Six Players Lead Russian Championship Superfinal

Olga Girya and Alina Kashlinskaya head women's event.

 
The sixth round of the Russian Championship Superfinals was played on August 30th in Satka. 

In the open event, Dmitry Jakovenko outplayed Ian Nepomniachtchi, Mikhail Kobalia lost to Alexey Sarana, Evgeny Tomashevsky won his game against Daniil Dubov, while Ernesto Inarkiev bested Vladimir Fedoseev. The games Andreikin - Oparin and Khismatullin - Vitiugov were drawn.


 
Standings after round 6:

1-6. Daniil Dubov, Ernesto Inarkiev, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Alexey Sarana, Grigoriy Oparin, Dmitry Andreikin - 3.5
7-9. Vladimir Fedoseev, Mikhail Kobalia, Dmitry Jakovenko - 3
10. Nikita Vitiugov - 2.5
11. Ian Nepomniactchi - 2 
12. Denis Khismatullin - 1.5. 

Round 7 pairings:

Nepomniachtchi - Khismatullin, Sarana - Jakovenko, Oparin - Kobalia, Inarkiev - Andreikin, Dubov - Fedoseev, Vitiugov - Tomashevsky 

In the women's section, Polina Shuvalova defeated Anastasiya Protopopova, Alexandra Kosteniuk bested Aleksandra Goryachkina, Olga Girya outplayed Natalija Pogonina, Anastasia Bodnaruk lost to Elena Tomilova, while Alina Kashlinskaya beat Oksana Gritsayeva. The game Galliamova - Gunina ended in a draw.



Standings after round 6:

1-2. Olga Girya, Alina Kashlinskaya - 4
3-7. Oksana Gritsayeva, Alisa Galliamova, Valentina Gunina, Natalija Pogonina, Aleksandra Goryachkina - 3.5
8. Alexandra Kosteniuk - 3 
9. Elena Tomilova - 2.5
10-11.  Anastasia Bodnaruk, Polina Shuvalova - 2
12. Anastasia Protopopova - 1.

Round 7 pairings:

Gunina - Shuvalova, Kashlinskaya - Galliamova, Tomilova - Gritsayeva, Pogonina - Bodnaruk, Goryachkina - Girya, Protopopova - Kosteniuk

August 31st is the tournament's free day.

The organizers are the Russian Chess Federation, Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation, Government of Chelyabinsk Oblast, and Magnezit Group. The competition is also supported by Renault Russia Company, Federal Grid Company of Unified Energy System (FGC UES), and PhosAgro. Logistics partner of the Russian Chess Federation is Russian Post.

The tournament is a part of the Chess in Museums program, carried out by the RCF together with Timchenko Foundation since 2012. During the Superfinals, the exhibition of the Soviet and Russian painter, a representative of the “Severe Style” Geliy Korzhev (1925-2012) will be opened in Magnezit Palace of Culture. The exposition called Painting’s Way. Geliy Korzhev includes sketches and graphics from the archive of the artist's family. The sketches and graphics were made by Korzhev during the work on his key paintings on historical, biblical and other series from 1953 till 2012. 

Total prize fund is 9,000,000 roubles. Besides, the winners of both men's and women's tournaments will also receive a special prize – bright and stylish city crossover Renault Kaptur. 

The tournaments are round-robin events with 11 rounds. The match days: August 25-30 and September 1-5. Free day - August 31. The rounds start at 1 p.m. (Moscow time), the final 11th round begins at 11 a.m. (Moscow time).

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Photos by Eteri Kublashvili