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57th Russian Championship
Super Final
November 14th – December 1st 2004 |
The Super Final of the 57th Russian is being held in the Festive Hall of the
Hotel Rossija (“Rociya”), directly adjacent to the Red Square. The prize sum
is US $125,000, to be paid out in rouble equivalent. The winner takes $50,000.
The participants of this round robin tournament are Garry Kasparov, Alexander
Morozevich, Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Evgeny Bareev, Alexey Dreev,
Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Alexander Motylev, Vladimir Epishin, Artem Timofeev and
Alexey Korotylev. Originally Vladimir Kramnik and Anatoly Karpov were included,
but both withdrew at the last moment.
Round four – Thursday, November 18, 2004
The cliffhanger of the day was the game Kasparov-Motylev, which went on until
about 10:30 p.m. local time and lasted 76 moves. Kasparov pressed hard, and
at one stage he had a clear win. See for yourself:
Kasparov,G (2813) - Motylev,A (2651) [C42]
57th ch-RUS Moscow RUS (4), 18.11.2004

25-year-old Alexander Motylev has just advanced his c-pawn, and our ChessBase
9.0 threat animation
immediately displays the cruncher: 54.Rxh5, with the threat 55.Rh7+ and
mate to follow. Black has no sensible defence, e.g. 54...Kc7 55.Rh7+ Kb8 56.Rb6+
Ka8 57.Rxb3 and White is a rook and pawn up. But Kasparov, who had been working
for a long time on a plan a few moves earlier, continued with 54.Rc6
h4 55.Rb1 Rg3+ 56.Kf4 Nd4 57.Rb7+ Kd8 58.Ra6 Kc8 59.Rh7 Kb8 and ultimately
the game ended in a very frustrating draw for the world's number one player.
Bareev-Dreev was drawn in 21 moves, Korotylev-Epishin lasted 27 uneventful
moves, while Morozevich and Svidler, who had both lost on the previous day,
took 25. The only decisive game was Grischuk-Tseshkovsky, in which the veteran
GM hung on against his 40 years younger opponent for 55 moves.
Grischuk,A (2704) - Tseshkovsky,V (2577) [B07]
57th ch-RUS Moscow RUS (4), 18.11.2004

Tseshkovsky has just played 55...b5 to dislodge the rook, but ran into 56.Rxc5
dxc5 57.Rd1, pinning the knight. If 57...Kg8 58.Bxb5 Kf8 59.Bc4 and
the knight is lost. Tseshkovsky resigned after 57...b4 58.Bc4 Kg8 59.Rxd5.
Round four – 18.11.2004 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
1-0 |
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly |
Kasparov, Garry |
1/2 |
Motylev, Alexander |
Morozevich, Alexander |
1/2 |
Svidler, Peter |
Korotylev, Alexey |
1/2 |
Epishin, Vladimir |
Bareev, Evgeny |
1/2 |
Dreev, Alexey |
Timofeev, Artyom free |
Games for replay and download
Current standings
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Grischuk |
+2 |
Dreev |
+1 |
Timofeev |
+1 |
Kasparov |
+1 |
Korotylev |
+1 |
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Bareev |
–1 |
Tseshkovsky |
–1 |
Morozevich |
–2 |
Motylev |
–2 |
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Friday, November 19 is a rest day for all players.
All Results
Round one – 15.11.2004 |
Dreev, Alexey |
1/2
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Timofeev, Artyom |
Epishin, Vladimir |
1/2 |
Morozevich, Alexander |
Kasparov, Garry |
1-0 |
Bareev, Evgeny |
Motylev, Alexander |
0-1 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly |
0-1 |
Svidler, Peter |
Korotylev, Alexey free |
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Round two – 16.11.2004 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
1/2
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Epishin, Vladimir |
Timofeev, Artyom |
1/2 |
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly |
Korotylev, Alexey |
1/2 |
Kasparov, Garry |
Morozevich, Alexander |
0-1 |
Dreev, Alexey |
Bareev, Evgeny |
1/2 |
Motylev, Alexander |
Svidler, Peter free |
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Round three – 17.11.2004 |
Svidler, Peter |
0-1 |
Timofeev, Artyom |
Dreev, Alexey |
1/2 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
Epishin, Vladimir |
1/2 |
Bareev, Evgeny |
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly |
1-0 |
Morozevich, Alexander |
Motylev, Alexander |
0-1 |
Korotylev, Alexey |
Kasparov, Garry free |
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Round four – 18.11.2004 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
1-0 |
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly |
Kasparov, Garry |
1/2 |
Motylev, Alexander |
Morozevich, Alexander |
1/2 |
Svidler, Peter |
Korotylev, Alexey |
1/2 |
Epishin, Vladimir |
Bareev, Evgeny |
1/2 |
Dreev, Alexey |
Timofeev, Artyom free |
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Round five
– 20.11.2004 |
Svidler, Peter |
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Grischuk, Alexander |
Dreev, Alexey |
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Korotylev, Alexey |
Timofeev, Artyom |
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Morozevich, Alexander |
Epishin, Vladimir |
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Kasparov, Garry |
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly |
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Bareev, Evgeny |
Motylev, Alexander free |
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