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Peter Svidler, Russian Champion
December 14, 2017
Peter Svidler has won the Russian Championship for the eighth time
# Year City Winner
1 1994 Elista Peter Svidler
2 1995 Elista Peter Svidler
3 1997 Elista Peter Svidler
4 2003 Krasnoyarsk Peter Svidler, on tiebreak over Alexander Morozevich
5 2008 Moscow Peter Svidler, after a playoff with Evgeny Alekseev and Dmitry Jakovenko
6 2011 Moscow Peter Svidler
7 2013 Nizhny Novgorod Peter Svidler, after a playoff match with Ian Nepomniachtchi
8 2017 St. Petersburg Peter Svidler, after rapid playoff with Nikita Vitiugov
Svidler Wins Historic 8th Russian Championship Title
Peter Doggers at:
https://www.chess.com/news/view/hist...le-for-svidler
Dec 14, 2017
GM Peter Svidler and WGM Aleksandra Goryachkina are the winners of the 2017 Russian Championship's Superfinals, which finished on Thursday in St. Petersburg. Both players won a rapid playoff held after the final round. Svidler won the title for the eighth time.
In his own city, with his family close by, he became Russian champion for the eighth time. He's also back in the world's top 10. Svidler won the first prize of one million rubles (€14,420/$17,000) and also a Renault Captur.
"I did not expect [this] to happen this year," Svidler told Chess.com. "I always am extremely ambitious about these events but midway through I felt like I am not playing well enough and other people are definitely playing well enough to be way ahead of me.”
He was mostly referring to Vladimir Fedoseev, who had a brilliant start of 4.5/6. However, the winner of the Aeroflot Open then suddenly lost two in a row and after a draw and a win, faced Svidler, who gained the point in the end.
In the end, it was Svidler and Vitiugov on 7/11. Svidler then won both rapid games (15 + 10).
Svidler said he isn't paying too much attention to records: "I think either Tal or Botvinnik has seven. With eight I am probably ahead of the pack now. It means a great deal to me but not because I am ahead of those guys. It means a great deal to me because I won it eight times. The historical context is a sub story.
"For me, these are the tournaments I treasure," said Svidler. "Winning one of those again at my ripe old age of...whatever it is, I am not gonna say. [Laughs.] Everybody knows. It's a good feeling. It's been a while since I felt this contented with life. It will go away by tomorrow but today I am very, very happy with this."
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70th Russian Championship 217
St. Petersburg, Russia
Round 10, Dec. 13
Fedoseev, Vladimir – Svidler, Peter
A39 Reti/English, symmetrical
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg2 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.O-O Qa5 9.Nb3 Qh5 10.c5 a5 11.e3 a4 12.Nd4 Qxc5 13.Nxa4 Qa5 14.b3 e5 15.Bd2 Qa6 16.Nc5 Qa7 17.Nxc6 dxc6 18.Qc2 Rd8 19.b4 b6 20.Ne4 Bf5 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.e4 Qa4 23.Rfc1 Be6 24.h4 h5 25.Qc3 c5 26.bxc5 bxc5 27.Bg5 Bxg5 28.hxg5 Qd4 29.Qxc5 Rxa2 30.Rxa2 Bxa2 31.Bf3 Qxc5 32.Rxc5 Re8 33.Bd1 Re7 34.Bc2 Kg7 35.f4 f6 36.Rc6 fxg5 37.f5 gxf5 38.exf5 Kf8 39.Rh6 Rc7 40.Be4 Rc4 41.Bg2 e4 42.Rf6+ Kg7 43.Rg6+ Kf7 44.Rxg5 Rc1+ 45.Kf2 Rc2+ 46.Kg1 Rc1+ 47.Kf2 Rc2+ 48.Kg1 e3 49.Bf3 Rc1+ 50.Kg2 Rc2+ 51.Kg1 Rf2 52.Bxh5+ Kf6 53.Rg4 Rc2 54.Rd4 Bc4 55.Rd1 Kg5 56.Bf3 Rf2 57.Bg2 e2 58.Re1 Rxf5 59.Bh3 Rf3 60.Bg2 Rf8 61.Bh3 Bd3 62.Ra1 Bc4 63.Ra5+ Kf6 64.Ra1 Ke5 65.g4 Kd4 66.g5 Kc3 67.Kh2 Kd2 68.Kg3 e1=Q+ 69.Rxe1 Kxe1 70.Bg4 Bd3 0-1
Round 11, Dec. 14
Svidler, Peter – Malakhov, Vladimir
C49 Four Knights game
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.Bg5 Bd7 9.Rb1 a6 10.Ba4 Rb8 11.Bb3 h6 12.Bh4 b5 13.h3 Re8 14.Qc1 Na5 15.Re1 Nxb3 16.cxb3 Bc6 17.c4 bxc4 18.Qxc4 Bb5 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Qxc7 Rec8 21.Qa7 Bxd3 22.Rbd1 Bb5 23.a4 Ra8 24.Qb6 Bc6 25.Rc1 Bd7 26.Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.Qc6 Rb8 28.Qc7 Ra8 29.Qc6 Rb8 30.Qc7 Ra8 31.Re3 Qg6 32.Nd2 Qe6 33.Qd8+ Kh7 34.Rd3 Bb7 35.Qc7 Qc8 36.Qxf7 Qc6 37.Nc4 Qxe4 38.Rg3 Rg8 39.Nxd6 Qb1+ 40.Kh2 Be4 41.Ne8 1-0
Playoff Game 1, Dec. 14
Rapid 15/10
Vitiugov, Nikita – Svidler, Peter
A45 Trompovsky Attack
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 h6 4.Bh4 d5 5.e3 c5 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 e5 8.Ne2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg3 exd4 11.exd4 Re8 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Bb5 Bd7 14.Bxd7 Qxd7 15.Nd4 Nfe4 16.N2f3 Bf6 17.Nb3 Na4 18.Qc2 Rac8 19.Rad1 b5 20.a3 Nxg3 21.hxg3 Nb6 22.Nbd4 Nc4 23.Ne2 Qb7 24.Nf4 Rcd8 25.Nh5 Be7 26.Nd4 g6 27.Nf4 Bf6 28.Rfe1 Re4 29.Nf3 a5 30.Nd2 Rxe1+ 31.Rxe1 b4 32.axb4 axb4 33.Nxc4 dxc4 34.cxb4 Qxb4 35.Rc1 Rd4 36.Qe2 Kg7 37.Rc2 h5 38.Kh2 h4 39.Qf3 hxg3+ 40.fxg3 Qd6 41.Rf2 Qe5 42.Re2 Qf5 43.Rf2 Be5 44.Qe3 Qe4 45.Nh5+ gxh5 46.Qg5+ Kf8 47.Qh6+ Ke8 0-1
Playoff Game 2, Dec. 14
Rapid 15/10
Svidler, Peter – Vitiugov, Nikita
A27 English, Three Knights System
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.d5 Nce7 6.Nd4 d6 7.f3 Ng6 8.fxe4 f4 9.g3 fxg3 10.hxg3 Nf6 11.Bh3 Ng4 12.Ne6 Bxe6 13.dxe6 N4e5 14.Bf5 c6 15.Be3 Qc7 16.Qb3 Ne7 17.O-O-O b6 18.Bf4 1-0
December 14, 2017
Peter Svidler has won the Russian Championship for the eighth time
# Year City Winner
1 1994 Elista Peter Svidler
2 1995 Elista Peter Svidler
3 1997 Elista Peter Svidler
4 2003 Krasnoyarsk Peter Svidler, on tiebreak over Alexander Morozevich
5 2008 Moscow Peter Svidler, after a playoff with Evgeny Alekseev and Dmitry Jakovenko
6 2011 Moscow Peter Svidler
7 2013 Nizhny Novgorod Peter Svidler, after a playoff match with Ian Nepomniachtchi
8 2017 St. Petersburg Peter Svidler, after rapid playoff with Nikita Vitiugov
Svidler Wins Historic 8th Russian Championship Title
Peter Doggers at:
https://www.chess.com/news/view/hist...le-for-svidler
Dec 14, 2017
GM Peter Svidler and WGM Aleksandra Goryachkina are the winners of the 2017 Russian Championship's Superfinals, which finished on Thursday in St. Petersburg. Both players won a rapid playoff held after the final round. Svidler won the title for the eighth time.
In his own city, with his family close by, he became Russian champion for the eighth time. He's also back in the world's top 10. Svidler won the first prize of one million rubles (€14,420/$17,000) and also a Renault Captur.
"I did not expect [this] to happen this year," Svidler told Chess.com. "I always am extremely ambitious about these events but midway through I felt like I am not playing well enough and other people are definitely playing well enough to be way ahead of me.”
He was mostly referring to Vladimir Fedoseev, who had a brilliant start of 4.5/6. However, the winner of the Aeroflot Open then suddenly lost two in a row and after a draw and a win, faced Svidler, who gained the point in the end.
In the end, it was Svidler and Vitiugov on 7/11. Svidler then won both rapid games (15 + 10).
Svidler said he isn't paying too much attention to records: "I think either Tal or Botvinnik has seven. With eight I am probably ahead of the pack now. It means a great deal to me but not because I am ahead of those guys. It means a great deal to me because I won it eight times. The historical context is a sub story.
"For me, these are the tournaments I treasure," said Svidler. "Winning one of those again at my ripe old age of...whatever it is, I am not gonna say. [Laughs.] Everybody knows. It's a good feeling. It's been a while since I felt this contented with life. It will go away by tomorrow but today I am very, very happy with this."
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70th Russian Championship 217
St. Petersburg, Russia
Round 10, Dec. 13
Fedoseev, Vladimir – Svidler, Peter
A39 Reti/English, symmetrical
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg2 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.O-O Qa5 9.Nb3 Qh5 10.c5 a5 11.e3 a4 12.Nd4 Qxc5 13.Nxa4 Qa5 14.b3 e5 15.Bd2 Qa6 16.Nc5 Qa7 17.Nxc6 dxc6 18.Qc2 Rd8 19.b4 b6 20.Ne4 Bf5 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.e4 Qa4 23.Rfc1 Be6 24.h4 h5 25.Qc3 c5 26.bxc5 bxc5 27.Bg5 Bxg5 28.hxg5 Qd4 29.Qxc5 Rxa2 30.Rxa2 Bxa2 31.Bf3 Qxc5 32.Rxc5 Re8 33.Bd1 Re7 34.Bc2 Kg7 35.f4 f6 36.Rc6 fxg5 37.f5 gxf5 38.exf5 Kf8 39.Rh6 Rc7 40.Be4 Rc4 41.Bg2 e4 42.Rf6+ Kg7 43.Rg6+ Kf7 44.Rxg5 Rc1+ 45.Kf2 Rc2+ 46.Kg1 Rc1+ 47.Kf2 Rc2+ 48.Kg1 e3 49.Bf3 Rc1+ 50.Kg2 Rc2+ 51.Kg1 Rf2 52.Bxh5+ Kf6 53.Rg4 Rc2 54.Rd4 Bc4 55.Rd1 Kg5 56.Bf3 Rf2 57.Bg2 e2 58.Re1 Rxf5 59.Bh3 Rf3 60.Bg2 Rf8 61.Bh3 Bd3 62.Ra1 Bc4 63.Ra5+ Kf6 64.Ra1 Ke5 65.g4 Kd4 66.g5 Kc3 67.Kh2 Kd2 68.Kg3 e1=Q+ 69.Rxe1 Kxe1 70.Bg4 Bd3 0-1
Round 11, Dec. 14
Svidler, Peter – Malakhov, Vladimir
C49 Four Knights game
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.Bg5 Bd7 9.Rb1 a6 10.Ba4 Rb8 11.Bb3 h6 12.Bh4 b5 13.h3 Re8 14.Qc1 Na5 15.Re1 Nxb3 16.cxb3 Bc6 17.c4 bxc4 18.Qxc4 Bb5 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Qxc7 Rec8 21.Qa7 Bxd3 22.Rbd1 Bb5 23.a4 Ra8 24.Qb6 Bc6 25.Rc1 Bd7 26.Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.Qc6 Rb8 28.Qc7 Ra8 29.Qc6 Rb8 30.Qc7 Ra8 31.Re3 Qg6 32.Nd2 Qe6 33.Qd8+ Kh7 34.Rd3 Bb7 35.Qc7 Qc8 36.Qxf7 Qc6 37.Nc4 Qxe4 38.Rg3 Rg8 39.Nxd6 Qb1+ 40.Kh2 Be4 41.Ne8 1-0
Playoff Game 1, Dec. 14
Rapid 15/10
Vitiugov, Nikita – Svidler, Peter
A45 Trompovsky Attack
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 h6 4.Bh4 d5 5.e3 c5 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 e5 8.Ne2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg3 exd4 11.exd4 Re8 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Bb5 Bd7 14.Bxd7 Qxd7 15.Nd4 Nfe4 16.N2f3 Bf6 17.Nb3 Na4 18.Qc2 Rac8 19.Rad1 b5 20.a3 Nxg3 21.hxg3 Nb6 22.Nbd4 Nc4 23.Ne2 Qb7 24.Nf4 Rcd8 25.Nh5 Be7 26.Nd4 g6 27.Nf4 Bf6 28.Rfe1 Re4 29.Nf3 a5 30.Nd2 Rxe1+ 31.Rxe1 b4 32.axb4 axb4 33.Nxc4 dxc4 34.cxb4 Qxb4 35.Rc1 Rd4 36.Qe2 Kg7 37.Rc2 h5 38.Kh2 h4 39.Qf3 hxg3+ 40.fxg3 Qd6 41.Rf2 Qe5 42.Re2 Qf5 43.Rf2 Be5 44.Qe3 Qe4 45.Nh5+ gxh5 46.Qg5+ Kf8 47.Qh6+ Ke8 0-1
Playoff Game 2, Dec. 14
Rapid 15/10
Svidler, Peter – Vitiugov, Nikita
A27 English, Three Knights System
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.d5 Nce7 6.Nd4 d6 7.f3 Ng6 8.fxe4 f4 9.g3 fxg3 10.hxg3 Nf6 11.Bh3 Ng4 12.Ne6 Bxe6 13.dxe6 N4e5 14.Bf5 c6 15.Be3 Qc7 16.Qb3 Ne7 17.O-O-O b6 18.Bf4 1-0
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