23 June 2015
Higher League Round 1 Results
The first round games of Russian Higher Leagues are played in Kaliningrad.
Men's tournament
18 players won their first round games, and one received a win by default. The second seed player, grandmaster Maxim Matlakov, suffered a setback, losing to the Siberian GM Aleksei Pridorozhni, who is much better known for his brilliant blitz skills. Most of other favorites won their starting games, including the ex-World Champion Alexander Khalifman, European Champion Evgeniy Najer and Russian Blitz Champion Dmitry Bocharov.
Pridorozhni (2556) - Matlakov (2696) 1-0
Fedoseev (2674) - Predke (2543) 1-0
Najer (2661) - Chigaev (2525) 1-0
Prizant (2516) - Artemiev (2660) 0-1
Khairullin (2653) - Girya (2486) 1-0
Zvjaginsev (2648) - Chekhov (2476) 1-0
Ivan Bocharov (2472) - Bukavshin (2647) 0-1
Ivan Popov (2647) - Solozhenkin (2464) 1-0
Triapishko (2462) - Motylev (2643) 0-1
Airapetian (2444) - Landa (2627) 0-1
Kobalia (2623) - Zenzera (2440) 1-0
Shkapenko (2431) - Rakhmanov (2623) 0-1
Khalifman (2623) - Gontcharov (2431) 1-0
Dzhumagaliev (2424) - Ponkratov (2610) 0-1
Shimanov (2606) - Yandemirov (2405) 1-0
Demchenko (2589) - Musaev (2341) 1-0
Rozhko (2336) - Dmitry Bocharov (2580) 0-1
Frolyanov (2566) - Kravtsov (2325) 1-0
Shemeakin (2264) bye
Women's tournament
Only two games out of 19 ended in draws. IM Daria Charochkina surprisingly lose to one of the talented Baraeva sisters. IM Tatjana Vasilevich, playing White, was defeated by a candidate master Evgeniya Sukhareva. Other favorites generally had few problems getting through the first round with a win. Below are the first ten boards results:
Kovalevskaya (2461) - Diakonova (2214) 1-0
Belenkaya (2213) - Kashlinskaya (2432) draw
Bodnaruk (2428) - Zherebtsova (2213) 1-0
Drogovoz (2187) - Savina (2422) 0-1
Guseva (2410) - Averchenko (2184) 1-0
Marina Baraeva (2182) - Charochkina (2398) 1-0
Vasilevich (2397) - Sukhareva (2177) 0-1
Khokholova (2160) - Kovanova (2388) 0-1
Matveeva (2366) - Avdeenko (2158) 1-0
Alekseeva (2154) - Bivol (2354) 0-1
