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Impressive comeback: Morozevich wins the Russian Top League
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Sunday, 26 June 2011
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Alexander Morozevich vs one of the Russian young chess hopes Sanan Sjugirov (18 y.o., FIDE 2629): 1-0
Photo by WGM Anna Burtasova, russiachess.org

While not being the top-rated player of the tournament, Morozevich, an ex-world #2 was considered to be a favorite by the audience of the Russian Chess Federation website. However, it wasn't clear if the comeback will take place as the Russian Top League (an event that serves as a qualifier for the Superfinal) is one of the strongest swiss tournaments in the world. Vitiugov (2732), Jakovenko (2732), Tomashevsky (2707), Morozevich (2694) and the reigning European Chess Champion Potkin (2682) were seeded 1-5th.

The women's section was less impressive, but also featured some strong players: Gunina (2487), Zaiatz (2430), Kovalevskaya (2427), Bodnaruk (2419), Ovod (2404), etc.

Unfortunately, this year the number of qualifying spots for the Superfinal has been reduced, and the competition became even fiercer. Only top-3 men and top-5 women were to get a chance to play at the most prestigeous Russian event. Here are the lucky winners:

Morozevich (2694) - 8/11
Timofeev (2665), Galkin (2598) - 7.5

In the Superfinal (August 7-14, Moscow) they will be joined by:

Nepomniatchi (2711) - Winner, Superfinal-2010
Karjakin (2776) - Runner-up, Superfinal-2010
Grischuk (2747) - Bronze, Superfinal-2010
Kramnik (2785) - rating, will be replaced by Tomashevsky (2707) or nominee of the organizers
Svidler (2739) - rating

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Elena Zaiatz vs Baira Kovanova
Photo by WGM Anna Burtasova, russiachess.org

Now to the women's section:

Zaiatz (2430) - 7.5/9
Kovanova (2361) - 6.5
Gunina (2487), Charochkina (2320), Shadrina (2397) - 6

Girya (2394) also got 6 points, but had the worst tie-break score of all.

Other players who were invited to compete in the Superfinal (August 18-28, Moscow):

Galliamova (2492) - Winner, Superfinal-2010
Pogonina (2448) - Runner-up, Superfinal-2010
Kosintseva T. (2559) - Bronze, Superfinal-2010
Kosintseva N. (2567) - rating
Kosteniuk (2522) - rating

Full standings (men)
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Comments (2)
1. Written by on 17:35 27 2011 .
 
 
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! -!!! ! - )))
  
2. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it on 03:41 28 2011 .
 
 
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Alexander "The Great" did really well in this tournament, dominating the second half with 4 wins in a row! Very impressive!!! 
As always, and as everyone knows, my whole heart was, also this time, with and for Tanya...
  

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