Russian Super finals

[Hans Jung]

The Russian super finals are heating up in rd 3 with fighting decisive games. Here is the amazing finish of the Dubov game:
https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2018...o-Dubov_Daniil

[Wayne Komer]

Russian Championship Superfinal 2018

August 27, 2018


Round 3, August 27, 2018
Inarkiev, Ernesto –- Dubov, Daniil
C60 King’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 c5 6.d5 e6 7.Nc3 exd5 8.cxd5 d6 9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nbd7 12.Qc2 a6 13.a4 c4 14.Be2 Rc8 15.a5 Rc5 16.Qa4 Re8 17.Rd1 Ne4 18.Nxe4 Rxe4 19.Bd2 f5 20.Qa3 Rb5 21.Rab1 Rb3 22.Qa2 Nc5 23.f3 c3 24.fxe4 cxd2 25.Bc4 Qg5 26.Bxb3 Qxe3+ 27.Kh1 Nxe4 28.Rf1 Be5 0-1

Position after 22.Qa2



Chessbomb kibitzers:

• 22.Qa2? Seriously?
• Queens also need vacations too

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The 71st Russian Championship Superfinal is taking place in Satka from 25th August to the 5th September 2018. The event is a 12-player round-robin, where the winner receives 1 million roubles (~15,000 dollars) and a Renault Kaptur car. The top three finishers qualify automatically for next year's Superfinal. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves then 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. No draw offers are allowed before move 40. A tie for first place is split by two 15+10 rapid games and, if the score is still tied, a 5 vs. 4 Armageddon game, where Black wins if the game ends in a draw.

[Hans Jung]

Imagine getting a car for winning a chess tournament.

[Hans Jung]

Daniil Dubov is on fire. Two black miniatures in a row! When you checkout the game enjoy the pyrotechnics of the black knight (Nf3+ and Nxh3). Reminds me of the old Shirov - fire on board!

[Wayne Komer]

Russian Championship Superfinal 2018

August 28, 2018

Round Four

Round 4, August 28, 2018
Khismatullin, Denis –- Dubov, Daniil
A48 King's Indian, East Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.b3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Bf5 8.c4 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qc1 Qe7 11.a3 Rad8 12.b4 Bg4 13.Ra2 e4 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Nd4 Nxd4 16.Bxg4 h5 17.Bd1 Nf3+ 18.Kh1 Qh4 19.h3 f5 20.c5 Ng5 21.Qc4+ Kh7 22.f4 Nxh3 23.gxh3 Rxd1 24.Kg2 Rd3 25.Re2 g5 0-1

Position after 19.h3?

[Hans Jung]

Dubov _Fedoseev in rd 7 on move 20 the computer recommends 20.Be6. Lovely logic! It has obvious tactical elements but far deeper strategical implications. Having my morning coffee it was a real eye opener. https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2018...oseev_Vladimir

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2018...itiugov_Nikita There has been some wonderful fighting chess in this tournament. Here is a game that the current leader played in round 3. Pushing the F and G pawns and then Rf6! and Nxf6! The most remarkable thing in this game was giving up the white square fianchetto bishop for a dominating knight outpost on e4.

[Wayne Komer]

Russian Championship Superfinal 2018

September 1, 2018


Round 7, Sept. 1, 2018
Dubov, Daniil – Fedoseev, Vladimir
D31 QGD Janowski variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Qb3 Nf6 6.Bg5 c6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Bc4 Qe7 9.a4 h6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nge2 f5 12.a5 Bg7 13.f3 e3 14.Nf4 Nd7 15.Nce2 Rb8 16.O-O h5 17.Rfd1 b5 18.axb6 Rxb6 19.Qc3 Kf8 20.Ra3 Bh6 21.Qc1 Qd6 22.Rxe3 Rb4 23.Ba2 a5 24.Rc3 Bb7 25.Kh1 h4 26.Qc2 Bxf4 27.Qxf5 Qf6 28.Qxf6 Nxf6 29.Nxf4 Rxb2 30.Ra3 Rg8 31.Rxa5 c5 32.Rb1 Rxb1+ 33.Bxb1 cxd4 34.Ra7 Bc8 35.Ba2 Nd7 36.Nd3 Kg7 37.Kg1 Rd8 38.Kf2 Kg6 39.Bb3 Kf6 40.Rc7 Kg7 41.Bc4 Rf8 42.Rc6 Rh8 43.Bb3 Re8 44.Rd6 Ne5 45.Nf4 Bf5 46.Rxd4 Rb8 47.Bd1 Rh8 48.Rd5 Kf6 49.Rd6+ Kg7 50.Rd4 Ng6 51.Nd5 Rb8 52.Be2 Rb2 53.Ne3 Be6 54.Re4 Kf6 55.f4 Ne7 56.g4 hxg3+ 57.hxg3 Nd5 58.Rc4 1/2-1/2

Position after Black’s 19….Kf8




Round 3, August 27, 2018
Oparin, Grigoriy – Vitiugov, Nikita
A21 English Closed

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.e3 Be7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.d3 Na6 9.f4 Qe8 10.b3 Bd8 11.Qd2 Bb6 12.Na4 Bc7 13.Bb2 Bd7 14.Rae1 Rd8 15.h3 b5 16.cxb5 cxb5 17.Nac3 Bb6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5+ Kh8 20.Kh2 Nc5 21.b4 Na4 22.Ba1 Bc7 23.Bg2 Nb6 24.Nc3 Bb8 25.e4 Qg6 26.exf5 Bxf5 27.g4 Bd7 28.f5 Qf7 29.Ne4 Bc8 30.Kh1 d5 31.Ng5 Qf6 32.Re2 d4 33.Bb2 Nd5 34.Bxd5 Rxd5 35.Ne4 Qe7 36.Bc1 Rdd8 37.Qe1 Bb7 38.Kg1 Rc8 39.g5 Qd7 40.Ref2 Kg8 41.f6 Qxh3 42.f7+ Kh8 43.g6 Rc6 44.Rg2 Qh5 45.Rf6 Rxf6 46.Nxf6 Qf3 47.Ne4 Bxe4 48.dxe4 Qh5 49.Qe2 Qh4 50.Bg5 d3 51.Qxd3 Qh5 52.Be7 1-0

• One hell of a game!

Position after Black’s 40….Kg8




Standings after Round Seven

1 Oparin 4.5
2-6 Tomashevsky, Dubov, Inarkiev, Jakovenko, Andreikin 4
7-8 Fedoseev, Sarana 3.5
9-11 Vitiugov, Kobalia, Nepo 3
12 Khismatullin 1.5

This is a 12-player round-robin.

[Wayne Komer]

Russian Championship Superfinals 2018

September 3, 2018

Rounds Eight and Nine

Decisive Games from Rounds Eight and Nine

Round 8, September 2
Fedoseev, Vladimir – Vitiugov, Nikita
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Modern variation

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nf3 d6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Nxd4 8.Bxd4 Nf6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Bf3 c6 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Rc1 Re7 14.e4 Rd7 15.Qd2 a6 16.Rfd1 b5 17.Ne2 bxc4 18.bxc4 Rb8 19.Nf4 Qe7 20.g3 c5 21.Bc3 h5 22.Bg2 Ng4 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.f4 e5 26.f5 Rb6 27.Rb1 Rdb7 28.Rxb6 Rxb6 29.h3 Nf6 30.Bf3 Nh7 31.fxg6 Ng5 32.Qg2 Kxg6 33.Rf1 Ne6 34.h4 Nd4 35.Bd1 Rb8 36.Qd2 Rg8 37.Kh2 Rg7 38.Qe3 Rg8 39.Qf2 Rh8 40.Kh3 Kg7 41.Kg2 Kg6 42.Qd2 Rb8 43.Kh3 Rh8 44.Rf2 Rg8 45.Kh2 Rh8 46.Kg2 Rg8 47.Qc1 Rg7 48.Kh3 Rg8 49.Kh2 Rg7 50.Qe3 Rg8 51.Rf1 Rb8 52.Bxh5+ Kxh5 53.Rf7 Kg4 54.Rxe7 Rb2+ 55.Kg1 1-0

Round 8, September 2
Andreikin, Dmitry – Dubov, Daniil
B22 Sicilian-Alekhine-Alapin

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 e6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Rd1 Nb6 11.Bb3 Bd7 12.Nc3 d5 13.Bc2 Rc8 14.h4 Bxh4 15.Qd3 g6 16.Qe3 f5 17.Qh6 Be7 18.Ng5 Bxg5 19.Bxg5 Qe8 20.Bb3 Nd8 21.Qh4 Nf7 22.Bf6 Bb5 23.f3 Bc4 24.Kf2 Nd7 25.Be7 h6 26.Bxf8 Qxf8 27.g4 f4 28.g5 hxg5 29.Qh3 Qh6 30.Qxh6 Nxh6 31.Bc2 Kg7 32.Rg1 Nf7 33.Rac1 Rh8 34.b3 Ba6 35.Nxd5 exd5 36.e6 Nf8 37.exf7 Ne6 38.Bb1 Rh2+ 39.Rg2 Rh3 40.f8=Q+ Kxf8 41.Bxg6 Nxd4 42.Rxg5 Ke7 43.Rd1 Kf6 44.Rg4 Rh2+ 45.Rg2 Rxg2+ 46.Kxg2 Ke5 47.Re1+ Kd6 48.Kf2 Bb5 49.Be8 Ba6 50.Rh1 Nc2 51.Bg6 Nb4 52.a3 Nc6 53.Rh7 Kc5 54.Be8 Nd4 55.b4+ Kc4 56.Rf7 Kc3 57.Rxf4 Bc4 58.Rf7 Nc2 59.Rxb7 Nxa3 60.f4 d4 61.f5 d3 62.f6 d2 63.Bh5 1-0

Round 8, September 2
Jakovenko, Dmitry – Oparin, Grigoriy
C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Flohr-Zaitsev System

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 h6 13.Bc2 Nb8 14.b3 Nbd7 15.Bb2 c6 16.Bd3 g6 17.Qc2 Nh5 18.Bf1 Nf4 19.b4 Rc8 20.c4 exd4 21.Bxd4 bxc4 22.Nxc4 c5 23.Bb2 cxb4 24.axb4 d5 25.exd5 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Nxd5 27.Qd2 N7f6 28.Rd1 Qe8 29.Nfe5 Qe6 30.Qd4 Bg7 31.Qa7 Rc7 32.Na5 Bc8 33.Qa8 Nb6 34.Qb8 Nfd5 35.Nac4 Rb7 36.Qd6 Kh7 37.Qd8 Bf6 38.Qf8 Bg7 39.Qd8 Bf6 40.Qf8 Bg7 41.Nd7 Bxf8 42.Nxf8+ Kg8 43.Nxe6 Bxe6 44.Na5 Rd7 45.Nc6 Rc7 46.Nb8 Nc4 47.Ba1 a5 48.Bxc4 Rxc4 49.bxa5 Rc8 50.Be5 f6 51.Bd6 Nc3 52.Re1 Kf7 53.a6 Nb5 54.Bg3 Bd5 55.Nd7 Rc2 56.Nb6 Bc6 57.Ra1 f5 58.a7 g5 59.Be5 Ke6 60.Bg7 Nxa7 61.Rxa7 Rc1+ 62.Kh2 Rc2 63.Bd4 f4 64.Rh7 1-0

Round 8, September 2
Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Sarana, Alexey
B95 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qf3 Nbd7 8.O-O-O Qc7 9.Bd3 Be7 10.Qg3 b5 11.Rhe1 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nf5 Kf8 14.Qxd6+ Qxd6 15.Nxd6 Ke7 16.Nxc8+ Rhxc8 17.Ne2 g5 18.g3 g4 19.Nf4 Bd4 20.Rf1 Ne5 21.Be2 Bb6 22.h3 h5 23.h4 Rh8 24.c3 Bc7 25.Kc2 Nd7 26.Nd3 Ne5 27.a4 Nxd3 28.Bxd3 Rhb8 29.axb5 axb5 30.Kb3 Bd6 31.Be2 b4 32.c4 Ra5 33.Rd2 Rb6 34.Rfd1 Ra7 35.Rd3 Ra8 36.f3 gxf3 37.Bxf3 Rg8 38.Bxh5 Rxg3 39.Rxg3 Bxg3 40.c5 Rb7 41.Rf1 Kf8 42.Bg4 Ke7 43.h5 Rc7 44.Rc1 Be5 45.Be2 Rc8 46.Rc2 Rb8 47.h6 Rh8 48.Kxb4 Rxh6 49.Ka5 Rh4 50.b4 Rxe4 51.b5 Re3 52.b6 Ra3+ 53.Kb4 Ra1 54.Bc4 Rb1+ 55.Ka5 Ra1+ 56.Ba2 Kd8 57.c6 Bc7 58.Rd2+ Kc8 59.bxc7 1-0

Round 9, September 3
Oparin, Grigoriy – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Nh4 O-O 9.Bg2 g6 10.a4 Nc6 11.O-O Bd7 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Nf3 Na5 14.h3 Re8 15.Qd3 Qc7 16.Qe3 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Qh6 b4 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 f6 21.Re4 Bf8 22.Qd2 Ra8 23.Qe2 Reb8 24.Ne1 f5 25.Re3 Nb3 26.Rxa8 Nxc1 27.Qa6 Bh6 28.Rxb8+ Qxb8 29.Qa1 Bxe3 30.fxe3 Ne2+ 31.Kf2 Bb5 32.Nd3 b3 33.Bf1 Nxg3 34.Kxg3 bxc2 35.Kf2 Qd8 36.Ke1 e4 37.Nf2 Qc7 38.Kd2 c1=Q+ 39.Qxc1 Qxc1+ 40.Kxc1 Bxf1 41.Kd2 g5 42.b4 Kf7 43.Nd1 Ke7 44.Ke1 Bxh3 45.b5 Kd7 46.b6 Bg4 47.Nc3 Kc8 48.Nb5 Kb7 49.Nxd6+ Kxb6 50.Nf7 h5 51.Nxg5 Kc5 52.Ne6+ Kxd5 53.Nf4+ Kc4 54.Ng6 Kd3 55.Kf2 Kd2 56.Nh4 f4 57.Ng2 fxe3+ 58.Nxe3 Be6 59.Ng2 Bf7 60.Ne3 h4 61.Ng2 h3 62.Nf4 e3+ 63.Kg3 Be6 0-1

Standings after Round Nine

1-2 Jakavenko, Andreikin 5.5
3-6 Fedoseev, Tomashevsky, Inarkiev, Nepomniachtchi 5
7-8 Dubov, Oparin 4.5
9-10 Kobalia, Sarana 4
11 Vitiugov 3.5
12 Khismatullin 2.5

Rounds Ten and Eleven Pairings

Khismatullin-Fedoseev
Andreikin-Tomashevsky
Kobalia-Vitiugov
Jakavenko-Dubov
Nepomniachtchi-Inarkiev
Sarana-Oparin

Oparin-Khismatullin
Inarkiev-Sarana
Dubov-Nepomniachtichi
Vitiugov-Jakovenko
Tomashevsky-Kobalia
Fedoseev-Andrekin

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From Chessbase.com

Antonio Pereira

Fighting chess galore

With the Olympiad close by, we can reflect on the correlation between how important national championships are taken in each country and the strength of their national teams — the U.S. Championships and the Russian Superfinals are stand-alone remarkably strong events. Furthermore, a chess tradition that goes back to the Soviet years makes the Russian championship a particularly prominent tournament, one where the players put everything on the table.

Another factor that makes this a special event is the sheer large number of strong players in Russia. Out of the five highest-rated players, four are absent (Kramnik, Karjakin, Grischuk and Svidler), and anyway the rating average is as high as 2685. For players like Andreikin, Jakovenko, Fedoseev and Vitiugov — all with a 2700+ rating — this is actually one of the strongest tournaments they play in the year. Not to mention the 2500s and 2600s, who see this as a huge opportunity to leap forward in their careers. All this makes for a very motivated group of competitive sportsmen.

https://en.chessbase.com/post/russia...p-2018-round-8

Nikita Vitiugov has also been recruited to represent Russia in the Olympiad. Unlike Jakovenko, however, he is not having a good tournament so far. He lost against Vladimir Fedoseev in round eight — Fedoseev is on 4½/8. The players had been moving around waiting for their opponent to misstep in a materially balanced but asymmetrical position. Until Fedossev found a hard-to-see combination on move 52. After seeing the winning sequence, it is hard to blame Vitiugov for his blunder on move 51:

Position after 51…Rb8 in Fedoseev-Vitiugov

[Wayne Komer]

Russian Championship Superfinal 2018

September 4, 2018

Round Ten

Round 10, September 4, 2018
Jakovenko, Dmitry – Dubov, Daniil
A65 Benoni

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Nf3 a6 9.a4 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Nh5 11.Be2 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Bxh5 gxh5 14.Qxh5 Qf6 15.Qf3 Qxf3 16.gxf3 f5 17.Nd1 Rf8 18.Bh6 Rg8 19.Bd2 f4 20.Bc3 Bd7 21.Bxe5 dxe5 22.b3 Ke7 23.Nb2 b5 24.Kd2 Rg2 25.Nd3 Kd6 26.Rag1 Rag8 27.Rxg2 Rxg2 28.Rc1 bxa4 29.bxa4 Bxa4 30.Rxc5 Bd7 31.Rc1 Rh2 32.h4 Rg2 33.Rc2 Rh2 34.Rc1 Rg2 35.Rc2 Rh2 36.Kc3 Bb5 37.Nb2 Rxh4 38.Nc4+ Bxc4 39.Kxc4 Rh3 40.Ra2 Rxf3 41.Rxa6+ Kd7 42.Ra7+ Kd6 43.Ra6+ Kd7 44.Re6 Rxf2 45.Rxe5 Ra2 46.Rf5 Ra4+ 47.Kd3 Ra3+ 48.Kd4 f3 49.e5 Ra4+ 50.Kc5 Ra5+ 51.Kc4 Ra4+ 52.Kb5 Ra3 53.Rf7+ Ke8 54.e6 Re3 55.Kc5 1-0

Position after White’s 45.Rxe5



Chessbomb kibitzers at move 45:

• Jakovenko can take the lead here but looks like a draw to me
• Not anymore
• Well done
• Young talents must learn endings

Round 10, September 4, 2018
Khismatullin, Denis – Fedoseev, Vladimir
E63 King’s Indian, Fianchetto, Panno System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.h3 Bd7 9.e4 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Be3 Be6 12.Qa4 h6 13.Rad1 Qb8 14.Rfe1 Rd8 15.c5 Qa7 16.b4 Rac8 17.a3 Qb8 18.Qc2 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Kh2 Kh7 21.Nd5 Nh5 22.Bc1 f5 23.Ne3 f4 24.Nd5 Rf8 25.g4 Nf6 26.Bb2 Nd7 27.Kg1 Nd8 28.Bf1 Re8 29.a4 c6 30.Nb6 Nxb6 31.cxb6 Nf7 32.Bc4 Qc8 33.Qb3 Bf6 34.Kg2 Kg7 35.Bxe6 Rxe6 36.Nd2 Rd6 37.Nc4 Qe6 38.Rd3 Rxd3 39.Qxd3 h5 40.f3 Kh6 41.Bc3 Bh4 42.Kf1 Bg3 43.Ke2 Qe7 44.Kd1 Kg5 45.Kc1 Kh4 46.Qf1 c5 47.b5 axb5 48.axb5 Qe8 49.Qd1 Qxb5 50.Qd5 Ng5 51.Nxe5 Qxb6 52.Qd7 Bf2 53.gxh5 gxh5 54.Qf5 Nxh3 55.Ng6+ Kg3 56.Kc2 c4 57.Bd2 Qb3+ 58.Kc1 Be3 0-1

Position after Black’s 51…Qxb6





Standings after Round Ten

1 Jakovenko 6.5
2-3 Fedoseev, Andreikin 6
4-6 Tomashevsky, Inarkiev, Nepo 5.5
7 Oparin 5
8-10 Dubov, Kobalia, Sarana 4.5
11 Vitiugov 4
12 Khismatullin 2.5

[Wayne Komer]

Russian Championship Superfinals 2018

September 5, 2018

Round Eleven

Decisive Games

Round 11, September 5
Tomashevsky, Evgeny – Kobalia, Mikhail
D45 QGD, Semi-Slav, Accelerated Meran

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 e6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.O-O Qe7 10.Qe1 dxc4 11.bxc4 e5 12.Ng5 Rd8 13.a3 Bxa3 14.Qb1 h6 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.c5 Bxc5 17.Bc4+ Kf8 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Bc1 b5 20.Ba3 bxc4 21.Na4 Kg8 22.Nxc5 Qf7 23.Qc2 Kh8 24.Rac1 Rd5 25.e4 Rd8 26.Qxc4 Qg6 27.Rfe1 Bg4 28.Qc3 Rd4 29.Bb2 Rad8 30.Qe3 Rd2 31.Bxe5 Ra2 32.Ra1 Rc2 33.Rac1 Ra2 34.Bc3 Rf8 35.Nd3 Re8 36.Ne5 Qh5 37.Qg3 Kh7 38.Nxg4 Nxg4 39.h3 Ne5 40.f4 Qg6 41.Re3 Qxg3 42.Rxg3 Ng6 43.f5 Ne5 44.Rd1 g5 45.fxg6+ Kg8 46.g7 Nf7 47.Rg6 c5 48.Rd5 Rc8 49.e5 Rc2 50.Rd3 Ng5 51.e6 Re2 52.Rxh6 Nh7 53.Rd5 Re3 54.Be5 c4 55.e7 Re8 56.Rd8 1-0

Round 11, September 5
Fedoseev, Vladimir – Andreikin, Dimitry
E12 Queen’s Indian, Petrosian System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Bf4 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e3 d6 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.O-O O-O 10.e4 e5 11.Be3 exd4 12.Nxd4 Re8 13.f3 c6 14.Bf2 d5 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Qd2 Qf6 19.Rad1 Nc5 20.Bc2 Red8 21.Qe3 Ne6 22.Nxe6 Bxe6 23.b4 Rac8 24.Be4 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rc3 26.Qd2 Rxa3 27.Qd8+ Qxd8 28.Rxd8+ Bf8 29.Bg3 Rc3 30.Bb8 f5 31.Bd5 Bxd5 32.Bd6 Kf7 33.Bxf8 Be6 34.Bd6 Rc8 35.Rxc8 Bxc8 36.b5 Ke8 37.Kf2 Bd7 38.Ke3 Kd8 39.Kf4 Bxb5 40.Kg5 a5 41.Kh6 Be8 42.Kxh7 Kd7 43.Bf8 b5 44.g4 fxg4 45.fxg4 b4 46.h4 Kc6 47.h5 gxh5 48.gxh5 Bxh5 49.Kh6 Kb5 50.Kxh5 b3 0-1

Final Position



Black wins in 18 moves after 51.Ba3


Final Standings

1-2 Andreikin, Jakovenko 7
3 Tomashevsky 6.5
4-6 Inarkiev, Fedoseev, Nepo 6
7 Oparin 5.5
8-9 Dubov, Sarana 5
10-11 Vitiugov, Kobalia 4.5
12 Khismatullin 3

Playoff

Rapid Game 1, September 5
Jakaovenko, Dmitry – Andreikin, Dmitry
E12 Queen’s Indian, Petrosian System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Bf4 Nh5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nc3 f5 9.e3 Nf6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Qc2 c6 12.O-O d5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rac1 Nc6 15.Ne2 Ne4 16.b4 Rfc8 17.Qb3 Nd6 18.a4 Rc7 19.Rc2 Rac8 20.Rfc1 a5 21.bxa5 bxa5 22.Qb6 Nc4 23.Bxc4 Nb4 24.Bxd5 Nxd5 25.Rxc7 Rxc7 26.Qxa5 Rxc1+ 27.Nxc1 h6 28.Qc5 Qe8 29.Qc2 f4 30.exf4 Nxf4 31.Ne2 Nh3+ 32.Kf1 Qa8 33.Ne1 Ba6 34.Nd3 Qe4 35.f3 Qe3 36.gxh3 Bxd3 37.Qd1 Qxf3+ 38.Ke1 Qxh3 39.Ng3 Ba6 40.Qf3 Qxh2 41.Qa8+ Kh7 42.Qxa6 Qxg3+ 43.Kd2 Qf4+ 44.Kc3 e5 45.dxe5 Qxe5+ 46.Kb3 h5 47.a5 Qd5+ 48.Kb4 Qd2+ 49.Ka4 h4 50.Qe6 Qd4+ 51.Kb5 Qd3+ 52.Kb6 h3 53.Qe5 Qg6+ 54.Kc7 Qf7+ 55.Kb8 Qf6 56.Qh5+ Qh6 57.Qf5+ g6 58.Qd7+ Kg8 59.Qe6+ Kh8 60.Qe8+ Kh7 61.Qd7+ Kg8 62.Qe6+ Kf8 63.Qf6+ Kg8 64.Qe6+ Kh7 65.Qd7+ Kh8 66.Qe8+ Kg7 67.Qe7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

Rapid Game 2, September 5
Andreikin, Dmitry - Jakovenko, Dmitry
A11 English

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.d4 Nbd7 8.Be2 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.h3 Qe7 11.Rc1 Rfe8 12.Qc2 Rac8 13.Rfd1 h6 14.Qb1 Bb4 15.Qa1 Bd6 16.Bd3 Bb8 17.a4 c5 18.cxd5 Nxd5 19.Ne4 cxd4 20.Ba3 Nc5 21.Nxd4 f5 22.Nxc5 bxc5 23.Nf3 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Qg5+ 26.Kh1 Qg3 27.Qb2 Qxh3+ 28.Kg1 Qxf3 29.Qf2 Qh5 30.Bc4 Kh7 31.Bb2 e5 32.Rd7 Rcd8 33.Rcd1 Qg4+ 34.Kf1 Bc7 35.Be2 Qh3+ 36.Qg2 Qxg2+ 37.Kxg2 Rxd7 38.Rxd7 Bb8 39.a5 Kg6 40.a6 Kf6 41.Ba3 Rc8 42.Rd5 g5 43.Rxc5 Rxc5 44.Bxc5 g4 45.b4 h5 46.b5 f4 47.b6 1-0

Andreikin is the tournament winner

Chess24.com seems to be tying up all the great commentators. This one was covered by Alexander Morozevich and Evgeny Miroshnichenko (in English)

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Russian Superfinals Women

1-2 Pogonina, Girya 7.5
3-4 Goryachkina, Kashlinskya 7
5-6 Kosteniuk, Gunina 6.5
7 Galliamova 6
8 Shuvalova 5
9 Gritsaeva 4
10 Tomilova 3.5
11 Bodnaruk 3
12 Protopopova 2.5

Pogonina won the playoff 1.5-.5

The decisive game

Rapid Playoff Game 1, September 5
Pogonina, Natalija – Girya, Olga
E01 Catalan, Closed

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.b3 Bc3 9.Ba3 Bxa1 10.Bxf8 Qxf8 11.Qxa1 Nbd7 12.Ne5 Rd8 13.Rc1 c5 14.Nxd7 Rxd7 15.dxc5 Qxc5 16.cxd5 Qe7 17.Qe5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Rxd5 19.Rc8+ Rd8 20.Qb8 Rxc8 21.Qxc8+ Ne8 22.Nc4 Kf8 23.e4 Qc7 24.Qa8 Ke7 25.a4 f6 26.h4 h5 27.Ne3 Nd6 28.e5 Nf7 29.exf6+ gxf6 30.Qf3 Qc1+ 31.Kh2 Ne5 32.Qxh5 Qe1 33.Kg2 Qb4 34.Qh7+ Kf8 35.Qc2 Qe7 36.Qe4 Kg7 37.f4 Ng6 38.h5 f5 39.Qd4+ 1-0

Natalia Pogonina - Funnily enough, back in 2012 Dmitry Andreikin and I became the champions as well. What a coincidence. History repeats itself!

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2018...mniachtchi_Ian Jakovenko's two best games from this tournament were this one (very nice!) and the following.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2018...kovenko_Dmitry This was Jakovenko's other incredible game. Andreikin's (the winner of the Russian Superfinals) best game was his pressure win as Black in the last round, a bishop of opposite colours tricky endgame where he found Ke8! Game is given two posts above.