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Russian Championship Higher League (2005) The 58th Russian Championship Higher League tournament was a 66-player 9-round Swiss held in Kazan, Russia, 3-11 September 2007. There were no rest days. The top seven finishers would advance to the Superfinal. Time control: 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 50 more minutes to move 60, then 10 more minutes to the end of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. Prize fund: $100,000. Chief arbiter: Igor Bolotinsky. Deputy arbiter: Alexander Khasin. Evgeny Ilgizovich Bareev won on tiebreak ahead of Khalifman, both with 6.5/9. Of those with 6/9, Volkov (3rd), Rublevsky (4th), Jakovenko (5th), Najer (6th) and Motylev (7th) qualified. Because of withdrawals (Najer and Alexander Grischuk), also Zvjaginsev (8th) and Tomashevsky (9th) went to the Russian Championship Superfinal (2005). Wikipedia article: Kazan ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/evgen... ChessPro: https://chesspro.ru/events/kazan05.... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Russian Wikipedia: https://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/ruw... Jonathan Speelman in The Guardian, 18 September 2005: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2... Previous (and first): Russian Championship Higher League St Petersburg (2004) and Russian Championship Higher League Tomsk (2004). Next: Russian Championship Higher League (2006)  page 2 of 2; games 26-43 of 43  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. A Lastin vs Khalifman 0-1 63 2005 Russian Championship Higher League B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 27. P Tregubov vs Yakovich   0-1 48 2005 Russian Championship Higher League D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 28. Dvoirys vs E Shaposhnikov 0-1 27 2005 Russian Championship Higher League B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 29. A Bezgodov vs Dvoirys   0-1 36 2005 Russian Championship Higher League B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 30. D Chuprov vs Jakovenko 0-1 27 2005 Russian Championship Higher League B30 Sicilian 31. Sakaev vs E Alekseev   0-1 40 2005 Russian Championship Higher League E15 Queen's Indian 32. S Novikov vs Khismatullin 0-1 33 2005 Russian Championship Higher League B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 33. P Tregubov vs I Kurnosov   0-1 34 2005 Russian Championship Higher League E60 King's Indian Defense 34. N Kabanov vs A Iljushin   0-1 39 2005 Russian Championship Higher League C00 French Defense 35. O Chebotarev vs A Bezgodov   0-1 27 2005 Russian Championship Higher League C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 36. I Kurnosov vs A Galkin   0-1 50 2005 Russian Championship Higher League B12 Caro-Kann Defense 37. Yakovich vs A Korotylev   0-1 55 2005 Russian Championship Higher League E73 King's Indian 38. P Smirnov vs Tomashevsky   0-1 43 2005 Russian Championship Higher League C78 Ruy Lopez 39. E Vorobiov vs Tkachiev 0-1 26 2005 Russian Championship Higher League C45 Scotch Game 40. D Chuprov vs V Popov   0-1 49 2005 Russian Championship Higher League D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 41. A Lugovoi vs B Savchenko   0-1 96 2005 Russian Championship Higher League D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 42. V Yandemirov vs S Novikov   0-1 65 2005 Russian Championship Higher League B30 Sicilian 43. A Iljin vs O Chebotarev   0-1 30 2005 Russian Championship Higher League E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System  page 2 of 2; games 26-43 of 43    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Sep-25-05    fgh: Good for Bareev :-) Where can the overall score be found? First! :-) Sep-25-05    iron maiden: <fgh> http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp... Sep-25-05    you vs yourself: I read from a very credible source that posting third gives you the optimum luck:) Third! I dream of the day when Chessbase realizes its mistake and rename their "Bareev is the Russian champion for 2005" before actually playing it. Sep-25-05    ughaibu: First after Third. Beat that. Sep-25-05    fgh: First after ughaibu. :-) Sep-25-05    fgh: But I suggest an improvement: First before anyone else :-) Sep-25-05    aw1988: Not posting. Sep-25-05    Averageguy: <aw1988>You've got your avatar back! BTW, check out the Game Of The Day. It might be a worthy candidate for your "Doomed pieces" game collection. Sep-25-05    Knight13: Can't wait to see who's the winner! Sep-25-05    sitzkrieg: Still, u ll have to Sep-25-05    sitzkrieg: i forgot, 11th! Sep-25-05    sitzkrieg: disregarding double posters; 8th! Oct-02-05    Athenea: <Knight13: Can't wait to see who's the winner> Sure it wont be Kramnik with his boring short draws!!! Oct-12-05    Giraf: where do i see the cross-table? Oct-12-05    Deep Urkel: http://www.russiachess.ru/mods.php?... 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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