Russian Chess Championship
The Russian Chess Championship has taken various forms throughout history.
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[edit] Imperial Russia
In 1874, Emanuel Schiffers defeated Andrey Chardin in a match held in St. Petersburg with five wins and four losses. Schiffers was considered the first Russian champion until his student, Mikhail Chigorin, defeated him in a match held in St. Petersburg in 1879. Chigorin won with seven wins, four losses, and two draws.
In 1899 the format of the championship was changed to a round-robin tournament known as the All-Russian Masters' Tournament. These were the winners:
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# Year City Winner 1 1899 Moscow Mikhail Chigorin 2 1900/1901 Moscow Mikhail Chigorin 3 1903 Kiev Mikhail Chigorin 4 1905/1906 St. Petersburg Gersz Salwe 5 1907/1908 Lodz Akiba Rubinstein 6 1909 Vilna Akiba Rubinstein 7 1912 Vilna Akiba Rubinstein 8 1913/1914 St. Petersburg Alexander Alekhine & Aron Nimzowitsch
[edit] RSFSR
After the formation of the USSR the USSR Chess Championship was established as the national championship. However the Russian championship continued to exist as the championship of the RSFSR. The first two USSR championships in 1920 and 1923 were also recognized as RSFSR championships; the modern numbering of Russian championships begins with these two tournaments. The cities Moscow and Leningrad held their own championships and their players were ineligible to play in the RSFSR championship. However, some did participate as outside competitors: for example, Taimanov finished with the same number of points as Tarasov in the 1960 championship, but only Tarasov was awarded the title as Taimanov was from Leningrad.
[edit] Modern
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian Championship was re-established as a national championship, and players from Moscow and St. Petersburg were allowed to participate. Prior to 2004, the championship was organized as a Swiss-style tournament except for 1997 and 1999, where a knockout format was used. In 2004, the tournament reverted to a round robin with the strongest players in the country directly seeded into the final (called the Superfinal) held in Moscow while others progress through qualifying tournaments.
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# Year City Winner Reference 45 1992 Orel Alexei Gavrilov [1] 46 1993 Tyumen Alexei Bezgodov [2] 47 1994 Elista Peter Svidler [3] 48 1995 Elista Peter Svidler 49 1996 Elista Alexander Khalifman 50 1997 Elista Peter Svidler [4] 51 1998 St. Petersburg Alexander Morozevich [5] 52 1999 Moscow Konstantin Sakaev 53 2000 Samara Sergey Volkov [6] 54 2001 Elista Alexander Motylev, on tiebreak over Alexander Lastin [7] 55 2002 Krasnodar Alexander Lastin [8] 56 2003 Krasnoyarsk Peter Svidler, on tiebreak over Alexander Morozevich [9] 57 2004 Moscow Garry Kasparov [10] 58 2005 Moscow Sergei Rublevsky [11] 59 2006 Moscow Evgeny Alekseev, after a playoff match with Dmitry Jakovenko [12] 60 2007 Moscow Alexander Morozevich [13] 61 2008 Moscow Peter Svidler, after a playoff with Evgeny Alekseev and Dmitry Jakovenko [14] 62 2009 Moscow Alexander Grischuk [15] 63 2010 Moscow Ian Nepomniachtchi, after a playoff with Sergey Karjakin [16] 64 2011 Moscow Peter Svidler
[edit] Women
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# Year City Winner 44 1994 Elista Ekaterina Kovalevskaya scoring 7.5/11 with 12 players. 45 1995 Elista Julia Demina scoring 7/11 with 12 players. 46 1996 Elista Ludmila G Zaitseva, Svetlana Prudnikova scoring 7.5/11 with 36 players. 47 1997 Elista Alisa Galliamova scoring 10/11 with 34 players. 48 1998 Elista Svetlana Prudnikova defeated Ekaterina Kovalevskaya by 3-1 in final, k.o. tournament, 5 rounds with 32 players. 50 2000 Elista Ekaterina Kovalevskaya scoring 7/9 with 32 players. 51 2001 Elista Julia Demina, Ekaterina Korbut, Olga Zimina, Irina Turova scoring 5.5/8 with 30 players. 52 2002 Elista Tatiana Kosintseva scoring 7/9 with 34 players. 53 2003 Elista Irina Turova, Tatiana Stepovaia Dianchenko, Julia Demina, Ekaterina Atalik (Polovnikova), Olga Stjazhkina, Maria Komiagina, Anna Dorofeeva, scoring 6/9 with 34 players. 54 2004 Kazan Tatiana Kosintseva scoring 8.5/11 with 12 players. 55 2005 Samara Alexandra Kosteniuk scoring 8.5/10 with 11 players. 56 2006 Gorodets Ekaterina Korbut (Superfinal Champion) scoring 8/11 with 12 players; Valentina Gunina (Qualifying Champion) scoring 7/9 with 36 players. 57 2007 Moscow Tatiana Kosintseva, Elena Tairova, Evgenija Ovod, Ekaterina Korbut (Superfinal Champions) scoring 7/11 with 12 players. 58 2008 Moscow Nadezhda Kosintseva (Superfinal Champion) scoring 6.5/9 with 10 players; Valentina Gunina (Qualifying Champion) scoring 7.5/9 with 34 players. 59 2009 Moscow Alisa Galliamova (Superfinal Champion) scoring 7.5/9 with 10 players; Elena Tairova (Qualifying Champion) scoring 7.5/9 with 32 players. 60 2010 Moscow Alisa Galliamova (Superfinal Champion), after a playoff with Natalija Pogonina and Tatiana Kosintseva scoring 7/11 with 12 players; Nazi Paikidze (Qualifying Champion) scoring 7/9 with 34 players. 61 2011 Moscow Valentina Gunina (Superfinal Champion) scoring 6.5/9 with 10 players; Elena Zaiatz (Qualifying Champion) scoring 7.5/9 with 33 players.
[edit] Crosstables
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RUS-ch 57th Superfinal Moscow 2004 Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Points TB Perf. +/- 1 
Garry Kasparov (Russia)2813 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7½ 2855 +5 2 Alexander Grischuk (Russia)2704 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 6 2745 +6 3 Alexey Dreev (Russia)2698 0 ½ * 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 2710 +2 4 Alexander Morozevich (Russia)2758 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 5 25.75 2670 -12 5 Alexander Motylev (Russia)2651 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 5 23.25 2680 +4 6 Peter Svidler (Russia)2735 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 0 1 5 22.75 2673 -9 7 Evgeny Bareev (Russia)2715 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 5 21.75 2675 -6 8 Vladimir Epishin (Russia)2599 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 4½ 22.75 2650 +7 9 Alexey Korotylev (Russia)2596 ½ 1 0 0 1 0 0 ½ * 1 1 4½ 22.75 2651 +7 10 Artyom Timofeev (Russia)2611 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 4½ 21.75 2649 +5 11 Vitaly Tseshkovsky (Russia)2577 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 2½ 2498 -10
Average Elo: 2677 <=> Cat: 18
gm = 4.00 m = 2.00
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RUS-ch (Women) 54st Superfinal 2004 Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Points TB Perf. +/- 1 Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia)2451 * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ 2629 +25 2 Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia)2469 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 8 2585 +17 3 Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia)2425 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 6½ 2482 +9 4 Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (Russia)2467 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 31.75 2447 -3 5 Alisa Galliamova (Russia)2502 0 0 0 ½ * 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6 28.00 2444 -9 6 Elena Zaiatz (Russia)2344 ½ 0 0 1 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2426 +13 7 Tatiana Shadrina (Russia)2380 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 0 ½ ½ 5 28.50 2391 +2 8 Irina Turova (Russia)2395 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 1 0 5 26.25 2391 -1 9 Ekaterina Polovnikova (Russia)2406 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 4½ 2357 -8 10 Tatiana Shumiakina (Russia)2337 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 4 2330 -1 11 Svetlana Matveeva (Russia)2496 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 3½ 18.00 2281 -33 12 Tatiana Stepovaia (Russia)2362 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * 3½ 17.50 2293 -10
Average Elo: 2419 <=> Cat:7
gm = 8.36 m = 6.16
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RUS-ch (Women) 55st 2005 Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Points TB Perf. +/- 1 Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia)2492 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 9 2641 +20 2 Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia)2486 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 8 2550 +11 3 Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (Russia)2469 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7½ 2514 +8 4 Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia)2459 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 6½ 2447 0 5 Alisa Galliamova (Russia)2469 ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 6 2414 -7 6 Natalija Pogonina (Russia)2355 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 25.25 2392 +6 7 Svetlana Matveeva (Russia)2423 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 23.75 2386 -5 8 Elena Zaiatz (Russia)2398 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2357 -6 9 Valentina Gunina (Russia)2340 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 4½ 2330 -1 10 Ekaterina Korbut (Russia)2399 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 0 1 3½ 17.00 2256 +21 11 Julia Kochetkova (Russia)2311 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * 0 3½ 17.00 2264 -7 12 Yulija Yakovich (Russia)2068 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1½ 2097 +2
Average Elo: 2389 <=> Cat: 6
m = 6.60
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RUS-ch (Women) 58st Superfinal 2008 Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Points TB Perf. +/- 1 Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia)2468 * ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 6½ 2574 +13 2 Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia)2513 ½ * ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 5½ 23.00 2483 -3 3 Anastasia Bodnaruk (Russia)2381 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 23.00 2496 +15 4 Marina Romanko (Russia)2226 ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 4½ 20.00 2435 +24 5 Tatiana Shadrina (Russia)2429 0 1 ½ 1 * 0 0 ½ ½ 1 4½ 19.25 2413 -2 6 Ekaterina Korbut (Russia)2459 1 0 0 0 1 * ½ 0 ½ 1 4 17.50 2371 -11 7 Natalija Pogonina (Russia)2474 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * 1 1 0 4 17.25 2370 -13 8 Valentina Gunina (Russia)2381 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ 4 17.25 2380 0 9 Evgenija Ovod (Russia)2429 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 4 17.00 2375 -7 10 Tatiana Stepovaia (Russia)2386 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 * 2½ 2252 -16
Average Elo: 2414 <=> Cat: 7
gm = 6.84 m = 5.04
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RUS-ch (Women) 61st Superfinal 2011 Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Points TB Perf. +/- 1 Valentina Gunina (Russia)2487 * 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 2575 +10 2 Alisa Galliamova (Russia)2492 1 * 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 5½ 25.25 2488 0 3 Daria Charochkina (Russia)2310 0 0 * 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 5½ 22.00 2508 +25 4 Natalija Pogonina (Russia)2442 ½ 1 0 * ½ 0 1 1 1 0 5 22.25 2453 +2 5 Baira Kovanova (Russia)2354 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 0 1 1 5 20.50 2463 +14 6 Elena Zaiatz (Russia)2419 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 ½ 1 4½ 2418 0 7 Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia)2497 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ 4 2371 -16 8 Tatiana Shadrina (Russia)2373 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 * ½ ½ 3½ 14.25 2345 -4 9 Olga Girya (Russia)2371 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 3½ 14.00 2345 -4 10 Anastasia Bodnaruk (Russia)2431 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 * 2 2199 -27
Average Elo: 2417 <=> Cat: 7
gm = 6.84 m = 5.04
