Image: GM Peter Svidler (on left), Sergey Karjakin (on right) playing each other in 2007
The Superfinal of the Championship of Russia is currently being played in that country.The event takes place from December 11th until December 22nd. Here is the list of participants in this year's Championship:
Alexander [Grishchuk] (2771), Sergey [Karyakin] (2760), Dmitriy Yakovenko (2726), Peter [Svidler] (2722), Ian Nepomniachtchi,(2722), Vladimir [Malakhov] (2720), Nikita [Vityugov] (2709), Eugene Is [tomashevskiy] (2699), Igor [Kurnosov] (2676), Vadim [Zvyagintsev] (2676), Denis [Khismatullin] (2659) and Vladimir [Potkin] (2646).
Here are the standings in the Superfinal after 4 rounds of play:
1-2. [Karyakin], [Svidler] - 3-4. [Grishchuk], Nepomniachtchi - 2.5, 5-8. [Tomashevskiy], Yakovenko, [Malakhov], [Vityugov]- 2.0, 9-11. [Kurnosov], [Potkin], [Zvyagintsev] - 1.5, 12. [Khismatullin] - 0.5
The official website for this event is: http://www.russiachess.org/
