Morozevich Beats Svidler In Russian Champs
Alexander Morozevich beat Peter Svidler in the final round of the 2011 Russian Superfinal to claim a clear second place for himself in the competition.
Peter Svidler could afford the luxury of loss, having already sealed his record sixth title with a round to spare.
Vladimir Kramnik won his final round game with the black pieces against Alexander Galkin to add respectability to his overall score, but the title of Russian Champion still eludes him.
The final cross-table:
| Svidler, Peter | 2739 | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Morozevich, Alexander | 2694 | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 4½ |
| Grischuk, Alexander | 2746 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4 |
| Karjakin, Sergey | 2788 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | 2781 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2711 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 3 |
| Galkin, Alexander | 2598 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 2 |
| Timofeev, Artyom | 2665 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1½ |
Peter Svidler - Six Time Russian Champion!
Russian Chess Champions since 1992:
| Champion | |
| 1992 | Alexei Gavrilov |
| 1993 | Alexei Bezgodov |
| 1994 | Peter Svidler |
| 1995 | Peter Svidler |
| 1996 | Alexander Khalifman |
| 1997 | Peter Svidler |
| 1998 | Alexander Morozevich |
| 1999 | Konstantin Sakaev |
| 2000 | Sergey Volkov |
| 2001 | Alexander Motylev |
| 2002 | Alexander Lastin |
| 2003 | Peter Svidler |
| 2004 | Garry Kasparov |
| 2005 | Sergei Rublevsky |
| 2006 | Evgeny Alekseev |
| 2007 | Alexander Morozevich |
| 2008 | Peter Svidler |
| 2009 | Alexander Grischuk |
| 2010 | Ian Nepomniachtchi |
| 2011 | Peter Svidler |
Picture from the official website.
Russian Champions List from Wikipedia.
