The sixth round of Russian Team Championship took place on April 7th in Dagomys. The loss of tournament’s leading team “Ural” from Ekaterinburg to middling “64” from Moscow caused a sensation. Boris Gelfand on the 1st board (“64” — Israel, 2723), who was fit as a flea during the tournament, has defeated Alexei Shirov (“Ural” — Spain, 2740). International Grand Master Wang Hao (“64” — China, 2684) playing white on the 3rd board, has beaten Alexander Grischuk (“Ural“ — Russia, 2716). Vladimir Malakhov (“Ural” — Russia, 2689) on the 4th board has won over Evgeny Bareev (“64” — Russia, 2677). The game was the most resultative one in the round. “Economist-SGSEU-1” from Saratov has had a narrow win over Ulan-Ude’s “Shatar-Metropol”. The only effective game in the match was played between Ni Hua (“Economist-SGSEU-1” — China, 2703) and Boris Avrukh (“Shatar-Metropol” — Israel, 2632), in which white have won. Another pursuer of “Ural” — “FINEK-GazPromBank” from St. Petersburg — passed clear with Moscow “Spasio-Swiss” team. During this competition a young grandmaster David Navara (“FINEK-GazPromBank” — Chech Republic, 2672) on the 3rd board was stronger than Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (“Spasio-Swiss” — Azerbaijan, 2752). On the 4th board Ernesto Inarkiev (“Spasio-Swiss” — Russia, 2684) has beaten Nikita Vitiugov (“FINEK-GazPromBank” — Russia, 2617). The victory, and therefore first points, for “Southern Ural” from Chelyabinsk was secured by local chess schools alumni, who played on last boards. They are Pavel Ponkratov (“Southern Ural” — Russia, 2499) and Sergei Matsenko (“Southern Ural” — Russia, 2421), who were tougher than International Grand Masters Dmitry Bocharov (“Polytechnik” — Russia, 2569) and Dmitry Kokarev (“Polytechnik” — Russia, 2579) consequently, and in the second game black have won. In the play between “TPS-Saransk” and “Economist-SGSEU-2” two games were finished resultatively, both for the benefit of Saransk team. On the 3rd board Andrei Volokitin (“TPS-Saransk” — Ukraine, 2684) has beaten Alexei Iljushin (“Economist-SGSEU-2” — Russia, 2552). On the 5rd board Mikhail Kobalia (“TPS-Saransk” — Russia, 2627) has beaten Alexei Kornev (“Economist-SGSEU-2” — Russia, 2544). The match between “ShSM” from Moscow and “Tomsk-400” from Tomsk was won with a narrow victory by Tomsk team: Alexander Morozevich (“Tomsk-400” — Russia, 2774) has beaten Alexander Onischuk (“ShSM” — USA, 2664). Standings of the 6th round: “64” (Moscow) — “Ural” (Ekaterinburg) — 3.5:2.5 “Shatar-Metropol” (Ulan-Ude) — “Economist-SGSEU-1” (Saratov) — 2.5:3.5 “Southern Ural” (Chelyabinsk) — “Polytechnik” (Nizhny Tagil) — 4:2 “ShSM” (Moscow) — “Tomsk-400” (Томск) — 2.5:3.5 “TPS-Saransk” (Saransk) — “Economist-SGSEU-2” (Saratov) — 4:2 “Spasio Swiss” (Moscow) — “FINEK-GazPromBank” (St. Petersburg) — 3:3 Before the 7th round the standings look like this: 1st place — “Ural”, 10 team points; 2nd-5th places — “FINEK-GazPromBank”, “Economist-SGSEU-1”, “TPS-Saransk”, “Shatar-Metropol”, 8 points; 6th place — “64”, 7 points; 7th place — “ShSM”, 6 points; 8th place — “Spasio Swiss”, 5 points; 9th place — “Томск-400 ”, 4 points; 10-11th places — “Polytechnik”, “Economist-SGSEU-2”, 3 points; 12th place — “Southern Ural”, 2 points. Related links: Previous news: |
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