The ninth round of Russian Team Championship took place on April 11th in Dagomys. The most resultative match was the one between “Economist-SGSEU-2” from Saratov and “64” from Moscow, where the Moscovites has won. Representatives from “64” have won 3 games out of 6: young grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi (“64” — Russia, 2643) with white on the 2nd board has won over Alexander Evdokimov (“Economist-SGSEU-2” — Russia, 2551); Wang Hao (“64” — China, 2684) on the 4th board has beaten Alexei Kornev (“Economist-SGSEU-2” — Russia, 2544); and Evgeny Bareev (“64” — Russia, 2677) has scored a victory over Alexander Kovchan (“Economist-SGSEU-2” – Ukraine, 2513). The leader of the tournament “Ural” from Ekaterinburg, having conquered “ShSM”, have strengthened its 1st place in the standings. The meeting of the nearest pursuers of “Ural” – “Economist-SGSEU-1” from Saratov and “TPS-Saransk” from Saransk – took place during this round. The match turned out to be very persistent and ended up in a draw. In a game on the 3rd board between Pavel Eljanov (“Economist-SGSEU-1” – Ukraine, 2692) and Andrei Volokitin (“TPS-Saransk” — Ukraine, 2684) white won. On the 6th board Evgeniy Najer (“TPS-Saransk” – Russia, 2627), playing white as well, has defeated Ildar Khairullin (“Economist-SGSEU-1” – Russia, 2554). The match between “Polytechnik” from Nizhny Tagil and “FINEK-GazPromBank” from St. Petersburg has ended in a draw too. “Tomsk-400” suffered a setback in this round again: Ruslan Ponomariov (“Spasio Swiss” – Ukraine, 2719), playing black, has defeated Alexander Morozevich (“Tomsk-400” – Russia, 2774); Denis Khismatullin (”Spasio-Swiss” — Russia, 2584) has scored a victory over Andrei Belozerov (“Tomsk-400” – Russia, 2521). Standings of the 9th round: “Economist-SGSEU-2” (Saratov) – “64” (Moscow) – 1.5:4.5 “Tomsk-400” (Tomsk) – “Spasio Swiss” (Moscow) – 2:4 “Polytechnik” (Nizhny Tagil) – “FINEK-GazPromBank” (St. Petersburg) – 3:3 “Economist-SGSEU-1” (Saratov) – “TPS-Saransk” (Saransk) – 3:3 “Ural” (Ekaterinburg) – “ShSM” (Moscow) – 4:2 “Shatar-Metropol” (Ulan-Ude) – “Southern Ural” (Chelyabinsk) – 2.5:3.5 Before the 10th round the standings look like this: 1st place – “Ural”, 15 team points; 2nd place – “Economist-SGSEU-1”, 13 team points; 3th place – “Spasio Swiss”, 12 team points; 4-5th places – “FINEK-GazPromBank”, “TPS-Saransk”, 11 team points; 6-7th places – “64”, “Shatar-Metropol”, 10 team points; 8th place – “ShSM”, 8 team points; 9-10th places – “Tomsk-400”, “Polytechnik”, 6 team points; 11th place – “Southern Ural”, 4 team points; 12th place – “Economist-SGSEU-2”, 3 team points. Related links: Previous news: |
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