Russian Club Cup Update
After three rounds out of nine in the Russian Club Cup in Sochi, the men's premier event is being led by the SPb chess federation team headed by Vassily Ivanchuk and Peter Svidler (pictured).
After three out of seven rounds the women's event is currently led by Giprorechtrans, who have Natalia Zhukova on top board.
The standings in both events are below (MP=Match Points, BP= Board Points).
Men's Premier:
| Seed | MP | BP | ||
| 1 | 6 | SPb Chess Fed | 6 | 14.0 |
| 2 | 2 | Yugra | 6 | 11.0 |
| 3 | 4 | Economist-SGSEU - 1 | 5 | 13.0 |
| 4 | 3 | ShSM-64 | 5 | 10.0 |
| 5 | 5 | M.Chigorin Chess Club | 4 | 8.5 |
| 6 | 1 | Ural | 3 | 9.5 |
| 7 | 8 | Tomsk-400 | 1 | 8.0 |
| 8 | 9 | Etude-Contact | 0 | 6.5 |
| 9 | 10 | BelGU | 0 | 5.5 |
| 10 | 7 | Economist-SGSEU - 2 | 0 | 4.0 |
Women's:
| Seed | MP | BP | ||
| 1 | 7 | Giprorechtrans | 5 | 7.0 |
| 2 | 6 | ShSM | 4 | 7.5 |
| 3 | 1 | SPb Chess Fed | 4 | 6.5 |
| 4 | 3 | Economist-SGSEU | 2 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 5 | Dvorets | 2 | 3.0 |
| 6 | 4 | AVS | 1 | 5.0 |
| 7 | 2 | M.Chigorin Chess Club | 0 | 2.5 |
The results can be found here, and live games are here. Games start at 3pm local time (11:00 GMT, 07:00 EST). Some highlights from the first three rounds (from the ever-reliable TWIC) are below:
