Russian Championship Super Final
Morozevich beats the Champion
| Alexander Morozevich |
 All the games (22 ko)
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Peter Svidler won the title yesterday after obtaining an unassailable lead in the Russian Championships in Moscow. Today however he was comprehensively beaten by Alexander Morozevich, who thus gained second place alone. Morozevich has been in great form this summer, but must be regretting having overpressed against Ian Nepomniachtchi a couple of rounds ago.
The last round summary:
| White | Rating | Result | Black | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Galkin | 2598 | 0-1 | Vladimir Kramnik | 2781 |
| Artyom Timofeev | 2665 | ½-½ | Alexander Grischuk | 2746 |
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2711 | ½-½ | Sergey Karjakin | 2788 |
| Alexander Morozevich | 2694 | 1-0 | Peter Svidler | 2739 |
Final standings:
| Posn. | Name | Rating | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Peter Svidler (1) | 2739 | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2nd-4th | Alexander Morozevich (2) | 2694 | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 4½ |
| 2nd-4th | Sergey Karjakin (3) | 2788 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4 |
| 2nd-4th | Alexander Grischuk (4) | 2746 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4 |
| 5th | Vladimir Kramnik (5) | 2781 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6th | Ian Nepomniachtchi (6) | 2711 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 3 |
| 7th | Alexander Galkin (7) | 2598 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 2 |
| 8th | Artyom Timofeev (8) | 2665 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1½ |
Round 7: 15th of August, the games start at 11am.
11am Moscow = 9am Paris = 8am London = 3am New York = midnight in Los Angeles = 7pm Sydney
No draw offers before the time control at the 40th move. I believe that this will become standard practise in future in big events, rather than banning draw offers altogether!
The prize fund:
3 500 000 roubles (about 87 000 €)
1st 950.000 RUB (24 000 €)
2nd 700.000 RUB (17 000 €)
3rd 500.000 RUB (12 000 €)
4th 450.000 RUB (11 000 €)
5th 350.000 RUB (8 000 €)
6th 300.000 RUB (7 000 €)
7th 150.000 RUB (3 500 €)
8th 100.000 RUB (2 500 €)
More information from the official site: http://www.russiachess.org/
Published: 15/08/2011 19:44, modified: 15/08/2011 19:44
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