Standings after 2 rounds:
| 1. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2736 | 1½ | |||||||||||
| 2. | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2754 | 1½ | |||||||||||
| 3. | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2694 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4. | Timofeev, Artyom | g | RUS | 2651 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 5. | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2715 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 6. | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2736 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 7. | Khismatullin, Denis | g | RUS | 2643 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 8. | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2708 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 9. | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2661 | ½ | |||||||||||
| 10. | Sjugirov, Sanan | g | RUS | 2612 | ½ |
Women’s Standings:
| 1. | Galliamova, Alisa | m | RUS | 2460 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2. | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | m | RUS | 2518 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | RUS | 2501 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 4. | Gunina, Valentina | wf | RUS | 2446 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 5. | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | wg | RUS | 2372 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 6. | Zaiatz, Elena | m | RUS | 2390 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 7. | Kosintseva, Tatiana | m | RUS | 2522 | ½ | |||||||||||
| 8. | Romanko, Marina | m | RUS | 2449 | ½ | |||||||||||
| 9. | Manakova, Maria | wg | SRB | 2344 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 10. | Stepovaia, Tatiana | wg | RUS | 2384 | 0 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
How many Russian Championship did Svidler win?
Svidler won 5 Russian Champs.
It looks like someone is stealing Peters c pawn.