Members · Prefs · Laboratory · Collections · Openings · Endgames · Sacrifices · History · Search Kibitzing · Kibitzer's Café · Chessforums · Tournament Index · Players · Kibitzing

Russian Championship Superfinal (2015) The 68th Russian Championship Superfinal was held 9-20 August 2015 in the Youth Palace "Megapolis Sport" in the eastern city of Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, not far from Mongolia and China. Rest day: August 15. Organizer: the Russian Chess Federation, the Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation and the Trans-Baikal Territory Chess Federation. Sponsors: Government of the Trans-Baikal Territory, Norilsk Nickel and Baikal Mining Company. Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, 30 more minutes to the end of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move one. No agreed draws before move 40. Total prize fund (men & women): 8 million roubles (~$127,000), with 1,210,000 roubles (~$19,200) to the winner. If players tied for first, a playoff would be held (two 15 + 10 Rapid games and eventually an Armageddon). Evgeny Tomashevsky won with 7.5/11, his first Russian Championship title. Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 1 Tomashevsky 2747 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7½ 2 Karjakin 2753 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 7 3 Vitiugov 2719 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6½ 4 Jakovenko 2759 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 5 Dubov 2654 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 6 Khismatullin 2642 0 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 7 Artemiev 2671 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 8 Lysyj 2673 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ 5 9 Svidler 2739 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ 5 10 Bukavshin 2655 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 5 11 Motylev 2658 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 4 12 Khairullin 2662 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * 4 Category: XVIII (2694). Chief arbiter: Anatoly Bykhovsky Official site: http://ruchess.ru/championship/deta... Wikipedia article: Russian Chess Championship#2015 Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/tom... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/super... Chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... Video: https://livestream.com/chesscast/ev... Wikipedia article: Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai Previous: Russian Championship Superfinal (2014). Next: Russian Championship Superfinal (2016). Women's section: Russian Championship Superfinal (Women) (2015)  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Motylev vs Svidler ½-½ 32 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 2. I Bukavshin vs I Lysyj ½-½ 34 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 3. Karjakin vs D Khismatullin 1-0 77 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal A13 English 4. Tomashevsky vs Jakovenko ½-½ 41 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 5. V Artemiev vs Vitiugov   ½-½ 26 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal E10 Queen's Pawn Game 6. I Khairullin vs D Dubov ½-½ 60 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal A59 Benko Gambit 7. I Lysyj vs Karjakin   ½-½ 23 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 8. Vitiugov vs I Bukavshin 1-0 28 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. D Dubov vs V Artemiev   ½-½ 40 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 10. Motylev vs I Khairullin 0-1 36 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 11. Svidler vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 61 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal A07 King's Indian Attack 12. D Khismatullin vs Tomashevsky 0-1 40 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 13. I Bukavshin vs D Dubov   ½-½ 52 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 14. Jakovenko vs D Khismatullin   ½-½ 32 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal B50 Sicilian 15. I Khairullin vs Svidler   ½-½ 28 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal A28 English 16. Karjakin vs Vitiugov   ½-½ 36 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 17. Tomashevsky vs I Lysyj 1-0 40 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 18. V Artemiev vs Motylev 1-0 24 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 19. I Khairullin vs V Artemiev 0-1 47 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 20. I Lysyj vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 62 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 21. Motylev vs I Bukavshin   ½-½ 54 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 22. Svidler vs D Khismatullin 0-1 29 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal B23 Sicilian, Closed 23. D Dubov vs Karjakin   ½-½ 41 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 24. Vitiugov vs Tomashevsky ½-½ 35 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 25. I Bukavshin vs I Khairullin 1-0 59 2015 Russian Championship Superfinal E17 Queen's Indian  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-15-15    kingscrusher: Do you think the games of amateurs at the British championship are in many ways far more exciting and fun than these games .e.g. the games of Charles Storey : British Championships (2015)/Charles H Storey Or do you think the higher level games are more fun?! Aug-15-15    kingscrusher: E.g. can we compare the top 10 most exciting games played here (so far) to the top 10 most exciting games played in the British as an example - and go through them from an entertainment perspective. I think actually I did find the Svidler loss here quite a bit of fun as an example. Here are my two quite exciting games encountered here: N Vitiugov vs I Bukavshin, 2015 Svidler vs D Khismatullin, 2015 Aug-15-15    jith1207: Considering the fact that some of those US top 4 never actually grew up in US and just changed nationality recently, it is baseless, only based on the strength of these 4 players, to compare the quality of USA and Russia. USA still needs to nurture young talents from the country like many other countries do. Aug-15-15    HeMateMe: Isn't Wesley So also at the next USA ch.? Aug-16-15    jith1207: Talking about the Russian players having the tougher second half, it's true that most of the players really have tougher set of opponents going forward. Only one player stands out as an exception. Nikita Vitiugov has already played everyone of the leaders in the standings and has only games against the players who are lower ranked in current standings. It is not the case for other leaders some of whom have really tough road after this rest day. So it goes to show Nikita has a very beautiful setup to go for the win if he plays calculated chess now. Others will need to spring surprises to get to the top. That makes the tournament exciting at least for next few rounds to see how things get heated up. Aug-16-15    HeMateMe: Don't Jakovenko and Max LeGrave look a bit alike? <http://en.chessbase.com/portals/4/f...> <http://en.chessbase.com/portals/4/f...> Aug-16-15    Beholder: <HeMateMe: Don't Jakovenko and Max LeGrave look a bit alike?> Relatively, yes. A bit. Well, they look a lot more alike than Kramnik and Hou Yifan, at any rate. Aug-16-15    1850Patzer: The US championship will probably be a 3 way armageddon for first as long as So doesn't be the egotistical drama queen he was this year. Aug-17-15    MindCtrol9: This is a hard tournament difficult to predict who is going to be winner.I think is up to the last round to find that out. Aug-17-15    haydn20: 3 wins (and no losses)in 8 rounds is a fine accomplishment in this crowd. Go Toma! Aug-18-15    Troller: Bloody 9th round so far, 1 draw and 4 wins. Last remaining game should be drawn soon, though. Tomorrow Karjakin-Tomashevsky is the battle between current no.2 and no.1 in the standings. Aug-18-15    fisayo123: Yeah, it's been one of the more entertaining Russian Superfinals i've seen in a while, after some pretty dour events. Karjakin - Tomashevsky tomorrow. I hope the professor can get the desired result. Not only because I bet chessbucks on him to win this event, but also because he's shown the best chess and has played fighting chess in most games, unlike Karjakin. Tomashevsky is the best player in this event. Aug-18-15    paavoh: Glad to see Khismatullin improving towards the end. Aug-18-15    eternaloptimist: I can't believe that Lysyj is doing as bad as he is since he won this tournament last year. He & Motylev still haven't won a game yet! I didn't expect him to win it again this year but I expected him to have *at least* 1 win at this point. Aug-18-15    1971: Is the worst Russian championship ever quality wise? These players stink. Aug-18-15    HeMateMe: this might be one of the few decades where The World might win a Russia v. The World match. Aug-19-15    Troller: <HeMateMe: this might be one of the few decades where The World might win a Russia v. The World match.> I believe there was such a match around year 2000. As I recall it was a Scheveningen rapid, the World won, and Kasparov scored horribly for Russia. Aug-19-15    paavoh: All games drawn in round 10, and Toma wins. He had a better position basically all the time against Karjakin, and they drew by move 40. Aug-19-15    sydbarrett: How many rounds is this thing? I can't seem to find such basic information online. Argh. Aug-19-15    WannaBe: <sydbarrett> http://ruchess.ru/en/championship/d... <The playing days are 9-14 and 16-21 August. A day off will be provided on 15 August.> Not the best designed web page/site with detailed information, I know. Aug-19-15    jith1207: Chess24 is the best site in that regard. You could see easily the standings and pairings and results in this page: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... So it is a 11-round tournament and ends on 20th. I think they have marked end date as 21st as they might have scheduled a rapid playoff in case of the title race being dragged on late after the final classical round. Aug-20-15    haydn20: A really good tournament. What struck me was how many different lines were played, and how deep they were known--maybe I shouldn't be surprised, among this company. Aug-20-15    sonia91: I was rooting for Vitiugov, anyway congrats to well-deserved winner Tomashevsky! Aug-21-15    devere: Becoming champion of Russia ahead of Karjakin, the man who finished runner-up in the last Candidates tournament, is a fine achievement. I think that if the next Candidates tournament is held in Russia, Tomashevsky will be the wild-card choice. Aug-21-15    HeMateMe: <http://en.chessbase.com/portals/4/f...> thank god he lost the embarrassing sandwich board blazers: <http://chess-news.ru/sites/default/...> Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 4) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing> 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. The use of "sock puppet" accounts to circumvent disciplinary action taken by moderators, create a false impression of consensus or support, or stage conversations, is prohibited. Please try to maintain a semblance of civility at all times. See something that violates our rules? Blow the whistle and inform a moderator. NOTE: Please keep all discussion on-topic. This forum is for this specific tournament only. To discuss chess or this site in general, visit the Kibitzer's Café. Messages posted by Chessgames members do not necessarily represent the views of Chessgames.com, its employees, or sponsors. All moderator actions taken are ultimately at the sole discretion of the administration. Spot an error? Please suggest your correction and help us eliminate database mistakes! Home | About | Login | Logout | F.A.Q. | Profile | Preferences | Premium Membership | Kibitzer's Café | Biographer's Bistro | New Kibitzing | Chessforums | Tournament Index | Player Directory | Notable Games | World Chess Championships | Opening Explorer | Guess the Move | Game Collections | ChessBookie Game | Chessgames Challenge | Store | Privacy Notice | Contact Us Copyright 2001-2020, Chessgames Services LLC