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Russian Championship Superfinal (2016) The Superfinal of the 69th Russian Championship took place in the Novosibirsk State Museum of Local History and Nature from 16-27 October 2016. Rest day: October 22. The winner of the 12-player round robin would become Russian Champion and win one million roubles (~14,500 euros) and a Renault Kaptur car. The top three would qualify for next year's Superfinal. Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, 30 more minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. No draw offers allowed before move 40. Tiebreak: 1) number of games with black, 2) Sonneborn-Berger score, 3) number of wins, 4) result of personal encounter, 5) Koya score. In case of a tie for first, two 15+10 rapid games wold be played, followed if necessary by 5 vs 4 Armageddon. Games started at 3 pm, Round 11 at 1 pm local time. Alexander Riazantsev won with 7/11. Photo: https://cdn.chess24.com/kGO5ymbxS0G... Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 1 Riazantsev 2651 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7 2 Grischuk 2752 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6½ 3 Tomashevsky 2724 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6½ 4 Svidler 2745 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 5 Fedoseev 2665 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6 6 Oparin 2617 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 5½ 7 Vitiugov 2721 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 8 Jakovenko 2714 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 5½ 9 Goganov 2635 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ 5½ 10 Inarkiev 2732 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 5 11 Kokarev 2636 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 4½ 12 Bocharov 2611 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * 2½ Category: XVIII (2684). Chief arbiter: Maxim Ivakhin Official site: http://ruchess.ru/championship/deta... Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr243201.... Wikipedia article: Russian Chess Championship#2016 Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/ria... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/riaza... Chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... Previous: Russian Championship Superfinal (2015). Next: Russian Championship Superfinal (2017). Women's section: Russian Championship Superfinal (Women) (2016)  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Fedoseev vs Vitiugov 1-0 83 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal B12 Caro-Kann Defense 2. Svidler vs E Inarkiev 1-0 59 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 3. A Goganov vs Grischuk ½-½ 49 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal A80 Dutch 4. D Kokarev vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 31 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal C67 Ruy Lopez 5. Tomashevsky vs G Oparin   ½-½ 28 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. A Riazantsev vs D Bocharov 1-0 28 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 7. Svidler vs V Fedoseev ½-½ 35 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal E10 Queen's Pawn Game 8. E Inarkiev vs Grischuk   ½-½ 42 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 9. Jakovenko vs A Goganov 0-1 60 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System 10. D Bocharov vs D Kokarev   ½-½ 52 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal A45 Queen's Pawn Game 11. G Oparin vs A Riazantsev   ½-½ 38 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal C19 French, Winawer, Advance 12. Vitiugov vs Tomashevsky   ½-½ 40 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal E17 Queen's Indian 13. Tomashevsky vs Svidler   ½-½ 38 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal A34 English, Symmetrical 14. Grischuk vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 41 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal C50 Giuoco Piano 15. A Goganov vs D Bocharov   ½-½ 40 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal A33 English, Symmetrical 16. D Kokarev vs G Oparin ½-½ 32 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal B54 Sicilian 17. V Fedoseev vs E Inarkiev   ½-½ 57 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal C53 Giuoco Piano 18. A Riazantsev vs Vitiugov   ½-½ 27 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal B40 Sicilian 19. D Bocharov vs Grischuk   ½-½ 23 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal A33 English, Symmetrical 20. V Fedoseev vs Tomashevsky   ½-½ 41 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal C53 Giuoco Piano 21. Vitiugov vs D Kokarev   ½-½ 41 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 22. G Oparin vs A Goganov 1-0 42 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal A14 English 23. E Inarkiev vs Jakovenko 0-1 43 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal C67 Ruy Lopez 24. Svidler vs A Riazantsev   ½-½ 24 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal B12 Caro-Kann Defense 25. A Riazantsev vs V Fedoseev ½-½ 14 2016 Russian Championship Superfinal E10 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-12-16    HeMateMe: monster tournament coming up. Oct-13-16    Mudphudder: Rooting for Grischuk!!!! It's time he makes a comeback in the game. Oct-13-16    Mr. V: Grischuk or Svidler to make his 8th crown. Oct-13-16    PhilFeeley: I don't suppose we'll see Kramnik playing? Oct-13-16    PhilFeeley: Answered my own question. The Participants: Grischuk, Alexander 2752 Svidler, Peter 2745 Inarkiev, Ernesto 2732 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 2724 Vitiugov, Nikita 2721 Jakovenko, Dmitry 2714 Fedoseev, Vladimir 2665 Riazantsev, Alexander 2651 Kokarev, Dmitry 2636 Goganov, Aleksey 2635 Oparin, Grigoriy 2617 Bocharov, Dmitry 2611 Oct-13-16    PhilFeeley: No Vadim Zvjaginsev again. Oct-13-16    offramp: I reckon Svidler might win. Oct-13-16    et1: Svidler us the safe bet but he and Girschuk are friends and have star status so it may the time for Inarkiev or Tomashevsky or even Vitiugov or Jakovenko - all excellent competitors. Oct-14-16    An Englishman: Good Evening: Impressive bunch of lads. CG, will we enjoy the privilege of live coverage? Oct-14-16    Mr. V: Well, if Jakovenko returns to his former status then I'd be happy to see him win, but his last stellar result in individual tournaments was the FIDE Grand Prix, and sadly, he barely missed qualifying for the Candidates. Oct-14-16    HeMateMe: Svidler looked a bit shaky in the last tournament. I wouldn't make him a favorite. Oct-14-16    Beholder: <HeMateMe: Svidler looked a bit shaky in the last tournament. I wouldn't make him a favorite.> How many times does he need to win this thing for people to start taking him seriously? Oct-14-16    dangerhump: No Nepo? He's red hot this year Oct-15-16    An Englishman: Good Evening: Just for fun, I shall incorrectly pick Riazantsev to win. He won't, but he does play some entertaining chess: L Draskovic vs A Riazantsev, 2015. Oct-15-16    Eyal: <No Nepo? He's red hot this year> According to a report on chess.com, he declined to play the "Higher League" qualifier due to a busy calendar, and therefore simply didn't qualify. The 12 participants were apparently chosen as follows: 3 top finishers in last year's championship (Tomashevsky, Karjakin, Vitiugov), 2 highest by rating according to the July list (Kramnik, Svidler - as Karjakin already qualified from the championship), 5 from the Higher League (Oparin, Fedoseev, Kokarev, Riazantsev, Goganov - http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews... ) & 2 wild cards. Since Kramnik & Karjakin declined to play (the latter for obvious reasons) it became 4 wildcards, which were given to Grischuk, Inarkiev, Jakovenko & Bocharov (probably as a local from Novosibirsk, where the championship is taking place). This happened before the Tal Memorial, otherwise Nepo almost surely would have gotten an invitation. Oct-15-16    denopac: <This happened before the Tal Memorial, otherwise Nepo almost surely would have gotten an invitation.> But the Olympiad also happened before the Tal Memorial and Nepo got that invitation, so they must have already had a pretty good idea of what he could do. Oct-15-16    Eyal: Maybe it was before the Olympiad as well... (though even earlier this year he won 7th Hainan Danzhou (2016) quite impressively). Oct-15-16    Pedro Fernandez: <<HeMateMe>: monster tournament coming up.> No doubt. In particular, I'm quite interested whether we see a few new theoretical ideas, no matter (for me) arising from human minds or well from super machines. Chess is chess! Oct-15-16    HeMateMe: Svidler got beat up a bit in his last tournament, lost several games. I'm thinking a younger man will win this event, this year. Oct-16-16    PhilFeeley: Live games are on now at chessbomb.com. Oct-16-16    HeMateMe: brilliant opening game by Svidler. Classic pull on the h file. Somehow, he doesn't get these same positions against the super GMs. Oct-16-16    diagonal: <Kramnik & Karjakin declined to play (the latter for obvious reasons)>, it's a pity, that Kramnik (by the way, this month he stands at his highest nominal Elo rating ever), did no longer even try to be a Russian Chess Champion, once. In twenty-something years, chess historians may remember Kramnik as <The man who beat Kasparov to become World Champion, but never was a National Champion>. Oct-16-16    HeMateMe: Is that possible? VK has never won the Russian national championship? Oct-16-16    Mr. V: Kramnik's last attempt was 2013, and Svidler took the title Russian Superfinals (2013) Oct-17-16    whiteshark: Rd 2: 5 draws and an upset: Jakovenko w/ white blunders in a drawish ♖♗♙♙♙♙♙ endgame against Goganov: Jakovenko vs A Goganov, 2016 Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 4) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. 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