Russian Team Championships 2019

**Wayne Komer** · Thursday, 2nd May, 2019, 10:58 PM

Russian Team Championships 2019

Premier League

May 2, 2019

Round Two

Round 2, May 2
Strazhi pravoporyadka – Ladya
Sjugirov, Sanan (2664) – Artemiev, Vladislav (2754)
B94 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.f4 Qc7 8.Qf3 g6 9.O-O-O Bg7 10.Be2 h6 11.Bh4 Nb6 12.h3 Bd7 13.Rhe1 Bc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Bxf6 exf6 16.Qg3 Rd8 17.h4 O-O 18.Bxa6 Ra8 19.Bf1 f5 20.exf5 gxf5 21.a3 Rfb8 22.Re3 d5 23.Rf3 Nd7 24.Bd3 Qb6 25.Bxf5 Qxb2+ 26.Kd2 Nc5 27.Ke2 Ne4 28.Bxe4 dxe4 29.Re3 Rxa3 30.f5 Kh8 31.Nxe4 Qxc2+ 32.Rd2 Rxe3+ 33.Qxe3 Qc4+ 34.Qd3 Qa4 35.f6 Bf8 36.Kf2 Qa5 37.Re2 Qe5 38.Qg3 Qd4+ 39.Qe3 Qd5 40.Qf3 Rb3 41.Re3 Qd4 42.Qf4 c5 43.Kf3 Qd1+ 44.Kg3 c4 45.Qf3 Qd5 46.Nc3 Bd6+ 47.Kh3 Qxf3+ 48.gxf3 Kh7 49.Nd5 Kg6 50.Re4 Rxf3+ 51.Kg2 Rg3+ 52.Kf2 Rd3 53.Ne7+ Kxf6 54.Ng8+ Kg7 55.Rg4+ Kf8 56.Nxh6 Bc5+ 57.Ke2 Rc3 58.Nf5 Rc2+ 59.Ke1 Rc1+ 60.Ke2 Rc2+ 61.Ke1 Bb4+ 62.Kf1 Rc1+ 63.Kg2 Bc5 64.Kh2 Rf1 65.Ng3 Rc1 66.Nf5 Bb6 67.h5 Rc2+ 68.Kg3 Rf2 69.Nd6 Rf6 1/2-1/2

- a roller coaster of a game

- what a mess!

- Zeitnot blunderfest!

- 42…c5 was not a human move

- wow, he found it!

- Artemiev has little wings

Round 2, May. 2
Mednyi vsadnik – Legacy Square Capital
Vitiugov, Nikita (2734) – Inarkiev, Ernesto (2692)
A20 English, Kingside Fianchetto

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.e4 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.O-O Bg4 9.Qa4 Qd7 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Qe4 O-O-O 12.Qxe5 Nb4 13.d4 Bd6 14.Qa5 Kb8 15.Nc3 Rhe8 16.Nb5 b6 17.Qxb4 Bxb4 18.Bf4+ Bd6 19.Bxd6+ Qxd6 20.Nxd6 Rxd6 21.d5 Rd7 22.h3 Bh5 23.g4 Bg6 24.Rfd1 f6 25.a4 Rd6 26.a5 Re7 27.Rd4 bxa5 28.Rxa5 Rb7 29.Rd2 Rdb6 30.d6 Rxb2 31.Rxb2 Rxb2 32.d7 Kc7 33.Rxa7+ Kd8 34.Bc6 Rb8 35.f4 h5 36.Kf2 hxg4 37.hxg4 Bd3 38.Ra3 Bc4 39.Re3 Kc7 40.Re8 Rd8 41.Kg3 Rxd7 42.Bxd7 Kxd7 43.Re1 Bf7 44.Kh4 Kd6 45.g5 Kd7 46.Kg4 Be6+ 47.f5 Bc4 48.gxf6 gxf6 49.Kh5 1-0

Round 2, May 2
Mednyi vsadnik – Legacy Square Capital
Malakhov, Vladimir (2667) – Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2739)
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Be6 7.O-O Bd6 8.d4 Nd7 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Bxe5 11.f4 Qd4+ 12.Kh1 Bd6 13.Qe2 f6 14.c3 Qc5 15.c4 O-O-O 16.Rb1 Qd4 17.b3 Bb4 18.Nf3 Qd3 19.Qxd3 Rxd3 20.e5 Bf5 21.Bb2 fxe5 22.Bxe5 Rhd8 23.Rbc1 g6 24.h3 a5 25.Kh2 a4 26.bxa4 Ra3 27.Nd4 Be4 28.Rf2 Bc5 29.Rd2 Bxd4 30.Rxd4 Rxd4 31.Bxd4 Rxa2 32.Kg3 Rxg2+ 33.Kh4 Bf5 34.c5 Ra2 35.Ra1 Rd2 36.Be5 Rd3 37.Kg5 Rxh3 38.a5 h5 39.a6 Rg3+ 40.Kf6 bxa6 41.Rxa6 Kb7 42.Ra2 h4 43.Rb2+ Kc8 44.Bd4 h3 45.Rd2 Rg4 46.Ke5 Rh4 47.Bg1 Rh8 48.Kf6 Kb7 49.Ra2 Re8 50.Kg5 Re4 51.Bf2 h2 0-1

Round 2, May 2
Mednyi vsadnik – Legacy Square Capital
Matlakov, Maxim (2692) – Dreev, Aleksey (2662)
D45 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.b3 Bb7 8.Bb2 Bd6 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Rad1 Rc8 12.e4 dxc4 13.bxc4 e5 14.Ne2 exd4 15.Nfxd4 Ne5 16.Nf5 c5 17.Neg3 Bf8 18.f4 Ng6 19.e5 Nd7 20.Nh5 Qc7 21.e6 Rxe6 22.Nhxg7 Rf6 23.Nh5 Re6 24.Nfg3 Rd6 25.Bf5 1-0

- wow, what a crushing
- Black didn’t stand a chance

Round 2, May 2
Mednyi vsadnik – Legacy Square Capital
Ponkratov, Pavel (2649) – Grachev, Boris (2618)
B46 Sicilian, Taimanov variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bf4 d6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Qd2 Be7 9.O-O-O e5 10.Bg3 Nf6 11.Bc4 O-O 12.Kb1 Be6 13.Bb3 Qc8 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Rd8 16.Rhf1 Bxb3 17.cxb3 Qe6 18.Qe2 d5 19.exd5 Qxe2 20.Nxe2 Nxd5 21.Bd2 Bf6 22.Rc1 Rd6 23.Ng3 Re6 24.Rc4 Nb6 25.Rc2 g6 26.Ne4 Be7 27.Ng5 Bxg5 28.Bxg5 Nd5 29.a3 f6 30.Bd2 Kf7 31.g4 Ke8 32.Rf3 Kd7 33.Bc3 Rae8 34.Rcf2 Re3 35.Bxf6 Rxf3 36.Rxf3 Rf8 37.g5 Ke6 38.Rh3 h5 39.Bd4 Rf4 40.Rd3 Kf5 41.Rd2 Kxg5 42.b4 Kf5 43.Ka2 Rf3 44.Rc2 Ke4 45.Ba7 Rf7 46.Bc5 g5 47.Re2+ Kf5 48.Kb3 h4 49.Ka4 g4 50.Ka5 Nf4 51.Rc2 g3 52.hxg3 hxg3 53.Kxa6 g2 54.Bg1 Re7 55.Rc5+ Nd5 56.b5 Re1 57.bxc6 Ke4 58.Rc4+ Kf3 59.Ba7 Nc7+ 60.Ka5 Re5+ 61.Ka4 Re8 62.Rc3+ Kg4 63.Bf2 Re2 64.Rg3+ Kf5 65.Rxg2 Rxb2 66.Rg7 Ne6 67.Rf7+ Ke4 68.Bg3 Kd5 69.c7 Nc5+ 70.Ka5 Rc2 71.c8=Q Nb3+ 72.Kb4 Rxc8 73.Kxb3 Kc6 74.a4 Rd8 75.Kc4 Ra8 76.Kb4 Rg8 77.Bf4 Re8 78.Bc7 Kb7 79.Kb5 Ka8 80.Ka6 Rc8 81.Rd7 1-0

Position after 55. Rc5+, Re5 is a better response

Round 2, May 2
Molodezhka – Muzhskoe Dvizhenie
Duzhakov, Ilya (2397) – Esipenko, Andrey (2616)
E15 Queen’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O d5 8.Qc2 Ba6 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Nc3 dxc4 13.Nd2 Nd5 14.bxc4 Nxf4 15.gxf4 b5 16.Nce4 Qc7 17.e3 bxc4 18.Rac1 c5 19.Qa4 Bb7 20.dxc5 Bd5 21.Nxc4 Nxc5 22.Nxc5 Qxc5 23.Bxd5 exd5 24.Ne5 Qxc1 25.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26.Kg2 Rc7 27.Qa5 Rc2 28.Kg3 Bd6 29.Qxa7 Bxe5 30.fxe5 g6 31.a4 Re8 32.a5 Ra2 33.f4 Rc8 34.Qd7 Rc3 35.Qd8+ Kg7 36.Qf6+ Kg8 37.Qd8+ Kg7 38.Qf6+ Kg8 39.Kf3 Raa3 40.Qd8+ Kg7 41.Qb6 Rd3 42.a6 d4 43.Kg4 Rxe3 44.Qf6+ Kg8 45.Qd8+ Kg7 46.Qf6+ Kg8 47.a7 Rxa7 48.Qd8+ Kg7 49.Qf6+ Kg8 50.Qd8+ Kg7 51.Qf6+ Kg8 52.Qd8+ Kg7 53.Qf6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

- Feels bad, Esipenko's nice European championship performance ruined by the two games so far

**Wayne Komer** · Friday, 3rd May, 2019, 09:34 PM

Russian Team Championships 2019

Premier League

May 3, 2019

Round Three

Round 3, May 3
Legacy Square Capital – Molodezhka
Inarkiev, Ernesto (2692) – Potkin, Vladimir (2597)
C67 Ruy Lopez, open Berlin Defence, l’Hermet variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.dxe5 Nxb5 7.a4 Nbd4 8.Nxd4 d6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Re1 Be7 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.Qe2 Be6 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Nc4 Qd4 15.Ne5 Bd6 16.Nxc6 Qh4 17.Ne5 Rfe8 18.Nf3 Qh5 19.Bd2 h6 20.Qb5 c5 21.Bc3 Red8 22.Be5 Rab8 23.Qa5 Bd5 24.Rad1 Bxf3 25.Rxd6 Re8 26.Bg3 Be4 27.Rd2 Bc6 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.h4 Qg4 30.Kh2 g5 31.f3 Qxa4 32.Qxc5 gxh4 33.Bd6 Qb5 34.c4 Qxc5 35.Bxc5 a5 36.b3 Re1 37.Rd6 Re6 38.Rd8+ Re8 39.Rd2 Re1 40.Bb6 Rb1 41.Rd6 Bb7 42.Rd8+ Kh7 43.Rd7 Bc8 44.Rxf7+ Kg6 45.Rf8 Rxb3 46.Bxa5 Be6 47.c5 Rb5 48.Bd8 Bf7 49.Be7 Rb4 50.Rd8 Be6 51.Rd6 Kf7 52.Bd8 Rc4 53.c6 h5 54.Bg5 h3 55.gxh3 h4 56.Kg2 Rc2+ 57.Bd2 Ke7 58.Rd4 Rxc6 59.Rxh4 Rc2 60.Rd4 Rc4 61.Bg5+ Kf7 62.Rd6 Rc2+ 63.Kg3 Re2 64.h4 Kg6 65.Kf4 Re1 66.Rd8 Bf7 67.Rb8 Re2 68.Rb6+ Be6 69.Bd8 Re1 70.Ra6 Re2 71.Ba5 Kh5 72.Bc3 Bf7 73.Be5 Ra2 74.Rf6 Bg6 75.Rf8 Ra7 76.Kg3 Rf7 77.Rg8 Re7 78.Bf4 Re8 79.Rg7 Rf8 80.Rb7 Rf7 81.Rb8 Bd3 82.Rb6 Bg6 83.Bg5 Rf8 84.Bf6 Bd3 85.Bg7 1-0

Position after White’s 58.Rd4

Round 3, May 3
Ladya – Simaland
Artemiev, Vladislav (2754) – Motylev, Alexander (2650)
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack (Barcza System)

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 c6 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 cxd5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.d4 Be7 10.e3 O-O 11.Bd2 Qd7 12.Qe2 Rfc8 13.Rfd1 Bf8 14.Rac1 a6 15.Qd3 Ne7 16.b3 Nc6 17.Na4 Qd8 18.Nc5 Nd7 19.b4 b6 20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.e4 b5 22.exd5 exd5 23.a3 Nd8 24.Re1 Ne6 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Re5 Bd6 27.Rxd5 g6 28.h4 h5 29.Bxh5 gxh5 30.Rxh5 f6 31.Rh6 Bf8 32.Rg6+ Bg7 33.Qf5 Re8 34.h5 Qxd4 35.Bh6 Kf7 36.Rxg7+ Nxg7 37.Qg6+ Ke6 38.Bxg7 Rd8 39.h6 Qd1+ 40.Kg2 Qd5+ 41.f3 Qe5 42.Kh3 Qa1 43.Qe4+ Kf7 44.Qb7+ Kg6 45.Qe4+ Kf7 46.Qb7+ 1/2-1/2

Round 3, May 3
Ladya – Simaland
Lysyj, Igor (2642) – Kamsky, Gata (2676)
E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Qc7 6.a3 Bxc5 7.b4 Be7 8.Nb5 Qc6 9.Nf3 d6 10.e4 Bd7 11.e5 dxe5 12.Nxe5 Qc8 13.Nxd7 Nbxd7 14.Bf4 e5 15.Be3 a5 16.Rb1 axb4 17.axb4 Qc6 18.f3 Nd5 19.Bd2 Nf4 20.Qb3 O-O 21.g3 Ne6 22.Be2 e4 23.O-O Rfd8 24.Bc3 Nf6 25.Rbe1 Rac8 26.f4 h5 27.c5 Nd5 28.Bb2 Nxb4 29.f5 Bxc5+ 30.Kh1 Ng5 31.h4 Rd3 32.Qc4 Rxg3 0-1

Round 3, May 3
Ladya – Simaland
Khismatullin, Denis (2619) – Toropov, Pavel (2313)
A11 Reti, Kings Indian Attack

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bg4 5.Ne5 Bf5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.d3 e5 10.O-O Qd7 11.e4 Be6 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.b3 Bc5 14.Na4 Bd4 15.Ba3 dxe4 16.dxe4 Bxa1 17.Rxa1 c5 18.Bxc5 Qc7 19.Qd2 Nd7 20.Ba3 Nb6 21.Nc5 Qd8 22.Qe2 Qe7 23.Qb5+ Nd7 24.Nxe6 Qxe6 25.Rd1 Qc6 26.Qb4 Qc5 27.Bh3 O-O 28.Bxd7 Qc2 29.Rc1 1-0

Round 3, May 3
Moskovskaya oblast – Mednyi vsadnik
Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2739) – Nozdrahev, Vladislav (2489)
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed, anti-Marshall

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4 9.a5 d6 10.c3 Rb8 11.Bc4 Nxe4 12.Bd5 Nxf2 13.Kxf2 Nxa5 14.cxb4 Rxb4 15.d4 c6 16.Ba2 exd4 17.Kg1 d5 18.Na3 Bf6 19.Nc2 Rb6 20.Ncxd4 c5 21.Ne2 Be6 22.Nf4 c4 23.Qd2 Nb3 24.Bxb3 Rxb3 25.Rxa6 c3 26.bxc3 Qc8 27.Nxe6 Bxc3 28.Qxd5 Bxe1 29.Qxb3 Qxc1 30.Qa3 Qxa3 31.Rxa3 Bb4 32.Ra4 Rb8 33.Ned4 g6 34.Kf1 Bc5 35.Ra2 Rb4 36.Nc6 Rb1+ 37.Ke2 Kg7 38.Nce5 Rb7 39.Kd3 Ra7 40.Rc2 Be7 41.Ke4 Ra4+ 42.Nc4 Ra1 43.Rb2 Ra7 44.Nfe5 Ra1 45.Rb7 Kf8 46.Nc6 Re1+ 47.Kf3 Bg5 48.Nd6 Re3+ 1-0

Mednyi vsadnik plays Ladya next round. One can assume that Artemiev will play either Vitiugov or Dominguez Perez

The standings in terms of Match Points are:

1 Mednyi vsadnik 6
2 Simaland 5
3-4 Strazhi, Molodezhka 4
5-7 Ladya, Sibir, Legacy 3
8 SShOR 2
9-10 Muzhskoe, Moskovskya 0

**Wayne Komer** · Saturday, 4th May, 2019, 09:08 PM

Russian Team Championships 2019

Premier League

May 4, 2019

Round Four

There is write-up after the last round in chessbase by Antonio Pereira:

https://en.chessbase.com/post/russia...h-2019-round-3

Two points he makes:

“Starting last year, the Russian Team Championships suffered a budget cut, which meant that big international names (Mamedyarov, Giri, etc.) would not be able to take part any more. In a way, though, this was a blessing in disguise, as the top teams now have more evenly matched line-ups. This year, five out of the ten squads in the Premier League have a rating average of 2600+ points, but none of them surpass the 2700 mark (the current leaders from Saint Petersburg average 2699).

The highest rated players in the field are Ladya's Vladislav Artemiev (2754) and Bronze Horsemen's Leinier Dominguez (2750) and Nikita Vitiugov (2734). The starting line-ups have Anatoly Karpov as the first board for Sima-Land, but the former world champion has yet to make his debut in this year's event.

The Mednyi Svadnik have Peter Svidler as their long-time leader, but he was busy facing the world elite at the GRENKE Chess Classic last week. The 2018 Russian and European champions have brought back Leinier Dominguez, however, who is now representing the United States.”

Round 4, May 4
Mednyi vsadnik – Ladya
Vitiugov, Nikita (2734) – Artemiev, Vladislav (2754)
B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Nc6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Nde2 b5 12.Nd5 Rb8 13.c3 b4 14.c4 e6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.Rb1 Ne5 17.b3 Nf3+ 18.Kh1 Bc6 19.Ng1 Nxg1 20.Kxg1 Qe7 21.Qd3 Rfd8 22.Rbd1 a5 23.Rfe1 a4 24.Bd4 Ra8 25.Re2 axb3 26.axb3 Bxd4 27.Qxd4 e5 28.Qd2 Qb7 29.h4 h5 30.Qe3 Qa7 31.Qh6 Qa3 32.Qe3 Qa7 33.Qxa7 Rxa7 34.Red2 Ra3 35.Rd3 Kg7 36.c5 Bb5 37.Rd5 Rxb3 38.cxd6 Bc6 39.Rc5 Rc3 40.Rxc3 bxc3 41.Rc1 1/2-1/2

Round 4, May 4
Mednyi vsadnik – Ladya
Kamsky, Gata (2664) – Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2750)
D02 Queen’s Bishop game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 4.Nbd2 Bd6 5.Bg3 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.c3 Qc7 8.a4 Nbd7 9.Bb5 b6 10.O-O Bxg3 11.hxg3 Bb7 12.a5 Bc6 13.axb6 axb6 14.Qb3 Rfb8 15.Be2 Ra7 16.Rfc1 Rba8 17.Qd1 h6 18.Rxa7 Qxa7 19.c4 Qa5 20.b3 Qb4 21.Qc2 Ra3 22.cxd5 Bxd5 23.dxc5 Nxc5 24.Bc4 Bxc4 25.Qxc4 Qxc4 26.Nxc4 Nxb3 27.Rb1 Ra2 28.Nfe5 b5 29.Rxb3 bxc4 30.Rb8+ Kh7 31.f3 c3 32.Rc8 c2 33.Nd3 Nd5 34.Nc1 Ra1 35.Rxc2 Nb4 36.Rc7 Nd3 37.Kh2 Rxc1 38.Rxf7 0-1

Round 4, May 4
Sima-Land – Sibir
Rianzantsev, Alexander (2653) – Bocharov, Ivan (2568)
E15 Queen’s Indian, Nimzowitsch variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Qc2 c5 12.Rad1 Nc6 13.Be3 Rc8 14.Bh3 Rc7 15.Qb2 c4 16.bxc4 Bxc4 17.Ne5 Na5 18.Bf4 Nh5 19.Bd2 Ba6 20.Nb5 Nc4 21.Nxc4 Rxc4 22.Rc1 Bg5 23.Bxg5 Qxg5 24.e3 Nf6 25.Nd6 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rd8 27.Qa3 Qh6 28.Bf5 Bc4 29.Qxa7 Qh5 30.Qxb6 Rf8 31.a4 g6 32.Nxc4 Qxf5 33.Ne5 Ne4 34.Qb2 f6 35.Nd3 Ng5 36.Ne1 Qe4 37.h4 Nh3+ 38.Kh2 g5 39.Qc2 Qe6 40.Ng2 Ra8 41.f3 g4 42.fxg4 Qxg4 43.Qc6 Rf8 44.Qxd5+ Kh8 45.Rf1 1-0

Round 4, May 4
Muzhskoe Dvizhenie – Legacy Square Capital
Schekachikhin,Maksim (2424) – Malakhov, Vladimir (2660)
D18 QGD Slav, Dutch variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.h3 O-O 12.Qe2 Re8 13.Rd1 Qa5 14.Bd2 Nb6 15.Bb3 e5 16.dxe5 Qxe5 17.Be1 a5 18.Qd3 g5 19.g3 Nbd7 20.Bc2 g6 21.Kg2 Rad8 22.Rac1 Kg7 23.Qc4 Qe7 24.Bb3 Rh8 25.Qe2 Rh7 26.Bd2 Ne5 27.Nb1 Nd3 28.Bxb4 axb4 29.Rc4 b5 30.Rxd3 Rxd3 31.Qxd3 bxc4 32.Qxc4 Qe4+ 33.f3 Qxc4 34.Bxc4 Rh8 35.Nd2 Rd8 36.Nb3 Nd5 37.Bxd5 Rxd5 38.Kf2 Rd3 39.Na5 Rd2+ 40.Ke1 Rxb2 41.Nxc6 b3 42.Nd4 Rf2 43.Nxb3 Rxf3 44.Ke2 Rxg3 45.a5 Rxh3 46.a6 Rh2+ 0-1

Round 4, May 4
Molodezhka – Moskovskaya oblast
Potkin, Vladimir (2590) – Iljiushenok, Ilia (2534)
B94 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 Qb6 8.Bb3 e6 9.f4 Be7 10.f5 Nc5 11.Qf3 Nxb3 12.Nxb3 O-O 13.O-O-O Qc7 14.Rhf1 Bd7 15.Qg3 Nh5 16.Qh4 Bxg5+ 17.Qxg5 Nf6 18.Rf3 h6 19.Qh4 Rac8 20.Rg3 Kh8 21.Rgd3 b5 22.g4 Nxe4 23.g5 exf5 24.Rxd6 Be6 25.gxh6 g5 26.Qe1 b4 27.Qe3 bxc3 28.Qd4+ f6 29.Rxe6 Rfd8 30.Qg1 cxb2+ 31.Kxb2 Qxc2+ 32.Ka3 Qxd1 33.Re8+ Kh7 34.Re7+ Kxh6 35.Qa7 Qd6+ 36.Kb2 Rc2+ 37.Kxc2 Qxh2+ 38.Kc1 Rc8+ 0-1

Round 4, May 4
Molodezhka – Moskovskaya oblast
Nozdrachev, Vladislav (2489) - Chigaev, Maksim (2637)
C55 Two Knights Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 g5 7.Bb3 Bg7 8.Na3 O-O 9.Nc4 Be6 10.Re1 g4 11.Nfd2 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Ne4 a5 14.Nc5 Bc8 15.Ne3 Nf4 16.Nxg4 b6 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Bxf4 Ng6 19.Be3 bxc5 20.Bxc5 Qg5 21.Qf3 Bg4 22.Qd5 Ne5 23.f4 Qxf4 24.Rf1 Qg5 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.d4 a4 27.dxe5 axb3 28.axb3 Bxe5 29.Ra5 Qe3+ 30.Kh1 Bd6 31.Ra4 Be6 32.Qh5 Qg5 33.Ra5 Qxh5 34.Rxh5 Kg7 35.b4 f5 36.Re1 Bc4 37.Kg1 Kg6 38.Rh3 f4 39.Rf3 h5 40.Rf2 h4 41.Re4 Bd5 42.Rd4 Bb7 43.g3 hxg3 44.hxg3 f3 45.Rfd2 Kg5 46.Kf2 Rh8 47.Rd5+ Bxd5 48.Rxd5+ Kf6 49.Kxf3 Rh2 50.Ke4 Rxb2 51.g4 Rg2 52.Rf5+ Ke6 53.Rg5 Rg3 54.Kd4 Be7 55.Re5+ Kd6 56.Rf5 Rxg4+ 57.Kd3 Ke6 58.Rh5 Rg3+ 59.Kc2 Bd6 60.Rh4 Kd5 61.Rd4+ Kc6 62.Kb3 Be5 63.Rc4+ Kd5 64.Rc5+ Ke4 65.Rc6 Bd6 66.Kc4 Rg8 67.Kb5 Rb8+ 68.Ka6 Kd5 69.b5 Bc5 70.Rxc7 Kc4 71.Rc6 Rxb5 72.Rh6 Rb1 73.Rh7 Rb6+ 74.Ka5 Rb2 75.Ka6 Ra2+ 76.Kb7 Kb5 77.c4+ Kxc4 78.Kc6 Ra6+ 79.Kd7 Kb5 80.Rf7 Rd6+ 81.Ke7 Rg6+ 82.Kd7 Rh6 83.Rf5 Kc4 84.Rf4+ Bd4 85.Rf5 Kd3 86.Rd5 Rh7+ 87.Kc6 Ke4 88.Rb5 Rh6+ 89.Kd7 Be5 90.Rb1 Kd5 91.Rb5+ Kd4 92.Rb1 Kc5 93.Rc1+ Kd5 94.Rd1+ Bd4 95.Kd8 Rh7 96.Rd2 Ke5 97.Kc8 Bc5 98.Rd7 Rh6 99.Kb7 Bd6 100.Kc6 Rh1 101.Rxd6 1/2-1/2

Draw after 77.c4+

Standings after Round Four

1 Mednyi vsadnik 8
2 Sima-Land 7
3-4 Strazhi, Molodezhka 6
5 Legacy 5
6-7 Sibir, Ladya 3
8 SShor 2
9-10 Muzhskoe, Moskovskaya 0

**Wayne Komer** · Sunday, 5th May, 2019, 08:28 PM

Russian Team Championships 2019

Premier League

May 5, 2019

Round Five

Round 5, May 5
Legacy Square Capital – SshOR
Inarkiev, Ernesto (2691) – Lobanov, Sergei (2513)
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O O-O 8.Na4 cxd4 9.a3 Be7 10.exd4 d6 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.b4 Rc8 13.Bf4 Nh5 14.Bd2 e5 15.Nc3 f5 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Rxe5 Bf6 19.Re3 Nf4 20.Bf1 Bd4 21.Rg3 Qh4 22.Bxf4 Qxf4 23.Ra2 Rcd8 24.Rd2 Bf6 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 g6 27.Rgd3 Rxd5 28.Rxd5 Re8 29.Rd7 Kh8 30.Qd5 1-0

Round 5, May 5
Ladya – Molodezhka
Artemiev Vladislav (2754) – Chigaev, Maksim (2637)
C26 Vienna, Paulsen-Mieses variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bd6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Rb1 Rb8 10.d4 h6 11.Re1 Re8 12.Nd2 Bf5 13.d5 Ne7 14.c4 b6 15.Bb2 Ng6 16.h4 Nf8 17.Nf1 Nd7 18.Ne3 Bh7 19.Bh3 Nc5 20.Bf5 Qf6 21.Qg4 Bxf5 22.Nxf5 Kh7 23.h5 Qg5 24.Qxg5 hxg5 25.Kg2 f6 26.Bc1 Nb7 27.g4 Bc5 28.Be3 Nd6 29.Nxd6 cxd6 30.Bxc5 bxc5 31.Rb5 a6 32.Rb3 Rb4 33.Rxb4 cxb4 34.Rb1 a5 35.c3 bxc3 36.Rc1 Rc8 37.Rxc3 g6 38.hxg6+ Kxg6 39.Kf3 f5 40.gxf5+ Kxf5 41.Ke3 g4 42.a4 Rg8 43.c5 g3 44.fxg3 Rxg3+ 45.Kd2 Rxc3 46.Kxc3 dxc5 47.Kc4 e4 48.d6 Ke6 49.Kxc5 Kd7 50.Kd4 Kxd6 1/2-1/2

Round 5, May 5
Ladya – Molodezhka
Paravyan, David (2610) – Kamsky, Gata (2664)
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.a4 a5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 d6 8.c3 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Nxe5 Nxg3 11.Bxf7+ Kf8 12.Ng6+ Kxf7 13.Nxh8+ Qxh8 14.hxg3 Qf6 15.d4 Ba7 16.Na3 Kg7 17.Qd2 Bd7 18.O-O Re8 19.Rae1 h5 20.Nc4 g4 21.Ne3 Rxe4 22.Nd5 Qf5 23.Rxe4 Qxe4 24.Qg5+ Qg6 25.Qh4 Qf5 26.Nf4 Be8 27.d5 Ne5 28.Ne6+ Kg6 29.Qd8 Qf7 30.Nxc7 Bxa4 31.Ne6 Bb5 32.Nf4+ Kh7 33.Ra1 Nd3 34.Ne6 Bxf2+ 35.Kh2 Kh6 36.Qg5+ Kh7 37.Qd8 Kh6 38.Rf1 Be8 39.Qg5+ Kh7 40.Nf4 Be3 41.Qd8 Nxf4 42.gxf4 Bb5 43.Re1 Bxf4+ 44.Kg1 Be5 0-1

Round 5, May 5
Strazhi pravoporyadka – Sima-Land
Kokarev Dmitry (2605) – Lysyj, Igor (2642)
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O Qe7 7.Nbd2 a5 8.Nc4 Nd7 9.a4 b6 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 f6 12.Nh4 Ba6 13.Kh1 Bxc4 14.bxc4 Bd6 15.Nf5 Qe8 16.Qg4 g6 17.Nxd6 cxd6 18.f4 Ra7 19.h3 exf4 20.Qxf4 Ne5 21.Rab1 Raf7 22.Qd2 Nd7 23.Bd4 Qd8 24.Rf2 Qc7 25.Be3 c5 26.Qc3 Qc6 27.Qa1 Re8 28.Rbf1 Re6 29.Bd2 Ne5 30.Bc3 Kf8 31.Bxe5 dxe5 32.Kh2 Qd7 33.Rf3 Rd6 34.R1f2 h6 35.g4 Ke8 36.Kg2 Kd8 37.Qc1 g5 38.Qa1 Re6 39.Kg3 Ke7 40.Rf5 Qd4 41.Qxd4 cxd4 42.h4 gxh4+ 43.Kxh4 Kf8 44.Rf1 Kg7 45.Kh5 Kh7 46.g5 hxg5 47.Rxg5 Rg7 48.Rxg7+ Kxg7 49.Rb1 Rc6 50.Rb2 Kf7 51.Rb5 Ke7 52.Kg6 Ke6 53.Rb2 Rd6 54.Rb1 Rc6 55.Rb5 Ke7 56.Kf5 Kf7 57.Rb1 Kg7 58.Rb5 Kf7 59.c5 bxc5 60.Rxa5 c4 61.Ra7+ Ke8 62.a5 c3 63.a6 Kd8 64.Rf7 Rxa6 65.Rxf6 Ra5 66.Rd6+ Kc7 67.Rd5 1-0

Final position

56 moves and 7 pawns still on the board for each side!

Round 5, May 5
Legacy Square Capital – SShOR
Usmanov, Vasily (2437) – Dreev, Aleksey (2662)
D12 QGD Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Bd2 a5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 O-O 12.a4 Ne4 13.Nd2 Nxd2 14.Bxd2 Qb6 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Rfb1 Qa6 17.Qf1 Ra7 18.b3 f5 19.f3 Re8 20.Qxa6 Rxa6 21.Rc1 Re6 22.h3 Ra8 23.Kf2 h5 24.h4 Kf7 25.Rc2 Ke8 26.Rac1 Kd8 27.Be1 Kc7 28.Rc3 b6 29.Kf1 Rg6 30.Bg3+ Kb7 31.Bf4 Rc8 32.Kf2 Re6 33.Rd1 Rce8 34.Kg3 Nf8 35.Kf2 Ng6 36.Bg5 Nf8 37.Bf4 Nd7 38.Kg3 Rc8 39.Kf2 Ree8 40.Bd6 Rh8 41.Kg3 Rh6 42.Bf4 Rf6 43.Kf2 Re8 44.Bg5 Rfe6 45.Bf4 Rg8 46.Kg3 Nf8 47.Kf2 Ng6 48.Bg5 Rf8 49.Kg3 Kc7 50.Kf2 Kd7 51.Rb1 Kc7 52.Rd1 Kb7 53.Kg3 Rfe8 54.Kf2 Rc8 55.Kg3 Rd6 56.Rdc1 Re6 1/2-1/2

Final position

Standings after Round Five

1 Mednyi vsadnik 10
2-3 Sima-Land, Molodezhka 8
4-5 Strazhi, Legacy 7
6-7 Sibir, Ladya 3
8-9 Moskovskaya, SShOR 2
10 Muzhskoe 0

**Wayne Komer** · Tuesday, 7th May, 2019, 04:58 PM

Russian Team Championships 2019

Premier League

May 7, 2019

Round Six

Round 6, May 7
Mednyi vsadnik – Strazhi pravoporyadka
Vitiugov, Nikita (2734) – Sjugirov, Sanan (2661)
A29 English, Bremen

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.Qb3 a5 8.O-O O-O 9.d3 Re8 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nd5 Qd6 13.e3 c6 14.Nb6 Rb8 15.Rad1 Qc7 16.Nxc8 Rbxc8 17.d4 Bf8 18.dxe5 Rxe5 19.Rd3 Re6 20.Rfd1 Rd6 21.Rxd6 Bxd6 22.Qd3 Be5 23.Qxd7 Bxb2 24.c5 Be5 25.Qf5 g6 26.Qh3 Rd8 27.Qxh6 Bf6 28.Be2 Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 Qd7 30.Bc2 Qg4 31.h3 Qc4 32.Bb3 Qe4 33.Qf4 Qxf4 34.gxf4 Be7 35.a4 Bxc5 36.Bc4 Be7 37.Kg2 Bh4 38.Kf3 Kf8 39.e4 Be7 40.Kg4 Bc5 41.f3 f6 42.f5 g5 43.e5 Be7 44.f4 1/2-1/2

Round 6, May 7
Mednyi – Strazhi
Matlakov, Maxim (2697) – Kokarev, Dmitry (2605)
A36 English, ultra-symmetrical variation

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.b3 d6 6.Bb2 e5 7.e3 Nge7 8.Nge2 Be6 9.Nd5 O-O 10.d3 Qd7 11.h4 h5 12.Qd2 Rab8 13.Nec3 a6 14.O-O b5 15.Nxe7+ Nxe7 16.Ne4 Bf5 17.Ng5 f6 18.Ne4 Kh7 19.f4 bxc4 20.bxc4 Bxe4 21.dxe4 Qe6 22.f5 Qxc4 23.fxg6+ Kxg6 24.Rf2 Rb6 25.Bc3 Ng8 26.Ba5 Rc6 27.Rf5 Nh6 28.Bf3 Ng4 29.Rc1 Qa4 30.Rxh5 Kxh5 31.Bxg4+ Kh6 32.Bf5 Rcc8 33.Rf1 Rb8 34.g4 Bh8 35.g5+ Kg7 36.Bc7 Qc6 37.gxf6+ Kf7 38.Bxb8 Rxb8 39.Qg2 Bxf6 40.Qg6+ Ke7 41.Qxf6+ 1-0

Round 6, May 7
Muzhskoe Dvizhenie – Ladya
Schekachikhin, Maksim (2424) – Artemiev, Vladislav (2754)
D45 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 e5 10.h3 exd4 11.exd4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Nfd5 13.Re1 h6 14.a3 Re8 15.Bd2 Be6 16.Ba2 Bf8 17.Ne5 Nf6 18.Bxe6 Rxe6 19.Rad1 Nbd5 20.Qb3 Qb6 21.Qxb6 axb6 22.Nxd5 Nxd5 23.Nc4 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 f6 25.g3 Kf7 26.Ne3 Nc7 27.Nc4 b5 28.Na5 Ra7 29.Nb3 Nd5 30.Nc5 Be7 31.Kg2 b6 32.Nb3 Ke8 33.Kf3 Kd7 34.Ke4 Bd6 35.Rc1 Ra8 36.Kd3 h5 37.Rg1 g5 38.Nc1 Re8 39.Re1 Ra8 40.Ne2 b4 41.axb4 Ra2 42.Kc2 Bxb4 43.Bxb4 Nxb4+ 44.Kc3 Nd5+ 45.Kb3 Ra5 46.g4 h4 47.f4 Ra8 48.fxg5 fxg5 49.Nc3 Nf4 50.Ne4 Nxh3 51.Rh1 Nf4 52.Nxg5 Rh8 53.Kc3 Rg8 54.Nf3 h3 55.Kd2 Ke6 56.Re1+ Kf6 57.Ne5 Rd8 58.Nf3 c5 59.Re5 Rxd4+ 60.Kc2 Rc4+ 61.Kb3 b5 62.Rf5+ Ke7 63.g5 Nd3 64.g6 Nc1+ 0-1

Final position

Round 6, May 7
Muzhskoe D. – Ladya
Kamsky, Gata (2664) – Duzhaov, Ilya (2388)
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 e6 5.a3 Nf6 6.Ba2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Nc6 9.h3 b5 10.Re1 h6 11.Ne2 Re8 12.Ng3 Bf8 13.c3 g6 14.d4 c4 15.Be3 Bb7 16.Qd2 Kh7 17.Rad1 Qc7 18.Nh2 Ne7 19.Bb1 Nfg8 20.h4 e5 21.f4 Bg7 22.Nf3 Nc6 23.fxe5 dxe5 24.d5 Nb8 25.Rf1 Bc8 26.Nh2 a5 27.a4 bxa4 28.Bc2 Ra6 29.Bxa4 Rd8 30.Bb5 Rad6 31.Qe2 Ba6 32.Bxa6 Nxa6 33.Ra1 Rc8 34.Ra4 Bf6 35.h5 Bd8 36.Ng4 Qe7 37.Qf3 Rc7 38.Rxa5 Rb7 39.Ra4 Bb6 40.Rxc4 Bxe3+ 41.Qxe3 Rxb2 42.Rc8 gxh5 43.Nf5 Qd7 44.Nxd6 1-0

Round 6, May 7
Molodezhka – Sibir
Esipenko, Andrey (2620) – Tsydypov, Zhamsaran (2546)
D77 Neo-Grunfeld

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Na3 Nc6 8.Nxc4 Be6 9.b3 Bd5 10.Bb2 Ne8 11.e3 Nd6 12.Qe2 a5 13.a4 Nb4 14.Rfd1 Qe8 15.Ne1 Nxc4 16.bxc4 Bxg2 17.Nxg2 e5 18.d5 b6 19.e4 Qd7 20.Ne1 f5 21.Nf3 fxe4 22.Ng5 Qf5 23.Nxe4 Qf3 24.Qxf3 Rxf3 25.d6 cxd6 26.Rxd6 Rb3 27.Bc1 Nc2 28.Ra2 Nd4 29.Rb2 Rxb2 30.Bxb2 Rc8 31.Rxb6 Rxc4 32.Rb8+ Bf8 33.Ba3 Nf3+ 34.Kf1 Nxh2+ 35.Kg2 Rxe4 36.Kxh2 Rxa4 37.Rxf8+ Kg7 38.Bd6 1-0

Round 6, May 7
Legacy Square Capital – Moskovskaya oblast
Chernobay, Artem (2503) – Grachev, Boris (2615)
B32 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.a3 Qc7 8.Qf3 a6 9.Bf4 Ne5 10.Qg3 d6 11.Be2 Bd7 12.h4 h5 13.O-O-O Rc8 14.Rd4 Be7 15.Kb1 O-O 16.Bg5 Bc6 17.Rc1 Ng6 18.f3 b5 19.Rd2 Rb8 20.Na2 a5 21.c4 bxc4 22.Bxc4 Ne5 23.Bh6 Nfg4 24.fxg4 gxh6 25.gxh5+ Kh7 26.Bf1 Rg8 27.Qh3 Bxe4+ 28.Ka1 Qb6 29.Nd4 Rg4 30.g3 Rbg8 31.Rc3 Bd5 32.Nf5 exf5 33.Rxd5 Qf2 34.Bd3 Nxd3 35.Rcxd3 Rxg3 36.Rxg3 Qe1+ 0-1

Standings after Round Six

1 Mednyi vsadnik 12
2-3 SimaLand, Molodezhka 10
4 Legacy 9
5 Strazhi 7
6 Ladya 5
7 Sibir 3
8,9 Moskovskaya, SShOR 2
10 Muzhskoe Dvizhenie 0

**Wayne Komer** · Wednesday, 8th May, 2019, 01:08 PM

Russian Team Championships 2019

Premier League

May 8, 2019

Round Seven

Round 7, May 8
Ladya – Legacy Square Capital
Artemiev, Vladislav (2754) – Inarkiev, Ernesto (2691)
A30 English, symmetrical variation

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ndb4 8.Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9.Kxd1 Nxc6 10.Nc3 Bd7 11.Be3 g6 12.Ke1 Bg7 13.Rc1 f5 14.f4 Kf7 15.Kf2 Rac8 16.Rhd1 Be6 17.Nd5 Rhd8 18.b4 Bd4 19.Bxd4 Bxd5 20.Bb6 axb6 21.Rxd5 Nxb4 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Rb5 Nc6 24.Rxb6 Nd8 25.Ke3 e6 26.Kd3 Ke7 27.a4 Rc1 28.Bxb7 Ra1 29.Rb4 Nxb7 30.Rxb7+ Kf6 31.Rb4 Ra2 32.Kc4 Rxe2 33.a5 e5 34.a6 exf4 35.gxf4 g5 36.Ra4 Re4+ 37.Kb5 Re8 38.a7 gxf4 39.a8=Q Rxa8 40.Rxa8 Ke5 41.Kc4 Ke4 42.Re8+ Kf3 43.Kd3 Kg2 44.Rf8 1-0

Position after White’s 32.Kc4

Is taking the pawn the best move here?

- Always nice to see the great Anatoly Karpov in action
- let the games begin! Good luck to Anatoly!
Also, I hope for a winning streak from Artemiev
- Go Artemiev! Show Carlsen that you’re good in the endgame too.

Round 7, May 8
SimaLand - Mednyi vsadnik
Karpov, Anatoly (2616) – Matlakov, Maxim (2697)
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Bg5 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6 9.Rd1 Ba6 10.Qa4 h6 11.Bh4 Qe7 12.Nf3 Rd8 13.e3 Bxf1 14.Rxf1 c5 15.Ke2 Nbd7 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 g5 18.exf6 Qxf6 19.Bg3 Qxb2+ 20.Kf3 Qf6+ 21.Ke2 Qb2+ 22.Kf3 Qf6+ 23.Ke2 Qb2+ 24.Kf3 Qf6+ 25.Ke2 Qb2+ 26.Kf3 Qf6+ 27.Ke2 Qb2+ 1/2-1/2

Round 7, May 8
Strazhi pravoporyadka – Molodezhka
Sjugirov, Sanan (2661) – Chigaev, Maksim (2637)
C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Keres Defence

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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.d5 Nb6 13.Nbd2 Bd7 14.Nf1 Nb7 15.Ng3 a5 16.Nf5 Bf6 17.g4 g6 18.Ng3 c4 19.Be3 Nc5 20.Qd2 Qc7 21.Rf1 Rab8 22.Bh6 Rfc8 23.Ng5 Be8 24.f4 exf4 25.Rxf4 Be5 26.Nf3 Bh8 27.Rf1 Nd3 28.Bxd3 cxd3 29.Qxd3 Nc4 30.Qe2 b4 31.b3 Qb6+ 32.Rf2 bxc3 33.bxc4 Qb1+ 34.Rf1 c2 35.Qe3 Rxc4 36.Ne2 Bb5 37.Nd2 Qb4 38.Nxc4 Qxc4 39.Rxf7 Qc8 40.Qa7 1-0

Round 7, May 8
Ladya – Legacy Square
Grachev, Boris (2615) – Faizrakhmanov, Ramil (2438)
A17 English, Nimzo-English

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.e3 O-O 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O e5 9.d4 exd4 10.exd4 cxd4 11.Nb5 d5 12.c5 Ne4 13.b4 a6 14.Nbxd4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Bc7 16.Bb2 Qg5 17.Nf3 Qe7 18.Rad1 Bf5 19.Rxd5 Ng3 20.Rxf5 Nxf5 21.Bd3 g6 22.Re1 Qd8 23.Bxf5 gxf5 24.Qxf5 f6 25.Qg4+ Kh8 26.Ng5 Qd2 27.Re7 Rae8 28.Nf7+ 1-0

Round 7, May 8
Moskovskaya oblast – SShOR
Iljiushenok, Ilia (2534) – Lobanov, Sergei (2513)
A22 English, Carls’ Bremen System

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Bb4 5.e4 O-O 6.Nge2 d6 7.h3 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Nd7 9.O-O Nc5 10.Ba3 Na5 11.d3 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.d4 exd4 14.cxd4 Ne4 15.Rc1 Nf6 16.Nf4 Qd7 17.d5 b6 18.g4 Be4 19.f3 Bg6 20.Ne6 Rfe8 21.Re1 b5 22.cxb5 Qxb5 23.Nxc7 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 Rxe1+ 25.Qxe1 Rd8 26.Bb4 Nb7 27.Rc6 1-0

Standings after Round Seven

1 Mednyi 13
2-3 Legacy, SimaLand 11
4 Molodezhka 10
5 Strazhi 9
6-7 Ladya, Sibir 5
8 Moskovskaya 3
9 SShOR 2
10 Muzhskoe 0

**Wayne Komer** · Thursday, 9th May, 2019, 02:01 PM

Russian Team Championships 2019

Premier League

May 9, 2019

Round Eight

Round 8, May 9
Moskovskaya oblast – Ladya
Iljiushenok, Ilia – Artemiev, Vladislav
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O h6 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.Nb3 Nc8 9.a4 a5 10.Bd2 Be7 11.Ne1 O-O 12.Bd3 Bh7 13.Qg4 Kh8 14.Bxh7 Kxh7 15.Nd3 b6 16.f4 f5 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.Ne5 c5 19.dxc5 Bxc5+ 20.Nxc5 bxc5 21.c4 Nxe5 22.fxe5 Rg6 23.Qe2 dxc4 24.Rad1 Qd4+ 25.Kh1 Qg4 26.Rf3 c3 27.Bxc3 Qxa4 28.Rg3 Rxg3 29.hxg3 Ne7 30.Kh2 Nd5 31.Bd2 Qc2 32.Rc1 Qxb2 33.Qe4+ Kh8 34.Bxh6 gxh6 35.Rb1 Qf2 36.Rb7 Qf5 37.Qh4 h5 38.Qa4 Ne3 0-1

Round 8, May 9
Moskovskaya oblast – Ladya
Kamsky, Gata – Nozdrachev, Vladislav
A45 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.h3 O-O 7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O d6 9.Re1 Nbd7 10.Bh2 cxd4 11.exd4 Qc7 12.a4 a6 13.c4 a5 14.Nb1 Nb8 15.Nc3 Na6 16.Rc1 Nb4 17.Nb5 Qd8 18.Bb1 Rc8 19.b3 d5 20.Ne5 Ne4 21.Bf4 f6 22.Nd3 e5 23.Bh2 Nxd3 24.Qxd3 Bb4 25.Red1 exd4 26.Bc7 Qe7 27.cxd5 f5 28.Bxb6 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Nd2 30.Bxd4 Bxd5 31.Bc5 Nf3+ 32.Qxf3 Qxc5 33.Qd1 1-0

Round 8, May 9
SShOR – Mednyi vsadnik
Susamov, Vasily – Vitiugov, Nikita
A04 Reti

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 g6 6.c3 Na6 7.b4 c5 8.a4 bxa4 9.b5 Nc7 10.c4 Bg7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Nc3 d6 13.Rxa4 a6 14.bxa6 Bc6 15.a7 Bxa4 16.Qxa4 Qd7 17.Qa2 Na6 18.Qxa6 Rxa7 19.Qb5 Rb7 20.Qxd7 Nxd7 21.Ba1 Ra7 22.d4 Rfa8 23.Bb2 Rb8 24.Nb5 Ra2 25.Bc1 Rxe2 26.Be3 Rc2 27.Nxd6 cxd4 28.Nxd4 Bxd4 29.Bxd4 Rd2 30.Ba7 Rxd6 31.c5 Ra6 32.Bxb8 Nxb8 33.Bb7 Ra5 34.c6 Rc5 35.Ra1 Nxc6 36.Ra8+ Kg7 37.Rc8 Na5 38.Rxc5 Nxb7 39.Rc6 Na5 40.Rc3 Nb7 41.h4 h5 42.Kg2 Nd6 43.Kf3 Kf6 44.Rc5 e5 45.Rc6 Ke6 46.Ra6 Kd5 47.Ke3 Nf5+ 48.Kf3 Nd6 49.Kg2 Ke6 50.Kh3 Kd5 51.Kh2 Ke6 52.Kg2 Kd5 53.Kh3 Ke6 54.g4 hxg4+ 55.Kxg4 f6 56.f3 Kd5 57.Ra5+ Ke6 58.Ra7 Nf5 59.Ra6+ Kf7 60.Ra7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

Round 8, May 9
SShOR – Mednyi vsadnik
Dominguez Perez, Leinier – Shubin, Kirill
C17 French, Winawer, Advance

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Qg4 Kf8 8.Nb5 Bb6 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bb2 Nge7 11.Nbxd4 h5 12.Qf4 Ng6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Qg3 h4 15.Qg4 h3 16.g3 c5 17.Bd3 Ne7 18.bxc5 Bxc5 19.O-O a5 20.Ng5 Nf5 21.Nxf7 Kxf7 22.Bxf5 Qf8 23.Bd3 Kg8 24.a4 Bd7 25.Bc1 Rb8 26.Bd2 Bb4 27.c3 Bc5 28.Be3 Rb3 29.Bb5 Bc8 30.Bd4 Rh6 31.Rab1 Ra3 32.Be2 Bxd4 33.Qxd4 1-0

Round 8, May 9
Legacy Square Capital – Sibir
Khanin, Semen – Zvjaginsev, Vadim
B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Na6 7.O-O c5 8.d5 Bg4 9.Bc4 Nc7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 a6 12.a4 b6 13.Qd3 Qc8 14.f5 Nd7 15.Qg3 Ne8 16.Bg5 Bf6 17.h4 Ng7 18.Bxf6 Nh5 19.Qh3 Nhxf6 20.g4 Ne5 21.Be2 h6 22.g5 Nh7 23.Qg3 Kh8 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.gxh6 Rg8 26.Kh2 Nf6 27.Rg1 Qf8 28.Qg5 Kh7 29.b3 Nf7 30.Qf4 Qxh6 31.Qxh6+ Kxh6 32.Rg3 Ne5 33.Rf1 Rgf8 34.Rgg1 a5 35.Rf4 Nh5 36.Rff1 Nf6 37.Rf4 Rac8 38.Ba6 Nh5 39.Rxf8 Rxf8 40.Rf1 Nf3+ 41.Kh3 Rf4 42.Be2 Rxh4+ 43.Kg2 Nd2 44.Re1 Nf4+ 45.Kg3 Kg5 46.Kf2 Rh3 47.Rg1+ Kf6 48.Ke1 Nxb3 49.e5+ Kxe5 50.Rg5+ Kd4 51.Nb5+ Ke3 52.Bf1 Nd2 0-1

Round 8, May 9
Legacy Square Capital – Sibir
Bocharov, Dmitry – Grachev, Boris
C80 Ruy Lopez, open

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Be3 Be7 10.c3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Na5 13.Bg5 c5 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Bc2 Nc4 16.Qc1 h6 17.b3 Nb6 18.a4 bxa4 19.bxa4 O-O 20.Re1 Rfd8 21.h3 Nc4 22.Bd3 Rab8 23.Rb1 Qd7 24.Rxb8 Rxb8 25.Bxc4 dxc4 26.Qa3 Qd5 27.Kh2 Bf5 28.Qc1 Rb1 29.Qe3 Rxe1 30.Qxe1 a5 31.Qe3 Bd7 32.Qc1 Bxa4 33.Qa3 Bd1 34.Qxa5 Bxf3 35.gxf3 Qxe5+ 36.Kg2 Qg5+ 37.Kh2 Qf4+ 38.Kg2 Qg5+ 39.Kh2 Kh7 40.Qc7 Qf5 41.Kg2 Qg5+ 42.Kh2 Qf6 43.Qxc5 Qxf3 44.Qxc4 Qxf2+ 45.Kh1 Qf3+ 46.Kh2 Qf2+ 47.Kh1 Qf3+ 48.Kh2 f5 49.Qe6 Qf2+ 50.Kh1 Qf3+ 51.Kh2 Qf4+ 52.Kg2 h5 53.Qe2 Kh6 54.c4 h4 55.Qd3 Qe5 56.Qd2+ g5 57.Qd3 Kg6 58.Qf1 Qe4+ 59.Kh2 Qe3 60.Kg2 Kf6 61.Qa1+ Qe5 62.Qa6+ Qe6 63.Qa1+ Qe5 64.Qa6+ Qe6 65.Qa1+ Kg6 66.Qf1 Qe4+ 67.Kh2 Qc2+ 68.Kg1 Qc3 69.Kg2 Kf6 70.Kh1 Qd4 71.Kh2 Ke6 72.Qg2 Qf4+ 73.Kh1 Qe4 0-1

Round 8, May 9
Muzhskoe Dvizhenie – Strazhi pravoporyadka
Duzhakov, Ilya – Sjugirov, Sanan
A85 Dutch

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.f3 g6 7.Nge2 Bg7 8.Qb3 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Bd2 Qe7 11.Rad1 Kh8 12.a3 d6 13.Qc2 e5 14.d5 Nd8 15.b4 Nf7 16.Ng3 Rae8 17.Qb1 c6 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.e4 f4 20.Nh1 g5 21.g4 fxg3 22.Nxg3 Bd7 23.Nd5 Qd8 24.Rf2 Nxd5 25.cxd5 Bf6 26.Kh1 Rg8 27.Rg1 Rg6 28.Qf1 Rh6 29.Bb5 Bh3 30.Qc1 Rg8 31.Be3 Be7 32.Qc3 Rf6 33.a4 Qb8 34.Ba6 Bd7 35.a5 Bd8 36.Rc1 Rf8 37.Bc8 Bb5 38.Be6 bxa5 39.bxa5 a6 40.Nf5 Rg6 41.Qc8 Qxc8 42.Rxc8 Kg8 43.Bb6 1-0

Round 8, May 9
Muzhskoe Dvizhenie – Strazhi pravoporyadka
Kokarev, Dmitry – Levin, Evgeny
B53 Sicilian

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.dxc5 Nxe4 7.cxd6 Nxd6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Qe2 g6 10.Bf4 Bg7 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Nd5 Rfe8 13.Ne5 Qd8 14.Rhe1 Qa5 15.Kb1 e6 16.Nc3 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.Qxe5 Qxe5 19.Rxe5 Red8 20.a4 Nf5 21.Rc5 Rxd1+ 22.Nxd1 Rd8 23.Kc1 Rd7 24.b4 Kf8 25.Nb2 Ne7 26.a5 Nd5 27.Nd3 Rc7 28.Rxc7 Nxc7 29.Kd2 Ke7 30.c4 Kd6 31.f4 b6 32.axb6 axb6 33.Kc3 f6 34.Kd4 Na6 35.g4 Nb8 36.c5+ bxc5+ 37.bxc5+ Kc7 38.Kc4 Nc6 39.g5 fxg5 40.fxg5 Na5+ 41.Kd4 Nc6+ 42.Ke4 Kd8 43.Ne5 Nb4 44.Kd4 Nc2+ 45.Ke4 Nb4 46.Ng4 Ke7 47.Kd4 Nc2+ 48.Kc4 Kd7 49.Nf6+ Kc6 50.Nxh7 Ne3+ 51.Kd4 Nf1 52.h3 Nd2 53.Ke3 Nc4+ 54.Kf4 e5+ 55.Ke4 Kxc5 56.Nf8 Kd6 57.Nxg6 Ke6 58.Nh4 Nd6+ 59.Kf3 Nf7 60.Kg4 e4 61.Kf4 Nd6 62.Ng2 Kf7 63.h4 Kg6 64.Kg4 Nc4 65.h5+ Kf7 66.Kf4 Nd6 67.Ke5 Ne8 68.Kxe4 Ng7 69.Nf4 Ne8 70.Ke5 Kg7 71.h6+ Kh7 72.Nd5 Kg6 73.Ke6 Kxg5 74.h7 1-0

Position after 58.Nh4

Standings after Round Eight

1 Mednyi vsadnik 15
2-3 Legacy, SimaLand 13
4 Strazhi 11
5 Molodezhka 10
6 Ladya 7
7 Sibir 5
8 Moskovskaya 4
9 SShOR 2
10 Muzhskoe 0

**Wayne Komer** · Friday, 10th May, 2019, 01:02 PM

Russian Team Championships 2019

Premier League

May 10, 2019

Round Nine

Round 9, May 10
Ladya - SShOR
Artemiev, Vladislav – Pershin, Denis
A28 English, Four Knights, Nimzowitsch variation

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 d6 7.g3 h6 8.Bg2 Be6 9.O-O Qd7 10.Nh4 O-O-O 11.Qa4 Bh3 12.Nf5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Nh5 14.Rb1 Rde8 15.f3 g6 16.Ne3 f5 17.Nd5 f4 18.g4 Ng7 19.Nf6 Qe7 20.Nxe8 Nxe8 21.d4 h5 22.g5 Qxg5+ 23.Kh1 a6 24.Ba3 Qh4 25.c5 dxc5 26.Bxc5 Qh3 27.Qb3 b6 28.Bxb6 cxb6 29.Qxb6 Kd7 30.dxe5 1-0

Round 9, May 10
Ladya - SShOR
Shubin, Kirill – Kamsky, Gata
E90 King’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.g4 Na6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.Nd2 Nc5 11.Qc2 c6 12.Rc1 h5 13.Nb3 Nxb3 14.Qxb3 hxg4 15.Qxb7 Rb8 16.Qa6 cxd5 17.exd5 Bc8 18.Qc6 Rxb2 19.Nb5 Ne4 20.Bg2 Nxf2 21.Bxf2 Qg5 0-1

Final position

Round 9, May 10
Mednyi vsadnik – Molodezhka
Dominguez, Leinier – Paravyan, David
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nh5 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 f6 15.gxf6 Rxf6 16.Na5 Nf4 17.Nc6 Qf8 18.Kb1 Bd8 19.c4 Bb6 20.cxb5 axb5 21.Bxb5 Kh8 22.Rhf1 Qf7 23.Bc4 Ng6 24.Be2 Nf4 25.Bc4 Ng6 26.Qf2 Bxe3 27.Qxe3 Rf4 28.Be2 Ne7 29.a3 Nc5 30.Nxe7 Qxe7 31.Rg1 Rb8 32.b4 h5 33.Rd2 Qh4 34.Rb2 Na4 35.Qa7 Nc3+ 36.Kc2 Rg8 37.Kxc3 Rd4 38.Qf7 Rf4 39.Qa7 Rd4 40.Bb5 Qf4 41.Re2 Qxf3+ 42.Kb2 Qxd5 43.Ba4 Qf3 44.Rgg2 Qf6 45.Bc2 Rf4 46.Rg6 Qf8 47.Rh6+ 1-0

Round 9, May 10
Mednyi vsadnik – Molodezhka
Esipenko, Andrey – Matlakov, Maxim
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h4 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 Be6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.g3 Be7 11.Qd2 Nd7 12.O-O-O Nf6 13.f4 b5 14.f5 Bd7 15.Qd3 Rc8 16.Kb1 O-O 17.Nd2 Bc6 18.Bg2 Qb6 19.Bf3 h5 20.Qe2 a5 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 a4 23.Bxh5 a3 24.Ne4 axb2 25.Nxf6+ Bxf6 26.Bg6 Rc7 27.Qh5 Rfc8 28.g4 Qf2 0-1

Round 9, May 10
Strazhi pravoporyadka – Legacy Square Capital
Sjugirov, Sanan – Inarkiev, Ernesto
D20 QGA

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Rc1 d3 15. a3 Kb8 16. Nc5 Nd4 17. Nxd7+ Rxd7 18. Qxd3 Nxb5 19. Qxb5 Rhd8 20. Qe2 g5 21. h3 Nd5 22. g3 h6 23. Qe4 Qe6 24. Qg4 Ne7 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Re4 Rd3 27. Kg2 Nf5 28. h4 Rf8 29. hxg5 Nxg3 30. Re3 Nh5 31. Rxd3 Nf4+ 32. Kg3 Nxd3 33. Rc3 Nxb2 34. gxh6 Rh8 35. Rc2 Nd3 36. Rd2 Nc5 37. Ng5 c6 38. Rc2 Nd7 39. h7 Nf8 40. f4 Kc7 41. Rh2 b5 42. Kf3 a5 43. Ke4 c5 44. Rh6 b4 45. Kd3 bxa3 46. Kc3 Kc6 47. f5 Kd5 48. fxe6 Nxh7 49. Nxh7 Rb8 50. e7 a2 51. Rh1 Kxe5 52. Ra1 Kd6 53. Rxa2 Kxe7 54. Rxa5 Kd6 55. Nf6 Rh8 56. Ra6+ Ke5 57. Nd7+ Kd5 58. Nb6+ Kc6 59. Nc4+ Kd5 60. Rd6+ Ke4 61. Nb6 Rh1 62. Kc4 Rc1+ 63. Kb5 Ke5 64. Rd8 Ke4 65. Nc4 Rh1 66. Nd6+ Kd5 67. Nb7+ Ke5 68. Nxc5 Rh2 69. Rd1 Rg2 70. Nd3+ Ke4 71. Nb4 Rg8 72. Kc5 Rc8+ 73. Nc6 Rc7 74. Re1+ Kd3 75. Re8 Kd2 76. Kd5 Kd3 77. Ne5+ Kc3 78. Rh8 Rg7 79. Rh3+ Kc2 80. Kd4 Rg8 81. Rc3+ Kd2 82. Nc4+ Ke2 83. Rc2+ Kf3 84. Ne5+ Kf4 85. Rf2+ Kg3 86. Rf7 Ra8 87. Rf3+ Kg2 88. Rc3 Kf2 89. Ke4 Ra4+ 90. Nc4 Ra8 91. Nd6 Ra4+ 92. Ke5 Ke2 93. Rh3 Ra8 94. Rb3 Ra5+ 95. Kf4 Ra8 96. Re3+ Kd2 97. Ne4+ Kc2 98. Rc3+ Kb2 99. Rc7 Rh8 100. Ke3 Rh3+ 101. Kd4 Rh4 102. Rg7 Kc2 103. Rg3 Kb2 104. Re3 Kc2 105. Kc4 Kb2 106. Re2+ Ka3 107. Re1 Kb2 108. Re3 Kc2 109. Re2+ Kd1 110. Ra2 Ke1 111. Kd4 Rh8 112. Nc5 Rh4+ 113. Kc3 Kf1 114. Nd3 Re4 115. Rb2 Kg1 116. Nf2 Ra4 117. Kd3 ½-½

Position after White’s 84. Ne5+

Round 9, May 10
Strazhi pravoporyadka – Legacy Square Capital
Zvjaginsev, Vadim – Alekseev, Evgeny
B40 Sicilian Defence

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nxd4 6.Qxd4 Ne7 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Qd2 b5 9.O-O Be7 10.Nc3 Rb8 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 d6 13.Nd1 Qa5 14.Qxa5 Nxa5 15.Ne3 Bd7 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Rac1 Be8 18.h4 Kf8 19.f4 Rdc8 20.f5 e5 21.Nd5 Bd8 22.Bf1 Nc6 23.c3 Ne7 24.Ba3 Nxd5 25.Rxd5 b4 26.cxb4 Rxc1 27.Bxc1 Bc6 28.Rxd6 Bb6+ 29.Kh2 Bxe4 30.f6 gxf6 31.Rxf6 Rd8 32.Bh6+ Kg8 33.Bc4 Rd7 34.h5 Rd1 35.Bxf7+ Kh8 36.Kh3 Bd8 37.Rf2 Bb6 38.Rf6 Bd8 39.Rf2 Bb6 40.Rd2 Rh1+ 41.Rh2 Rd1 42.Bc4 Rg1 43.Kg4 Bg2 44.Bf8 e4 45.h6 Bf3+ 46.Kf4 Bc7+ 47.Kf5 Rxg3 48.Bg7+ Rxg7 49.hxg7+ Kxg7 50.Rd2 1-0

Round 9, May 10
Mednyi vsadnik – Molodezhka
Rodshtein, Maxim – Yuffa, Danill
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence, Grunfeld variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 c5 8.d5 exd5 9.cxd5 Bg4 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.O-O Ne5 12.Re1 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Nd7 15.Be2 Bf6 16.Be3 Re8 17.Rac1 Qe7 18.f3 a6 19.Qd2 b5 20.b3 g6 21.Bf2 Qf8 22.Bf1 Qg7 23.Rc2 Be5 24.g3 Bd4 25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.Rc7 Nc5 27.b4 Na4 28.Rc6 Rad8 29.Rxa6 Nc3 30.Bd3 Re7 31.Rb6 Ra7 32.Ra1 Qe5 33.f4 Qe8 34.Qf2 Nxe4 35.Qxd4 Nd2 36.Qf2 Nc4 37.Rxb5 Qxb5 38.Qxa7 Qxd5 39.Bxc4 Qxc4 40.Re1 d5 41.Qc5 Qa2 42.b5 d4 43.Qb6 Qd5 44.Qc6 d3 45.Qxd5 Rxd5 46.a4 Rd4 47.a5 d2 48.Rd1 Rd5 49.a6 Rxb5 50.Rxd2 Ra5 51.Rd6 Ra2 52.Kf1 h5 53.Ke1 Kg7 54.h4 Ra3 55.Kd2 Rxg3 56.Rd3 Rg2+ 57.Kc3 Ra2 58.Rd6 Kf8 59.Kb4 Ke7 60.Rb6 Kd7 61.Kb5 Rb2+ 62.Kc5 Ra2 63.Rb7+ Kc8 64.Kb6 Rb2+ 65.Kc6 Ra2 66.Rb6 Ra5 67.Kd6 Ra4 68.Ke7 Re4+ 69.Kf8 Kc7 70.Rf6 Re3 71.Kxf7 Rh3 72.Kxg6 Rxh4 73.Kg5 Rh1 74.Rh6 1-0

Final Standings

1 Mednyi vsadnik 17
2-3 Legacy Square, SimaLand 15
4 Strazhi 11
5 Molodezhka 10
6 Ladya 9
7 Sibir 7
8 Moskovskaya 4
9 SShOR 2
10 Muzhskoe 0

Artemiev’s live rating is now 2760.6, having gained 6.6 ELO points. He is now World’s 11^th, just after Nakamura, who is at 2761.0

Russian Team Championships 2019

Russian Team Championships 2019

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