Russian Team Championship and Leagues
The Russian Team Championship is taking place from 4th–10th April 2009
in Dagomys-Sochi, southern Russia. The Higher League, one level below, and Women's
League take place from 2nd–10th April 2009:
- 16th Russian Club Cup, Premier League:
seven rounds, 4th to 10th April, rate of play 100'/40 + 50'/20 + 10' + 30"
- 16th Russian Club Cup, Higher League:
nine rounds, 2nd to 10th April, rate of play 100'/40 + 50'/20 + 10' + 30"
- 10th Russian Team Championship, Women's League:
seven rounds, 2nd to 9th April, rate of play 90'/40 + 30' + 30"
Current standings
| Premier League (four rounds)
1 |
Tomsk-400 |
7.0 |
2 |
ShSM-64 |
6.0 |
3 |
Economist-SGSEU - 1 |
5.0 |
4 |
SPbChFed |
4.0 |
5 |
TPS |
4.0 |
6 |
Ural |
4.0 |
7 |
Eurasia-Logistic |
2.0 |
8 |
M.Chigorin CC |
0.0 |
|
Higher League (six rounds)
1 |
Polytechnik |
10.0 |
2 |
Yugra |
10.0 |
3 |
BelGU |
8.0 |
4 |
Etude-Contact |
8.0 |
5 |
Perspektiva |
7.0 |
6 |
Economist-SGSEU - 2 |
7.0 |
7 |
ZAO "OMZ" |
4.0 |
8 |
SC MEPhI |
4.0 |
9 |
Grifon |
2.0 |
10 |
Gostinaya Dvorkovicha |
0.0 |
|
Women's League (five rounds)
1 |
Spartak |
9.0 |
2 |
AVS |
8.0 |
3 |
Economist-SGSEU - 1 |
7.0 |
4 |
SPb Chess Fed |
7.0 |
5 |
AFGANVET-PetroDom |
4.0 |
6 |
ShSM |
3.0 |
7 |
Economist-SGSEU - 2 |
2.0 |
8 |
M.Chigorin CC |
0.0 |
|
| Individual results from R1
– R2
R3
– R4
– R5
– R6
– R7
List
of all players |
Individual results from R1
– R2
–
R3
– R4
– R5
– R6
– R7–
R8
– R9
List
of all players |
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In the Premier League after four rounds Tomsk-400 with Dmitry Jakovenko, Artyom
Timofeev, Ernesto Inarkiev, Sergei Tiviakov, Vladislav Tkachiev, Farrukh Amonatov,
Denis Khismatullin and Andrei Belozerov are in the lead, followed by ShSM-64
(Moscow), with Gelfand, Wang Hao, Najer, Caruana, etc. and Ecomomist Economist
SGSEU-1 (Saratov) with Moiseenko, Alekseev, Tomashevsky, Ni Hua, Eljanov, etc.
SPbChFed with Svidler, Movsesian, Vitugov and others in in fourth place.
After six rounds of the Women's tournament Spartak (Vidnoe) with Antoaneta
Stefanova, Tatiana and Nadezhda Kosintseva, Kateryna Lahno and Evgenija Ovod
are leading with nine points – they won four matches and drew one so far.
Runners-up are AVS (Krasnoturinsk), followed by Economist SGSEU-1 (Saratov)
and SPb Chess Fed. In the Higher League Polytechnik and Yugra are in the lead
with 10 points each from six rounds of play.
Here are a couple of highlights from the Premiere section.
Nepomniachtchi,I (2624) - Kharitonov,Alexandr (2524) [B14]
16th TCh-RUS Premier Dagomys RUS (1), 04.04.2009
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5
8.Bd2 Nc6 9.Bd3 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.a3 Bf6 12.Qc2 g6 13.Bh6 Re8 14.Rad1 Nce7 15.Ne4
Bg7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rfe1 Nf5 18.Nc3 Nfe7 19.Ne5 b6 20.Qd2 Bb7 21.Ne4 Rf8 22.Ng5
Nc7 23.Rc1 Ned5 24.Be4 Qd6?
25.Ngxf7! Rxf7 26.Qh6+ Kg8 27.Nxf7 Kxf7 28.Rxc7+ Qxc7 29.Bxd5 Kg8 30.Bxe6+
Kh8 31.d5 Qc2 32.Qc1 Qxc1 33.Rxc1 Rd8 34.f4 Rd6 35.Rd1 Kg7 36.Kf2 Kf6 37.Ke3
Rd8 38.Kd4 Bc8 39.Re1 h5 40.g3 Re8 41.h3 Rh8 42.g4 hxg4 43.hxg4 Bxe6 44.Rxe6+
Kf7 45.Re2 Rh1 46.d6 Rd1+ 47.Ke5 a5 48.Rc2 1-0.
Shirov,A (2745) - Wang Hao (2696) [B97]
16th TCh-RUS Premier Dagomys RUS (2), 05.04.2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2
Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Ne4 h6 13.Bh4 Qxa2 14.Rd1 Qd5 15.Qe3
Bc5
16.Nxe6! Bb4+ 17.c3 Qxe6 18.cxb4 0-0 19.Rd6 Qxe5 20.Bc4 Nc6 21.0-0
Qh5 22.Qf4 Nde5 23.Rxh6
1-0. Typical Shirov.
Photo impressions
By WGM Irina Sudakova and Elena Mikheeva in Dagomys
Alexander Khalifman, former FIDE world champion, 2610, Yugra –
there are some remarkable players in the Higher League also!
Boris Gelfand, Israel, 2733, playing for ShSM-64
Peter Svidler, Russia, 2726, playing for SPb Chess Fed
WGM Anna Sharevich, Belarus, 2358, playing for SGSEU-2
GM Xu Yuhua, China, 2479, playing for AVS
WGM Tatiana Shadrina, 2431, playinf for AVS
IM Inna Gaponenko, Russia, 2428, playing for ShSM-64
WGM Natalia Zhukova, Ukraine, 2461, SPb Chess Fed
IM Victoria Cmilyte, Lithuania, 2498, SPb Chess Fed
WIM Tatjana Molchanova, Russia, 2321, M.Chigorin CC
GM Dritry Kryakvin, Russia, 2583, Polytechnik
GM Alexei Iljushin, Russia, 2557, playing for SGSEU-2
GM Kateryna Lahno, Ukrain, 2478, now playing for Spartak
Some herons nesting in the hotel gardens
Our photographer: WGM Irina Sudakova with her Canon 450D
Video reports by Europe Echecs
Links
The games are bing being broadcast live on the official web site and
a selection on the chess server Playchess.com.
If you are not a member you can download
the free PGN reader ChessBase Light, which gives you immediate access.
You can also use the program to read, replay and analyse the PGN games. |
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