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Updated: Aug 31, 2011, 3:13 AM | 0 | Chess Event Coverage

Today we focus on one specific game from the Russian Team Championship (Volokitin-Movsesian), where the Ural team from Ekaterinenburg is leading with ten points out of six matches.

Results so far:

Round 1: 2 April 2008                   Round 2: 3 April 2008
SHSM          - 64              3-3     SHSM          - TPS             4-2
TPN-Saransk   - South Ural      4-2     South Ural    - FINEK          2?Ç¬?-3?Ç¬?
FINEK         - Shatar         2?Ç¬?-3?Ç¬?    Shatar        - Spacio          3-3
Spacio        - Ural            2-4     Ural          - Economist-2    4?Ç¬?-1?Ç¬?
Economist-2   - Economist-1     2-4     Economist-1   - Tomsk-400       4-2
Tomsk-400     - Polytechnic    2?Ç¬?-3?Ç¬?    64            - Polytechnic     3-3

Round 3: 4 April 2008                   Round 4: 5 April 2008
FINEK         - SHSM           3?Ç¬?-2?Ç¬?    Ural          - Polytechnic     4-2
?ê¬¢?ê???ê¬°           - 64              3-3     64            - Economist-1    3?Ç¬?-2?Ç¬?
Spacio        - South Ural     3?Ç¬?-2?Ç¬?    TPN           - FINEK           3-3
Economist-2   - Shatar          3-3     Shatar        - Tomsk-400      3?Ç¬?-2?Ç¬?
Tomsk-400     - Ural            2-4     SHSM          - Spacio          3-3
Polytechnic   - Economist-1    2?Ç¬?-3?Ç¬?    South Ural    - Economist-2    2?Ç¬?-3?Ç¬?

Round 5: 6 April 2008                   Round 6: 7 April 2008
Economist-1   - Ural           2?Ç¬?-3?Ç¬?    64            - Ural           3?Ç¬?-2?Ç¬?
Polytechnic   - Shatar         2?Ç¬?-3?Ç¬?    Shatar        - Economist-1    2?Ç¬?-3?Ç¬?
FINEK         - 64             4?Ç¬?-1?Ç¬?    FINEK         - Spacio          3-3
Spacio        - TPS            2?Ç¬?-3?Ç¬?    SHSM          - Tomsk-400      2?Ç¬?-3?Ç¬?
Economist-2   - SHSM            2-4     TPN           - Economist-2     4-2
Tomsk-400     - South Ural      4-2     South Ural    - Polytechnic     4-2

Who were those players again? Here's the line-up of all teams one more time:

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Thus far, the Chinese players Wang Hao and Ni Hua and Corus B winner Sergei Movsesian are doing well. All three have a score of 4.5 out of 6. Percentually speaking, Vladimir Malakhov (4 / 5), Alexander Motylev (3,5 / 4) and Alexander Morozevich (3 / 3) are doing even better.

Not in great form are Alexei Kornev (0 / 3), Evgeny Bareev (0,5 / 3) and especially Ian Nepomniachtchi (0,5 / 5 4), but also Pavel Tregubov (1 / 5) and Zahar Efimenko (1 / 5). Anatoli Karpov has 0,5 / 3 and his team mate Viktor Korchnoi 1,5 / 5.

Here's a very attractive game from the fourth round:

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