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Alexander Morozevich and Tatiana Kosintseva Russian Champion
30 December 2007 23:03 PM | Last modified: 23:20
Alexander Morozevich and Tatiana Kosintseva are the new Russian Champions. At the end Morozevich won the title convincingly after all, since Grischuk, who had passed Tomashevsky on the list in round 10, drew against Svidler while Morozevich finished the tournament with his 7th victory, bringing his final score on 8 out of 11. Kosintseva won the women tournament on tiebreak after finishing shared first with Tairova, Ovod and Korbut.
Since a few weeks you can find the header of the article that was posted on ChessVibes exactly one year ago, right under the daily puzzle. Funny enough, today one year ago the header was “Marvellous Morozevich”, because the Russian had just won the Pamplona tournament with 6 out of 7. One year later he wins the Russian Championship on the same day!
In Mexico, Alexander wasn’t very satisfied about his play, but as it turned out on New Year’s Eve he can look back with some satisfaction again. Peter Svidler has made a big jump on the FIDE rating list and will be satisfied about that, but needs to repair the Moscow damage in the coming months to keep his new status intact.
The women’s tournament finished dramatically. Tairova had been leading from round 7 onwards, and was joined by Korbut in the penultimate round. Both had 7 out of 10, followed by Tatiana Kosintseva, Pogonina and Ovod with 6 points. But in the last round Korbut lost to Ovod, Tairova lost as well and Kosintseva beat Pogonina, which meant Ovod and Kosintseva joined the two leaders in the final standings, and then it turned out that number one seed (and current European Champion) Tatiana Kosintseva had the best tiebreak.
Russian Championship Round 10 Results
| Men | Results | Women | Results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inarkiev | - | Tomashevsky | 1-0 | Tairova | - | Kovalevskaya | 0-1 |
| Dreev | - | Sakaev | 0-1 | T.Kosintseva | - | Shadrina | 0,5 |
| Jakovenko | - | Vitiugov | 0,5 | Ovod | - | Girya | 1-0 |
| Svidler | - | Timofeev | 0,5 | N.Kosintseva | - | Stepovaia | 1-0 |
| Amonatov | - | Morozevich | 0,5 | Matveeva | - | Korbut | 0-1 |
| Rychagov | - | Grischuk | 0-1 | Gunina | - | Pogonina | 0-1 |
Russian Championship Round 11 Results
| Men | Results | Women | Results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morozevich | - | Inarkiev | 1-0 | Korbut | - | Ovod | 0-1 |
| Grischuk | - | Svidler | 0,5 | Stepovaia | - | Tairova | 1-0 |
| Tomashevsky | - | Jakovenko | 0,5 | Pogonina | - | T.Kosintseva | 0-1 |
| Timofeev | - | Dreev | 0,5 | Shadrina | - | N.Kosintseva | 0,5 |
| Sakaev | - | Amonatov | 1-0 | Kovalevskaya | - | Matveeva | 0,5 |
| Vitiugov | - | Rychagov | 1-0 | Girya | - | Gunina | 1-0 |
Russian Championship 2007 Final Standings
| No. | Name | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morozevich,A | 2755 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 8.0 |
| 2 | Grischuk,A | 2715 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 3 | Tomashevsky,E | 2646 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6.5 |
| 4 | Dreev,A | 2607 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 5.5 |
| 5 | Inarkiev,E | 2674 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5.5 |
| 6 | Vitiugov,N | 2594 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.5 |
| 7 | Sakaev,K | 2634 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 5.5 |
| 8 | Jakovenko,D | 2710 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.5 |
| 9 | Svidler,P | 2732 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 5.0 |
| 10 | Amonatov,F | 2637 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 4.5 |
| 11 | Rychagov,A | 2528 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | 4.0 |
| 12 | Timofeev,A | 2637 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 3.5 |
Russian Championship Women 2007 Final Standings
| No. | Name | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosintseva,T | 2492 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 2 | Tairova,E | 2391 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 3 | Ovod,E | 2386 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Korbut,E | 2443 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 5 | Pogonina,N | 2462 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 |
| 6 | Kosintseva,N | 2469 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 7 | Matveeva,S | 2433 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 5.5 |
| 8 | Shadrina,T | 2379 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.5 |
| 9 | Stepovaia,T | 2375 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 10 | Girya,O | 2338 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 11 | Kovalevskaya,E | 2448 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 3.5 |
| 12 | Gunina,V | 2359 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 2.5 |
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N. Vitiugov (2594) - A. Rychagov (2528) is NOT an exchange slav; c pawn goes to d5 there, here is still at home.
Good work anyway
Nice to see Morozevich winning, he is really a great chess player.
Btw., on chessbase they make a mistake in their analysis of Grischuk’s game and say that mate in 52 moves means that it’s a draw because of the 50 move rule, but of course #52 means that the rook will be won some moves earlier and the last moves are needed for mating…
A very nice article. The championship has won by a superb Morozevich, every inch a great chess_player, his game against Thomaschevsky reminds me of the great Michail Tal
@Claudio: Your’re right, a silly mistake of mine - corrected now.
@Felix: I believe you are the one who’s mistaken here. Firstly, in no position I claimed that it was a draw, while the tablebase said otherwise. And secondly, in this case Chessbase was right. 91.Rg8? allowed a mate in 52, but the last capture was made on move 59. So if Black would have played perfectly after 91.Rg8, White could have claimed the draw already on move 110, 33 moves before the mate is delivered.
Ah, ok, you are right
Hi Peter,
Can you perhaps post the whole Rychagov-Grischuk game from round 10? I followed it live at the IPCCC Paderborn and it is one of the most fascinating games I have seen in years!
Kind regards and best wishes for 2008,
Jeroen
Great Moro! Alexander deserves fully to win the Russian championship, because he always tries to find attacking ways, even if this style sometimes costs him a full point.
I wish him all the best in the future.
In the meanwhile, my best wishes to all of you for 2008.