Russian Chess Championship
The Russian Chess Championship has taken various forms.
Winners by year (men)
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. The winners were:
# 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 Łódź Akiba Rubinstein 6 1909 Vilna Akiba Rubinstein 7 1912 Vilna Akiba Rubinstein 8 1913/1914 St. Petersburg Alexander Alekhine & Aron Nimzowitsch
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.
Rashid Nezhmetdinov held the record of five wins of the Russian Chess Championship.
Russian Federation
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.
Winners by year (women)
Events by year
2014
Men
67th Russian Championship Superfinal, 28 November – 7 December 2014, Kazan, Cat. XIX (2712) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total SB Wins H2H Koya TPR 1 Igor Lysyj (Sverdlovsk Oblast) 2686 * 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 5½ 2795 2 Dmitry Jakovenko (Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug) 2745 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 2752 3 Denis Khismatullin (Bashkortostan) 2679 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 4½ 20.00 2 2716 4-5 Peter Svidler (Saint Petersburg) 2743 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 4½ 20.00 1 ½ 2.5 2709 4-5 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Moscow) 2714 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ 20.00 1 ½ 2.5 2712 6-7 Nikita Vitiugov (Saint Petersburg) 2738 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 4½ 19.50 2 ½ 2.5 2709 6-7 Alexander Morozevich (Moscow) 2724 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 4½ 19.50 2 ½ 2.5 2711 8 Vadim Zvjaginsev (Moscow) 2655 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 4 19.00 2676 9 Boris Grachev (Moscow) 2669 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 4 18.25 2674 10 Sergey Karjakin (Moscow) 2770 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * 4 17.50 2663
Women
64th Russian Women's Championship Superfinal, 28 November – 7 December 2014, Kazan, Cat. IX (2453) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total SB TPR 1 GM Valentina Gunina (Moscow) 2522 * 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 2666 2 IM Alisa Galliamova (Tatarstan) 2471 0 * ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 6 2576 3 WGM Aleksandra Goryachkina (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) 2438 1 ½ * 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 5½ 23.00 2535 4 WGM Olga Girya (Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug) 2457 0 0 1 * 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 5½ 21.75 2533 5 IM Alina Kashlinskaya (Moscow) 2439 0 1 0 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5 2498 6 IM Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (Moscow) 2439 1 0 ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 4½ 18.00 2455 7 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (Moscow) 2541 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 * 1 1 0 4½ 17.75 2444 8 IM Anastasia Bodnaruk (Saint Petersburg) 2411 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 * 0 1 2½ 10.00 2292 9 WGM Natalia Pogonina (Saratov Oblast) 2480 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ 2½ 8.75 2284 10 WFM Oksana Gritsayeva (Republic of Crimea) 2335 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ * 2 2246
2015
Men
68th Russian Championship Superfinal, 9–20 August 2015, Chita, Cat. XVIII (2694) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total Black SB Wins H2H TPR 1 Evgeny Tomashevsky (Saratov Oblast) 2747 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7½ 2823 2 Sergey Karjakin (Moscow) 2753 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 7 2791 3 Nikita Vitiugov (Saint Petersburg) 2719 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6½ 2757 4 Dmitry Jakovenko (Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug) 2759 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 6 30.25 1 1 2688 5 Daniil Dubov (Moscow) 2654 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 6 30.25 1 0 2698 6 Denis Khismatullin (Bashkortostan) 2642 0 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 6 26.25 2699 7 Vladislav Artemiev (Omsk Oblast) 2671 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 5 2696 8 Igor Lysyj (Sverdlovsk Oblast) 2673 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ 5 6 27.00 2660 9 Peter Svidler (Saint Petersburg) 2739 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ 5 6 26.75 2654 10 Ivan Bukavshin (Samara Oblast) 2655 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 5 5 2662 11 Alexander Motylev (Moscow) 2658 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 4 5 23.50 2596 12 Ildar Khairullin (Saint Petersburg) 2662 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * 4 5 21.25 2595
Women
65th Russian Women's Championship Superfinal, 9–20 August 2015, Chita, Cat. IX (2460) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total Black SB TPR 1 WGM Aleksandra Goryachkina (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) 2474 * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 8 2634 2 IM Anastasia Bodnaruk (Saint Petersburg) 2431 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7 6 2565 3 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (Moscow) 2526 ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 7 5 2556 4 IM Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (Moscow) 2453 0 ½ 1 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 6 2526 5 GM Valentina Gunina (Moscow) 2531 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 6½ 5 2519 6 GM Kateryna Lagno (Moscow) 2530 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 6 2490 7 IM Anastasia Savina (Moscow) 2429 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 5½ 5 27.75 2463 8 WGM Olga Girya (Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug) 2487 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 0 1 5½ 5 27.50 2458 9 WGM Natalia Pogonina (Saratov Oblast) 2460 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 4 2358 10 IM Evgenija Ovod (Leningrad Oblast) 2327 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ * 0 1 3½ 6 2339 11 IM Alina Kashlinskaya (Moscow) 2441 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 * 0 3½ 5 2329 12 IM Marina Guseva (Stavropol Krai) 2431 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * 3 2288
2016
Men
69th Russian Championship Superfinal, 16–27 October 2016, Novosibirsk, Cat. XVIII (2684) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total Black SB TPR 1 Alexander Riazantsev (Moscow) 2651 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7 2789 2 Alexander Grischuk (Moscow) 2752 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6½ 6 2742 3 Evgeny Tomashevsky (Saratov Oblast) 2724 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6½ 5 2745 4 Peter Svidler (Saint Petersburg) 2745 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 5 32.50 2714 5 Vladimir Fedoseev (Saint Petersburg) 2665 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6 5 31.25 2721 6 Grigoriy Oparin (Moscow) 2617 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 5½ 6 30.25 2690 7 Nikita Vitiugov (Saint Petersburg) 2721 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 6 28.50 2680 8 Dmitry Jakovenko (Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug) 2714 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 5½ 6 27.75 2681 9 Aleksey Goganov (Saint Petersburg) 2635 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ 5½ 5 2688 10 Ernesto Inarkiev (Moscow) 2732 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 5 2643 11 Dmitry Kokarev (Penza Oblast) 2636 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 4½ 2623 12 Dmitry Bocharov (Novosibirsk Oblast) 2611 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * 2½ 2478
Women
66th Russian Women's Championship Superfinal, 16–27 October 2016, Novosibirsk, Cat. VIII (2441) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total Black SB TPR 1 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (Moscow) 2537 * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 8½ 2641 2 WGM Natalia Pogonina (Saratov Oblast) 2484 1 * 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 7 2537 3 IM Anastasia Bodnaruk (Saint Petersburg) 2463 0 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 2502 4 WGM Olga Girya (Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug) 2446 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 6 6 30.25 2473 5 GM Valentina Gunina (Moscow) 2535 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 6 6 27.00 2465 6 IM Daria Charochkina (Moscow) 2336 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 * 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 6 5 32.25 2483 7 FM Daria Pustovoitova (Moscow) 2386 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 5 27.25 2478 8 IM Evgenija Ovod (Leningrad Oblast) 2362 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 2444 9 WGM Aleksandra Goryachkina (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) 2460 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 5 2399 10 IM Alisa Galliamova (Tatarstan) 2450 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 * 0 1 4 2334 11 IM Alina Kashlinskaya (Moscow) 2462 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * 0 3½ 2302 12 WIM Ekaterina Ubiennykh (Krasnoyarsk Krai) 2346 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 2 2184
2017
Men
70th Russian Championship Superfinal, 3–14 December 2017, Saint Petersburg, Cat. XVIII (2689) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total TB Black SB Wins H2H Koya TPR 1 Peter Svidler (Saint Petersburg) 2765 * 2 Maxim Matlakov (Saint Petersburg) 2735 * 3 Nikita Vitiugov (Saint Petersburg) 2722 * 4 Vladimir Fedoseev (Saint Petersburg) 2718 * 5 Evgeny Tomashevsky (Saratov Oblast) 2713 * 6 Ernesto Inarkiev (Moscow) 2689 * 7 Vladimir Malakhov (Moscow) 2686 * 8 Daniil Dubov (Moscow) 2683 * 9 Alexander Riazantsev (Moscow) 2650 * 10 Sanan Sjugirov (Samara Oblast) 2650 * 11 Sergey Volkov (Mordovia) 2645 * 12 Evgeny Romanov (Saint Petersburg) 2626 *
Women
67th Russian Women's Championship Superfinal, 3–14 December 2017, Saint Petersburg, Cat. VIII (2438) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total TB Black SB Wins H2H Koya TPR 1 GM Valentina Gunina (Moscow) 2510 * 2 WGM Aleksandra Goryachkina (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) 2486 * 3 WGM Olga Girya (Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug) 2484 * 4 WGM Natalia Pogonina (Saratov Oblast) 2469 * 5 IM Alina Kashlinskaya (Moscow) 2452 * 6 IM Alisa Galliamova (Tatarstan) 2443 * 7 IM Anastasia Bodnaruk (Saint Petersburg) 2428 * 8 IM Marina Nechaeva (Moscow Oblast) 2424 * 9 IM Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (Moscow) 2405 * 10 WIM Polina Shuvalova (Moscow) 2385 * 11 WFM Oksana Gritsayeva (Republic of Crimea) 2373 * 12 IM Evgenija Ovod (Leningrad Oblast) 2364 *
References
- ^ http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1992/ch_rus92.html
- ^ http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1993/ch_rus93.html
- ^ http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1994/ch_rus94.html
- ^ http://www.pressa.spb.ru/newspapers/nevrem/arts/nevrem-1506-art-22.html
- ^ http://www.ruschess.com/Archive/1998/RUS/main.html
- ^ http://www.ruschess.com/Archive/2000/Russian/table.html
- ^ http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic340.html#13
- ^ http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic410.html#7
- ^ http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic462.html#2
- ^ http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic525.html#2
- ^ http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic582.html#2
- ^ http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic632.html#2
- ^ http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic686.html#2
- ^ http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic730.html#4
- ^ http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/russian-championships-information-2009
- ^ http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/63rd-russian-chess-championships-2010
- ^ http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/russian-championships-super-final-2011
- ^ http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/65th-russian-chess-championships-2012
- ^ http://www.theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/66th-russian-championship-super-final-2013
- ^ http://www.chessdom.com/lysyj-and-gunina-become-2014-russian-champions/
- ^ http://www.chessdom.com/tomashevsky-and-goriachkina-are-russias-chess-champions-photos/
External links
- Karpov, Anatoly, ed. (1990). Шахматы. энциклопедический словарь (in Russian). Moscow: Great Soviet Encyclopedia. ISBN 5-85270-005-3.
- RUSBASE (part V) 1919-1937,1991-1994
- RUSBASE (part IV) 1938-1960
- RUSBASE (part III), 1961-1969,1985-1990
- RUSBASE (part II) 1970-1984
- Russian Chess History by Bill Wall.
- The Week in Chess
- Chessmetrics
- Details on the 2007 edition