The Superfinals of the 68th Men’s Russian Chess Championship is taking place between 8 and 21 August in the city of Chita. The 2015 Superfinal will determine Russia’s strongest chess player among the country’s reigning champion Igor Lysyj (the Sverdlovsk Region), Dmitry Jakovenko (the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District ― Yugra), Denis Khismatullin (the Republic of Bashkortostan), Sergey Karjakin (Moscow), Evgeny Tomashevsky (the Saratov Region), Peter Svidler, Nikita Vitiugov (both from St. […]
65th Russian Women’s Superfinal 2015 LIVE!
The Superfinals of the 68th Women’s Russian Chess Championship is taking place between 8 and 21 August in the city of Chita. The women’s tournament will be a showdown between the reigning champion Valentina Gunina (Moscow), Alexandra Goriachkina (the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District), Kateryna Lagno, Alexandra Kosteniuk (both from Moscow), Natalija Pogonina (the Saratov Region), Olga Girya (the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District ― Yugra), Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (Moscow), Marina Guseva (the Stavropol Region), Alina […]