2 May 2015
University and Siberia are leading in the Premier League
Boavista and SDYUSSHOR SHSH are ahead in the women's event.
In the second round of the Russian Premier League (Grand Hotel Zhemchuzhina, Sochi) Siberia defeated Bronze Hourseman 3.5-2.5. Vladimir Kramnik won against Peter Svidler, and other five games were drawn.
Other results:
SHSM – Yamal 3.5-2.5
Kazan – University 2-4
Malachite – Lada 4-2
Standings:
1. University – 4 match points (7.5 board points), 2. Siberia – 4 (7), 3. Bronze Horseman – 2 (8.5), 4. Malachite – 2 (6.5), 5-6. Lada and SHSM – both 2 (6), 7. Kazan – 0 (4), 8. Yamal – 0 (2.5).
Round 3 pairings:
Lada – Siberia, University – Malachite, Yamal – Kazan, Bronze Horseman – SHSM.
In the women's championship SDYUSSHOR SHSH (St. Petersburg) rather surprisingly defeated SHSM (Moscow) 2.5-1.5: Anastasia Bodnaruk defeated Alexandra Kosteniuk, Alina Balayan won against Alina Kashlinskaya. Evgenia Ovod lost to Valentina Gunina, Ekaterina Kovalevskaya drew with Dina Belenkaya.
Other matches: University – Ugra 2-2, Boavista – Donchanka 3-1, Grozny – Kuban 4-0, Glek Academy – Kazan 2-2.
Standings:
1. Boavista – 4 (7), 2. SDYUSSHOR SHSH – 4 (6.5), 3. Ugra – 3 (5.5), 4. University – 3 (4.5), 5-6. SHSM and Grozny – both 2 (4.5), 7. Kazan – 1 (3.5), 8. Glek Academy – 1 (2), 9. Donchanka – 0 (2), 10. Kuban – 0 (0).
Round 3 pairings:
SDYUSSHOR SHSH – Boavista, Ugra – SHSM, Grozny – University, Kazan – Donchanka, Kuban – Glek Academy.
Chess-Results:
Special Chess Pavilion is opened on the beach of the Grand Hotel, hosting various chess events, master classes, etc. Currently it hosts the Russian Bughouse Championship, which ends on May 4.
