Russian Men's Chess Superfinal-Svidler, Karjakin lead after four rounds

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The Russian Men's Superfinal in progress in Moscow.

Hi Everybody,



Quite like the Russian Women's Superfinal 2010, the men's Superfinal is possibly the strongest national championship in the world. You can catch lot of info and live broadcast at the official website here.



Standings after Round 4

1-2. Karjakin, Sergey g 2760 3
1-2. Svidler, Peter g 2722 3
3-4. Grischuk, Alexander g 2771 2½
3-4. Nepomniachtchi, Ian g 2720 2½
5-8. Jakovenko, Dmitry g 2726 2
5-8. Malakhov, Vladimir g 2712 2
5-8. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g 2699 2
5-8. Vitiugov, Nikita g 2709 2
9-11. Potkin, Vladimir g 2646 1½
9-11. Kurnosov, Igor g 2676 1½
9-11. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g 2676 1½
12. Khismatullin, Denis g 2659 ½

Here are some interesting games played so far. You can run them in our pgnplayer or watch in flash below. Enjoy.

PGN: 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. e3 Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qc2 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. e4 c6 15. f4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Nd5 17. Rd1 Nb4 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. a3 Nd5 20. Qc2 Nf6 21. h3 Be6 22.Na4 Qa7 23. Bd2 Rad8 24. Bc3 Nh5 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Kh2 Rxa4 27. f5 Rc4 28. Qe2 Bd5 0-1





PGN: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qe3 Qd8 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. f4 Qa5 15. g4 b5 16. g5 b4 17. Nce2 Qc5 18. h4 a5 19. Qf3 Rfc8 20. Rc1 a4 21. c4 bxc3 22. Rxc3 Qb6 23. Rhc1 Rc5 24. Rxc5 dxc5 25. Nc2 Rb8 26. Qc3 Bb5 27. Ng3 Bd3 28. Ka1 c4 29. a3 Qf2 30. Qe5 Rb3 31. Nh5 Bf8 32. Nb4 Qf3 33. Nxd3 Rxd3 0-1






PGN: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bd7 9. Bg2 O-O-O 10. O-O f5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Bh3 Bc7 14. Rb1 Kb8 15. b4 cxb3 16. Nxb3 Ne7 17. Nfd2 Qc6 18. Nc5 Nf5 19. Ndb3 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 b6 21. a4 Bc8 22. a5 e5 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ba3 Nh4 25. Bg2 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Rde8 27. Na4 exd4 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. cxd4 Re6 30. Bc5 b5 31. Nc3 Ba6 32. Nxb5 Bxb5 33. Qxb5+ Qxb5 34. Rxb5+ Kc8 35. Bf8 Bb6 36. Rxd5 1-0





PGN: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nd5 b5 12. Bb3 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Qc7 14. c3 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Bf6 16. Red1 Rfd8 17. a4 Ne7 18. Qd3 Qc6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. h4 h6 22. Bg5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Rd8 24. gxf6 gxf6 25. Nh2 d5 26. Ng4 d4 27. Qg3 Ng6 28. Qf3 Kg7 29. Ne3 Ne7 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Qh4 Kg7 32. Rd3 Qb6 33. cxd4 exd4 34. Qg4+ Kf8 35. Qd1 Ke8 36. Qh5 Rd6 37. Qh8+ Kd7 38. Ng4 Qc6 39. e5 Ng6 40. Nxf6+ Ke6 41. Qh3+ Kxe5 42. Ng4+ Kd5 43. Rd1 Qe8 44. Qf3+ Qe4 45. Qxf7+ Qe6 46. Ne3+ Ke5 47. Ng4+ Kd5 48. Qb7+ Kc4 49. Rc1+ 1-0








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