2010 Superfinal of Russian Chess Championship:round 6 update

                                         
                                                         Photo:GM Peter Svidler who leads the 2010 Superfinal of the Russian Chess Championship after 6 rounds of play Source of image: http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/chess-olympiad-4-days-to-start


In the last blog post I had devoted to this event, I gave you the standings after four rounds of play. Two rounds have been played since I last reported on this event:



Here are the results from rounds 5  and 6: (the player on the left had the white pieces in the game):

Matchday 5 - 12/15/2010

Potkin - Zvjaginsev   1/2-1/2  Malakhov - Nepomniachtchi  1/2-1/2  Tomashevsky - Svidler   1/2-1/2  Karjakin - Grischuk   1/2-1/2  Kurnosov - Vitiugov   1/2-1/2  Khismatullin - Jakovenko  1/2-1/2

Matchday 6 - 16/12/2010

Jakovenko - Zvjaginsev   1/2-1/2  Nepomniachtchi - Potkin  1/2-1/2  Svidler - Malakhov   1-0   Grischuk - Tomashevsky  1/2-1/2  Vitiugov - Karjakin   1/2-1/2  Khismatullin - Kurnosov  1/2-1/2

As a consequence of these games here are the standings
 after 6 rounds of play:

63rd ch-RUS Moscow (RUS), 11-22 xii 2010															cat. XIX (2706)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2722	*	½	.	.	½	½	.	.	1	1	.	1	4½	2895
2.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2760	½	*	½	1	.	½	.	½	.	.	1	.	4	2832
3.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2771	.	½	*	.	½	1	½	.	.	½	.	½	3½	2761
4.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2720	.	0	.	*	1	.	.	½	½	½	.	1	3½	2749
5.	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2699	½	.	½	0	*	.	.	1	½	.	½	.	3	2707
6.	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2709	½	½	0	.	.	*	½	.	.	½	.	1	3	2719
7.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2726	.	.	½	.	.	½	*	½	½	.	½	½	3	2695
8.	Potkin, Vladimir	g	RUS	2646	.	½	.	½	0	.	½	*	½	.	½	.	2½	2658
9.	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2712	0	.	.	½	½	.	½	½	*	.	½	.	2½	2641
10.	Kurnosov, Igor	g	RUS	2676	0	.	½	½	.	½	.	.	.	*	½	½	2½	2652
11.	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	g	RUS	2676	.	0	.	.	½	.	½	½	½	½	*	.	2½	2646
12.	Khismatullin, Denis	g	RUS	2659	0	.	½	0	.	0	½	.	.	½	.	*	1½	2527

Here are the pairings for round 7:
(the player on the left has the white pieces in the game):




Malakhov - Grischuk, Potkin - Svidler, Zvjaginsev - Nepomniachtchi, Kurnosov - Jakovenko, Karjakin - Khismatullin   Tomashevsky - Vitiugov 


Best wishes to all the players for round 7!