Peter Svidler Wins Russian Championship
Peter Svidler (pictured) has won the Russian 'Superfinal' Championship for the 5th time in his career. The event finished in a three-way tie as previously reported and the tiebreak playoff between Svidler, Jakovenko and Alekseev took place today.
The format of the tie-break was a rapid (15 mins plus 5 sec/move) double-round robin.
The results were:
| Peter Svidler | X X | 0.5 1.0 | 1.0 0.5 |
| Dmitry Jakovenko | 0.5 0.0 | X X | 1.0 1.0 |
| Evgeny Alekseev | 0.0 0.5 | 0.0 0.0 | X X |
Here is Svidler's crucial win against Jakovenko which enabled him to win the title in the very last playoff game.
