Russian team chess championship round 5

Results, standings, games

Ural are firmly holding the lead after five rounds following their win in the derby match against Economist 1. It wasn't all easy though, Teimour Radjabov beat Evgeny Alexeev but Gata Kamsky lost to Pavel Eljanov. Alexei Dreev brings the key point in the longest game on the 6th board.

Finally one decided game among the participants of the forthcoming FIDE Grand Prix, Peter Svidler broke Boris Gelfand's Petroff defence to lead Finek Gazprom in the demolition of Moscow "64". Vugar Gashimov was also successful and his win made the difference that rose Shatar Buryatia to the 2nd place in the crosstable. Vassily Ivanchuk wins Ukrainian derby against Ruslan Ponomariov and Alexander Morozevich forced legendary Anatoly Karpov to resignation way after the 100th move.

Round 5 results:

Finek Gazprom (Sankt Petersburg) - 64 (Moscow) 4.5-1.5

GM Peter Svidler - GM Boris Gelfand 1-0
GM Vadim Zvjaginsev - GM Sergey Rublevsky 0-1
GM Sergey Movsesjan - GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 1-0
GM David Navara - GM Pentala Harikrishna 1-0
GM Maxim Turov - GM Wang Hao draw
GM Vassily Yemelin - GM Evgeny Bareev 1-0

Spasio-Swiss (Moscow) - TPS Saransk (Saransk) 2.5-3.5

GM Ruslan Ponomariov - GM Vassily Ivanchuk 0-1
GM Igor Khekin - GM Konstantin Sakaev draw
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - GM Andrei Volotkin draw
GM Ernesto Inarkiev - GM Mikhail Kobalia 0-1
GM Vladislav Tkachiev - GM Sergey Volkov draw
GM Denis Khismatullin - GM Evgeniy Najer 1-0

Economist 2 (Saratov) - SHSM (Moscow) 2-4

GM Dimitry Andreikin - GM Alexander Onischuk draw
GM Alexander Evdokimov - GM Ivan Popov draw
GM Alexei Iljushin - GM Vladimir Potkin draw
GM Evgeny Shaposhnikov - GM Michal Krasenkow draw
GM Sergey Djachkov - GM Boris Savchenko 0-1
GM Alexander Kovchan - GM Stanislav Novikov 0-1

Tomsk 400 - South Ural (Chelyabinsk) 4-2

GM Alexander Morozevich - GM Anatoly Karpov 1-0
GM Sergey Karjakin - GM Alexander Riazantsev draw
GM Dimitry Jakovenko - GM Viktor Korchnoi draw
GM Loek Van Wely - GM Igor Kurnosov draw
GM Artyom Timofeev - GM Evgeny Sveshnikov 1-0
GM Andrei Belozerov - GM Evgeny Romanov draw

Politekhnik (Nizhny Tagil) - Shatar Buryatia 2.5-3.5

GM Zahar Efimenko - GM Vugar Gashimov 0-1
GM Alexander Areshchenko - GM Bu Xiangzhi draw
GM Boris Grachev - GM Kamil Milton draw
GM Igor Lysyj - GM Anton Shomoev draw
GM Dimitri Bocharov - GM Farukh Ammonatov draw
GM Dimitry Kokarev - GM Alexander Lastin draw

Economist 1 (Saratov) - Ural (Yekaterinburg) 2.5-3.5

GM Evgeny Alekseev - GM Teimour Radjabov 0-1
GM Evgeny Tomashevsky - GM Alexei Shirov draw
GM Pavel Eljanov - GM Gata Kamsky 1-0
GM Ni Hua - GM Alexander Grischuk draw
GM Michael Roiz - GM Vladimir Malakhov draw
GM Alexander Moiseenko - GM Alexei Dreev 0-1

Current Standings

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

1. Ural (Yekaterinburg) 10 (20.0)
2. Shatar Buryatia 8 (16.5)
3. Finek Gazprom (Sankt Petersburg) 7 (17.0)
4-6. Economist 1 (Saratov) 6 (16.5)
4-6. SHSM (Moscow) 6 (16.5)
4-6. TPS Saransk (Saransk) 6 (15.5)
7. 64 (Moscow) 5 (14.0)
8. Spasio-Swiss (Moscow) 4 (14.0)
9-10. Politekhnik (Nizhny Tagil) 3 (13.5)
9-10. Economist 2 (Saratov) 3 (12.0)
11. Tomsk 400 2 (13.0)
12. South Ural (Chelyabinsk) 0 (11.5)