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RUS SuperFinal 06: Leaders cement positions

12/5/2014 – Not the pre-tournament favorites, but the leaders are playing powerful chess. Lysyj in the Open section is performing fantastically at 2924 and his latest victim was Khismatullin. With this win Lysyj leads by a full point. In the Women's, Goraychkina drew Pogonina, but Galliamova was able to turn a bad situation into a tie for the lead.

RUS SuperFinal 05: Big results!

12/2/2014 – How the standings have changed in both sections! Thanks to big upsets in the Open section (Khismatullin defeating Morozevich, Lysyj defeating Karjakin) there are new leaders. Lysyj sits alone with 3.5/5 followed by Jakovenko and Nepo with 3.0/5. In the Women's we had five decisive results again (!) but this time only one of the leaders won: Goryachkina leads with a half point lead.

RUS SuperFinal 04: Race tightens

12/2/2014 – The race in the open section of the Russian Super Final is increasingly tighter as the sole leader, Morozevich, lost his game against Lysyj. The executioner now tops the leaderboard next to Jakovenko, Nepomniachtchi and the vanquished Morozevich. In the Women's section every single game was decisive, and even more interestingly, all three of the leaders won their games!

Morozevich early leader in Kazan

12/1/2014 – What a month November has proven to be for chess! As if all the super-tournaments we have witnessed in Russia are not enough, the Russian Super Final has kicked off, along with the Women's section. In the Open tournament, which boasts six 2700s, Alexander Morozevich has taken an early 2.5/3 lead while in the Women's there is a three way tie. Early report of a promising event.
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