Svidler Seals Sixth Russian Title
Peter Svidler secured his sixth Russian championship with a round to spare by beating the defending champion Ian Nepomniachtchi in round six.
Svidler's nearest challenger going into the round was Alexander Morozevich who drew with Vladimir Kramnik to fall 1½ points behind the leader.
Joining Morozevich in a share of second place were Sergey Karjakin and Alexander Grischuk, who won their games with Artyom Timofeev and Alexander Galkin respectively.
The standings with one round remaining:
| Svidler, Peter | 2739 | 5 |
| Grischuk, Alexander | 2746 | 3½ |
| Karjakin, Sergey | 2788 | 3½ |
| Morozevich, Alexander | 2694 | 3½ |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | 2781 | 3 |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2711 | 2½ |
| Galkin, Alexander | 2598 | 2 |
| Timofeev, Artyom | 2665 | 1 |
Peter Svidler earned his 6th Russian title by beating the defending champion
The final round games begin two hours earlier at 13:00 local time (09:00 UTC). The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30 second increment from the start.
The official website (in Russian) is here. Live game relay at this link. Live video coverage here.
Picture from a screenshot of the official coverage.
