,A	2142		4.35	5463789
	Hughes,R	2014	Aditya Mittal	2547		4.36	5463791
	Kirupakaran,V	1847	Schroer,M	2105		4.37	5463793
	Shivakumar,A	1819	Pereslavtsev,A	2093		4.38	5463795
	Jones,G	1781	Kueh,A	2054		4.39	5463796
	Chantrell,P	1749	Kothari,J	2007		4.40	5463797
	Vaidyanathan,A	2137	Prince,A	1803		4.41	5463798
	Verbytski,O	1976	Bay-Petersen,O	1780		4.42	5463799
	Berkley,S	1740	Skettos,N	1961		4.43	5463800
	Pack,J	1884	McLean,R	1762		4.44	5463801
	Lee,Y	1870	Mork,P	1757		4.45	5463802
	Liu,J	1825	Warner,N	1741		4.46	5463804
	Matthews,A	-	Xu,J	1725		4.47	5463805
	Richardson,A	1791	Adams,H	2144		4.48	5463806
	Ewart,T	1701	Hutchinson,N	1935		4.49	5463807
	Tso,C	1881	Siddhartha Shankar Srivastava	1647		4.50	5463809
	Leigh,D	1747	Gilsson,A	1795		4.51	5463811
	Doman,R	1661	Letton,R	1786		4.52	5463812
	Pride,S	1640	Volovich,A	1628		4.53	5463814
	Rajkarnikar,B	1823	Nepali,B	1942		2.1	5461838
	Karmacharya,P	1882	Rajkarnikar,B	1592		2.2	5461839
	Rathi,H	1616	Sarawogi,S	-		2.3	5461840
	Muradli,M	2588	Gupta,A	2576		5.1	5389348
	Muradli,M	2588	Gupta,A	2576		5.1	5389705
	Jacobson,B	2570	Maghsoodloo,P	2684		5.2	5389347
	Jacobson,B	2570	Maghsoodloo,P	2684		5.2	5389706
	Chaulagain,P	1898	Gyawali,R	1807		2.4	5461841
	Pradhan,M	1526	Sharma,B	1836		2.5	5461842
	Neupane,S	1692	KC Prabir	1474		2.6	5461844
	Bachmann,A	2570	Shankland,S	2666		7.1	5441309
	Oparin,G	2660	Hungaski,R	2477		7.2	5441310
	Fier,A	2556	Martinez Alcantara,J	2611		7.3	5441311
	Henriquez Villagra,C	2597	Villanueva,M	2454		7.4	5441312
	Jacobson,B	2582	Quesada Perez,L	2546		7.5	5441313
	Cardoso Cardoso,J	2516	Hong,A	2579		7.6	5441315
	Schnaider,I	2388	Mareco,S	2585		7.7	5441316
	Spata,G	2376	Supi,L	2566		7.8	5441317
	Garcia Pantoja,R	2531	Campos Gomez,M	2355		7.9	5441318
	Filgueiras,N	2370	Diamant,A	2487		7.10	5441319
	Shabalov,A	2483	Matsuura,E	2354		7.11	5441320
	Avila Pavas,S	2469	Villarreal,A	2272		7.12	5441322
	Buganca,L	2114	Coro,L	2434		7.13	5441323
	Liascovich,L	2417	Rojas Salas,S	2343		7.14	5441325
	Nepali,B	1942	Nepal,S	-		1.1	5457077
	Dahal,S	1551	Karmacharya,P	1882		1.2	5457078
	Sarawogi,S	-	Parajuli,M	-		1.3	5457079

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St	White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res	Rnd	id

	Adams,M	2661	Pert,R	2413		4.2	5463737
	Fernandez,D	2475	Siva Mahadevan	2385		4.1	5463736
	Sasikumar,S	1953	Li,W	2342		4.3	5463739
	Balaji,A	2346	Adams,G	1829		4.4	5463740
	Yoon,J	2250	Hindol Ghosh	1669		4.5	5463742
	Camacho Collados,J	2327	Tiviakov,S	2536		4.6	5463744
	Bosiocic,M	2511	York-Weaving,R	2323		4.7	5463745
	Kalavannan,K	2303	Ghasi,A	2502		4.8	5463747
	Clarke,B	-	Fava,L	2299		4.9	5463748
	Cummings,D	2249	Cuenca Jimenez,J	2495		4.10	5463749
	Wadsworth,M	2484	Nawalaniec,A	2211		4.11	5463750
	Murawski,J	2191	Camacho Collados,M	2462		4.12	5463752
	Ladron De Guevara Pinto,P	2419	Pozzari,S	2171		4.13	5463754
	Haubro,M	2402	Yu,R	2048		4.14	5463755
	Fernandez Garcia,J	2365	Shearsby,J	2133		4.15	5463756
	Wells,P	2350	Varnam,L	2022		4.16	5463758
	Lebedev,L	1996	Keerthi Kumar,A	1823		4.17	5463759
	Kaushik,M	1779	Dierssen Garcã­a-Barredo,G	-		4.18	5463760
	Goh,J	2186	Iyengar,I	1979		4.19	5463761
	Udovenko,D	-	Patel,K	1958		4.20	5463762
	Hanache,K	2149	Keohane,B	-		4.21	5463764
	Khoury,T	2143	De Coverly,R	1918		4.22	5463766
	Smart,M	1914	Willow,J	2478		4.23	5463768
	Hutchinson,P	2054	McMahon,P	1911		4.24	5463771
	Lazarus,S	1874	Badacsonyi,S	2289		4.25	5463776
	Majeed,H	1999	Walley,A	1871		4.26	5463777
	Pai,S	1832	Pick,F	1997		4.27	5463779
	Pert,M	2290	Anjulan,A	1826		4.28	5463780
	Jacobs,S	1909	Cole,J	1972		4.29	5463782
	Sowray,P	2219	Alldritt,N	-		4.30	5463784
	Botteley,M	1947	Badacsonyi,F	2190		4.31	5463785
	Payne,M	2116	Ward,C	1946		4.32	5463786
	Volovich,J	1945	Brewer,C	2154		4.33	5463787
	Brett,A	2057	Hedger,A	1924		4.34	5463788
	Myall,I	1924	Dasgupta,A	2142		4.35	5463789
	Hughes,R	2014	Aditya Mittal	2547		4.36	5463791
	Kirupakaran,V	1847	Schroer,M	2105		4.37	5463793
	Shivakumar,A	1819	Pereslavtsev,A	2093		4.38	5463795
	Jones,G	1781	Kueh,A	2054		4.39	5463796
	Chantrell,P	1749	Kothari,J	2007		4.40	5463797
	Vaidyanathan,A	2137	Prince,A	1803		4.41	5463798
	Verbytski,O	1976	Bay-Petersen,O	1780		4.42	5463799
	Berkley,S	1740	Skettos,N	1961		4.43	5463800
	Pack,J	1884	McLean,R	1762		4.44	5463801
	Lee,Y	1870	Mork,P	1757		4.45	5463802
	Liu,J	1825	Warner,N	1741		4.46	5463804
	Matthews,A	-	Xu,J	1725		4.47	5463805
	Richardson,A	1791	Adams,H	2144		4.48	5463806
	Ewart,T	1701	Hutchinson,N	1935		4.49	5463807
	Tso,C	1881	Siddhartha Shankar Srivastava	1647		4.50	5463809
	Leigh,D	1747	Gilsson,A	1795		4.51	5463811
	Doman,R	1661	Letton,R	1786		4.52	5463812
	Pride,S	1640	Volovich,A	1628		4.53	5463814
	Rajkarnikar,B	1823	Nepali,B	1942		2.1	5461838
	Karmacharya,P	1882	Rajkarnikar,B	1592		2.2	5461839
	Rathi,H	1616	Sarawogi,S	-		2.3	5461840
	Muradli,M	2588	Gupta,A	2576		5.1	5389348
	Muradli,M	2588	Gupta,A	2576		5.1	5389705
	Jacobson,B	2570	Maghsoodloo,P	2684		5.2	5389347
	Jacobson,B	2570	Maghsoodloo,P	2684		5.2	5389706
	Chaulagain,P	1898	Gyawali,R	1807		2.4	5461841
	Pradhan,M	1526	Sharma,B	1836		2.5	5461842
	Neupane,S	1692	KC Prabir	1474		2.6	5461844
	Bachmann,A	2570	Shankland,S	2666		7.1	5441309
	Oparin,G	2660	Hungaski,R	2477		7.2	5441310
	Fier,A	2556	Martinez Alcantara,J	2611		7.3	5441311
	Henriquez Villagra,C	2597	Villanueva,M	2454		7.4	5441312
	Jacobson,B	2582	Quesada Perez,L	2546		7.5	5441313
	Cardoso Cardoso,J	2516	Hong,A	2579		7.6	5441315
	Schnaider,I	2388	Mareco,S	2585		7.7	5441316
	Spata,G	2376	Supi,L	2566		7.8	5441317
	Garcia Pantoja,R	2531	Campos Gomez,M	2355		7.9	5441318
	Filgueiras,N	2370	Diamant,A	2487		7.10	5441319
	Shabalov,A	2483	Matsuura,E	2354		7.11	5441320
	Avila Pavas,S	2469	Villarreal,A	2272		7.12	5441322
	Buganca,L	2114	Coro,L	2434		7.13	5441323
	Liascovich,L	2417	Rojas Salas,S	2343		7.14	5441325
	Nepali,B	1942	Nepal,S	-		1.1	5457077
	Dahal,S	1551	Karmacharya,P	1882		1.2	5457078
	Sarawogi,S	-	Parajuli,M	-		1.3	5457079

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Results of Rounds 1-11

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Results of Rounds 1-11

The Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony took place under the open sky on the premises of the Museum Estate of Pyotr Tchaikovsky.

For the drawing of lots, chief arbiter of the competition IA Elena Polovina, offered players the choice of books from The Childhood Years of P. Tchaikovsky, which had the starting numbers hidden inside.

The men of the Open Championship with their pairing numbers | Photo: Eteri Kublashvili

The creative part of the evening began with the performance of Andrey Shashkin, the scholarship holder of Denis Matsuev's New Names charity foundation, winner of the Udmurt Republic Government Prize and of the All-Russian Young Talents Competition, a young pianist and child prodigy. It was followed by the musical ensemble Saikan (Awakening) performing Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings on the national Udmurt instrument krez. Towards the end of the ceremony several musical pieces were performed by Yuri Rozum, the People’s Artist of Russia, a laureate of international competitions and a famous pianist.

Yuri Rozum in concert | Photo: Eteri Kublashvili

Schedule

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In case of a draw of two or more participants for first place, a rapid playoff will be played. 

Links

• The Russian Championship 'Superfinals' begin
• Russian Chess Federation