6 players tie in a snooze fest
A +1 score is apparently good enough to tie for 1st at the Russian Championship. 6 of 10 players are tied going into the final round. Svidler defeated Grischuk with black to replace him in the standings and that was the only decisive result in the final 2 rounds!
Final standings (crosstable by TWIC)
| 1. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2785 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5 | 2732 |
| 2. | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2749 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5 | 2736 |
| 3. | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2715 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2740 |
| 4. | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2722 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2739 |
| 5. | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2673 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2745 |
| 6. | Potkin, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2651 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2747 |
| 7. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2763 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4½ | 2692 |
| 8. | Dubov, Daniil | g | RUS | 2594 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 4 | 2667 |
| 9. | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2705 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 4 | 2655 |
| 10. | Sjugirov, Sanan | g | RUS | 2635 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 2½ | 2540 |
Official website: http://russiachess.org/
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Rules must change.
It’s true. Embarrasing how many draws. Sad
Horrible
I disagree with above posters. Very good and very exciting indeed. Best regards to all.