Morozevich Beats Svidler In Russian Champs - Chess.com

Morozevich Beats Svidler In Russian Champs - Chess.com

Morozevich Beats Svidler In Russian Champs

« News home

Submitted by SonofPearl

Alexander Morozevich beat Peter Svidler in the final round of the 2011 Russian Superfinal to claim a clear second place for himself in the competition.

Peter Svidler could afford the luxury of loss, having already sealed his record sixth title with a round to spare.

Vladimir Kramnik won his final round game with the black pieces against Alexander Galkin to add respectability to his overall score, but the title of Russian Champion still eludes him.

The final cross-table:

Svidler, Peter	2739	*	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	5
Morozevich, Alexander	2694	1	*	1	½	½	0	½	1	4½
Grischuk, Alexander	2746	½	0	*	1	½	½	1	½	4
Karjakin, Sergey	2788	½	½	0	*	1	½	1	1	4
Kramnik, Vladimir	2781	0	½	½	0	*	1	1	1	4
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2711	0	1	½	½	0	*	½	½	3
Galkin, Alexander	2598	0	½	0	0	0	½	*	½	2
Timofeev, Artyom	2665	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	*	1½

Peter Svidler - Six Time Russian Champion!

Galkin, Alexander (2598) vs. Kramnik, Vladimir (2781)

64th ch-RUS | Moscow RUS | Round 7| 15 Aug 2011 | ECO: B00 | 0-1

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 c5 4. Ne2 e6 5. Be3 d5 6. dxc5 Nbd7 7. Nbc3 dxe4 8. b4 b6 9. c6 Bxb4 10. cxd7+ Bxd7 11. a3 Ba5 12. Qd4 Qe7 13. fxe4 e5 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Bg5 Rac8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. O-O-O Be6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 e4 20. Qd4 Qd6 21. h4 Qxa3+ 22. Qb2 Qc5 23. Rh3 e3 24. Rg3 Bd2+ 25. Kb1 g6 26. h5 Rfe8 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Rh3 Re5 29. Nc1 Bc3 30. Qb3 Re4 31. Na2 Qa5 32. Ba6 Rb4 33. Bxc8 Rxb3+ 34. cxb3 e2 35. Nxc3 Qxc3

P|<<<<>>>>|
FLIP	SHARE	ANALYZE	PGN

Morozevich, Alexander (2694) vs. Svidler, Peter (2739)

64th ch-RUS | Moscow RUS | Round 7| 15 Aug 2011 | ECO: D97 | 1-0

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be2 c5 11. e6 fxe6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. dxc5 Ne5 14. Qd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Bb7 16. Nc7 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ra7 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Ke2 Ra6 21. Bb7 Re6+ 22. Be3 Bxb2 23. Rab1 Bd4 24. Rxb5 Na6 25. c6 Nc7 26. Rb3 Rf4 27. Rd1 Kg7 28. a4 Bc5 29. Rd7 Bd6 30. Rd3 Ne8 31. a5

P|<<<<>>>>|
FLIP	SHARE	ANALYZE	PGN

Timofeev, Artyom (2665) vs. Grischuk, Alexander (2746)

64th ch-RUS | Moscow RUS | Round 7| 15 Aug 2011 | ECO: B90 | 1/2-1/2

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. Nde2 Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. c4 Nf5 12. Bc1 g6 13. Nc3 Bg7 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. O-O O-O 16. Re1 Re8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bd2 e4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxc4 22. Bd3 Rd4 23. Bc3 Rxd5 24. Qf3 Rc5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qxb7 a5 27. b4 Qf6 28. Rd1 axb4 29. Qxb4 Nd4 30. a4 Nc6 31. Qb6 Qd4 32. Bc2 Qb4 33. Qxb4 Nxb4 34. Bb3 Rc3 35. Rb1 d5 36. a5 d4 37. Bxf7 Kxf7 38. Rxb4 Ra3 39. Rxd4 Rxa5 40. Kh2 h5 41. Kg3 Ra2 42. Kf3

P|<<<<>>>>|
FLIP	SHARE	ANALYZE	PGN

Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2711) vs. Karjakin, Sergey (2788)

64th ch-RUS | Moscow RUS | Round 7| 15 Aug 2011 | ECO: A29 | 1/2-1/2

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Rb1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Rb8 14. Qc2 f5 15. Rd1 Kh8 16. Bg2 Bd6 17. a4 Qe7 18. Bd2 Qf7 19. Rf1 Nd7 20. f4 Nf6 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Qe7 24. Rbf1 Nh5 25. Rh4 Nf6 26. Nd1 Ng4 27. Qc3 f4 28. Be4 h6 29. Bf3 fxg3 30. hxg3 Qg5 31. Kg2 Rf6 32. Rfh1 Rbf8 33. Rh5 Ne3+ 34. Nxe3 Qxe3 35. Qe5 Qd2 36. Qg5 Qa2 37. R5h4 c6 38. bxc6 bxc6 39. Rxh6+ Rxh6 40. Rxh6+ gxh6 41. Qxh6+ Kg8 42. Qg5+ Kh8 43. Qh5+ Kg7 44. Qg5+

P|<<<<>>>>|
FLIP	SHARE	ANALYZE	PGN

Russian Chess Champions since 1992:

	Champion
1992	Alexei Gavrilov
1993	Alexei Bezgodov
1994	Peter Svidler
1995	Peter Svidler
1996	Alexander Khalifman
1997	Peter Svidler
1998	Alexander Morozevich
1999	Konstantin Sakaev
2000	Sergey Volkov
2001	Alexander Motylev
2002	Alexander Lastin
2003	Peter Svidler
2004	Garry Kasparov
2005	Sergei Rublevsky
2006	Evgeny Alekseev
2007	Alexander Morozevich
2008	Peter Svidler
2009	Alexander Grischuk
2010	Ian Nepomniachtchi
2011	Peter Svidler

Picture from the official website.
Russian Champions List from Wikipedia.