Russian Superfinals: Karjakin and Nepomniachtchi win, Shuvalova starts with 6.0/6!

by André Schulz
12/11/2020 – After six rounds Sergey Karjakin and Ian Nepomniachtchi continue to share the lead in the Superfinal of the Russian Championship - both won their games in round 6. In the women's tournament Polina Shuvalova continues to win and with 6.0/6 she is now 1½ points ahead of the field. | Photos: Eteri Kublashvili
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Russian Superfinals, Round 6

Sergey Karjakin and Ian Nepomniachtchi were joint leaders after five rounds, and they still share the lead after round six – both won their games.

Sergey Karjakin had White against Maxim Matlakov.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 a5 6.Bg2 0-0 7.Qc2 c5 8.cxd5 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Qb6 10.e3 exd5 11.0-0 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Rc1 Be6 Intending a queen sacrifice that leads to an interesting position. However, in the game Matlakov could not prove that this sacrifice is entirely correct. 13...Bxd2!? 14.Nxd2 Be6 14.Qxc6 Bxd2!? After 14...Qxc6 15.Rxc6 White is a pawn up. 15.Qxb6 Bxc1 Black has rook and bishop for the queen. 16.Qd4 Rfb8 17.b3 Rb4 18.Qd3 Bb2 19.a3 Bxa1 20.axb4 axb4 21.h3 h6 22.f4 Rc8 It was better to play 22...g6 to stop White from playing f5. 23.Nd2 Rc1+ 24.Nf1 Bc3 25.f5 Bd7 26.Bxd5 Be5 27.g4 Rc3 28.Qa6 Nxd5 29.Qa8+ Bc8 30.Qxd5 Bf6 31.Nd2 Rc1+ 32.Kh2 Rd1 33.Kg3 Bc3 34.Qd8+ Kh7 35.Qxc8 Rxd2 36.Qe8 f6 White simplified the position and can now advance his kingside pawns. Black is helpless. 37.h4 Rd1 38.Kg2 Rd2+ 39.Kf3 Rd5 40.Qg6+ Kh8 41.g5 hxg5 42.hxg5 fxg5 43.f6 g4+ 44.Ke4 1–0
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Karjakin,S2752Matlakov,M26981–02020E1173rd RUS-ch Superfinal 20206.1

Ian Nepomniachtchi had Black against Andrey Goganov, and after winning an exchange he successfully defended against Goganov's kingside attack.

Ian Nepomniachtchi

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 Be7 10.Qd2 0-0 11.Qf4 Rb8 12.Qg3 Kh8 13.Rd1 Nb4 14.Nc3 Bb7 15.Rb1 N4d5 16.Bd2 Nxc3 17.Bxc3 Bd5 18.b3 18.Nd2 to prepare b3 also came into consideration. 18...Be4 19.Ra1 Nd5 20.Be1 c3 21.Bd3 Bxd3 22.Rxd3 Ba3 23.Bxc3 Nxc3 24.Rxc3 Bb2 25.Rac1 c5 26.Rxc5 Bxc1 27.Rxc1 Qa5 28.h4 Qxa2 29.Qf4 Qxb3 30.Ng5 h6 31.Ne4 Rbc8 32.Re1 Qb4 33.Rd1 Rcd8 34.Qe3 a5 35.g4 a4 36.g5 h5
White is an exchange down and now tries to muddy the waters by attacking on the kingside but Nepomniachtchi remains tactically alert. 37.Nf6 g6 37...gxf6? 38.g6 38.Qf3 fxe5 39.Qf6+ Kg8 40.g6 Rxd4 41.Rxd4 Qxd4 42.g7 Rb8 43.Qh6 Rb1+ and Black mates first. 38...Kg7 39.exf6+ Kxf6 40.g7 40.Qg5+ Kg7 41.gxf7+ Kxf7 42.Qxh5+ Ke7 and Black is winning. 40...Ke7 41.Qg5+ Kd7 42.gxf8Q Rxf8 43.Qxh5 with counterplay. 38.Kh2 Qb3 39.Rd3 Qc2 40.Rc3 Qf5 41.Ra3 Ra8 42.d5 exd5 43.Qd4 Qe6 44.f4 Rfc8 45.f5 Qxf5 46.Nxd5 Qe6 0–1
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Goganov,A2594Nepomniachtchi,I27840–12020D2473rd RUS-ch Superfinal 20206.6

Vladislav Artemiev scored the third win of the round by defeating Andrey Esipenko. Artemiev and Vadim Fedoseev are now one point behind the leaders and share third and fourth place.

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Women's Championship

In the women's tournament Polina Shuvalova continues to win. Maybe she is inspired by Beth Harmon from the Netflix series "The Queen's Gambit".

Polina Shuvalova

After all, she plays against the best women players of country but still wins game after game. She started with 5.0/5 and also won in round six and outplayed Natalia Pogonina in the endgame.

Shuvalova's closest rival, Aleksandra Goryachkina, lost some ground by drawing against Alexandra Kosteniuk.

Alekesandra Gorayachkina

After six rounds Shuvalova is now 1½ points ahead of the field and currently has an Elo-performance of more than 3200.

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André Schulz started working for ChessBase in 1991 and is an editor of ChessBase News.

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