Russian Superfinal: Men |
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| Saturday, 11 December 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
 The Russian Superfinal (Men) will take place in Moscow from December, 10th to 22nd. The prevailing majority of the Russian top chess players are taking part, including: Alexandr Grischuk (2771) - the reigning Russian champion Sergei Karjakin (2760) Dmitry Jakovenko (2726) Peter Svidler (2722) - won the Russian Championship 5 times Yan Nepomniatchi (2720) - the reigning European champion Vladimir Malakhov (2720) Nikita Vitiugov (2709) Evgeny Tomashevksy (2699) Igor Kournosov (2676) Vadim Zvyagintsev (2676) Denis Khismatullin (2659) Vladimir Potkin (2646) The games start at 3 p.m. Moscow time, last round - at noon. The total prize fund of the tournament is 3,500,000 roubles (about $116,000; 1st~$27,000; 2nd ~ $21,000; 3rd~$18,000, etc.; 12th ~$1,800). Below you can see a video from the opening ceremony, a rather innovative way of drawing the starting numbers. A position from one of the the games played by the participants of the Superfinal was shown to the audience. The person who played it had to come out, mention the name of his opponent, year, tournament and the move he made (with an explanation to follow). This little memory test proved to be easy for the grandmasters - all of them were able to identify their own games. The last puzzle was especially sweet, and was met by loud laughter from the audience: Vadim Zvyagintsev had to recall his move 2.Na3 after 1.e4 c5 vs Alexandr Khalifman. Official website 
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