Russian Team Chess Championship 2010
Ten teams in men’s, seven in women’s Premier League
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Russian Team Chess Championship should start around April 1st at the regular venue in Dagomys, Sochi. Ten teams will compete in the men’s Premier League, while seven applied for the women’s tournament. In addition, seven teams will play the men’s Higher League.
Some of the provisional lineups are posted bellow, but the changes are still possible.
Premier League
Ekonomist SGSEU-1 (Saratov): Alexander Morozevich, Wang Yue, Ni Hua, Pavel Eljanov, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Evgeny Alekseev, Michael Roiz and Dmitry Andreikin
Ural (Sverdlovsk): Alexander Grischuk, Alexei Shirov, Emil Sutovsky, Evgeny Bareev, Alexei Dreev, Vadim Milov, Igor Khenkin, Vladimir Epishin
ShSM-64 (Moscow): Boris Gelfand, Sergey Karjakin, Fabiano Caruana, Wang Hao, Boris Grachev, Boris Savchenko, Evgeniy Najer, Alexander Riazantsev, Vladimir Potkin
Sankt-Petersburg Chess Federation: Vassily Ivanchuk, Peter Svidler, Nikita Vitiugov, Sergei Movsesian, Zahar Efimenko, Konstantin Sakaev, Vadim Zvjagintsev, V.Emelin
Ugra (Khanty-Mansiysk): Dmitry Jakovenko, Vladimir Malakhov, Alexander Khalifman, Sergei Rublevsky, Sanan Sjugirov, Konstantin Landa
Tomsk-400: Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexander Motylev, Ernesto Inarkiev, Viktor Bologan, Denis Khismatullin, Farrukh Ammonatov, Artyom Timofeev, Sergei Tiviakov, Igor Kurnosov
BelGU (Belgorod), Ekonomist SGSEU-2 (Saratov), Chigorin Club (Sankt-Petersburg) and Etud-Kontakt (Moscow) will also compete
More info here: http://previews.chessdom.com/russian-team-chess-championship-2010
What a strong league!
Is this as strong as the German league?
Much stronger! Look at the russian players and compare them to the germans. And you will smile a little, won’t you?
okay from germany