Natalia Pogonia just posted the following on her website:
Russia (main team, men), sorted by rating:
Vladimir Kramnik (2790)
Alexander Grischuk (2760)
Sergey Karjakin (2739)
Peter Svidler (2735)
Vladimir Malakhov (2722)
Vladimir Kramnik (2790)
Alexander Grischuk (2760)
Sergey Karjakin (2739)
Peter Svidler (2735)
Vladimir Malakhov (2722)
Russia (main team, women), sorted by rating:
Nadezhda Kosintseva (2553)
Tatiana Kosintseva (2534)
Alexandra Kosteniuk (2519)
Natalia Pogonina (2501)
Alisa Galliamova (2487)
Russia (second team, men), sorted by rating:
Alexander Morozevich (2715)
Evgeny Tomashevsky (2708)
Nikita Vitiugov (2707)
Evgeny Alekseev (2700)
Ian Nepomniatchi (2695)
Russia (second team, women), sorted by rating:
Valentina Gunina (2457)
Anastasia Savina (2412)
Anastasia Bodnaruk (2410)
Olga Girya (2353)
Alina Kashlinskaya (2346)
Russia (“local” team, men), sorted by rating:
Dmitry Jakovenko (2725)
Sergei Rublevsky (2704)
Ernesto Inarkiev (2669)
Alexei Pridorozhni (2554)
Nikolai Kabanov (2517)
Source: http://pogonina.com
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Kramnik – Grischuk – Karjakin – Svidler – Malakhov => dream team
How come Jakovenko isn’t on the A team? He’s higher rated than Malakhov.
I hope Russia will put the Kosintseva sisters on board 1 and 2 as their ratings are superior to Kosteniuk. I hope Kosteniuk won’t pull a prima donna stunt and demand to play on board 1. This would be a slap on the face on the 2 sisters. Chess doesn’t need prima donnas. Russia failed to win gold with Kosteniuk on board in the past few Olympiad. She was a total disaster. Let’s give Nadezhda and Tatiana a chance to show what they can do.
Glad to see Pogonina on the team again. Good luck Natalia!
Thanks, Anonymous 🙂
The 3rd team is composed of local players (some of them are quite strong though, e.g. Jakovenko, Rublevsky, Inarkiev). Otherwise we would have seen other Russian top-100 players on the 3rd team, not 2500+ -level GM Kabanov and IM Pridorozhni.
Malakhov is a great team player, very solid. That counts in such events more than 3 meager rating points.
Peter Zhdanov :
Can you explain how Inarkiev can be considered a “local” player : he’s born in Kyrgyzstan and lives in Kalmykia if i’m not mistaken ?
Thank you,
Steven