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[lang_nl]Superfinale Russich Kampioenschap van start[/lang_nl][lang_en]Russian Ch Superfinal starts[/lang_en]

18 December 2007, 12.00 CET | Last modified: 12:02 | By Peter Doggers  | Filed under: Reports | Tags:

[lang_nl]Wie dacht dat het schaakjaar 2007 nu wel zo’n beetje op z’n einde liep, had het mis. Behalve de vele traditionele open toernooien rond Oud & Nieuw, zoals Hasting & Rilton Cup (zie de grijze kolom rechts voor meer), wordt er nog één evenement met een paar topgrootmeesters deze maand gehouden: de ’superfinale’ van het Russisch Kampioenschap. De hoogst geplaatste spelers zijn Svidler, Morozevich en Grischuk.[/lang_nl][lang_en]And you thought the chess year 2007 was kind of over, now that the World Cup has finished? On the contrary. Besides the traditional big bunch of tournaments around New Year, such as Hasting & Rilton Cup (see the grey column on the right for more), one more event with a few supergrandmasters is held this month: the Russian Championship Superfinal. The strongest seeds are Svidler, Morozevich and Grischuk.[/lang_en]

[lang_nl]Tegelijkertijd wordt een dames- en een herentoernooi gehouden in Moskou, van 17 tot en met 30 december (vandaag ronde 1). Beide toernooien zijn groepen van twaalf spelers en de Sofia-regel wordt aangehouden: een remiseaanbod is verboden.

Helaas hebben titelhouder Alekseev alsmede Kosteniuk en Galliamova moeten afzeggen voor het toernooi, maar de deelnemerslijst is nog altijd indrukwekkend. Hier is de indeling voor vandaag:

Russian Championship Superfinal Round 1 Results

Men     Results Women     Results
Svidler - Rychagov 0-1 N.Kosintseva - T.Kosintseva 0,5
Dreev - Grischuk 0,5 Tairova - Shadrina 1-0
Amonatov - Timofeev 1-0 Matveeva - Stepovaia 1-0
Inarkiev - Sakaev 0,5 Ovod - Kovalevskaya 0,5
Jakovenko - Morozevich 0,5 Gunina - Korbut 0-1
Vitiugov - Tomashevsky 0-1 Pogonina - Girya 1-0

Ze beginnen om 15.00 uur lokale tijd, wat 13.00 uur hier is. Livepartijen hier. De tijdscontrole voor de heren is bijna net zo ingewikkeld als de Vergiftigde Pionvariant: ze krijgen 1 uur en 40 minuten voor de eerste 40 zetten, dan 50 minuten voor 20 zetten en 10 minuten om de partij te beëindigen, plus 30 seconden per zet beginnen vanaf zet 1. De dames krijgen 1 uur en 30 minuten tot de 40 en dan 30 minuten om de partij af te beëindigen, eveneens met 30 seconden increment.[/lang_nl][lang_en]At the same time, a men’s and a women’s event are being held in Moscow, from 17 till 30 December. Both tournaments are twelve-player round-robins and the Sofia rule applies: draw offers are not allowed.

Unfortunately title holder Alekseev, as well as Kosteniuk and Galliamova, had to withdraw from the tournament, but still the participants list looks impressive. Here’s the pairings for today’s first round:

Russian Championship Superfinal Round 1 Results

Men     Results Women     Results
Svidler - Rychagov 0-1 N.Kosintseva - T.Kosintseva 0,5
Dreev - Grischuk 0,5 Tairova - Shadrina 1-0
Amonatov - Timofeev 1-0 Matveeva - Stepovaia 1-0
Inarkiev - Sakaev 0,5 Ovod - Kovalevskaya 0,5
Jakovenko - Morozevich 0,5 Gunina - Korbut 0-1
Vitiugov - Tomashevsky 0-1 Pogonina - Girya 1-0

Play starts at 15:00 hours Moscow time, which is 13:00 CET. Live games here. The time control for the men is almost as complicated as a Poisened Pawn Najdorf: they will have 1 hour and 40 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 50 minutes for the next 20 moves and 10 minutes to end the game, with and addition of 30 seconds each move, starting from move 1. The women will play with 1 hour and 30 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 30 minutes to end the game, also with 30 seconds increment.[/lang_en]

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5 Responses to “[lang_nl]Superfinale Russich Kampioenschap van start[/lang_nl][lang_en]Russian Ch Superfinal starts[/lang_en]”

  1. Vosuram on December 18th, 2007 19.15

    Dear Peter,

    the link to Live games is wrong, it shoyld point to the russiachess.org

  2. peter on December 18th, 2007 22.20

    Well this one seems to work fine, doesn’t it?

  3. Steve Giddins on December 18th, 2007 23.34

    Peter, actually the Sofia Rule applies only in the men’s event. The arbiter said at the opening ceremony that it was not needed in the women’s, because they always fight down to bare kings anyway. His reward for this act of faith in human nature? Today’s game between the Kosintseva sisters was drawn in 9 moves! Serves the organisers right for practising sexism, I say!

    On a happier note, anyone who has not done so should check out the game Amonatov-Timofeev.

  4. Thorwijd on December 19th, 2007 0.53

    I suppose it mostly hurts them in the long run, who wants to invite both sisters to a tournament if they wont play each other? But it would almost as lame with the sofia rule, they can just go for an opening that is known to allow for perpetual checks.

  5. Bert de Bruut on December 21st, 2007 11.38

    I quite understand the sisters don’t want the other to mate their man…

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