Artemiev on Top in Men's Russian Championship.
Lagno, Kosteniuk, Goriachkina Lead Women's Section
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The 68th Men's Russian Chess Championship and the 65th Women's Russian Chess Championship is played in Chita from 9. to 21. August. The competition is held by the Russian Chess Federation, the Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation and the Zabaykalsky Krai Chess Federation, with support from the government of the Zabaykalsky Krai. The competition partners are Norilsk Nickel and the Baikalsk Mining Company.
Parallel to the fifth round of the Russian Superfinals, the Health Academy held a master class for 50 young chess players from Chita. For several hours grandmaster Evgenij Miroshnichenko shared secrets of chess excellence.
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Young talents who...
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...want to get better at chess.
Round 5 - Results (Men) |
I. Bukavshin |
1-0 |
I. Khairullin |
D. Khismatullin |
½-½ |
I. Lysyj |
S. Karjakin |
½-½ |
A. Motylev |
E. Tomashevsky |
½-½ |
D. Dubov |
V. Artemiev |
½-½ |
P. Svidler |
D. Jakovenko |
½-½ |
N. Vitiugov |
Ivan Bukavshin scored his first victory at the Superfinal, defeating Ildar Khairullin. In a position with hanging pawns, Bukavshin repositioned his pieces successfully and gained the initiative. While looking for counterplay, Black weakened his pawn structure and allowed his opponent to grab an open file on the queenside. In mutual time-trouble both players could not avoid mistakes, but White played more accurate and finished the game with a fine tactical blow.
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54...Ra2? 54...Rxf2+‼ 55.Kxf2 Ne4+ 56.Ke2! 56.Kf1 Qf6 57.Ke2 Nc3+ 58.Kf2 Ne4+ 59.Ke2 59.Kg2 Qd6 59...Nc3+= 56.Ke1 Qf6 57.Rxd5 Qxf3 58.Rd4 Nc5 56.Kg2 Qd6! 57.Kf1! 57.Qd1? Qg3+ 58.Kf1 58.Kh1 Nf2# 58...Qf2# 57...Qg3 58.Ke2 Qxh3! 58...Qf2+? 59.Kd3 Qxf3 60.Qxd5+- 59.Rxd5 59.Nd4? Qg2+ 60.Kd3 Qd2# 59...Qg2+ 60.Kd3 Qxf3= 56.Kg1 Qf6= 56...Qxb5+ 57.Qxb5 Nc3+ 58.Kd3 Nxb5 59.Nd4 Nd6! 60.Nc6 a6 61.Nb4 Nb7 62.Kd4 Nxa5 63.Nxa6 Kg7= 55.Rb7! 55.Qxa2?! Qxb5 55...Qe2 55...Kg7 56.Ne5+- 55...Kg8 56.Rb8+ Kg7 57.Qxa2+- 56.Nd2‼ Kg8 56...Qxd2 57.Rxf7+ Kg8 58.Rxf6+- 56...Kg7 57.Qxa2+- 57.Qxa2?! 57.Rb8+ Kg7 57...Kh7 58.Qb7! Kg7 59.Qb4! 58.Qb4 Nd7 59.Qc3+ f6 59...Nf6 60.Qc8+- 60.Qc7+- 57...Ne4? 57...Nxg4‼ 58.Rxf7! 58.hxg4 Qxg4+ 59.Kf1 Qd1+ 60.Kg2 Qg4+ 61.Kh1 Qh3+ 62.Kg1 Qg4+= 58...Nxe3+! 58...Kxf7 59.Qxd5+ Ke7 60.hxg4 Qxg4+ 61.Kh2 Qh4+ 62.Kg1 Qg4+ 63.Qg2 Qd1+ 64.Nf1+- 59.Kh1! 59.Kg1 Kxf7 60.fxe3 Qxe3+ 61.Kg2 Qe2+= 59.Kg3 Nf1+ 60.Kg2 Ne3+ 59.Kh2 Kxf7-+ 59...Kxf7 60.fxe3 Ke6 61.e4± 58.Rxf7! Nxd2 58...Kxf7 59.Qxd5++- 59.Qxd5 1–0
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Bukavshin,I | 2655 | Khairullin,I | 2662 | 1–0 | 2015 | E18 | 68th Superfinal RUS-ch Men | 5 |
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The game between Jakovenko-Vitiugov was drawn but two moves before the time-control White missed a good chance.
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38.Rab1 38.Rc1! Rxc1+ 38...Ra3 39.Rc6± 39.Nxc1 Rc8 39...Nd6 40.Rd7 Nb5 41.Nd3± 40.Nb3! Rc7 41.Nd4! Kf8 41...Rc4 42.Nb5 Rc5 43.f3!± 42.Nb5!+- 38...Nd6 39.Rd7 Rc6 40.Ra1 Rb6 41.Ne5 Ne4 42.Ra5?! 42.Rb7!? Rd6 43.Nxf7± 42.Rxf7 Rb5 43.Rf3!? Rxe5 44.Re3± 42.Nxf7!? Nc5 43.Re7 Rxa6 43...Kf8 44.Rc7 Nxa6 45.Rd7 Nc5 46.Rdxa7± 44.Rc1± 42...f6 43.Nd3 e5 44.Kg2 Rd6 45.Rc7 Ng5 46.Nc5 Ne6 47.Nxe6 Rxe6 48.Rd5 Rxa6 49.Rdd7 g5 50.Rg7+ Kh8 51.Rh7+ Kg8 52.Rxh6 Rb6 53.Rg6+ Kh8 54.Kh3 a5 55.Kg4 Rba6 56.Kh5 56.Kf5 a4 57.Rxf6 Rxf6+ 58.Kxf6 a3 59.Rc1 a2 60.Ra1 g4 60...Rf8+ 61.Kxg5 Rxf2 62.Kg6+- Rxe2? 63.Rc1+- 61.Kg5± 56...a4 57.Kh6 57.Rgg7 a3!= 57...R6a7 58.Rxa7 Rxa7 59.Rxf6 Kg8 60.Rg6+ Kf8 61.Rc6 a3 62.Rc1 g4 63.Ra1 Ke7 64.Kg5 Ra4 65.Kf5 Kd6 66.Rd1+ Rd4 67.Ra1 Ra4 68.e4 a2 69.Kf6 69.Kxg4 Rxe4+ 70.Kg5 70.Kf5 Re2 71.f3 70...Re2 71.h4 Rxf2 72.h5 e4 73.h6 e3 69...Ra8 70.Kg5 Ra4 71.Kf5 Kc5 72.Kxe5 Kc4 73.Kf5 Kb3 74.e5 Kb2 75.Re1 a1Q 76.Rxa1 Rxa1 77.Kxg4 Kc3 78.f4 Kd4 79.h4 Kd5 80.Kf5 Ra8 81.Kf6 Ra6+ 81...Rg8? 82.e6+- 82.Kf5 Ra8 83.h5 Rf8+ 84.Kg4 Ke6 85.Kf3 Ra8 86.g4 Ra3+ 87.Kg2 87.Ke4 Ra4+ 88.Kf3= 87...Kd5 88.h6 Ke6 88...Ke4 89.g5 Kf5 90.Kf2 90.Kh2 Kg4!-+ 91.h7 91.Kg2 Ra2+ 92.Kg1 Ra8 93.Kg2 Kxf4 94.g6 Kg5-+ 91...Rh3+ 90...Kg6 91.Kg2= 89.Kh2 Rb3 90.Kg2 Ra3 91.Kh2 ½–½
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Jakovenko,D | 2759 | Vitiugov,N | 2719 | ½–½ | 2015 | A40 | 68th Superfinal RUS-ch Men | 5 |
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Evgeny Tomashevsky also missed a good chance against Daniil Dubov who might have run into trouble when he came to the end of his preparation.
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18...Qe7! 18...b6?! 19.Qxa8 Rxa8 20.Bxa8 19.Rac1?! 19.Qxb7 Qxb7 20.Bxb7 Rab8 21.Rfc1 Bxf2+ 22.Kxf2 Rxb7 23.Rc5 Ra8 24.Rb5 Re7 19.Rfc1! b6 19...Rac8 20.Qxb7± 20.Qxa8 Rxa8 21.Bxa8 19...b6! 20.Rfd1 20.Qxa8 Rxa8 21.Bxa8 Qe8! 22.Bd5 Qxa4= 20...Rad8= ½–½
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Tomashevsky,E | 2747 | Dubov,D | 2654 | ½–½ | 2015 | D17 | 68th Superfinal RUS-ch Men | 5 |
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Evgeney Tomashevsky receives last instructions before the game.
After five rounds Tomashevsky leads together with Vladislav Artemiev.
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Vladislav Artemiev waits for his opponent.
Standings after round five
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Women
Round 5 - Results (Women) |
A. Savina |
1-0 |
A. Goryachkina |
K. Lagno |
1-0 |
N. Pogonina |
A. Kosteniuk |
1-0 |
V. Gunina |
O. Girya |
0-1 |
A. Kashlinskaya |
A. Bodnaruk |
1-0 |
E. Ovod |
E. Kovalevskaya |
1-0 |
M. Guseva |
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Aleksandra Goryachkina
Anastasia Savina and Alexandra Goryachkina had a duel in a trendy branch of the Improved Tarrasch Defense, where Black sacrifices a pawn for initiative. But Goryachkina’s initiative gradually petered out which eventually led to her first loss in the tournament.
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c5!? 5.cxd5 cxd4!? 6.Qa4+ 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Bb5 dxe4 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Ng5 Be6 6...Bd7 7.Qxd4 exd5 8.Nxd5 Qa5+! 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Qd1 Rd8 10...Ne4!? 11.Bd2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 12.Nxd2 Rd8 13.e3 Be6 14.a3 g6!? 15.Qc2 Bg7 16.Be2 Nb4 17.Qe4 Nd5! 12...Rd8 13.e3 Bf5 14.Nd4! Bb4 14...Bc5 15.Bb5 0-0 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.0-0 14...g6 15.Rd1 Bg7 16.Nxc6 14...Nxd4 15.exd4 Bb4 16.Be2 0-0 17.0-0 15.Be2 0-0 16.0-0 Bd6!? 17.Bf3 Be5 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Rad1 c5 20.Nc6 Rxd2 21.Nxa5 Rxb2= 11.Bd2 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Bg2 Bb4 15.Qc1 Ne4 16.a3! Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Qc5 17...Qb6 18.0-0 0-0 18.0-0 0-0 19.Bb4! Qxc1 20.Raxc1 Rfe8 21.Rfd1 Nxb4 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.axb4± 1–0
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Savina,A | 2429 | Goryachkina,A | 2474 | 1–0 | 2015 | D41 | 65th Superfinal RUS-ch Women | 5 |
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A crucial encounter: Alexandra Kosteniuk played with White against Valentina Gunina
The toughest encounter in the women's tournament was the game Kosteniuk – Gunina. Alexandra demonstrated deep preparation in the Caro-Kann Defense while Gunina failed to sort out the intricacies of the position and finally had to defend a bad endgame a pawn down. And despite Gunina’s stubborn defense Alexandra Kosteniuk finally converted her advantage into a win.
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24...f4 24...c5! 25.d5 c4! 26.f4 Rc5 27.Rd1 Ra5 28.Kb2 Ne4! 29.Nxf5 Nf2 30.Rd4 Rdxd5= 25.a4?! 25.R7e5 25...c5! 26.Rd1 Kf8 27.Re5 Nc4 27...cxd4 28.Rxd4 27...Re8!? 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.dxc5 Ne4 30.Rd5 Nxf2 31.Rd7 Ne4 32.Rxb7 Nxc5 33.Rxa7 Re2+ 34.Kb1 Ne4= 28.Re4 Re8?! 28...cxd4 29.Rdxd4 Rxd4 30.Rxd4 Rc5 31.Rxf4 Nb6∞ 29.Rxf4 Nb6 30.a5 Nc4 31.Nf5 Rcd8 32.dxc5! 32...Rxd1 32...Re2+ 33.Kc1 Rxd1+ 34.Kxd1+- 33.Kxd1 Nxa5 34.Nd6 Re7 35.Rb4 Rd7 35...Rc7 36.Rb5± 36.Kc2! a6 36...b6?! 37.cxb6 Rxd6 38.bxa7+- 37.Re4+- 1–0 - Start an analysis engine:
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Kosteniuk,A | 2526 | Gunina,V | 2531 | 1–0 | 2015 | B19 | 65th Superfinal RUS-ch Women | 5 |
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Alexandra Kosteniuk
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Kateryna Lagno
Kateryna Lagno, who played with white against Natalia Pogonina, got a good position after the opening and won when Pogonina failed to solve her problems.
Olga Girya lost her second game in a row and again form a promising position. In a game that began with a Nimzo-Indian Girya reached an endgame with an extra pawn. But then things went wrong: her opponent, Alina Kashlinskaya, managed to activate her rook and suddenly had counterplay. Girya was too slow to push her pawns on the queenside and finally missed a trick after which Black’s passed pawn decided the game.
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17...d3? 17...b6 18.Nb3 Be6= 18.e3 18.exd3 Bb5 18...Rac8 18...Ba4!? 19.b3 Rd5!? 20.Nc4 20.bxa4 Rxa5 20...Bc6 21.Rhc1 Rad8 22.Rc3 Rf5 23.f4 19.Rhc1!± Rc2+ 20.Rxc2 dxc2 21.Nxb7! 21.Kxc2? Bf5+ 22.Kc1 Rc8+ 21...Rc8 21...Rb8 22.Nc5 Rxb2 23.Rc1 Bf5 24.e4 Rb5 25.Rxc2± 22.Nd6 22.Na5 22...Rc6 23.Ne4 Bf5 24.Nc3 Rd6+ 25.Ke1 Rh6 26.e4 26.h4 g5! 26...Rxh2 27.Rc1! Bg4 28.Rxc2 h5 29.Nd5 Bf3 30.Rc8+ Kh7 31.Rc7 f5 31...Bxe4 32.Nc3 Bg2 33.Rxf7± 32.Rxa7 fxe4 33.Ne3 Rh1+ 34.Kd2 Rh2 35.Ke1 Rh1+ 36.Kd2 Rh2 37.Kc3! Rxf2 38.a4 Re2 39.Nf5 Kg6 40.Nxg7 40.Nh4+ Kf6 41.Ra6+ Ke5 42.Ra5+ Ke6 43.Ng6 Re1 44.Nf4+ Ke7 45.Kd4 40...Bg4 41.Ne8 e3 42.Ra6+ Kf7 43.Nd6+? 43.Nf6 Rxb2 44.Nxg4 hxg4 44...e2 45.Ne5+ Ke7 46.Nf3+- 45.Kd3 e2 46.Ra7+ Kf6 47.Ra6+ Kf5 48.Ra5+ Ke6 49.Ra6+= 43...Ke7 44.Nb5 44.Nc4 Re1 44...Rxb2! 45.Ra7+ Kf6 46.Ra6+ Ke5 47.Nd4 e2 48.Kxb2 48.Nxe2 Rxe2-+ 48...Kxd4! 48...e1Q?! 49.Re6+ Bxe6 50.Nf3+ Kf5 51.Nxe1 Kg4-+ 0–1
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Girya,O | 2487 | Kashlinskaya,A | 2441 | 0–1 | 2015 | A17 | 65th Superfinal RUS-ch Women | 5 |
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Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, who played with White against Marina Guseva, posed her opponent constant problems in the Caro-Kann. In a difficult position Guseva made a mistake and resigned a few moves later.
White also won in the game between Anastasia Bodnaruk and Evgenija Ovod. Black had a good position after the opening but then started activities in the center that were not quite correct and gave White a strong pawn that decided the endgame.
Standings after round five
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Photos: Vladimir Barsky and Eteri Kublashvili