Tomsk Win Russian Team Championship
The Tomsk - 400 team have won the 2012 Russian Team Championship. They beat Nizhniy Tagil Polytechnik 4-2 in the final round to claim the title. Tomsk, the fourth seeds, were led to victory by Sergey Karjakin who also achieved the best overall individual result.
The Tomsk team were:
| Name | Elo | |
| 1 | Karjakin, Sergey | 2766 |
| 2 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2727 |
| 3 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | 2695 |
| 4 | Motylev, Alexander | 2683 |
| 5 | Bologan, Viktor | 2687 |
| 6 | Khismatullin, Denis | 2656 |
| 7 | Areshchenko, Alexander | 2688 |
| 8 | Kurnosov, Igor | 2657 |
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St. Petersburg had led going into the final round but only managed a draw against ShSM-64 Moscow, with the teams finishing second and third respectively. Early leaders Economist-SGSEU, Saratov lost consecutive matches to St.Peterburg and Tomsk in rounds 5 and 6 to finish back in fourth place. Details of all the results in the competition can be found here.
The final standings:
| # | SNo. | Team | Elo | MP | BP | Wins v. SNo. |
| 1 | 4 | Tomsk - 400 | 2708 | 11 | 27.0 | 13;7;5;2;6; |
| 2 | 3 | St. Petersburg Chess Fed. | 2711 | 11 | 25.5 | 12;8;4;2;9; |
| 3 | 1 | ShSM-64, Moscow | 2725 | 10 | 28.0 | 10;6;7;8; |
| 4 | 2 | Economist-SGSEU, Saratov | 2720 | 10 | 24.5 | 11;5;9;1;7; |
| 5 | 5 | Ugra, Khanty-Mansiysk | 2700 | 9 | 24.5 | 15;3;12;9; |
| 6 | 8 | Chigorin Club, St. Petersburg | 2553 | 9 | 20.0 | 17;14;15;10; |
| 7 | 6 | Polytechnik, Nizhniy Tagil | 2583 | 8 | 22.5 | 14;13;11;10; |
| 8 | 9 | Navigator, Moscow | 2551 | 7 | 23.0 | 18;10;6; |
| 9 | 7 | University, Belorechensk | 2570 | 7 | 22.5 | 16;17;11; |
| 10 | 16 | Orienta, Moscow | 2401 | 7 | 20.5 | 18;17;12; |
| 11 | 10 | EGU-Perspektiva, Lipetsk | 2533 | 6 | 22.0 | 18;13;14; |
| 12 | 13 | Zhiguli, Samara Region | 2455 | 6 | 20.0 | 16;18;15; |
| 13 | 11 | Rakita Club, Belgorod Region | 2516 | 6 | 20.0 | 17;18; |
| 14 | 17 | Atom, Desnogorsk | 2397 | 6 | 18.5 | 12;13;14; |
| 15 | 12 | Nezhmetdinov School, Kazan | 2514 | 5 | 21.0 | 18;15; |
| 16 | 14 | DFU, Vladivostok | 2431 | 4 | 16.5 | 18; |
| 16 | 15 | Kemerovo Region School | 2410 | 4 | 16.5 | 16; |
| 18 | 18 | Belogorie, Belgorod Region | 2202 | 0 | 5.5 |
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The mercurial Alexander Morozevich was involved in several of the tournament's most interesting games, some of which are below.
Alexander Morozevich and Peter Svidler had a stormy encounter in round five
The women's championship was won by Ladya Kazan, who ensured victory with a round to spare.
| # | SNo. | Team | Elo | MP | BP | Win v SNo. |
| 1 | 1 | Ladya, Kazan | 2493 | 11 | 18.5 | 2;3;5;6;7; |
| 2 | 4 | Ugra, Khanty-Mansiysk | 2393 | 8 | 15.0 | 5;7;2; |
| 3 | 3 | ShSM-RGSU, Moscow | 2392 | 8 | 14.5 | 7;4;5; |
| 4 | 6 | Chigorin Club, St. Petersburg | 2321 | 5 | 11.0 | 5; |
| 5 | 2 | Yamal, YNAO | 2328 | 5 | 10.5 | 5;6; |
| 6 | 7 | Udmurtia, Izhevsk | 2206 | 3 | 8.0 | 2; |
| 7 | 5 | Polytechnik, Nizhniy Tagil | 2139 | 2 | 6.5 | 7; |
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Photo from the official website coverage: www.russiachess.org
