
The Russian Team Championships are taking place in the Dagomys, Sochi, from
May 1st to 12th, 2007. The men are playing in two league sections, with six
players per team. The champion will be decided in a match between the winners
of each section. The rate of play is 100 minutes / 40 moves, 50 min/20 moves
and 10 min for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move.
Round four report
The team from Tomsk-400 are firmly in the lead and keep winning.
They have a sterling lineup: Morozevich, Jakovenko, Karjakin, Kasimdzhanov,
Inarkiev, Tkachiev, Bologan (as reserve player!) and Smirnov, with an average
Elo of 2692. The only stronger team is Ural Ekaterinburg, which is
there with Radjabov, Grischuk, Shirov, Akopian, Malakhov, Zvjaginsev, Motylev
and Sakaev, averaging an incredible 2701 rating points. Ural is in second place.
In round four Tomsk crushed Nizhnij Tagil 5:1, with all six games being decided
(Sergey Karjakin scored the only loss). Ural scored a narrow victory over TPS Saransk,
which has Ivanchuk on board one. All games were drawn, except for Grischuk beating
Volokitin. Here are all the results from round four:
- Politekhnik – Tomsk-400 1-5
- TPS – Ural 2½–3½
- Elara – Junost Moskvy 3-3
- Ladja – Ekonomist 2½–3½
- Shatar – South Ural 4½–1½
Standings in the Premier League after four rounds (match + board points given):
1 |
Tomsk-400 |
8 |
16 |
2 |
Ural |
7 |
14 |
3 |
Ekonomist |
6 |
14 |
4-5 |
Elara |
5 |
12½ |
4-5 |
Junost Moskvy |
5 |
12½ |
6-7 |
TPS |
3 |
12 |
6-7 |
Ladja |
3 |
12 |
8 |
Shatar |
2 |
11 |
9 |
South Ural |
1 |
8½ |
10 |
Politekhnik |
0 |
7½ |
You will find all results and standings in the English
section of the official web site. A full colour-coded list of all teams
is giving at the bottom of this report.
Picture Gallery by Galina Tiviakova
In his first picture report our roving reporter GM Sergey Tiviakov, who is
also playing for the catchingly-named team Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov,
concentrated on the women's section of the tournament. Today his mother, Galina
Tiviakova, commandeered the camera and we got a more gender-balanced selection.

The mighty Dagomys River that flows majestically through town of Dagomys

A popular recreational facitily in the "Dagomys Hotel & Tourist complex"

The playing hall with the match Shatar Buryatia vs Economist-SGSEU-1 under way
During the game Sergey Tiviakov (right) vs Artyom Timofeev in round four:
½-½

Ural Ekaterinburg with Radjabov, Grischuk, Akopian and Malakhov (left) facing
TPS Saransk with Volokitin and Najer (right)

You know what a knight on e5 means for you?! Kiril Georgiev and Pentala Harikrishna
analyse.

One of the top seeds: Israeli GM Boris Gelfand, Elo 2733

Alexander Morozevich (with a great chess legend in the background left)

Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov, playing (here with Karen Asrian and Smbat Lputian)
on board one for the team Southern Ural Chelyabinsk

Another great legend: Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi, 76, playing on board five in
Karpov's team

GM Vladimir Potkin prepares to play, IM Elisabeth Pähtz takes photos

ABC Krasnoturyinsk, with Antoaneta Stefanova
and Svetlana Matveeva, with Natalia Pogonina watching

WGM Tatiana Grabuzova playing for Petrodom Saint-Petersburg

Yulija Ivanova and Irina Manakova, playing for Politechnik Nizhniy Tagil

WGM Elizaveta Bronnikova, playing for Izhplaneta Izhevsk

WGM Yana Melnikova playing for Debut-DVGTU Vladivostok

WGM Anna Sharevich, playing for Economist - SGSEU-2 Saratov

Like my belly button? Anna is the most widely photographed female chess player
in the world
In the following we have put together a list of all participating teams. Top
players are colour coded, with red for GMs rated over 2700, blue of those over
2600 (for the women: over 2500 and 2400). Note that the average Elo ratings
are for the six top players in each men's team, and four top players in the
women's. Go through this list, you will find some remarkable players.
Premier League Team composition
1 Elara Cheboksary
1 |
Gelfand, Boris |
2733 |
Israel |
2 |
Bareev, Evgeny |
2643 |
Russia |
3 |
Harikrishna, P. |
2650 |
India |
4 |
Khalifman, Alexander |
2624 |
Russia |
5 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
2602 |
Russia |
6 |
Belov, Vladimir |
2586 |
Russia |
7 |
Korotylev, Alexey |
2620 |
Russia |
8 |
Shipov, Sergei |
2592 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2640 |
|
|
2 Polytechnik Nizhny Tagil
1 |
Bocharov, Dmitry |
2614 |
Russia |
2 |
Lysyj, Igor |
2590 |
Russia |
3 |
Yakovich, Yuri |
2600 |
Russia |
4 |
Lastin, Alexander |
2590 |
Russia |
5 |
Maletin, Pavel |
2541 |
Russia |
6 |
Ovetchkin, Roman |
2554 |
Russia |
7 |
Sorokin, Maxim |
2517 |
Russia |
8 |
Vokarev, Sergey |
2475 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2578 |
|
|
3 Tomsk-400
1 |
Morozevich, Alexander |
2762 |
Russia |
2 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2708 |
Russia |
3 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
2686 |
Ukraine |
4 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2677 |
Uzbekistan |
5 |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
2669 |
Russia |
6 |
Tkachiev, Vladislav |
2652 |
France |
7 |
Bologan, Viktor |
2636 |
Moldova |
8 |
Smirnov, Pavel |
2631 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2692 |
|
|
4 Youth of Moscow
1 |
Khenkin, Igor |
2629 |
Germany |
2 |
Onischuk, Alexander |
2663 |
USA |
3 |
Georgiev, Kiril |
2653 |
Bulgaria |
4 |
Landa, Konstantin |
2608 |
Russia |
5 |
Savchenko, Boris |
2583 |
Russia |
6 |
Potkin, Vladimir |
2593 |
Russia |
7 |
Grigoriants, Sergey |
2594 |
Russia |
8 |
Popov, Ivan |
2533 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2622 |
|
|
5 Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov
1 |
Alekseev, Evgeny |
2679 |
Russia |
2 |
Tiviakov, Sergei |
2663 |
Netherland |
3 |
Roiz, Michael |
2616 |
Israel |
4 |
Eljanov, Pavel |
2686 |
Ukraine |
5 |
Moiseenko, Alexander |
2630 |
Ukraine |
6 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny |
2641 |
Russia |
7 |
Galkin, Alexander |
2590 |
Russia |
8 |
Dyachkov, Sergej |
2566 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2653 |
|
|
6 Southern Ural Chelyabinsk
1 |
Karpov, Anatoly |
2668 |
Russia |
2 |
Asrian, Karen |
2635 |
Armenia |
3 |
Lputian, Smbat G |
2634 |
Armenia |
4 |
Riazantsev, Alexander |
2621 |
Russia |
5 |
Korchnoi, Viktor |
2603 |
Switzerland |
6 |
Kurnosov, Igor |
2566 |
Russia |
7 |
Romanov, Evgeny |
2520 |
Russia |
8 |
Bezgodov, Alexei |
2561 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2621 |
|
|
7 Ural Ekaterinburg
1 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
2747 |
Azerbaijan |
2 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
2717 |
Russia |
3 |
Shirov, Alexei |
2699 |
Latvia |
4 |
Akopian, Vladimir |
2703 |
Armenia |
5 |
Malakhov, Vladimir |
2679 |
Russia |
6 |
Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
2659 |
Russia |
7 |
Motylev, Alexander |
2642 |
Russia |
8 |
Sakaev, Konstantin |
2633 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2701 |
|
|
8 Shatar Buryatia
1 |
Miton, Kamil |
2653 |
Poland |
2 |
Shomoev, Anton |
2551 |
Russia |
3 |
Rychagov, Andrey |
2571 |
Russia |
4 |
Tregubov, Pavel V. |
2605 |
Russia |
5 |
Amonatov, Farrukh |
2574 |
Tadzhikistan |
6 |
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas |
2603 |
Kazakhstan |
7 |
Iskusnyh, Sergei |
2463 |
Russia |
8 |
Sambuev, Bator |
2485 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2593 |
|
|
9 Ladya Kazan
1 |
Rublevsky, Sergei |
2680 |
Russia |
2 |
Timofeev, Artyom |
2658 |
Russia |
3 |
Jobava, Baadur |
2658 |
Georgia |
4 |
Khairullin, Ildar |
2586 |
Russia |
5 |
Iljin, Artem |
2538 |
Russia |
6 |
Ibragimov, Ildar |
2602 |
Russia |
7 |
Kharlov, Andrei |
2572 |
Russia |
8 |
Yandemirov, Valeri |
2515 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2626 |
|
|
10 TPS Saransk
1 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
2729 |
Ukraine |
2 |
Volokitin, Andrei |
2654 |
Ukraine |
3 |
Najer, Evgeniy |
2624 |
Russia |
4 |
Volkov, Sergey |
2640 |
Russia |
5 |
Kobalia, Mikhail |
2639 |
Russia |
6 |
Korneev, Oleg |
2565 |
Russia |
7 |
Popov, Valerij |
2589 |
Russia |
8 |
Kiriakov, Petr |
2540 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2642 |
|
|
First League Team composition
1 FINEC Saint-Petersburg
1 |
Vitiugov, Nikita |
2592 |
Russia |
2 |
Brodsky, Michail |
2597 |
Ukraine |
3 |
Babula, Vlastimil |
2586 |
Slovakia |
4 |
Makarov, Marat |
2515 |
Russia |
5 |
Yemelin, Vasily |
2564 |
Russia |
6 |
Turov, Maxim |
2553 |
Russia |
7 |
Yevseev, Denis |
2525 |
Russia |
8 |
Matlakov, Maxim |
2440 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2570 |
|
|
2 Economist-SGSEU-2 Saratov
1 |
Kornev, Alexei |
2567 |
Russia |
2 |
Vorobiov, Evgeny E. |
2580 |
Russia |
3 |
Shaposhnikov, Evgeny |
2550 |
Russia |
4 |
Evdokimov, Alexander A. |
2530 |
Russia |
5 |
Iljushin, Alexei |
2501 |
Russia |
6 |
Kovchan, Alexander |
2527 |
Russia |
7 |
Tunik, Gennady |
2468 |
Russia |
8 |
Lushenkov, Mikhail |
2387 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2543 |
|
|
3 SPASIO Moscow
1 |
Khismatullin, Denis |
2570 |
Russia |
2 |
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2532 |
Russia |
3 |
Kosyrev, Vladimir |
2505 |
Russia |
4 |
Danin, Alexandre |
2513 |
Russia |
5 |
Askarov, Marat |
2561 |
Russia |
6 |
Tihonov, Jurij |
2537 |
Russia |
7 |
Gubajdullin, Alexei |
2422 |
Russia |
8 |
Belousov, Danila |
2334 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2537 |
|
|
4 Perspektiva Lipetsk
1 |
Miroshnichenko, Evgenij |
2646 |
Ukraine |
2 |
Zontakh, Andrey |
2549 |
Ukraine |
3 |
Chebotarev, Oleg |
2514 |
Russia |
4 |
Gladyszev, Oleg |
2485 |
Russia |
5 |
Sjugirov, Sanan |
2395 |
Russia |
6 |
Slugin, Sergey |
2383 |
Russia |
7 |
Zimmerman, Yuri |
2343 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2495 |
|
|
5 Chigorin Chess Club St. Petersburg
1 |
Anisimov, Pavel |
2497 |
Russia |
2 |
Ionov, Sergey |
2539 |
Russia |
3 |
Loginov, Valery A |
2496 |
Russia |
4 |
Lanin, Alexsej |
2465 |
Russia |
5 |
Lintchevski, Daniil |
2445 |
Russia |
6 |
Ivanov, Alexey |
2425 |
Russia |
7 |
Smirnov, Artem |
2403 |
Russia |
8 |
Pankov, German |
2321 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2478 |
|
|
6 BelSU Belgorod
1 |
Kuzmin, Gennadi P |
2479 |
Ukraine |
2 |
Zakharevich, Igor |
2463 |
Russia |
3 |
Poluljahov, Aleksandr |
2503 |
Russia |
4 |
Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav |
2503 |
Russia |
5 |
Beshukov, Sergei |
2461 |
Russia |
6 |
Shalimov, Valery |
2381 |
Russia |
7 |
Kiselev, Gennady |
2424 |
Russia |
8 |
Uzhva, Andrey |
2240 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2472 |
|
|
7 Krais Ggoup Voronezh
1 |
Chernyshov, Konstantin |
2567 |
Russia |
2 |
Belikov, Vladimir |
2564 |
Russia |
3 |
Kostin, Alexey |
2400 |
Russia |
4 |
Raetsky, Alexander |
2420 |
Russia |
5 |
Sergienko, Sergey |
2480 |
Russia |
6 |
Chuprikov, Dmitry |
2394 |
Russia |
7 |
Provotorov, Ivan |
2382 |
Russia |
8 |
Chetverik, Maxim |
2311 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2471 |
|
|
8 RSSU Moscow
1 |
Krapivin, Alexander |
2486 |
Russia |
2 |
Kharitonov, Alexandr |
2507 |
Russia |
3 |
Chadaev, Nikolai |
2486 |
Russia |
4 |
Rakhmanov, Aleksandr |
2497 |
Russia |
5 |
Konovalov, Nikolay |
2445 |
Russia |
6 |
Tonoian, Armen |
2398 |
Russia |
7 |
Reshetnikov, Alexey |
2385 |
Russia |
8 |
Babikov, Ivan |
2258 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2470 |
|
|
9 Kamchatka-Dalimpex
1 |
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly |
2517 |
Russia |
2 |
Novik, Maxim |
2466 |
Russia |
3 |
Kositsin, Sergey |
2411 |
Russia |
4 |
Abasheev, Denis |
2419 |
Russia |
5 |
Neverov, Anatoly |
2389 |
Russia |
6 |
Sokolov, Dmitri |
2387 |
Russia |
7 |
Kuksov, Valerij |
2340 |
Russia |
8 |
Maksimov, Yuri |
2436 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2439 |
|
|
11 Debut-DVGTU Vladivostok
1 |
Goloshchapov, Alexander |
2555 |
Ukraine |
2 |
Bachin, Vitaly |
2489 |
Russia |
3 |
Batsanin, Dmitry |
2452 |
Russia |
4 |
Vitinik, Mikhail |
2363 |
Russia |
5 |
Glushko, Andrey |
2328 |
Russia |
6 |
Buldakov, Evgeny |
2302 |
Russia |
7 |
Slupskiy, Sergey |
2284 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2417 |
|
|
12 Academia Tomsk
1 |
Belozerov, Andrei |
2541 |
Russia |
2 |
Loskutov, Oleg |
2409 |
Russia |
3 |
Gutov, Andrey |
2466 |
Russia |
4 |
Petrukhin, Denis |
2417 |
Russia |
5 |
Shkurikhin, Ilia |
2353 |
Russia |
6 |
Dmitrienko, Andrey |
2301 |
Russia |
7 |
Yakovlev, Mikhail |
2260 |
Russia |
8 |
Tregubov, Alexey |
2301 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2414 |
|
|
13 Polytechnik Nizhny Tagil
1 |
Yudin, Sergei |
2511 |
Russia |
2 |
Kuligin, Evgeni |
2325 |
Russia |
3 |
Matsenko, Sergei |
2374 |
Russia |
4 |
Pogromsky, Mikhail |
2405 |
Russia |
5 |
Yatsenko, Alexey |
2430 |
Russia |
6 |
Yuzhakov, Oleg |
2239 |
Russia |
7 |
Faizrakhmanov, Gennadiy |
2348 |
Russia |
8 |
Ogloblin, Nikolay |
2384 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2409 |
|
|
14 Rosneft Smolensk
1 |
Solovjov, Sergey I. |
2417 |
Russia |
2 |
Meshkov, Yuri A |
2389 |
Russia |
3 |
Sirotine, Konstantin |
2411 |
Russia |
4 |
Aliavdin, Nikolai |
2421 |
Russia |
5 |
Rodchenkov, Sergey D. |
2399 |
Russia |
6 |
Benza, Artem |
2320 |
Russia |
7 |
Kiselev, Alexander S. |
2349 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2398 |
|
|
15 SC MIFI Moscow
1 |
Belov, Igor |
2439 |
Russia |
2 |
Nagibin, George |
2330 |
Russia |
3 |
Kravchenko, Vladimir V. |
2435 |
Russia |
4 |
Moiseenko, Vladimir |
2404 |
Russia |
5 |
Kuzovkin, Alexander |
- |
Russia |
6 |
Kuznecov, Mikhail |
2343 |
Russia |
7 |
Zharov, Dmitry |
2337 |
Russia |
8 |
Glotov, Mikhail |
2271 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2381 |
|
|
16 Orel
1 |
Kalugin, Sergey V. |
2360 |
Russia |
2 |
Olenin, Nikolay |
2409 |
Russia |
3 |
Khalukov, Yury |
2398 |
Russia |
4 |
Bazarov, Konstantin |
2232 |
Russia |
5 |
Pogosian, Georgy |
2251 |
Russia |
6 |
Protsenko, Roman |
- |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2275 |
|
|
Russian Women’s Chess League 2007
1 ABC - Krasnoturyinsk
1 |
g Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2492 |
Bulgaria |
2 |
m Matveeva, Svetlana |
2406 |
Russia |
3 |
wg Muzychuk, Anna
|
2474 |
Slovenia |
4 |
wg Tairova, Elena |
2414 |
Russia |
5 |
wg Pogonina, Natalia |
2419 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2441 |
|
|
2 SouthERN Ural Chelyabinsk
1 |
wg Hou, Yifan |
2513 |
China |
2 |
m Lahno, Kareryna |
2468 |
Ukraine |
3 |
m Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina |
2432 |
Russia |
4 |
wg Kochetkova, Julia |
2320 |
Russia |
5 |
wg Shumiakina, Tatiana |
2375 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2422 |
|
|
3 FINEK-1 Saint-Petersburg
1 |
m Cmilyte, Viktorija |
2462 |
Lithuania |
2 |
wg Korbut, Ekaterina |
2429 |
Russia |
3 |
wg Demina, Julia |
2330 |
Russia |
4 |
m Turova, Irina |
2386 |
Russia |
5 |
wg Sudakova, Irina |
2371 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2396 |
|
|
4 Economist - SGSEU-1 Saratov
1 |
m Galliamova, Alisa |
2477 |
Russia |
2 |
m Zaiatz, Elena |
2387 |
Russia |
3 |
m Gaponenko, Inna |
2451 |
Ukraine |
4 |
wf Chistiakova, Tamara |
2337 |
Russia |
5 |
wg Shaidullina, Sandugach |
2276 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2389 |
|
|
5 LADYA Kazan
1 |
m Galliamova, Alisa |
2477 |
Russia |
2 |
m Zaiatz, Elena |
2387 |
Russia |
3 |
m Gaponenko, Inna |
2451 |
Ukraine |
4 |
wf Chistiakova, Tamara |
2337 |
Russia |
5 |
wg Shaidullina, Sandugach |
2276 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2386 |
|
|
6 ACADEMY Tomsk
1 |
wg Shadrina, Tatiana |
2378 |
Russia |
2 |
wg Shen Yang |
2440 |
China |
3 |
Ruan Lufei |
2370 |
China |
4 |
wm Nebolsina, Vera |
2297 |
Russia |
5 |
Shevchenko, Olesia |
2168 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2331 |
|
|
7 Economist - SGSEU-2 Saratov
1 |
wg Ushenina, Anna |
2475 |
Ukraine |
2 |
wm Iljushina, Olga |
2281 |
Russia |
3 |
wf Fominykh, Maria |
2306 |
Russia |
4 |
wg Sharevich, Anna |
2323 |
Belorussia |
5 |
wm Tarasova, Viktoriya |
2239 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2325 |
|
|
8 Petrodom Saint-Petersburg
1 |
wg Grabuzova, Tatiana |
2357 |
Russia |
2 |
wg Guseva, Marina |
2320 |
Russia |
3 |
wg Zdebskaja, Natalia |
2335 |
Ukraine |
4 |
wg Zakurdjaeva, Irina |
2286 |
Russia |
5 |
wg Kostiuk, Tatiana |
2224 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2288 |
|
|
9 Debut-DVGTU Vladivostok
1 |
wm Ubiennykh, Ekaterina |
2302 |
Russia |
2 |
wf Airapetian, Tatevik |
2234 |
Russia |
3 |
wg Meshcheriakova,Evgenia |
2309 |
Russia |
4 |
wm Chasovnikova, Eugenia |
2288 |
Russia |
5 |
wg Melnikova, Yana |
2305 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2288 |
|
|
10 RSSU Moscow
1 |
wg Mongontuul, Bathuyag |
2388 |
Mongolia |
2 |
wf Gunina, Valentina |
2308 |
Russia |
3 |
m Cherenkova, Kristina |
2249 |
Russia |
4 |
wf Ambartsumova, Karina |
2201 |
Russia |
5 |
wf Prudnikova, Ekaterina |
2159 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2261 |
|
|
11 Chigorin Chess Club Saint-Petersburg
1 |
g Ovod, Evgenija |
2384 |
Russia |
2 |
wm Sirotkina, Nina |
2275 |
Russia |
3 |
Lupik, Marina |
2215 |
Russia |
4 |
wf Akatova, Ekaterina |
2204 |
Russia |
5 |
wm Ivkina, Olga |
2198 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2255 |
|
|
12 POLITECHNIK Nizhniy Tagil
1 |
m Burtasova, Anna |
2314 |
Russia |
2 |
f Novikova, Anna |
2272 |
Russia |
3 |
f Kharashuta, Ekaterina |
2218 |
Russia |
4 |
f Manakova, Irina |
2244 |
Russia |
5 |
Ivanova, Yulija |
2155 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2241 |
|
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13 IZHPLANETA Izhevsk
1 |
wm Bronnikova, Elizaveta |
2287 |
Russia |
2 |
wm Komiagina, Maria |
2288 |
Russia |
3 |
wf Severiukhina, Zoja |
2269 |
Russia |
4 |
wf Bannikova, Anastasia |
2185 |
Russia |
5 |
wf Deriabina, Svetlana |
2133 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2232 |
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14 FINEK-2 Saint-Petersburg
1 |
f Kirillova, Varvara |
2251 |
Russia |
2 |
wm Bystryakova, Elena V. |
2189 |
Russia |
3 |
wm Solovjova, Valentina |
2261 |
Russia |
4 |
wm Gromova, Iulia |
2252 |
Russia |
5 |
Kuzevanova, Evgenia |
2176 |
Russia |
|
Average Elo 2226 |
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