Russian team chess championship round 3

Results, standings, games

Ural from Yekaterinburg and first lineup of Economist Saratov are going strong and share the lead after three rounds played with full six points. Finek Gazprom and Shatar Buryatia are two points behind. It is notable that most of the FIDE Grand Prix participants are signing quick draws among themselves.

Teimour Radjabov about FIDE Grand Prix

We have contacted Teimour Radjabov asking him how is he going to cope with the exhausting tournament schedule. The Russian team championship ends on 14th April, then Baku Grand Prix takes place on 20th April - 6th May, and Mtel Masters 2008 starts immediately on 7th May. The last two are forcing longer playing schedule by imposing Sofia rule.

Radjabov said: "Of course, for me it will be very difficult. But what can I do? Unfortunately, FIDE has published Grand Prix terms when I already had the schedule of my chess tournaments. The first stage of Grand Prix will be in Baku and I should play there because of all my fans from Azerbaijan are expecting me to play on the home ground. This is also the first great event in chess life of Azerbaijan after gaining the independence. What to do? I should play. Life is life -:))"

Teimour Radjabov

Round 3 results:

TPS Saransk (Saransk) - 64 (Moscow) 3:3

GM Vassily Ivanchuk - GM Boris Gelfand draw
GM Konstantin Sakaev - GM Sergey Rublevsky draw
GM Andrei Volotkin - GM Pentala Harikrishna 1-0
GM Mikhail Kobalia - GM Wang Hao 0-1
GM Sergey Volkov - GM Alexander Khalifman draw
GM Evgeniy Najer - GM Maxim Rodshtein draw

Finek Gazprom (Sankt Petersburg) - SHSM (Moscow) 3.5:2.5

GM Peter Svidler - GM Alexander Onischuk draw
GM Vadim Zvjaginsev - GM Karen Asrian draw
GM Sergey Movsesjan - GM Ivan Popov 1-0
GM David Navara - GM Vladimir Potkin 0-1
GM Maxim Turov - GM Michał Krasenkow 1-0
GM Marat Makarov - GM Stanislav Novikov draw

Spasio-Swiss (Moscow) - South Ural (Chelyabinsk) 3.5:2.5

GM Ruslan Ponomariov - GM Alexander Riazantsev 1-0
GM Ernesto Inarkiev - GM Viktor Korchnoi 1-0
GM Vladislav Tkachiev - GM Evgeny Sveshnikov 1-0
GM Alexei Aleksandrov - GM Evgeny Romanov 0-1
GM Denis Khismatullin - IM Pavel Ponkratov 0-1
GM Vladimir Kosyrev - IM Sergey Matsenko draw

Economist 2 (Saratov) - Shatar Buryatia 3:3

GM Dimitry Andreikin - GM Kamil Miton 1-0
GM Alexander Evdokimov - GM Pavel Tregubov 1-0
GM Evgeny Shaposhnikov - GM Anton Shomoev draw
GM Alexey Korneev - GM Boris Avrukh 0-1
GM Sergey Djachkov - GM Farukh Ammonatov draw
GM Alexander Kovchan - GM Alexander Lastin 0-1

Tomsk 400 - Ural (Yekaterinburg) 2:4

GM Sergey Karjakin - GM Teimour Radjabov draw
GM Dimitry Jakovenko - GM Alexei Shirov draw
GM Loek Van Wely - GM Gata Kamsky 0-1
GM Artyom Timofeev - GM Alexander Grischuk 0-1
GM Andrei Kharlov - GM Alexei Dreev 1-0
GM Andrei Belozerov - GM Alexander Motylev 0-1

Politekhnik (Nizhny Tagil) - Economist 1 (Saratov) 2.5:3.5

GM Zahar Efimenko - GM Evgeny Alekseev draw
GM Alexander Areshenko - GM Evgeny Tomashevsky draw
GM Boris Grachev - GM Pavel Eljanov draw
GM Igor Lysyj - GM Ni Hua 0-1
GM Dimitri Bocharov - GM Michael Roiz draw
GM Dimitry Kokarev - GM Alexander Galkin draw

Current Standings

Team / Match points / Game points (click here for the team lists)

1-2. Ural (Yekaterinburg) 6 (12.5)
1-2. Economist 1 (Saratov) 6 (11.5)
3-4. Finek Gazprom (Sankt Petersburg) 4 (9.5)
3-4. Shatar Buryatia 4 (9.5)
5-9. SHSM (Moscow) 3 (9.5)
5-9. Politekhnik (Nizhny Tagil) 3 (9.0)
5-9. TPS Saransk (Saransk) 3 (9.0)
5-9. 64 (Moscow) 3 (9.0)
5-9. Spasio-Swiss (Moscow) 3 (8.5)
10. Economist 2 (Saratov) 1 (6.5)
11-12. South Ural (Chelyabinsk) 0 (7.0)
11-12. Tomsk 400 0 (6.5)