Russian Team Championship - Shak carries his team

5/6/2017 – Alex Yermolinsky's first report on the Premier League of the Russian Team Championship starts with "One look at the lineup of Siberia-Sirius makes me think some kind of rating restriction rule has to be established for club competitions. Kramnik, Mamedyarov, Giri, Nepo, Grischuk, Andreikin, are you kidding me? Korobov and Khismatullin as .... 'alternates'?" Even Karpov is playing. Enjoy this report with great games and analyses by Alex Yermolinsky, and exclusive high-res photos by Eugeny Atarov.