| 15th Russian Chess Premier League: Sochi 2008 |
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| 15th Russian Chess Premier League (see all-time tournament summary) |
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| Date: | 1st - 14th April 2008 |
| City: | Sochi, Russia |
| Venue: | Dagomys Hotel |
| Tournament Director: | N/A |
| Chief Arbiter: | N/A |
| Teams participating: | 12 From 2007 premier league: top 9 teams (Elara Cheboksary changed its name to «64» Moscow; Ladya Kazan did not arrive and Politekhnik Nizhny Tagil - formally relegated - were allowed to participate) From 2007 higher league: Ekonomist SGSEU-2 Saratov, FINEK Sankt Petersburg, Spasio-Swiss Moscow |
| Players participating: | 95 (incl. 92 GMs and 3 IMs) |
| Games played: | 396 |
| Competition format: | Six board round robin. Bottom three teams are relegated. |
| Final order decided by: | 1. Match points; 2. Game points |
| Time control: | N/A |
| Website: | Full results Standings [.doc, RU] |
| Other websites: | ChessBase reports: part1, part2, part3, part4 |
| Downloadable game file: | 08rus.zip |
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| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Ivanchuk, Vasyl | |
TPSR | 7½ | 11 | 68.2 |
| 2. | GM Radjabov, Teimour | |
USVD | 5 | 8 | 62.5 |
| 2. | GM Morozevich, Alexander | |
TMSK | 5 | 8 | 62.5 |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Bu Xiangzhi |  |
SHBU | 6½ | 10 | 65.0 |
| 2. | GM Shirov, Alexei |  |
USVD | 5½ | 9 | 61.1 |
| 3. | GM Rublevsky, Sergei | |
64MS | 6 | 10 | 60.0 |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Eljanov, Pavel | |
EKSA | 6½ | 9 | 72.2 |
| 2. | GM Movsesian, Sergei |  |
SPET | 7½ | 11 | 68.2 |
| 3. | GM Kamsky, Gata |  |
USVD | 5½ | 9 | 61.1 |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Ni Hua | |
EKSA | 7 | 11 | 63.6 |
| 2. | GM Grischuk, Alexander | |
USVD | 5 | 8 | 62.5 |
| 3. | GM Kurnosov, Igor | |
SUCH | 5 | 9 | 55.6 |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Wang Hao | |
64MS | 8 | 11 | 72.7 |
| 2. | GM Malakhov, Vladimir | |
USVD | 5½ | 9 | 61.1 |
| 3. | GM Tkachiev, Vladislav |  |
SPSO | 6½ | 11 | 59.1 |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Krasenkow, Michał |  |
MSCF | 6 | 9 | 66.7 |
| 2. | GM Avrukh, Boris |  |
SHBU | 5 | 8 | 62.5 |
| 3. | GM Akopian, Vladimir |  |
USVD | 3 | 6 | 50.0 |
| 3. | GM Turov, Maxim | |
SPET | 4 | 8 | 50.0 |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Khismatullin, Denis | |
SPSO | 6 | 9 | 66.7 |
| 2. | GM Naer, Evgeny | |
TPSR | 6½ | 10 | 65.0 |
| 2. | GM Amonatov, Farrukh |  |
SHBU | 6½ | 10 | 65.0 |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Motylev, Alexander | |
USVD | 5 | 8 | 62.5 |
| 2. | GM Lastin, Alexander | |
SHBU | 6½ | 11 | 59.1 |
| 3. | GM Novikov, Stanislav | |
MSCF | 4½ | 8 | 56.3 |