14th Russian Chess Premier League: Sochi 2007

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Basic data

14th Russian Chess Premier League
(see all-time tournament summary)
Date: 1st - 12th May 2007
City: Sochi, Russia
Venue: Dagomys Hotel
Tournament Director: N/A
Chief Arbiter: N/A
Teams participating: 10
From 2006 premier league: top 9 teams (Termosteps Samara changed its name to Elara Cheboksary; Moscow Chess Federation send junior team named "Youth of Moscow"; Yunilain Samara did not arrive)
From 2006 higher league: Shatar Buryatia and Politekhnik Nizhny Tagil (Tikhyi Don Rostov-on-Don did not arrive)
Players participating: 80 (incl. 71 GMs and 9 IMs)
Games played: 270
Competition format: Six board round robin.
Only one team was relegated since two teams did not arrive.
Final order decided by: 1. Match points; 2. Game points
Time control: 40 moves in 100 minutes, then 20 moves in 50 minutes, then 10 mininutes for the rest of the game. 30 second increment per move starting from move 1.
Website: http://www.russiachess.org
Other websites: ChessBase report
Team line-ups [RU]
Downloadable game file: 07rus.zip

Tournament review

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Best board results

1st Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. GM Morozevich, Alexander TMSK 6 8 75.0
2. GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl TPSR 6 9 66.7
3. GM Radjabov, Teimour USVD 4 7 57.1

2nd Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. GM Grischuk, Alexander USVD 4½ 7 64.3
1. GM Yakovenko, Dmitry TMSK 4½ 7 64.3
3. GM Timofeev, Artiom LKZN 5 9 55.6

3rd Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. GM Shirov, Alexei USVD 4½ 6 75.0
2. GM Karjakin, Sergei TMSK 5½ 8 68.8
3. GM Georgiev, Kiril MSCF 5 8 62.5

4th Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. GM Akopian, Vladimir USVD 3½ 5 70.0
2. GM Volkov, Sergei TPSR 6 9 66.7
2. GM Eljanov, Pavel EKSA 6 9 66.7

5th Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. GM Moiseenko, Olexandr EKSA 5 8 62.5
2. GM Malakhov, Vladimir USVD 4½ 8 56.3
2. IM Nepomnyaschy, Yan ERCH 4½ 8 56.3

6th Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. GM Potkin, Vladimir MSCF 4 6 66.7
2. GM Tkachiev, Vladislav TMSK 4 7 57.1
2. GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny EKSA 4 7 57.1

1st Reserve Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. GM Bologan, Viorel TMSK 4½ 6 75.0
2. GM Korotylev, Alexei ERCH 3½ 5 70.0
3. GM Motylev, Alexander USVD 3 6 50.0
3. GM Grigoriants, Sergei MSCF 3 6 50.0
3. GM Galkin, Alexander EKSA 2½ 5 50.0

2nd Reserve Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. GM Smirnov, Pavel TMSK 6 8 75.0
2. GM Sakaev, Konstantin USVD 4 7 57.1
3. GM Bezgodov, Alexei SUCH 3½ 8 43.8

Interesting games


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