Russian team chess championship round 4

Results, standings, games

Politekhnik were aware that Ural from Yekaterinburg is tough challenge and decided to practically surrender the match by resting top two boards. Ural was efficient and scored 4-2 win which leaves them in the sole lead. Economist 1 were stopped by "64" from Moscow and are now sharing the 2nd place with Shatar Buryatia.

Round 4 results:

64 (Moscow) - Economist 1 (Saratov) 3.5:2.5

GM Boris Gelfand - GM Evgeny Alekseev 1-0
GM Sergey Rublevsky - GM Evgeny Tomashevsky draw
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi - GM Pavel Eljanov draw
GM Wang Hao - GM Ni Hua draw
GM Evgeny Bareev - GM Michael Roiz draw
GM Maxim Rodshtein - GM Alexander Moiseenko draw

Ural (Yekaterinburg) - Politekhnik (Nizhny Tagil) 4:2

GM Teimour Radjabov - GM Boris Grachev 1-0
GM Alexei Shirov - GM Igor Lysyj draw
GM Alexander Grischuk - GM Dimitri Bocharov 1-0
GM Vladimir Malakhov - GM Pavel Maletin 1-0
GM Vladimir Akopian - GM Dimitry Kokarev 0-1
GM Alexei Dreev - GM Roman Ovetchkin draw

Shatar Buryatia - Tomsk 400 3.5:2.5

GM Vugar Gashimov - GM Alexander Morozevich 0-1
GM Bu Xiangzhi - GM Sergey Karjakin 1-0
GM Pavel Tregubov - GM Dimitry Jakovenko 0-1
GM Boris Avrukh - GM Loek Van Wely draw
GM Farukh Ammonatov - GM Artyom Timofeev 1-0
GM Alexander Lastin - GM Andrei Kharlov 1-0

South Ural (Chelyabinsk) - Economist 2 (Saratov) 2.5:3.5

GM Anatoly Karpov - GM Dimitry Andreikin draw
GM Alexander Riazantsev - GM Alexander Evdokimov draw
GM Igor Kurnosov - GM Alexei Iljushin draw
GM Evgeny Romanov - GM Evgeny Shaposhnikov draw
IM Pavel Ponkratov - GM Sergey Djachkov draw
IM Sergey Matsenko - GM Alexander Kovchan 0-1

SHSM (Moscow) - Spasio-Swiss (Moscow) 3:3

GM Alexander Onischuk - GM Ruslan Ponomariov draw
GM Karen Asrian - GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov draw
GM Ivan Popov - GM Ernesto Inarkiev draw
GM Sergey Grigoriants - GM Vladislav Tkachiev draw
GM Vladimir Potkin - GM Denis Khismatullin draw
GM Boris Savchenko - GM Vladimir Kosyrev draw

TPS Saransk (Saransk) - Finek Gazprom (Sankt Petersburg) 3:3

GM Vassily Ivanchuk - GM Peter Svidler draw
GM Konstantin Sakaev - GM Vadim Zvjaginsev draw
GM Andrei Volotkin - GM Sergey Movsesjan draw
GM Sergey Volkov - GM David Navara draw
GM Evgeniy Najer - GM Maxim Turov 1-0
GM Valery Popov - GM Vassily Yemelin 0-1

Current Standings

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

1. Ural (Yekaterinburg) 8 (16.5)
2-3. Economist 1 (Saratov) 6 (14.0)
2-3. Shatar Buryatia 6 (13.0)
4-5. Finek Gazprom (Sankt Petersburg) 5 (12.5)
4-5. 64 (Moscow) 5 (12.5)
6-8. SHSM (Moscow) 4 (12.5)
6-8. TPS Saransk (Saransk) 4 (12.0)
6-8. Spasio-Swiss (Moscow) 4 (11.5)
9-10. Politekhnik (Nizhny Tagil) 3 (11.0)
9-10. Economist 2 (Saratov) 3 (10.0)
11-12. South Ural (Chelyabinsk) 0 (9.5)
11-12. Tomsk 400 0 (9.0)