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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 7 of 9; games 151-175 of 225  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
151. Nepomniachtchi vs B Grachev 1-0392013Russian Championship Higher LeagueB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
152. A Goganov vs Jakovenko  ½-½292013Russian Championship Higher LeagueD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
153. E Alekseev vs Khismatullin  1-0422013Russian Championship Higher LeagueB53 Sicilian
154. Dubov vs M Matlakov  0-1352013Russian Championship Higher LeagueA15 English
155. E Najer vs I Khairullin  ½-½412013Russian Championship Higher LeagueC45 Scotch Game
156. I Popov vs I Lysyj  ½-½312013Russian Championship Higher LeagueC67 Ruy Lopez
157. J Prizant vs D Kokarev  1-0352013Russian Championship Higher LeagueB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
158. A Gabrielian vs S Iskusnyh  1-0342013Russian Championship Higher LeagueC11 French
159. E A Levin vs E Ovod  ½-½412013Russian Championship Higher LeagueD12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
160. G Airapetian vs L Nozdrachev  0-1512013Russian Championship Higher LeagueE70 King's Indian
161. D Egorov vs A Ulanov 0-1232013Russian Championship Higher LeagueC02 French, Advance
162. E Inarkiev vs A Shomoev  0-1532013Russian Championship Higher LeagueB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
163. Shimanov vs Tomashevsky  0-1542013Russian Championship Higher LeagueD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
164. Motylev vs A Riazantsev  1-0742013Russian Championship Higher LeagueB12 Caro-Kann Defense
165. M Panarin vs S Sjugirov  ½-½512013Russian Championship Higher LeagueB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
166. A Demchenko vs U Eliseev  ½-½882013Russian Championship Higher LeagueA06 Reti Opening
167. S Vokarev vs Vitiugov 0-1422013Russian Championship Higher LeagueB06 Robatsch
168. S Voitsekhovsky vs P Ponkratov 0-1472013Russian Championship Higher LeagueC17 French, Winawer, Advance
169. A Predke vs Dvoirys  ½-½562013Russian Championship Higher LeagueE42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
170. R Ovetchkin vs G Oparin  1-01162013Russian Championship Higher LeagueE10 Queen's Pawn Game
171. D Gordievsky vs V Artemiev  ½-½512013Russian Championship Higher LeagueD85 Grunfeld
172. N Korniushin vs K Sek  ½-½522013Russian Championship Higher LeagueA64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8
173. B Kruchev vs R Kozlitin  1-0622013Russian Championship Higher LeagueB53 Sicilian
174. D Khegay vs V Moiseenko  0-1562013Russian Championship Higher LeagueA00 Uncommon Opening
175. D Shishigin vs O Yuferev  ½-½612013Russian Championship Higher LeagueA60 Benoni Defense
 page 7 of 9; games 151-175 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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