2008 'Superfinal' Championship Of Russia
The 2008 'Superfinal' Championship of Russia starts today in the Moscow Central Chess Club. Twelve of Russia's finest Grandmasters, including the defending champion and current World #2 Alexander Morozevich (pictured) will be participating in this single round-robin tournament for the prestigious title of Russian Champion.
The only notable absentees are Vladimir Kramnik who is busy preparing for his World Championship match with Vishy Anand, and Alexander Grishuk who has withdrawn due to illness and is replaced by the first reserve, Konstantin Sakaev from the recent qualifying event.
The full line-up is:
| 1 | Alexander Morozevich | 2787 |
| 2 | Dimtry Yakovenko |
2737 |
| 3 | Peter Svidler | 2727 |
| 4 | Eugene Alekseev | 2715 |
| 5 | Artem Timofeev | 2670 |
| 6 | Ernesto Inarkiev | 2669 |
| 7 | Alexander Ryazantsev | 2656 |
| 8 | Alexander Lastin | 2651 |
| 9 | Eugene Tomashevsky | 2646 |
| 10 | Konstantin Sakeev | 2640 |
| 11 | Nikita Vityugov | 2638 |
| 12 | Konstantin Maslak | 2544 |
The official site for the event is here (in Russian only). Thank goodness for Babelfish!
Here is a Morozevich win against Svidler from last year's tournament.
