[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: The Daily Update: All draws in the Russian Championship, Short wins the Commonwealth Championship, and more

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
The Daily Update: All draws in the Russian Championship, Short wins the Commonwealth Championship, and more
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1223349716.shtml


   In the main event, all six games in the [1]Russian Championship, five
   of them rather quickly. Only one game (Riazantsev-Vitiugov) saw any
   real effort, and incredibly, its length (128 moves) was more than that
   of the other five games combined (108 moves)! That's disappointing,
   but the first three rounds were so good that the players merit some
   slack.
   Round 4 Results:
   Lastin - Svidler 1/2-1/2
   Morozevich - Timofeev 1/2-1/2
   Riazantsev - Vitiugov 1/2-1/2
   Tomashevsky - Alekseev 1/2-1/2
   Maslak - Sakaev 1/2-1/2
   Inarkiev - Jakovenko 1/2-1/2
   Standings after Round 4:
   1. Svidler 3.5
   2. Lastin 3
   3-4. Jakovenko, Vitiugov 2.5
   5-8. Alekseev, Morozevich, Timofeev, Riazantsev 2
   9-10. Sakaev, Tomashevsky 1.5
   11. Maslak 1
   12. Inarkiev .5
   An event that just finished was the [2]Commonwealth Chess Championship
   in Nagpur, India; the winner was Nigel Short with 9.5/11, half a point
   ahead of Surya Shekhar Ganguly and a full point in front of Enamul
   Hossain.
   Finally, a quick update on the [3]Banja Luka tournament: Viktor
   Korchnoi and Bartlomiej Heberla continue to lead. With two rounds
   left, their 5/7 scores have them half a point in front of Geetha
   Narayanan Gopal and a point ahead of Sergei Volkov and Zlatko Ilincic.

References

   1. http://www.russiachess.org/
   2. http://www.commonwealth-chess.com/
   3. http://www.skbanjaluka.com/