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Dmitry Jakovenko and Natalia Pogonina are the top seeds at the Top League
The Russian Top League will be taking place in Tyumen from June 15th to 28th. The format is Swiss, 11 rounds. Players can qualify for participation by doing reasonably well in the last years Superfinal; having a high rating; finishing in the top-3 in regional championships of the country; being a junior Russian champion. It serves as a qualification event for the Superfinal (one has to finish in the top-5) & for the national team and hence attracts some of the strongest Russian players. For example, the reigning European Champion Dmitry Jakovenko is taking part.
Some of the highest-rated players in the mens tournament (47 participants overall):
Dmitry Jakovenko, 2736
Ian Nepomniatchi, 2716
Ernesto Inarkiev, 2707
Nikita Vitiugov, 2703
Dmitry Andreikin, 2700
Vadim Zvyagintsev, 2683
Boris Grachev, 2680
Evgeny Alekseev, 2677
Maxim Matlakov, 2668
Igor Kurnosov, 2663
Alexander Khalifman, 2651
Vladimir Potkin, 2642
Artem Timofeev, 2641
Ildar Khairullin, 2631
Sanan Sjugirov, 2625
Ivan Popov, 2609
Dmitry Bocharov, 2600
Alexandr Shimanov, 2600
The highest-rated players in the womens Swiss (31 participants overall):
Natalia Pogonina, 2447
Elena Zaiatz, 2446
Marina Romanko, 2420
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, 2417
Olga Girya, 2414
Evgenia Ovod, 2410
Anastacia Bodnaruk, 2394
Baira Kovanova, 2391
Irina Vasilevich, 2375
Tatiana Shadrina, 2359
Olga Ilyushina, 2354
Natalia's performances at the Top League:
Year
Natalias rating
Average rating of opponents
Score
Delta ELO
2001
2190
2308
5/9
+29.1
2002
2303
2334
5.5/9
+20.4
2003
2346
2287
4.5/9
-10.8
2005
2362
2338
6.5/9, gold
+17.3
2006
2440
2266
4.5/9
-20.5
2007
2419
2326
6/9
+3.6
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on 18:21 13 2012 .
Best wishes for the Top League
Well, good luck to all participants. and especially to you Natalia, I pray that it will be very successful for you. Good luck, and keep us informed of course. Gordon
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on 15:49 19 2012 .
Best wishes for the Top League
Waiting to see the games. Should be fun for us.
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happy that you came up earlier strong. wish u come up this time even stronger. hope one day to her ur name challenging world chess champion. keep it up.