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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 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 270  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Bareev vs Yakovich 1-0 26 2005 Russian Championship Higher League A20 English 2. Chuprov vs A Galkin   ½-½ 32 2005 Russian Championship Higher League B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 3. A Shariyazdanov vs Balashov   1-0 29 2005 Russian Championship Higher League A46 Queen's Pawn Game 4. A Gavrilov vs Dvoirys   ½-½ 52 2005 Russian Championship Higher League D85 Grunfeld 5. A Lastin vs A Galliamova   1-0 35 2005 Russian Championship Higher League B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2 6. Y Shabanov vs Khismatullin 0-1 31 2005 Russian Championship Higher League B50 Sicilian 7. D Bocharov vs V Grebionkin   1-0 43 2005 Russian Championship Higher League E60 King's Indian Defense 8. D Obolenskikh vs V Popov   1-0 51 2005 Russian Championship Higher League C01 French, Exchange 9. A Lugovoi vs Motylev   ½-½ 41 2005 Russian Championship Higher League E92 King's Indian 10. Sakaev vs Tomashevsky   0-1 33 2005 Russian Championship Higher League A15 English 11. E Vorobiov vs A Timofeev   ½-½ 32 2005 Russian Championship Higher League B30 Sicilian 12. Zvjaginsev vs I Kurnosov   ½-½ 43 2005 Russian Championship Higher League B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 13. A Bezgodov vs Khalifman   ½-½ 44 2005 Russian Championship Higher League B08 Pirc, Classical 14. Rublevsky vs V Kosyrev   1-0 47 2005 Russian Championship Higher League C05 French, Tarrasch 15. I Khairullin vs P Smirnov   ½-½ 20 2005 Russian Championship Higher League B20 Sicilian 16. Jakovenko vs D Yevseev ½-½ 116 2005 Russian Championship Higher League D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 17. S Novikov vs E Alekseev   ½-½ 12 2005 Russian Championship Higher League B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. Tkachiev vs B Savchenko   1-0 40 2005 Russian Championship Higher League D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. E Shaposhnikov vs S Volkov   0-1 45 2005 Russian Championship Higher League B10 Caro-Kann 20. Filippov vs A Iljushin   ½-½ 60 2005 Russian Championship Higher League A90 Dutch 21. V Yemelin vs Kharlov   ½-½ 37 2005 Russian Championship Higher League C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 22. E Inarkiev vs V Loginov   1-0 57 2005 Russian Championship Higher League B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. Vitiugov vs M Kobalia   0-1 32 2005 Russian Championship Higher League D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 24. E Najer vs O Chebotarev 1-0 38 2005 Russian Championship Higher League C11 French 25. Kosteniuk vs P Tregubov   ½-½ 31 2005 Russian Championship Higher League B22 Sicilian, Alapin  page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 270    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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