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Russian Championship Superfinal (2004) The 57th Russian Championship was held in the Festive Hall of Rossiya Hotel, adjacent to the Red Square in Moscow, 15-27 November 2004, with rest days on 19 and 23 November. Instigated by the Russian Chess Federation and its new (2003-2009) President Alexander Dmitriyevich Zhukov, the usual Swiss championship tournament was from 2004 on replaced by a qualifying "Higher League" tournament (Swiss) (actually two such in 2004) and a 12-player "Superfinal" (round robin). Prize fund: $125,000, with $50,000 to the winner. Time control: 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, 50 more minutes to move 60, then 10 more minutes to the end of the game, with a 30 second increment per move from move one. World champion Vladimir Kramnik could not participate due to health reasons, and so it was decided to have only 12 players (rather than 14), meaning that 1st reserve Alexander Khalifman could not step in. Then Anatoly Karpov withdrew at the last moment, reducing the number of players to eleven. Of which three had qualified from the Russian Championship Higher League Tomsk (2004), with three players from the Russian Championship Higher League St Petersburg (2004). Garry Kasparov dominated with 7.5/10, his only national title. Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 1 Kasparov 41 2813 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7½ 2 Grischuk 21 2704 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 6 3 Dreev 35 2698 0 ½ * 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ =4 Morozevich 27 2758 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 5 =4 Motylev 25 2651 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 5 =4 Svidler 28 2735 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 0 1 5 =4 Bareev 38 2715 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 5 =8 Epishin 39 2599 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 4½ =8 Korotylev 27 2596 ½ 1 0 0 1 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 4½ =8 Timofeev 19 2611 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 4½ 11 Tseshkovsky 60 2577 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 2½ Category: XVIII (2678). Chief arbiter: Vladimir Dvorkovich Wikipedia article: Russian Chess Championship#2004 ChessBase 1: https://en.chessbase.com/post/ruian... ChessBase 2: https://en.chessbase.com/post/super... ChessPro: https://chesspro.ru/events/rus-ch04... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... Wikipedia article: Rossiya Hotel Chessqueen photos: http://chessqueen.com/photos?album=... Previous: 56th Russian Championship (2003). Next: Russian Championship Superfinal (2005)  page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 55  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. Grischuk vs A Timofeev   ½-½ 27 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 27. Bareev vs Svidler ½-½ 22 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 28. Korotylev vs Tseshkovsky ½-½ 51 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal A59 Benko Gambit 29. Motylev vs Epishin 1-0 55 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal B42 Sicilian, Kan 30. Kasparov vs Dreev 1-0 59 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 31. A Timofeev vs Bareev   ½-½ 17 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 32. Dreev vs Motylev ½-½ 78 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal E12 Queen's Indian 33. Svidler vs Korotylev 1-0 62 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 34. Tseshkovsky vs Kasparov 0-1 39 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 35. Morozevich vs Grischuk   ½-½ 26 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal A15 English 36. Motylev vs Tseshkovsky 1-0 73 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal B27 Sicilian 37. Korotylev vs A Timofeev   1-0 47 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal A13 English 38. Bareev vs Morozevich   ½-½ 29 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 39. Epishin vs Dreev   ½-½ 33 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 40. Kasparov vs Svidler 1-0 57 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 41. Svidler vs Motylev 0-1 38 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 42. A Timofeev vs Kasparov 0-1 42 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal B50 Sicilian 43. Tseshkovsky vs Epishin   ½-½ 56 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 44. Grischuk vs Bareev 1-0 55 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 45. Morozevich vs Korotylev 1-0 64 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal B56 Sicilian 46. Motylev vs A Timofeev   ½-½ 26 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal B33 Sicilian 47. Korotylev vs Grischuk 1-0 37 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 48. Epishin vs Svidler   ½-½ 30 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal D97 Grunfeld, Russian 49. Dreev vs Tseshkovsky   1-0 39 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal C41 Philidor Defense 50. Kasparov vs Morozevich ½-½ 50 2004 Russian Championship Superfinal D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav  page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 55    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 103 OF 103 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-28-04    clocked: You don't get the honor of last place without competing. Lowest score went to tacticsjokerxxx and alexandrov. Nov-28-04    cu8sfan: Hi y'all! Here are the results of the last round. Thanks all for participating and congratulations to the winners! Round 11: Phoenix: 4 Minor Piece Activity: 4 iron maiden: 4 Spassky69: 2 acirce: 4 cu8sfan: 2 percyblakeney: 3 Assassinater: 2 Appaz: 3 suenteus po 147: 0 Total (points / round participated / avg): acirce: 34 / 10 / 3.4 iron maiden: 28 / 10 / 2.8 percyblakeney: 21 / 7 / 3 cu8sfan: 20 / 7 / 2.857 Minor Piece Activity: 19 / 5 / 3.8 Phoenix: 17 / 8 / 2.125 tacticsjokerxxx: 11 / 5 / 2.2 Where is my mind: 10 / 3 / 3.333 Assassinater: 8 / 3 / 2.667 Spassky69: 8 / 4 / 2 apple head: 7 / 3 / 2.333 Appaz: 7 / 3 / 2.333 Dave Murray: 5 / 2 / 2.5 clocked: 4 / 2 / 2 suenteus po 147: 4 / 7 / 0.571 Aiuta: 3 / 1 / 3 arielbekarov: 3 / 1 / 3 flamboyant: 3 / 1 / 3 cuendillar: 3 / 1 / 3 JimBean: 3 / 1 / 3 RisingChamp: 3 / 2 / 1.5 clifford: 2 / 1 / 2 Dedalus: 2 / 1 / 2 SimonBrazil: 2 / 1 / 2 Dionyseus: 1 / 1 / 1 lostemperor: 1 / 1 / 1 sourcerer: 1 / 1 / 1 Nov-28-04    percyblakeney: Thank you too, <cu8sfan>! And I'm certain we'll beat <acirce> in Corus! :-) Nov-28-04    suenteus po 147: <clocked> Were there more than one type of predictions to participate in? Starting with round 3 or so I was predicting results non-stop! Nov-28-04    clocked: I only collected the prematch predictions of top three finishers. Nov-28-04    suenteus po 147: <clocked> Aha! Thank you. Yes, I didn't participate in those predictions. <cu8sfan> Woo-hoo! Last place! It takes a lot of work to finish last, people. Nov-28-04    Minor Piece Activity: Nice. I have the best average (3.8!) and participated in 5 rounds. Should have started earlier. :( I had a feeling that Kaspy would win this one for some reason. Nov-28-04    iron maiden: Hey, nice guys always finish last. ;-) Seriously though, you undoubtedly would have placed higher if there'd been bonus points for correctly predicting upsets, like in a lot of organized betting systems. Nov-28-04    iron maiden: That last was directed to sp147, of course. Nov-29-04    arjunkakar: <clocked> what happened to your final list of prediction scores. Nov-29-04    clocked: . 38.5 TylerD 38 Phoenix 37.5 AdrianP, clocked, <arjunkakar>, Dionyseus, Spassky69, iron maiden* 35.5 Dedalus 35 Poisonpawns, iron maiden 32.5 Yoozum, cu8sfan, Dave Murray, percyblakeney, Moonlitknight, acirce, arielbekarov 31.75 Bogdanel 31.5 alexandrov, tacticsjokerxxx *iron maiden changed his picks after the 1st round Nov-30-04    Phoenix: Congratulations to <TylerD>! <clocked> We can't thank you enough for all the time and effort you put into the prediction-keeping. Maybe you'll be able to do the same for Corus? :-) Nov-30-04    yoozum: i'll return to form come corus time. all of you should beware. Dec-04-04    GufeldStudent: How do people think this compares to previous Kasparov performances. I think this was pretty damn impressive. Dec-04-04    GufeldStudent: What is going on with the Kasparov Kasim match? Dec-04-04    yoozum: <gufeldstudent>, there's little news about the match other than that it may be played in turkey. it's still in a state of limbo. kasparov's victory is without a doubt impressive, but his rustiness/age did show in a few games. Dec-10-04    AdrianP: Why wasn't the Russian Championship on the ACP Tour: see here http://chess-players.org/eng/tour/t... Dec-10-04    unsound: <AdrianP> Because it was only open to Russians? Dec-10-04    AdrianP: <unsound> I thought that might be the case but inclusion on the tour doesn't seem to be dependent on any sort of inclusiveness - e.g. the Leko-Kramnik match seems to be rated for the ACP Tour. Dec-10-04    AdrianP: The Tour Rules do not appear to preclude a single nationality tournament. I guess the more likely explanation for my query is simply that the Russian Championship didn't ask to be on the ACP Tour. Dec-10-04    acirce: The WC match could have been between players of any nationality, but it happened to be between Kramnik and Leko, while the Russian Superfinal was per definition only for Russians. Although in any case, it goes to show the arbitraryness of the ACP Tour - no matter how well you do in some tournaments, it doesn't count if it's not the right ones. If this somehow were to produce a WC candidate it would be totally absurd. Dec-15-04    acirce: <The Tour Rules do not appear to preclude a single nationality tournament.> Well, they do: III 1. <This means that blitz tournaments, team competitions, national championships and insufficiently strong individual tournaments will not be part of the ACP Tour.> Dec-16-04    AdrianP: <acirce> Thanks, well spotted. Dec-16-04    ruylopez900: Does anyone know if there are plans for a similiar final next year/in two years time? Thanks. Nov-12-12    pericles of athens: i didn't start playing chess until 2008. so cool you guys got to kibitz this tournament live!!! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 103) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 103 OF 103 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. Getting your account takes less than a minute, is totally anonymous, and 100% free—plus, it entitles you to features otherwise unavailable. Pick your username now and join the chessgames community! If you already have an account, you should login now. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, profane, raunchy, or disgusting language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate or nonsense posts. No malicious personal attacks, including cyber stalking, systematic antagonism, or gratuitous name-calling of any member Iincludinfgall Admin and Owners or any of their family, friends, associates, or business interests. 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