2013 Russian Team Championships
The 2013 Russian Team Championships are taking place in Loo in Sochi from 7-13 April.
There are 18 teams competing for the title, and as usual many of the best players in the world are taking part. However, last year's champions Tomsk-400 are not returning to defend their title. But several of their players, Karjakin, Motylev, Bologan and Khismatullin have found homes with new teams this year.
The new format introduced last year, a seven-round Swiss, is being used once again. Teams consist of 6 players and 2 reserves. A separate women's event with 6 teams is also taking place.
The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes until the end, with a 30 second increment from the start. Check out some of the great games below!
All rounds start at 15:00 CET (13:00 UTC). The full results can be found here, and live coverage (In Russian) is available here.
After 3 rounds top seeds Malakhit and fourth seeds St.Peterburg are the only teams that still have perfect match scores of 3 wins from 3 matches played.
| # | Team | W | D | L | MP | BP |
| 1 | SPb Chess Fed | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13.0 |
| 2 | Malakhit | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11.5 |
| 3 | SHSM Moskow | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12.0 |
| 4 | Yugra | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11.5 |
| 5 | Zhiguli | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11.0 |
| 6 | Kazan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11.0 |
| 7 | Belorechensk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11.5 |
| 8 | Navigator | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11.0 |
| 9 | Economist-SGSEU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9.0 |
| 10 | Politekhnik | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9.0 |
| 11 | EGU-Perspektiva | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8.5 |
| 12 | M.Chigorin Chess Club | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8.5 |
| 13 | PGMB Rostov | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8.0 |
| 14 | Rakita | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8.0 |
| 15 | Yamal | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7.0 |
| 16 | Atom Desnogorsk | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.5 |
| 17 | Kaluga | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.0 |
| 18 | Tver | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.0 |
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The top 30 ranked players in the competition
| Name | Elo | Fed | Team | |
| 1 | Karjakin Sergey | 2786 | RUS | Malakhit |
| 2 | Caruana Fabiano | 2772 | ITA | SHSM Moscow |
| 3 | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2766 | AZE | Malakhit |
| 4 | Grischuk Alexander | 2764 | RUS | Malakhit |
| 5 | Morozevich Alexander | 2758 | RUS | Economist |
| 6 | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2757 | UKR | Economist |
| 7 | Svidler Peter | 2747 | RUS | SPb Chess Fed |
| 8 | Leko Peter | 2744 | HUN | Yugra |
| 9 | Kamsky Gata | 2741 | USA | Kazan |
| 10 | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2734 | RUS | Yugra |
| 11 | Andreikin Dmitry | 2727 | RUS | Economist |
| 12 | Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2723 | CUB | SPb Chess Fed |
| 13 | Tomashevsky Evgeny | 2722 | RUS | Economist |
| 14 | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2722 | FRA | Belorechensk |
| 15 | Le Quang Liem | 2717 | VIE | SHSM Moscow |
| 16 | Vitiugov Nikita | 2712 | RUS | SPb Chess Fed |
| 17 | Malakhov Vladimir | 2709 | RUS | Malakhit |
| 18 | Nepomniachtchi Ian | 2708 | RUS | SHSM Moscow |
| 19 | Riazantsev Alexander | 2705 | RUS | Malakhit |
| 20 | Eljanov Pavel | 2703 | UKR | Economist |
| 21 | Moiseenko Alexander | 2703 | UKR | Economist |
| 22 | Cheparinov Ivan | 2702 | BUL | PGMB Rostov |
| 23 | Jobava Baadur | 2702 | GEO | PGMB Rostov |
| 24 | Volokitin Andrei | 2702 | UKR | Economist |
| 25 | Shirov Alexei | 2700 | LAT | Malakhit |
| 26 | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2700 | POL | SHSM Moscow |
| 27 | Korobov Anton | 2698 | UKR | Yugra |
| 28 | Efimenko Zahar | 2697 | UKR | SPb Chess Fed |
| 29 | Alekseev Evgeny | 2695 | RUS | Economist |
| 30 | Movsesian Sergei | 2695 | ARM | SPb Chess Fed |
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After two rounds, the Yugra women's team lead with two match victories, due in no small part to Natalia Pogonina.
| # | Team | MP | BP |
| 1 | Yugra | 4 | 6.0 |
| 2 | SHSM Moskow | 3 | 5.0 |
| 3 | Economist Saratov | 2 | 3.5 |
| 4 | Ladya Kazan | 1 | 3.5 |
| 5 | M.Chigorin Chess Club | 1 | 3.0 |
| 6 | Belorechensk | 1 | 3.0 |
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Games via TWIC.
