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.
1.e4 | 1,170,319 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
1.d4 | 949,867 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 282,628 | 56% | 2440 | --- |
1.c4 | 182,731 | 56% | 2442 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,745 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,347 | 54% | 2427 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,917 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,816 | 51% | 2384 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,759 | 48% | 2379 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,222 | 54% | 2404 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,073 | 49% | 2409 | --- |
1.d3 | 955 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
1.g4 | 666 | 46% | 2361 | --- |
1.h4 | 449 | 53% | 2374 | --- |
1.c3 | 435 | 51% | 2426 | --- |
1.h3 | 283 | 56% | 2419 | --- |
1.a4 | 114 | 60% | 2465 | --- |
1.f3 | 93 | 46% | 2435 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 90 | 66% | 2505 | --- |
1.Na3 | 42 | 62% | 2482 | --- |
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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 13...Bxd2!? 14.Nxd2 Be6 14.Qxc6 Bxd2!? 14...Qxc6 15.Rxc6 15.Qxb6 Bxc1 16.Qd4 Rfb8 17.b3 Rb4 18.Qd3 Bb2 19.a3 Bxa1 20.axb4 axb4 21.h3 h6 22.f4 Rc8 22...g6 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 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 - Start an analysis engine:
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Karjakin,S | 2752 | Matlakov,M | 2698 | 1–0 | 2020 | E11 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 6.1 |
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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 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 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+ 38...Kg7 39.exf6+ Kxf6 40.g7 40.Qg5+ Kg7 41.gxf7+ Kxf7 42.Qxh5+ Ke7 40...Ke7 41.Qg5+ Kd7 42.gxf8Q Rxf8 43.Qxh5 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 - Start an analysis engine:
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Goganov,A | 2594 | Nepomniachtchi,I | 2784 | 0–1 | 2020 | D24 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 6.6 |
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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.
Results
| Name | Rtg. | Nt. | Pts. | | Pts. | | Name | Rtg | Nt. |
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| | 2594 | | 2 | 0-1 | 3½ | | | 2784 | |
| | 2752 | | 3½ | 1-0 | 2 | | | 2698 | |
| | 2720 | | 2½ | ½-½ | 3 | | | 2674 | |
| | 2723 | | 2½ | ½-½ | 2½ | | | 2619 | |
| | 2711 | | 2½ | 1-0 | 2 | | | 2686 | |
| | 2611 | | 1½ | ½-½ | 2½ | | | 2702 | |
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nc3 d6 7.a4 0-0 8.h3 Be6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Ne2N 11.0-0 d5 12.Qe2 Qd7 13.Nb1 a5 14.Nbd2 Rad8 15.Nb1 Ra8 16.Nbd2 Rad8 17.g3 11...Qd7 12.c3 Rf7 13.h4 Raf8 14.b4 Kh8 15.Ra2 Bd8 16.Neg1 Ne7 17.Ng5 Rf6 18.Kf1 c5 19.bxc5 dxc5 20.N5f3 Nc6 21.Rd2 Ba5 22.Qb3 a6 23.Rd1 h6 24.h5 Kh7 25.Qc4 Qd6 26.Ne2 Rb8 27.Rb1 Bc7 28.Rh3 Na5 29.Qa2 b5 30.axb5 axb5 31.Rd1 b4 32.cxb4 cxb4 33.d4 33.Qa1 33...b3!-+ 34.Qb1 Qb6 35.dxe5 35.Nc1 35...Rf7 36.g4 b2 37.g5 Kh8 38.gxh6? 38.g6 Rff8 39.Ned4 38...gxh6 39.Ned4 Nc6 40.Nxc6 Qxc6 41.Nh4 Qc4+ 42.Rhd3 Rb3 43.Ng6+ Kg7 44.Kg1 Rxd3 45.Rxd3 Qc1+ 0–1 - Start an analysis engine:
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Antipov,M | 2611 | Karjakin,S | 2752 | 0–1 | 2020 | C50 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 1.1 |
Vitiugov,N | 2720 | Artemiev,V | 2711 | ½–½ | 2020 | B40 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 1.2 |
Goganov,A | 2594 | Svidler,P | 2723 | ½–½ | 2020 | D85 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 1.3 |
Nepomniachtchi,I | 2784 | Matlakov,M | 2698 | 1–0 | 2020 | D35 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 1.4 |
Fedoseev,V | 2674 | Chigaev,M | 2619 | ½–½ | 2020 | D90 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 1.5 |
Dubov,D | 2702 | Esipenko,A | 2686 | 1–0 | 2020 | E06 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 1.6 |
Karjakin,S | 2752 | Esipenko,A | 2686 | ½–½ | 2020 | C42 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 2.1 |
Chigaev,M | 2619 | Dubov,D | 2702 | 1–0 | 2020 | B31 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 2.2 |
Matlakov,M | 2698 | Fedoseev,V | 2674 | 0–1 | 2020 | C45 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 2.3 |
Svidler,P | 2723 | Nepomniachtchi,I | 2784 | ½–½ | 2020 | B90 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 2.4 |
Artemiev,V | 2711 | Goganov,A | 2594 | ½–½ | 2020 | A36 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 2.5 |
Antipov,M | 2611 | Vitiugov,N | 2720 | ½–½ | 2020 | B90 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 2.6 |
Vitiugov,N | 2720 | Karjakin,S | 2752 | 0–1 | 2020 | C67 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 3.1 |
Goganov,A | 2594 | Antipov,M | 2611 | ½–½ | 2020 | D97 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 3.2 |
Nepomniachtchi,I | 2784 | Artemiev,V | 2711 | ½–½ | 2020 | C79 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 3.3 |
Fedoseev,V | 2674 | Svidler,P | 2723 | ½–½ | 2020 | D85 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 3.4 |
Dubov,D | 2702 | Matlakov,M | 2698 | ½–½ | 2020 | D37 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 3.5 |
Esipenko,A | 2686 | Chigaev,M | 2619 | ½–½ | 2020 | C84 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 3.6 |
Karjakin,S | 2752 | Chigaev,M | 2619 | ½–½ | 2020 | C88 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 4.1 |
Matlakov,M | 2698 | Esipenko,A | 2686 | ½–½ | 2020 | E06 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 4.2 |
Svidler,P | 2723 | Dubov,D | 2702 | ½–½ | 2020 | C78 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 4.3 |
Artemiev,V | 2711 | Fedoseev,V | 2674 | ½–½ | 2020 | A28 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 4.4 |
Antipov,M | 2611 | Nepomniachtchi,I | 2784 | 0–1 | 2020 | B90 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 4.5 |
Vitiugov,N | 2720 | Goganov,A | 2594 | 1–0 | 2020 | D37 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 4.6 |
Goganov,A | 2594 | Karjakin,S | 2752 | ½–½ | 2020 | E01 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 5.1 |
Nepomniachtchi,I | 2784 | Vitiugov,N | 2720 | ½–½ | 2020 | C45 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 5.2 |
Fedoseev,V | 2674 | Antipov,M | 2611 | ½–½ | 2020 | D70 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 5.3 |
Dubov,D | 2702 | Artemiev,V | 2711 | ½–½ | 2020 | B83 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 5.4 |
Esipenko,A | 2686 | Svidler,P | 2723 | ½–½ | 2020 | D70 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 5.5 |
Chigaev,M | 2619 | Matlakov,M | 2698 | 0–1 | 2020 | B90 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 5.6 |
Karjakin,S | 2752 | Matlakov,M | 2698 | 1–0 | 2020 | E10 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 6.1 |
Svidler,P | 2723 | Chigaev,M | 2619 | ½–½ | 2020 | C84 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 6.2 |
Artemiev,V | 2711 | Esipenko,A | 2686 | 1–0 | 2020 | A06 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 6.3 |
Antipov,M | 2611 | Dubov,D | 2702 | ½–½ | 2020 | A06 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 6.4 |
Vitiugov,N | 2720 | Fedoseev,V | 2674 | ½–½ | 2020 | E21 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 6.5 |
Goganov,A | 2594 | Nepomniachtchi,I | 2784 | 0–1 | 2020 | D37 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 6.6 |
Nepomniachtchi,I | 2784 | Karjakin,S | 2752 | 1–0 | 2020 | E20 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 7.1 |
Fedoseev,V | 2674 | Goganov,A | 2594 | ½–½ | 2020 | A45 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 7.2 |
Dubov,D | 2702 | Vitiugov,N | 2720 | ½–½ | 2020 | D10 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 7.3 |
Esipenko,A | 2686 | Antipov,M | 2611 | 1–0 | 2020 | | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 7.4 |
Chigaev,M | 2619 | Artemiev,V | 2711 | 1–0 | 2020 | B69 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 7.5 |
Matlakov,M | 2698 | Svidler,P | 2723 | ½–½ | 2020 | D97 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 7.6 |
Karjakin,S | 2752 | Svidler,P | 2723 | 1–0 | 2020 | B96 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 8.1 |
Artemiev,V | 2711 | Matlakov,M | 2698 | 1–0 | 2020 | A01 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 8.2 |
Antipov,M | 2611 | Chigaev,M | 2619 | 0–1 | 2020 | | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 8.3 |
Vitiugov,N | 2720 | Esipenko,A | 2686 | ½–½ | 2020 | C42 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 8.4 |
Goganov,A | 2594 | Dubov,D | 2702 | 0–1 | 2020 | E04 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 8.5 |
Nepomniachtchi,I | 2784 | Fedoseev,V | 2674 | ½–½ | 2020 | B51 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 8.6 |
Fedoseev,V | 2674 | Karjakin,S | 2752 | ½–½ | 2020 | E25 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 9.1 |
Dubov,D | 2702 | Nepomniachtchi,I | 2784 | 1–0 | 2020 | D85 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 9.2 |
Esipenko,A | 2686 | Goganov,A | 2594 | 1–0 | 2020 | C65 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 9.3 |
Chigaev,M | 2619 | Vitiugov,N | 2720 | ½–½ | 2020 | B97 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 9.4 |
Matlakov,M | 2698 | Antipov,M | 2611 | 1–0 | 2020 | | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 9.5 |
Svidler,P | 2723 | Artemiev,V | 2711 | ½–½ | 2020 | B40 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 9.6 |
Karjakin,S | 2752 | Artemiev,V | 2711 | 1–0 | 2020 | C75 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 10.1 |
Antipov,M | 2611 | Svidler,P | 2723 | 0–1 | 2020 | | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 10.2 |
Vitiugov,N | 2720 | Matlakov,M | 2698 | ½–½ | 2020 | C67 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 10.3 |
Goganov,A | 2594 | Chigaev,M | 2619 | 1–0 | 2020 | A25 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 10.4 |
Nepomniachtchi,I | 2784 | Esipenko,A | 2686 | 1–0 | 2020 | C42 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 10.5 |
Fedoseev,V | 2674 | Dubov,D | 2702 | 1–0 | 2020 | C50 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 10.6 |
Dubov,D | 2702 | Karjakin,S | 2752 | 1–0 | 2020 | C54 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 11.1 |
Esipenko,A | 2686 | Fedoseev,V | 2674 | ½–½ | 2020 | C83 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 11.2 |
Chigaev,M | 2619 | Nepomniachtchi,I | 2784 | ½–½ | 2020 | B90 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 11.3 |
Matlakov,M | 2698 | Goganov,A | 2594 | 1–0 | 2020 | A40 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 11.4 |
Svidler,P | 2723 | Vitiugov,N | 2720 | ½–½ | 2020 | C78 | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 11.5 |
Artemiev,V | 2711 | Antipov,M | 2611 | 1–0 | 2020 | | 73rd RUS-ch Superfinal 2020 | 11.6 |
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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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