Photo: Peter Svidler (left) and Serjei Karjakin (right) the two leaders in the 2010 Russian Superfinal
playing a game in 2007.
The eighth-round of the Superfinal of Russian Chess Championship was played today.Here are the results from this round:
Jakovenko - Nepomniachtchi: draw, Svidler - Zvjaginsev: draw,
Grischuk - Potkin: draw, Vitiugov - Malakhov: 0-1
Khismatullin - Tomashevsky: draw, Kurnosov - Karjakin: 0-1
These results mean the following standings exist in this event after
8 rounds of play:
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Standings after 8 rounds: 1st-2nd. Svidler, Karjakin - 5.5 points;
3rd-4th. Grischuk, Nepomniachtchi - 5 points -
5th Tomaszewski - 4 points
6th-10th. Vityugov, Kurnosov, Malakhov, Potkin, Yakovenko - 3.5 points
11th. Zvyagintsev - 3 points
12th. Khismatullin - 2.5
Here are the pairings for round 9 (which will be played on Monday): the player on the left has the white pieces for the game:
Zvjaginsev - Grischuk
Nepomniachtchi - Svidler
Potkin - Vitiugov
Karjakin - Jakovenko
Tomashevsky - Kurnosov
Malakhov - Khismatullin
Source:http://www.russiachess.org/
Note: This is an eleven-round event.
