59th Russian Championship Superfinal 2006
Dec 3-15 Moscow, Russia
Official website: http://russiachess.org/content/view/94/ (Russian)
Standings after round 1 of 11
1 1.0 GM Denis Khismatullin(RUS 2583)
2-11 0.5 GM Evgeny Alekseev(RUS 2639), GM Sergey Grigoriants(RUS 2582), GM Ernesto Inarkiev(RUS 2628), GM Dmitry Jakovenko(RUS 2671), IM Ildar Khairullin(RUS 2543), GM Evgeniy Najer(RUS 2648), IM Ian Nepomniachtchi(RUS 2545), GM Sergey Rublevsky(RUS 2688), GM Peter Svidler(RUS 2750), GM Evgeny Tomashevsky(RUS 2595)
12 0.0 IM Nikita Vitiugov(RUS 2595)
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Here’s the English version of the tournament page.
The women’s championship is going much better, after six rounds 75% of the games are decisive with only 25% of the games ending in draws. One of those draws was between the Kosintseva sisters who do not compete against each other. Those who complain about women’s chess should take note that apart from the player’s being easier on the eyes they play to win.