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🏆 Russian Championship Superfinal (2018)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Ian Nepomniachtchi, Dmitry Jakovenko, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Nikita Vitiugov, Vladimir Fedoseev, Dmitry Andreikin, Ernesto Inarkiev, Alexey Sarana, Denis Khismatullin, Daniil Dubov, Mikhail Kobalia, Grigoriy Oparin

Russian Championship Superfinal (2018) The 71st Russian Championship Superfinal took place in Satka from 25th August to 5th September 2018. The event was a 12-player round-robin, where the winner received 1 million roubles (~15,000 dollars) and a Renault Kaptur car. The top three finishers qualified automatically for next year's Superfinal. The time control was 90 minutes for 40 moves then 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. No draw offers were allowed before move 40. A tie for first place to be split by two 15+10 rapid games, and, if the score was still tied, a 5 vs. 4 Armageddon game, where Black wins if the game ends in a draw. (1) Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 =1 Andreikin 2710 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 7 =1 Jakovenko 2748 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 7 3 Tomashevsky 2702 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6½ 4 Inarkiev 2690 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 6 5 Fedoseev 2707 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6 6 Nepomniachtchi 2768 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 6 7 Oparin 2609 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5½ 8 Dubov 2691 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 5 9 Sarana 2613 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 5 10 Vitiugov 2730 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 4½ 11 Kobalia 2619 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 4½ 12 Khismatullin 2634 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 3 Category: XVIII (2685). Chief arbiter: Vladimir Yurievich Staratorzhsky Dmitry Andreikin beat Jakovenko 1½ to ½ in the Russian Championship Superfinal (Tiebreaks) (2018), his second Russian championship title. Official site: http://ruchess.ru/championship/deta... Wikipedia article: Russian Chess Championship#2018 Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr373679.... Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/and... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/andre... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... Previous: Russian Championship Superfinal (2017). Next: Russian Championship Superfinal (2019). Women's section: Russian Championship Superfinal (Women) (2018) (1) Chess24: Russian Superfinal 2018 https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Kobalia vs V Fedoseev   ½-½ 42 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal B08 Pirc, Classical 2. D Andreikin vs Khismatullin   1-0 63 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal B23 Sicilian, Closed 3. G Oparin vs E Inarkiev   ½-½ 60 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal A21 English 4. A Sarana vs Dubov   ½-½ 34 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal B33 Sicilian 5. Jakovenko vs Tomashevsky   ½-½ 41 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal C77 Ruy Lopez 6. Nepomniachtchi vs Vitiugov   ½-½ 41 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 7. Khismatullin vs E Inarkiev   0-1 46 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal C45 Scotch Game 8. Dubov vs G Oparin   ½-½ 63 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal A18 English, Mikenas-Carls 9. Vitiugov vs A Sarana   ½-½ 61 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 10. Tomashevsky vs Nepomniachtchi   ½-½ 30 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal D85 Grunfeld 11. V Fedoseev vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 54 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal C45 Scotch Game 12. D Andreikin vs M Kobalia   ½-½ 66 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 13. M Kobalia vs Khismatullin   ½-½ 77 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal C42 Petrov Defense 14. E Inarkiev vs Dubov 0-1 28 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal E60 King's Indian Defense 15. G Oparin vs Vitiugov   1-0 52 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal A21 English 16. A Sarana vs Tomashevsky   ½-½ 57 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 17. Nepomniachtchi vs V Fedoseev   0-1 36 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 18. Jakovenko vs D Andreikin   ½-½ 37 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal E00 Queen's Pawn Game 19. Khismatullin vs Dubov 0-1 25 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal A48 King's Indian 20. M Kobalia vs Jakovenko 1-0 39 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. D Andreikin vs Nepomniachtchi   ½-½ 45 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal D85 Grunfeld 22. V Fedoseev vs A Sarana   ½-½ 63 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal D02 Queen's Pawn Game 23. Tomashevsky vs G Oparin   ½-½ 24 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal A30 English, Symmetrical 24. Vitiugov vs E Inarkiev   ½-½ 54 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal E51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 25. Jakovenko vs Khismatullin   ½-½ 32 2018 Russian Championship Superfinal D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Oct-18-18    Sargon: For those who've been saying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQF... We've just added some new tournaments and games. The 71st Russian Championships: Open section: 71st Russian Championship Superfinal (2018), tiebreak 71st ch-RUS TB (2018) Women's section: 68th ch-RUS w (2018), tiebreak 68th ch-RUS w TB (2018). the 34th European Club Cup: Open section: 34th European Club Cup (2018) Women's section: 34th European Club Cup (Women) (2018) and the 105th British Championship: 105th ch-GBR (2018), tiebreak 105th ch-GBR TB (2018) I'll add appropriate blurbs to the "New Games" panel. Much more to come... Oct-19-18    malt: <Sargon> Appreciation for the games. Oct-19-18    sonia91: <Dmitry Andreikin: I Dedicate My Superfinal Victory to My Father> Interview with Dmitry Andreikin, who won his second Russian title (the first one was in 2012): http://ruchess.ru/en/news/report/dm... Curiously, women's champion Pogonina also won for the second time after 2012. Oct-20-18    siggemannen: Big thanks, <Sargon>! Always great games in these Russian Champs. And congratulations to Dima Andreikin, after a bit of a dry spell. Oct-21-18    1d410: Go Chessgames! Oct-25-18    HeMateMe: No Svidler in this event? I guess he thought six of them was enough. 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. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. 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