Round 9 results Karjakin, Sergey – Jakovenko, Dmitry ½ Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Svidler, Peter 1-0 Zvjaginsev, Vadim – Grischuk, Alexander ½ Potkin, Vladimir – Vitiugov, Nikita ½ Malakhov, Vladimir – Khismatullin, Denis ½ Tomashevsky, Evgeny – Kurnosov, Igor ½...
Karjakin caught Svidler with 3 to go

Round 8 results Grischuk, Alexander – Potkin, Vladimir ½ Svidler, Peter – Zvjaginsev, Vadim ½ Kurnosov, Igor – Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 Vitiugov, Nikita – Malakhov, Vladimir 0-1 Jakovenko, Dmitry – Nepomniachtchi, Ian ½ Khismatullin, Denis – Tomashevsky, Evgeny ½...
All game drawn

Round 5 results Karjakin, Sergey – Grischuk, Alexander ½ Tomashevsky, Evgeny – Svidler, Peter ½ Khismatullin, Denis – Jakovenko, Dmitry ½ Kurnosov, Igor – Vitiugov, Nikita ½ Potkin, Vladimir – Zvjaginsev, Vadim ½ Malakhov, Vladimir – Nepomniachtchi, Ian ½...
Svidler, Karjakin continue Russian Championship lead

Round 4 results Svidler, Peter – Karjakin, Sergey ½ Grischuk, Alexander – Kurnosov, Igor ½ Vitiugov, Nikita – Khismatullin, Denis 1-0 Jakovenko, Dmitry – Potkin, Vladimir ½ Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1-0 Zvjaginsev, Vadim – Malakhov, Vladimir ½...
Svidler, Karjakin take Russian Championship lead

Round 3 results Karjakin, Sergey – Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1-0 Khismatullin, Denis – Grischuk, Alexander ½ Malakhov, Vladimir – Potkin, Vladimir ½ Vitiugov, Nikita – Jakovenko, Dmitry ½ Kurnosov, Igor – Svidler, Peter 0-1 Tomashevsky, Evgeny – Zvjaginsev, Vadim ½...
An unusual circumstance at Tal Memorial

There were 3 players, Aronian, Karjakin, and Mamedyarov, who scored 5.5 / 9 at the 2010 Tal Memorial. Tie breaks were used to determine the overall winner. However, an unusual circumstance took place after all the calculations. Aronian and...
3-way tie for 1st at Tal Memorial

Gelfand had a bad tournament up to 8 rounds. But he played the spoiler role by beating the tournament leader Mamedyarov in the final round. This sets up a big tie at the top of the leader board. Grischuk...
The first team is a little bit stronger

Sergey Karjakin: “The first team is a little bit stronger”http://www.ugra-chess.com The clash of two Russian teams was a key match of the round 7. Three games were drawn rather quickly – Nepomniachtchi-Kramnnik, Grischuk-Alekseev, and Vitiugov-Svidler. The outcome of the...
Bologan, Karjakin win Poikovsky

Karjakin defeated Sutovsky and Bologan defeated Motylev in the final round to share 1st at the 2010 Poikovsky super tournament. Final round results: Karjakin, Sergey – Sutovsky, Emil 1-0 Bologan, Viktor – Motylev, Alexander 1-0 Jakovenko, Dmitry – Rublevsky,...
4-way tie for the lead at Poikovsky

Alex Onischuk defeated tournament leader Jakovenko in round 10 to get to an even score. Vitiugov and Bologan both won with the Black pieces to tie for the lead with 1 round to go. Round 10 results: Onischuk, Alexander...