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High League Russian Championship (updated)

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In de meeste landen stellen voorrondes voor een nationaal kampioenschap niet veel voor. In Nederland hebben ze de prachtige naam 'halve finales' en deed zelfs ondergetekende hier meerdere malen aan mee, wat genoeg zegt. Van groter allooi zijn natuurlijk de voorrondes voor het kampioenschap van Rusland, die op dit moment bezig zijn. In most countries the preliminaries for a national championship are not such a big deal. In The Netherlands somebody invented the name 'semifinals' for them and even yours truly participated a few times, which says enough. Of greater importance is the High League of the Russian Championship, that's being played at the moment.



62 deelnemers spelen een negenrondig Zwitsers toernooi met een prijzenfonds van honderdduizend dollar. De bovenste zeven zullen zich plaatsen voor het prestigieuze superkampioenschap eind dit jaar. De sterkste spelers zijn Malakhov, Zvjaginsev, Najer, Timofeev, Motylev, Dreev, Sakaev, Alekseev, Volkov, Kobalia, Riazantsev en Khalifman.

Na zes ronden staan Timofeev, Inarkiev en Khismatullin bovenaan met 4?Ǭ? punt. Daarna volgen Grigoriants, Dreev, Motylev, Vitiugov, Tomashevsky, Malakhov, Khalifman, Landa en Chuprov met 4.

Dankzij Chess Today viel me een mooie aanvalspartij op, die werd gespeeld in de zesde ronde.

Anisimov-Tsigelnitskiy Tomsk, 2006



Iedereen krijgt weleens zo'n stelling en velen van ons winnen het soms met moeite en soms niet. Terwijl je w?ɬ©?ɬ©t dat je hartstikke gewonnen stond. Deze witspeler speelt het krachtig en nauwkeurig.

17.Lxf5! exf5 18.Txf5! gxf5 19.Dh4+! en wint won (speel dit na).

Update: het toernooi is gewonnen door Ernesto Inarkiev met 6,5 uit 9. Tweede tot en met zevende werden Nepomniachtchi, Tomashevsky, Khismatullin, Grigoriants, Najer en Vitiugov met 6 uit 9. Deze namen, nog niet allemaal even bekend, zullen we eind dit jaar dus nogmaals tegenkomen.

62 players compete in a 9 round Swiss with the total prize fund of one hundred thousand dollars. The top 7 winners will qualify for the Big Championship at the end of this year. The strongest participants are Malakhov, Zvjaginsev, Najer, Timofeev, Motylev, Dreev, Sakaev, Alekseev, Volkov, Kobalia, Riazantsev and Khalifman.

After six rounds Timofeev, Inarkiev and Khismatullin lead with 4?Ǭ? points, followed by Grigoriants, Dreev, Motylev, Vitiugov, Tomashevsky, Malakhov, Khalifman, Landa and Chuprov with 4.

Thanks to Chess Today, a nice attacking game that was played in the sixth round attracted my attention.

Anisimov-Tsigelnitskiy Tomsk, 2006



Everybody reaches such a position once in a while and many of us win it with quite some effort, or don't win it at all. And you just know you had a won position! This White player plays it powerfully and most accurately.

17.Bxf5! exf5 18.Rxf5! gxf5 19.Qh4+! and White won (replay this).

Update: The tournament was won by Ernesto Inarkiev with 6,5 points. Shared second (and also qualifiers for the final) are Nepomniachtchi, Tomashevsky, Khismatullin, Grigoriants, Najer and Vitiugov with 6 points.
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