[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: The Russian Superfinal starts Friday

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
The Russian Superfinal starts Friday
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1222900477.shtml


   The Russian Superduper, Concluding, We Really Mean it this Time Final
   of the National Championship Series of Events - what ordinary human
   beings call the Russian Championship - starts Friday. (Or perhaps
   Saturday; sometimes the so-called start date is reserved for opening
   ceremonies and the drawing of lots.) Whatever one chooses to call it
   and whenever exactly it starts, it is a very strong and attractive
   tournament. Here's the list of players, cribbed from [1]Chess Today,
   together with their ratings and world rank:
   Morozevich (2787; 2nd in the world)
   Jakovenko (2737; 10)
   Svidler (2727; 17)
   Grischuk (2719; 23)
   Alekseev (2715; 25)
   Timofeev (2670; 51)
   Inarkiev (2669; 53)
   Riazantsev (2656; 65)
   Lastin (2651; 67)
   Tomashevsky (2646; 79)
   Vitiugov (2638; 89)
   Maslak (2544; not in top 100)

References

   1. http://www.chesstoday.net/