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75th Russian Championship Tournament
Sanan Sjugirov7/11(+3 -0 =8)[games]
Daniil Dubov7/11(+3 -0 =8)[games]
Vladislav Artemiev6/11(+1 -0 =10)[games]
Volodar Murzin6/11(+2 -1 =8)[games]
Evgeny Tomashevsky6/11(+1 -0 =10)[games]
Ilia Iljiushenok5.5/11(+1 -1 =9)[games]
Evgeny Najer5/11(+0 -1 =10)[games]
Aleksandr Rakhmanov5/11(+0 -1 =10)[games]
Andrey Esipenko5/11(+0 -1 =10)[games]
Maxim Matlakov5/11(+0 -1 =10)[games]
Maksim Chigaev5/11(+2 -3 =6)[games]
Arseniy Nesterov3.5/11(+0 -4 =7)[games]

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
75th Russian Championship (2022)

Name: 75th Russian Championship
Event Date: September 10 - 23, 2022 
Site: Cheboksary RUS
Format: 12-player round-robin
Time Control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, 
              plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.
Official Website Results: https://ruchess.ru/

 page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 66  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. V Murzin vs Tomashevsky  ½-½16202275th Russian ChampionshipC47 Four Knights
27. A Rakhmanov vs A Esipenko  ½-½18202275th Russian ChampionshipE49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System
28. Dubov vs S Sjugirov  ½-½17202275th Russian ChampionshipB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
29. M Chigaev vs A Nesterov 1-041202275th Russian ChampionshipA14 English
30. E Najer vs M Matlakov  ½-½26202275th Russian ChampionshipC45 Scotch Game
31. V Artemiev vs V Murzin ½-½60202275th Russian ChampionshipD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
32. A Nesterov vs E Najer ½-½44202275th Russian ChampionshipA84 Dutch
33. S Sjugirov vs M Chigaev  1-042202275th Russian ChampionshipC78 Ruy Lopez
34. A Esipenko vs Dubov  ½-½21202275th Russian ChampionshipC82 Ruy Lopez, Open
35. Tomashevsky vs A Rakhmanov ½-½49202275th Russian ChampionshipD27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
36. I Iljiushenok vs M Matlakov  ½-½12202275th Russian ChampionshipC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
37. V Murzin vs I Iljiushenok  ½-½38202275th Russian ChampionshipB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
38. A Rakhmanov vs V Artemiev  ½-½17202275th Russian ChampionshipE20 Nimzo-Indian
39. Dubov vs Tomashevsky ½-½29202275th Russian ChampionshipC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
40. M Chigaev vs A Esipenko 1-045202275th Russian ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
41. E Najer vs S Sjugirov  ½-½19202275th Russian ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
42. M Matlakov vs A Nesterov  ½-½36202275th Russian ChampionshipD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
43. V Murzin vs A Rakhmanov  ½-½25202275th Russian ChampionshipC47 Four Knights
44. S Sjugirov vs M Matlakov  1-042202275th Russian ChampionshipC78 Ruy Lopez
45. A Esipenko vs E Najer  ½-½21202275th Russian ChampionshipC82 Ruy Lopez, Open
46. Tomashevsky vs M Chigaev 1-037202275th Russian ChampionshipA20 English
47. V Artemiev vs Dubov ½-½52202275th Russian ChampionshipD79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line
48. I Iljiushenok vs A Nesterov ½-½59202275th Russian ChampionshipC48 Four Knights
49. Dubov vs V Murzin  1-033202275th Russian ChampionshipB12 Caro-Kann Defense
50. M Chigaev vs V Artemiev  ½-½26202275th Russian ChampionshipC45 Scotch Game
 page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 66  PGN Download
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Sep-14-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  HeMateMe: Where are the games?
Sep-14-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  MissScarlett: Three of the field - Esipenko, Chigaev and Matlakov - are playing the Chess.com Global Challenge. Esipenko and Matlakov already through the first round, so they're already guaranteed $10,000.
Sep-14-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  Check It Out: This tournament seems rigged, that's a shame. Perhaps the players are protesting.
Sep-15-22  paavoh: Here is the lineup: Vladislav Artemiev (2706), Sanan Sjugirov (2703), Daniil Dubov (2702), Evgeny Tomashevsky (2700), Andrey Esipenko (2678), Evgeniy Najer (2676), Maxim Matlakov (2671), Maksim Chigaev (2641), Aleksandr Rakhmanov (2633), Arseniy Nesterov (2575), Ilia Iljiushenok (2551), and Volodar Murzin (2534).

So it is not unreasonable to have a high share of draws, it is only the lack of aggression in the games that seems strange.

Sep-15-22  Chessius the Messius: Motivation, yes.
Sep-15-22  et1: It might be indeed a very clever way of protest, and related with motivation, concentration, private problems. I wish the best for the players.
Sep-15-22  et1: 30 matches, 3 decisive results, 18 miniatures. See it to believe it.
Sep-15-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  MissScarlett: Sisters are doing it for themselves: 72nd Russian Championship (Women) (2022)
Sep-16-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  PawnSac: < Check It Out: This tournament seems rigged, that's a shame. Perhaps the players are protesting. >

< paavoh: So it is not unreasonable to have a high share of draws, it is only the lack of aggression in the games that seems strange.>

They have collectively already tested these lines in group analysis as the "Soviet chess machine" and concluded which are draws, and so forth. This is the kind of thing Fischer protested, and why he flew solo against the whole lot of them. You find this strange? There is nothing new under the sun! lol

Sep-16-22  L13: <They have collectively already tested these lines in group analysis as the "Soviet chess machine" and concluded which are draws, and so forth. This is the kind of thing Fischer protested, and why he flew solo against the whole lot of them. You find this strange? There is nothing new under the sun! lol>

Only four of these players were even born in the Soviet Union; please give the Cold War propaganda a rest FFS.

Sep-17-22  et1: 36 games 4 decisive results, 20 miniatures.
Sep-18-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  HeMateMe: Looks like a 'committee finish.'

By contrast, look at China's annual championship, men's and women's. LOTS of decisive games. Maybe the chinese players are threatened with labor camp if they don't play aggressively? Dunno. Maybe Russian chess needs another Nikolai Krylenko?

Sep-18-22  N0B0DY: I think that if you are ready to follow your idea, first of all the whole UK needs a Nikolai Krylenko.
Sep-18-22  whiteshark: Can this be considered a <refusal to work>?
Sep-18-22  et1: Russians players think outside chess, Chinese players don't dare to ?
Sep-18-22  et1: 42 games, 5 decisive results, 22 miniatures.
Sep-19-22  paavoh: <They have collectively already tested these lines in group analysis as the "Soviet chess machine" and concluded which are draws, and so forth. This is the kind of thing Fischer protested, and why he flew solo against the whole lot of them. You find this strange? There is nothing new under the sun! lol>

I do not buy this argument - just compare this tournament to the fights in previous Russian championships.

Sep-20-22  tessathedog: If Tomashevsky wins this, it will be an affront to Caissa. He’s hardly tried in any game in the whole of the first half of the tournament.
Sep-23-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  MissScarlett: <In round eleven, the race leader Sanan Sjugirov drew Andrey Esipenko, and Daniil Dubov caught up with him by defeating Ilia Iljiushenok. The regulations required that Sjugirov and Dubov play a tiebreaker match. Both rapid and the Armageddon games ended in a draw, and Dubov, who had had black pieces in the “sudden death” game, was declared a winner.

Daniil Dubov: “My initial strategy for the entire tournament was minimising risks and trying to outplay underdogs. And I have coped with this task indeed. This is not exactly something to be proud of creatively, but I am happy from the athletic point of view. I had three chances and won all those games, including game eleven. We were both exhausted going into the tie-breaker, and you can see it in the games. However, luck sided with me in "Armageddon", which clearly is always a flip of the coin. My trembling hands did not let me down. High five to Sanan for doing such a great job in this tournament!”>

https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/dani...

Sep-23-22  ILikeKeres: Russia is mobilizing more troops in the war, and is forcing protestors to go to the front lines. I wish the fighting would stop.

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/23/1124...

Sep-24-22  tessathedog: A fast play off is a silly idea to decide any serious classical tournament, and Armageddons are just ridiculous. As far as I’m concerned, they both tied for first, and share the title, like in the good old (sensible) days. Congratulations Danny and Sanan! Mind you, I thought Murzin perhaps tte real “hero” of the tournament. And Tomashevsky the “villain”…such a fine player, and decided not to try at all. I’ll excuse him on the understanding that he has queried the war, so perhaps it was a kind of protest action.
Sep-24-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  HeMateMe: Absolutely. Armageddon is pure garbage, as are rapid playoffs.
Sep-25-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  fredthebear: New isn't always better.
Sep-25-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  HeMateMe: Maybe use tie breaks to split the prize money in a way that rewards the player who had a more difficult schedule. That incentivises players to work harder during the event, a good thing. but the actual tournament record should call the event a tie if two players finish with the same record.
Sep-30-22  et1: 66 games, 13 decisive results, 33 miniatures.
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