page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 35  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Sakaev vs Svidler   ½-½ 28 2008 Russian Superfinals A15 English 2. A Riazantsev vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 25 2008 Russian Superfinals E12 Queen's Indian 3. A Lastin vs A Timofeev   ½-½ 43 2008 Russian Superfinals B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 4. Svidler vs E Tomashevsky   ½-½ 56 2008 Russian Superfinals C78 Ruy Lopez 5. N Vitiugov vs Sakaev   ½-½ 57 2008 Russian Superfinals D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 6. E Inarkiev vs Morozevich ½-½ 62 2008 Russian Superfinals B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Svidler vs N Vitiugov ½-½ 67 2008 Russian Superfinals D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 8. A Lastin vs E Alekseev ½-½ 27 2008 Russian Superfinals C07 French, Tarrasch 9. Sakaev vs A Timofeev   ½-½ 19 2008 Russian Superfinals B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 10. K Maslak vs Jakovenko ½-½ 15 2008 Russian Superfinals E01 Catalan, Closed 11. A Riazantsev vs E Inarkiev   ½-½ 50 2008 Russian Superfinals E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 12. N Vitiugov vs E Tomashevsky   ½-½ 25 2008 Russian Superfinals E00 Queen's Pawn Game 13. Svidler vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 31 2008 Russian Superfinals C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 14. K Maslak vs E Inarkiev   ½-½ 54 2008 Russian Superfinals E73 King's Indian 15. A Riazantsev vs A Lastin   ½-½ 34 2008 Russian Superfinals D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 16. E Inarkiev vs Sakaev   ½-½ 60 2008 Russian Superfinals C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 17. E Tomashevsky vs E Inarkiev   ½-½ 36 2008 Russian Superfinals E81 King's Indian, Samisch 18. K Maslak vs N Vitiugov   ½-½ 42 2008 Russian Superfinals D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 19. Morozevich vs E Alekseev   ½-½ 40 2008 Russian Superfinals D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 20. N Vitiugov vs E Alekseev ½-½ 84 2008 Russian Superfinals E00 Queen's Pawn Game 21. A Timofeev vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 53 2008 Russian Superfinals C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 22. A Riazantsev vs Sakaev   ½-½ 61 2008 Russian Superfinals D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 23. E Tomashevsky vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 31 2008 Russian Superfinals D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 24. Sakaev vs A Lastin   ½-½ 64 2008 Russian Superfinals D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 25. N Vitiugov vs Morozevich   ½-½ 56 2008 Russian Superfinals D85 Grunfeld  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 35    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 20 OF 20 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-15-08    acirce: Maslak missed clear wins earlier in the game. Such a tragedy, I liked the way he was playing it. Oct-15-08    Harvestman: More like Maslak threw it into the fire! What a way to not achieve your first win of the tournament. He must be gutted. Oct-15-08    Mameluk: This game was a clear proof, that Moro is easily the best player in the world. Who else can give a mate in such position?:) Oct-15-08    Alphastar: <Question: could Maslak have won with 70.Rd8 ?> I presume with the idea Qxd8 Kf1 followed by promotion? I don't have an engine with me to work it out, but if anyone can win, it's white, because after the exchange of (promoted) queens black has 1 pawn remaining with which he could win and it's a rook pawn with a bishop of the wrong color. So even if white would lose all his remaining pawns, it would be a draw. Oct-15-08    Harvestman: Thanks <Alphastar>. I hadn't considered that white might exchange queens. Oct-15-08    arkansaw: So Svidler proved that sometimes Caro-can, and Maslak proved that he is as good as Kramnik Oct-15-08    arkansaw: Moro sure didn't want to lose to somebody 200+ beneath him Oct-15-08    visayanbraindoctor: I think they used to play tie-breaks in the past in order to determine who is the winner. But with three GMs on top, what happens? Will Svidler, Alekseev, and Jakovenko play a double round robin or something like that? Oct-15-08    Peligroso Patzer: It seems that Lastin - Morozevich (1/2 - 1/2) from Round 10 is still mising from the database for this event. (Admittedly, the only remarkable thing about that game is that Moro agreed to a short draw when he was still in position to catch the leaders (as today's amazing developments have showed was a more than merely theoretical possibility if he had won in the penultimate round). Oct-15-08    17.Bxg7: Very incredible last two moves from Maslak. 68..Re8 allows a forced draw from Moro (68..Re6 was completely winning); well that is acceptable, not easy to see with 3 minutes in the clock; but 69..Kf1??. I haven't seen such an incredible act of chess blindness since Kramnik's help mate against Deep Fritz. The sad thing was that Maslak was playing an incredible game until that point, outplaying Morozevich. For a moment I thought Moro was conducting the black pieces here. Oct-15-08    Pflueger76: Hi all. According to Peter Svidlers Homepage, there will be Playoffs played on October 28. 6 games (double round-robin) of 15'+10''. Oct-15-08    Pyke: <The 61st Russian Championship SuperFinal took place 3rd-15th October 2008. There was a three way tie on 7/9. (...) Playoffs are on 28th October 1pm Moscow time - according to the regulations it was supposed to after the final round, but that would have lasted until 1am - the format will be 6 games (double-round robin) of 15'+10''.> from "The week in chess" Oct-15-08    SniperOnG7: I'm very happy for Svidler. He's a nice guy and it would have been trully sad to be leading eight (correct me if I'm wrong) rounds and then losing the top spot. It's chess I know but still would have been the sux. Furthermore, such a crucial win is fantastic for himself too. Similarly, if he wins the playoff and secures the tournament, it will be a huge boost for him...about time someone of his level wins a toplevel tournament. Oct-15-08    SniperOnG7: You know what, I just discovered...this Lastin guy should get [insert punishment here]. He actually played the same forced Zaitsev draw against BOTH Svidler AND Moro. He wasn't even doing half badly, havng got two wins. Kinda funny though, like going up to the faces of the top seeds and saying BOOYA. Oct-15-08    gazzawhite: Maybe the game between Moro and Lastin is so short, it can't be found in the database...... Oct-15-08    visayanbraindoctor: <Pflueger76, Pyke: <The 61st Russian Championship SuperFinal took place 3rd-15th October 2008. There was a three way tie on 7/9. (...) Playoffs are on 28th October 1pm Moscow time - according to the regulations it was supposed to after the final round, but that would have lasted until 1am - the format will be 6 games (double-round robin) of 15'+10''.>> Thanks for the info. Oct-16-08    SniperOnG7: <gazzawhite> If you go to Lastin vs Svidler, you will see the (most probable) reasoning why it was not included in cg, as explained nicely by <Kangaroo> there. Oct-16-08    Eyal: There's no "reasoning" here, just some confusion - it happens sometimes... I've left a message about it in chessgames.com chessforum (that's usually the place to post such messages if you want the thing fixed, btw, rather than the tournament page) and I hope they'll fix it shortly. Oct-16-08    Peligroso Patzer: Interesting playoff situation. As many will remember, Evgeny Alekseev and Dmitry Jakovenko had a two-way playoff for the Russian Superfinal championship in 2006. It should be that much more interesting with Peter Svidler added into the mix this time around. Oct-22-08    braimondi: When playoff starts? Oct-28-08    BIDMONFA: Russian Superfinals (2008) Tie-break in live http://www.bidmonfa.com/informacio_... _ Oct-28-08    Ichiro: Svidler won! Oct-28-08    cannibal: Ha! Svidler wins again in his living room (although this time it was a real tournament, not just a Swiss). Just like in the regular tournament, he had a must-win in the last game, and again he played a crushing attack. Oct-29-08    Eyal: Final standings of the playoff: Svidler 3/4 Jakovenko 2.5/4 Alekseev 0.5/4 Once again (as in E Alekseev vs Svidler, 2008), Svidler managed to win a must-win final round game, this time against Jakovenko who had a 0.5 point lead: Svidler - Jakovenko 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bd7 9.c3 0-0 10.Nbd2 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Re1 h6 13.Nh4 Kh7 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.exf5 Nc6 16.g4 Kg8 17.h4 Nh7 18.Bd5 Rc8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qf3 Nb8 click for larger view 21.g5 hxg5 22.Ne4 Nd7 23.hxg5 Nxg5 24.Bxg5 Bxg5 25.Ra6 Qe7 26.Ra7 Rfd8 27.Qh5 Bh6 28.Kh1 Kh8 29.Rg1 Nf6 30.Nxf6 Qxa7 31.Ng4 Kh7 32.Nxh6 gxh6 33.f6 Rg8 34.Be4+ Rg6 35.Rxg6 1-0 http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Oct-31-08    visayanbraindoctor: Svidler should play more games like the above. Five time Russian Champion! Quite a record. Svidler deserves it too, winning must-win situations in great style. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 20) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 20 OF 20 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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