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Russian Championship Higher League Tournament
Ernesto Inarkiev6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Ian Nepomniachtchi6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Alexander Motylev6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Alexey Goganov6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Anton Shomoev6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Dmitry Jakovenko6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Urii Eliseev6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Anton Demchenko5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Evgeny Tomashevsky5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Maxim Matlakov5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Jaroslav Prizant5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Evgeny Alekseev5.5/9(+2 -0 =7)[games]
Semen I Dvoirys5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Boris Grachev5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Alexander Riazantsev5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Nikita Vitiugov5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Ildar Khairullin5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Evgeny Najer5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Artur Gabrielian5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Dmitry Kokarev5/9(+4 -3 =2)[games]
Igor Lysyj5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Sanan Sjugirov5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Ivan Popov5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Vladislav Artemiev5/9(+4 -3 =2)[games]
Denis Khismatullin4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Aleksandr Shimanov4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Roman Ovetchkin4.5/9(+1 -1 =7)[games]
Grigoriy Oparin4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Pavel Ponkratov4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Leonid Nozdrachev4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Dmitry Gordievsky4/9(+2 -3 =4)[games]
Alexandr Ulanov4/9(+3 -4 =2)[games]
* (50 players total; 18 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Russian Championship Higher League (2013)

The 66th Russian Championship Higher League tournament was a 50-player Swiss held in Yekaterinburg, Russia, 20-29 June 2013. Rest day: June 25. The top 5 players would advance to the Superfinal, and the winner would also earn a spot in next year's Tal Memorial (which in 2014 was replaced by the Petrosian Memorial (2014)). Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 more minutes to the end of the game, with the addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one. Prize fund: 2.5 million rubles (~$75500). Chief organizer: Elena Pershina. Chief arbiter: Mikhail Krjukov.

Ernesto Inarkiev won on tiebreak ahead of Ian Nepomniachtchi. Motylev (3rd), Goganov (4th) and Shomoev (5th) also qualified for the Russian Championship Superfinal (2013).

Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/champion...
Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/ina...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/inark...
Crosstable: http://www.russiachess.org/upload/i...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew...
FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament...

Previous: Russian Championship Higher League (2012). Next: Russian Championship Higher League (2014). Women's section: Russian Championship Higher League (Women) (2013)

 page 3 of 9; games 51-75 of 225  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
51. R Ovetchkin vs I Lysyj ½-½232013Russian Championship Higher LeagueC47 Four Knights
52. Shimanov vs Dubov 0-1432013Russian Championship Higher LeagueD13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
53. A Shomoev vs S Sjugirov  1-0332013Russian Championship Higher LeagueB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
54. Nepomniachtchi vs G Oparin  ½-½402013Russian Championship Higher LeagueB53 Sicilian
55. E A Levin vs E Alekseev  0-1402013Russian Championship Higher LeagueE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
56. A Gabrielian vs M Matlakov  0-1352013Russian Championship Higher LeagueB12 Caro-Kann Defense
57. A Predke vs E Najer  1-0452013Russian Championship Higher LeagueE56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6
58. I Popov vs S Iskusnyh  ½-½392013Russian Championship Higher LeagueC11 French
59. R Kozlitin vs U Eliseev  0-1472013Russian Championship Higher LeagueB56 Sicilian
60. S Vokarev vs L Nozdrachev  1-0262013Russian Championship Higher LeagueC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
61. E Ovod vs D Khegay  1-0442013Russian Championship Higher LeagueA46 Queen's Pawn Game
62. N Korniushin vs B Kruchev  1-0332013Russian Championship Higher LeagueE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
63. D Egorov vs D Shishigin 1-0452013Russian Championship Higher LeagueB22 Sicilian, Alapin
64. Khismatullin vs Tomashevsky 1-0552013Russian Championship Higher LeagueA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
65. Motylev vs B Grachev  ½-½502013Russian Championship Higher LeagueB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
66. E Inarkiev vs A Demchenko  1-0712013Russian Championship Higher LeagueC18 French, Winawer
67. A Goganov vs I Khairullin  1-0452013Russian Championship Higher LeagueE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
68. Jakovenko vs D Kokarev  1-0632013Russian Championship Higher LeagueA40 Queen's Pawn Game
69. V Artemiev vs Vitiugov  0-1702013Russian Championship Higher LeagueA20 English
70. A Riazantsev vs V Moiseenko 1-0542013Russian Championship Higher LeagueD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
71. D Gordievsky vs P Ponkratov  ½-½632013Russian Championship Higher LeagueA33 English, Symmetrical
72. M Panarin vs K Sek  0-1512013Russian Championship Higher LeagueB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
73. G Airapetian vs Dvoirys  0-1632013Russian Championship Higher LeagueE15 Queen's Indian
74. A Ulanov vs J Prizant  0-11022013Russian Championship Higher LeagueA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
75. O Yuferev vs S Voitsekhovsky 0-11082013Russian Championship Higher LeagueA96 Dutch, Classical Variation
 page 3 of 9; games 51-75 of 225  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-21-13  notyetagm: FIRST!
Jun-21-13  kudubux: I'm rooting for Dubov in this one. Check out his exchange sacrifice win against Ovod.
Jun-22-13  Jimmy W: Yes I'm interested in seeing how Daniil does in this as well.
Jun-22-13  notyetagm: <kudubux: I'm rooting for Dubov in this one. Check out his <<<exchange sacrifice>>> win against Ovod.>

D Dubov vs E Ovod, 2013

Yes, a very nice <EXCHANGE SAC> by Dubov.

Jun-23-13  Nezhmetdinov: I'm up for Riazantsev, so sharp!
Jun-23-13  nok: 2¢ on Shimanov!
Jun-23-13  Strongest Force: How many qualify for 'the big show'?
Jun-23-13  notyetagm: <Strongest Force: How many qualify for 'the big show'?>

Top 5.

Jun-24-13  wtwz: Whoever places first in this tournament also gets an invitation to next year's Tal Memorial.
Jun-24-13  whiteshark: The <66th Russian Championship Higher League> in Yekaterinburg takes place 19th to 30th June 2013. Qualifier for the Super Final at the start of October in Moscow.

Tournament page: http://russiachess.org/championship...

Jun-25-13
Premium Chessgames Member		  HeMateMe: Yekaterinberg is the city where the Tsarist Romanov family were murdered, as a prelude to the Bolsheviks taking power in Russia.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yekate...>

Jun-25-13  nok: a.k.a. Sverdlovsk.
Jun-25-13  PhilFeeley: No Illya Nyzhnyk or Vadim Zvjaginsev?
Jun-25-13  whiteshark: <PhilFeeley> Illya Nyzhnyk is Ukrainian and for <Vadim Zvjaginsev> I would try a shot in the dark - he's someone else's second...
Jun-26-13  fisayo123: One of my favorite games so far.
D Khismatullin vs E Tomashevsky, 2013
Jun-27-13  Arcturar: Dubov started strong but kind of faltered here. Oh well, it happens.
Jun-27-13  notyetagm: <Arcturar: Dubov started strong but kind of faltered here. Oh well, it happens.>

Yep, this year is not his year.

*Last* year was his year.

Jun-29-13  DrAjedrez: Who will win on tiebreak for the 2014 Tal Memorial spot, Nepomniachtchi or Inarkiev?
Jun-29-13  Arcturar: Well, Nepo would be more interesting to see...I am afraid Inarkiev would be a bit out of his element.
Jun-29-13  twinlark: What a tournament for 16 year old Eliseev. At the very least he gains his 3rd GM norm and the title. Does anyone know whether he made the cut for the Superfinal?
Jun-30-13  jamesmaskell: According to RCF website, Inarkiev won the tournament and the nod to Tal Memorial 2014. The 3-5 placings (qualifying for the Super Final) look like Motylev, Goganov and Shomoev.
Jun-30-13
Premium Chessgames Member		  alexmagnus: Goganov and Shomoev are both sub-2600. And some say 2500s are not worthy of the GM title?!?!
Jul-02-13  notyetagm: http://www.chessvibes.com/inarkiev-...

<<Nepomniachtchi>'s last-round win got him next to <Inarkiev>. The latter had the highest Buchholz score and was declared the winner, and so we know one participant of the 2014 Tal Memorial. <Shomoev> and <Goganov> were the two surprising qualifiers for the Super Final; the fifth name was <Alexander Motylev>. Four of the 2700 players didn't manage: Nikita Vitiugov, Evgeny Alekseev, Dmitry Jakovenko and Alexander Riazantsev.>

Inarkiev
Nepo
Shomoev
Goganov
Motylev

go to the SuperFinal. Inarkiev, the winner on tiebreak over Nepo, also goes to 2014 Tal Memorial.

Jul-15-13  Refused: Well, good luck to Inarkiev at the Tal Memorial. He had some decent results, but nothing exceptional thus far. It will be interesting to see, how his swimming with the sharks will work out.

A pity Eliseev did not make it to the Super Final. I would have prefered him over Shomoev there.

But Alekseev and Jakovenko failing to qualify. That's tough. In other federations they would have been top seeds.

Let's see, who else gets invited by the organizers. Grischuk said in Beijing, that he had not been invited (as of now), and thus can't say whether he will play.

I assume he, Svidler and Karjakin will play the Superfinals.

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