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Russian Championship Higher League (2013) The 66th Russian Championship Higher League tournament was a 50-player Swiss held in Yekaterinburg, Russia, 20-29 June 2013. Rest day: June 25. The top 5 players would advance to the Superfinal, and the winner would also earn a spot in next year's Tal Memorial (which in 2014 was replaced by the Petrosian Memorial (2014)). Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 more minutes to the end of the game, with the addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one. Prize fund: 2.5 million rubles (~$75500). Chief organizer: Elena Pershina. Chief arbiter: Mikhail Krjukov. Ernesto Inarkiev won on tiebreak ahead of Ian Nepomniachtchi. Motylev (3rd), Goganov (4th) and Shomoev (5th) also qualified for the Russian Championship Superfinal (2013). Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/champion... Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/ina... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/inark... Crosstable: http://www.russiachess.org/upload/i... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Previous: Russian Championship Higher League (2012). Next: Russian Championship Higher League (2014). Women's section: Russian Championship Higher League (Women) (2013)  page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 225  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Gabrielian vs Vitiugov   ½-½ 34 2013 Russian Championship Higher League B42 Sicilian, Kan 2. Nepomniachtchi vs Dvoirys   1-0 47 2013 Russian Championship Higher League B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. R Ovetchkin vs E Alekseev   ½-½ 28 2013 Russian Championship Higher League E10 Queen's Pawn Game 4. Jakovenko vs V Artemiev 1-0 38 2013 Russian Championship Higher League B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 5. S Voitsekhovsky vs Tomashevsky   0-1 45 2013 Russian Championship Higher League A07 King's Indian Attack 6. A Riazantsev vs J Prizant   ½-½ 40 2013 Russian Championship Higher League A58 Benko Gambit 7. E A Levin vs B Grachev   0-1 61 2013 Russian Championship Higher League A50 Queen's Pawn Game 8. E Inarkiev vs G Oparin   1-0 36 2013 Russian Championship Higher League B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. A Predke vs M Matlakov   0-1 24 2013 Russian Championship Higher League B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 10. Shimanov vs Iskusnyh   ½-½ 33 2013 Russian Championship Higher League A30 English, Symmetrical 11. D Gordievsky vs I Khairullin   ½-½ 43 2013 Russian Championship Higher League A34 English, Symmetrical 12. Khismatullin vs V Moiseenko   1-0 61 2013 Russian Championship Higher League D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense 13. Motylev vs K Sek   1-0 92 2013 Russian Championship Higher League C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 14. G Airapetian vs S Sjugirov   ½-½ 41 2013 Russian Championship Higher League E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 15. A Demchenko vs A Ulanov   1-0 44 2013 Russian Championship Higher League A21 English 16. L Nozdrachev vs D Kokarev ½-½ 77 2013 Russian Championship Higher League B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 17. Dubov vs E Ovod 1-0 40 2013 Russian Championship Higher League A15 English 18. N Korniushin vs E Najer 0-1 28 2013 Russian Championship Higher League D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 19. I Popov vs R Kozlitin   1-0 47 2013 Russian Championship Higher League C78 Ruy Lopez 20. D Egorov vs P Ponkratov   0-1 24 2013 Russian Championship Higher League C02 French, Advance 21. M Panarin vs D Khegay   1-0 52 2013 Russian Championship Higher League B07 Pirc 22. O Yuferev vs A Shomoev   ½-½ 31 2013 Russian Championship Higher League A10 English 23. A Goganov vs B Kruchev 1-0 75 2013 Russian Championship Higher League D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 24. D Shishigin vs U Eliseev   0-1 37 2013 Russian Championship Higher League A43 Old Benoni 25. S Vokarev vs I Lysyj   ½-½ 30 2013 Russian Championship Higher League C47 Four Knights  page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 225    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jun-21-13    notyetagm: FIRST! Jun-21-13    kudubux: I'm rooting for Dubov in this one. Check out his exchange sacrifice win against Ovod. Jun-22-13    Jimmy W: Yes I'm interested in seeing how Daniil does in this as well. Jun-22-13    notyetagm: <kudubux: I'm rooting for Dubov in this one. Check out his <<<exchange sacrifice>>> win against Ovod.> D Dubov vs E Ovod, 2013 Yes, a very nice <EXCHANGE SAC> by Dubov. Jun-23-13    Nezhmetdinov: I'm up for Riazantsev, so sharp! Jun-23-13    nok: 2¢ on Shimanov! Jun-23-13    Strongest Force: How many qualify for 'the big show'? Jun-23-13    notyetagm: <Strongest Force: How many qualify for 'the big show'?> Top 5. Jun-24-13    wtwz: Whoever places first in this tournament also gets an invitation to next year's Tal Memorial. Jun-24-13    whiteshark: The <66th Russian Championship Higher League> in Yekaterinburg takes place 19th to 30th June 2013. Qualifier for the Super Final at the start of October in Moscow. Tournament page: http://russiachess.org/championship... Jun-25-13    HeMateMe: Yekaterinberg is the city where the Tsarist Romanov family were murdered, as a prelude to the Bolsheviks taking power in Russia. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yekate...> Jun-25-13    nok: a.k.a. Sverdlovsk. Jun-25-13    PhilFeeley: No Illya Nyzhnyk or Vadim Zvjaginsev? Jun-25-13    whiteshark: <PhilFeeley> Illya Nyzhnyk is Ukrainian and for <Vadim Zvjaginsev> I would try a shot in the dark - he's someone else's second... Jun-26-13    fisayo123: One of my favorite games so far. D Khismatullin vs E Tomashevsky, 2013 Jun-27-13    Arcturar: Dubov started strong but kind of faltered here. Oh well, it happens. Jun-27-13    notyetagm: <Arcturar: Dubov started strong but kind of faltered here. Oh well, it happens.> Yep, this year is not his year. *Last* year was his year. Jun-29-13    DrAjedrez: Who will win on tiebreak for the 2014 Tal Memorial spot, Nepomniachtchi or Inarkiev? Jun-29-13    Arcturar: Well, Nepo would be more interesting to see...I am afraid Inarkiev would be a bit out of his element. Jun-29-13    twinlark: What a tournament for 16 year old Eliseev. At the very least he gains his 3rd GM norm and the title. Does anyone know whether he made the cut for the Superfinal? Jun-30-13    jamesmaskell: According to RCF website, Inarkiev won the tournament and the nod to Tal Memorial 2014. The 3-5 placings (qualifying for the Super Final) look like Motylev, Goganov and Shomoev. Jun-30-13    alexmagnus: Goganov and Shomoev are both sub-2600. And some say 2500s are not worthy of the GM title?!?! Jul-02-13    notyetagm: http://www.chessvibes.com/inarkiev-... <<Nepomniachtchi>'s last-round win got him next to <Inarkiev>. The latter had the highest Buchholz score and was declared the winner, and so we know one participant of the 2014 Tal Memorial. <Shomoev> and <Goganov> were the two surprising qualifiers for the Super Final; the fifth name was <Alexander Motylev>. Four of the 2700 players didn't manage: Nikita Vitiugov, Evgeny Alekseev, Dmitry Jakovenko and Alexander Riazantsev.> Inarkiev Nepo Shomoev Goganov Motylev go to the SuperFinal. Inarkiev, the winner on tiebreak over Nepo, also goes to 2014 Tal Memorial. Jul-15-13    Refused: Well, good luck to Inarkiev at the Tal Memorial. He had some decent results, but nothing exceptional thus far. It will be interesting to see, how his swimming with the sharks will work out. A pity Eliseev did not make it to the Super Final. I would have prefered him over Shomoev there. But Alekseev and Jakovenko failing to qualify. That's tough. In other federations they would have been top seeds. Let's see, who else gets invited by the organizers. 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