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Superfinals: Tomashevsky and Goryachkina win

8/21/2015 – The final round of the Russian Superfinals brought no upsets: Evgeny Tomashevsky drew comfortably with White against Peter Svidler and became Russian Champion 2015 when his closest rival, Sergey Karjakin, could not win against Dmitry Jakovenko. Aleksandra Goryachkina followed a similar policy: she drew with Kateryna Lagno and that was enough to win the tournament.

Tomashevsky and Goryachkina close to the title

8/20/2015 – 10 of 11 rounds are played in the Superfinals and Evgeny Tomashevsky and Aleksandra Goryachkina have good chances to win. After a win in round nine and a draw against his closest rival, Sergey Karjakin, Tomashevsky now is half-a-point ahead of Karjakin. Goryachkina also fought off her rivals and is half-a-point ahead of the field. Games and analyses.

Superfinals 8: Three rounds to go

8/18/2015 – Eight of eleven rounds are played in the Superfinals. In round eight only one game had a winner in the men's tournament - Khismatullin defeated Motylev - but there were no changes at the top and Tomashevsky kept the lead. Aleksandra Goryachkina scored the only win the women's tournament. The 16-year old is now a-point ahead of Alexandra Kosteniuk. Games and analyses.

Superfinals Rd 5: Peaceful men, fighting women

8/14/2015 – The men were rather peaceful in round 5 of the Russian Superfinals - only Ivan Bukavshin won against Ildar Khairullin, the other games were drawn. The women were less peacefully inclined - they did not play a single draw in round 5. And Anastasia Savina managed to stop Aleksandra Goryachkina who had to suffer her first loss. Report and analyses.
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