Russian Men's Chess Superfinal-Karjakin leads with one round to go

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Hello Everyone,

The Russian Men's Chess Superfinal is interestingly poised with one round to go. Sergey Karjakin leads with seven points. He beat Evgeny Tomashevsky in Round 10. One more round is to be played. Karjakin is closely followed by Ian Nepomniachtchi at 6.5 points. Peter Svidler and Alexander Grischuk are right behind at 6 points each. You can keep track of the championship at the official website of the tournament at www.russiachess.org.

Round 10 results

Karjakin, Sergey	- Tomashevsky, Evgeny	1-0
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Svidler, Peter	½
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Zvjaginsev, Vadim	1-0
Grischuk, Alexander	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½
Kurnosov, Igor	- Malakhov, Vladimir	½
Khismatullin, Denis	- Potkin, Vladimir	½

Standings after 10 rounds

1.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	2760	7
2.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	2720	6½
3-4.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	2771	6
3-4.	Svidler, Peter	g	2722	6
5.	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	2709	5
6-10.	Potkin, Vladimir	g	2646	4½
6-10.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	2726	4½
6-10.	Kurnosov, Igor	g	2676	4½
6-10.	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	2699	4½
6-10.	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	2712	4½
11-12.	Khismatullin, Denis	g	2659	3½
11-12.	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	2676	3½

Here are two nice games from Round 10. You can run the moves in our pgnplayer or watch in flash below.

PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Nd8 12. c3 c5 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Re8 16. Bc2 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. a4 Bf8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Bd3 Qd7 22. b3 d5 23. e5 Ne4 24. Nf3 Bc6 25. Qc2 Qb7 26. Be3 Bd7 27. Ra1 Rc8 28. Qe2 Ra8 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Rc2 b4 31. Nd4 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 g6 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Qc4 Qc8 35. Qd5 Be6 36. Qxe4 Qd7 37. Nxe6 Qxe6 38. Qa8 Qxe5 39. Bh6 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. g3 Qd6 42. Kg2 f5 43. Qxf8+ Qxf8 44. Bxf8 Kxf8 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. Ke3 Kd6 47. Kd4 g5 48. Kc4 1-0




PGN: 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. h4 f5 11. O-O-O h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e4 g6 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Rg1 Nf6 16. g4 fxg4 17. Nh2 h5 18. f3 Ne5 19. fxg4 hxg4 20. Ne4 Qg7 21. Be2 d5 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Nxg4 Rg6 24. h5 Rxg4 25. Bxg4 Nxg4 26. Qg2 e5 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qd3+ Kh8 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Rd6 Bf5 32. Qxa8 Qc7 33. Rxg4 Bxg4 34. Qd8 Qxc4+ 35. Kd2 Qe2+ 36. Kc3 Qe3+ 37. Kb4 Qf4+ 38. Ka5 b6+ 39. Ka6 Qf7 40. b4 Be2+ 41. b5 1-0




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