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The Eleventh Russian Team Chess Championship Finals is being played from April 20-28 in the Hotel Dagomys, Sochi. Ten teams are fighting for National Champion title. The league has gathered a lot of very strong players – every second player is a grandmaster. The Women's Premier League consists of nine teams. Pictorial report.
The championship is staged by a new non-profit organization called the Russian Chess League. The main goal of the RCL is to organize professional self-supported team competitions in Russia. The RCL board consist of leading chess clubs representatives.
| Round 1 | ||
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MaksVen |
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Sankt-Petersburg-LTG |
Politekhnik |
Lad'ya-Kazan 1000 | |
Sibirskie Afiny Neftehim |
Tomsk-400-YuKOS | |
Noril'skij Nikel |
Termosteps | |
Debyut-DVGTU |
Lad'ya-Kazan | |
| Round 2 | ||
|
Sankt-Petersburg-LTG |
|
Lada |
MaksVen |
Politekhnik | |
Lad'ya-Kazan 1000 |
Sibirskie Afiny Neftehim | |
Tomsk-400-YuKOS |
Noril'skij Nikel | |
Termosteps |
Debyut-DVGTU | |
| Round 3 | ||
|
Politehnik |
|
Sankt-Petersburg-LTG |
Noril'skij Nikel |
Lad'ya-Kazan 1000 | |
Debyut-DVGTU |
Tomsk-400-YuKOS | |
Lada |
Termosteps | |
Sibirskie Afiny Neftehim |
MaksVen | |
| Round 4 | ||
|
Sankt-Petersburg-LTG |
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LTG Termosteps |
Lad'ya-Kazan |
Debyut-DVGTU | |
Tomsk-400-YuKOS |
Lada | |
MaksVen |
Noril'skij Nikel | |
Politehnik |
Sibirskie Afiny Neftehim | |
| Team | Top boards | |
| Noril'skij Nikel | Bologan, Dreev, Malakhov, Zvjaginsev, Onischuk, Galkin, Kobalia, Najer | 2660 |
| MaksVen | Grischuk, Aleksandrov, Sakaev, Beliavsky, Vaganian | 2659 |
| Tomsk-YuKOS | Morozevich, Akopian, Khalifman | 2645 |
| Lad'ya-Kazan | Bareev, Rublevsky, Filippov, Timofeev, Kharlov | 2618 |
| Termosteps | Gelfand, Dolmatov, Shipov, Amonatov, Korotylev, Belov, Glek | 2593 |
| Politehnik | Lastin, Volokitin, Riazantsev | 2554 |
| St-Petersburg | Yemelin, Lugovoi, Ivanov | 2534 |
| Lada | Alekseev, Geller, Grachev, Makarov | 2524 |
| Debyut-DVGTU | Fominyh, Zagrebelny, Brodsky | 2502 |
| Sibirskie Afiny | Loskutov, Maletin, Frolov | 2384 |
Opening ceremony of the Eleventh Russian Team Chess Championship Finals
Alexander Khalifman playing for Tomsk-YuKOS
Evgeny Bareev vs Alexander Lastin (Lad'ya-Kazan vs Politehnik)
Sergey Zagrebelny vs Vladimir Akopian (Debyut-DVGTU vs Tomsk-YuKOS)
Alexander Grischuk of MaksVen
Alexey Dreev of Noril'skij Nikel
Andrey Kharlov of Lad'ya-Kazan
Alexander Beliavsky with the chief arbiter
Valery Filippov of Lad'ya-Kazan
T he Women's Premier League under way
Irina Vasilevitch in her game
Top woman player Svetlana Matveeva
Irina Semenova, Galina Strutinskaya
WGM Tatiana Grabuzova
WGM Tatiana Shumiakina
Board meeting of the Russian Chess League organization
All pictures provided by Eldar Mukhametov of the chess information agency RussiaChess, Moscow, Russia
