Morozevich in Sole lead at the Russian Superfinals

Alexander Morozevich broke away to become the sole leader after the sixth round of the Russian Chess Superfinals. Today, he beat the tailender Artyom Timofeev with the black pieces. Timofeev gave up on the 36th move when he was about to lose a piece and his king under attack by Moro's marauding pieces.

Grishchuk, Svidler, and Dreev were other winners over Tomashevsky, Vitiugov, and Jakovenko respectively. Dreev is clearly in good form and after this round, is performing above his rating expectation.

Vitiugov dared to take the poisoned pawn on the King side of a Sicilian game and was duly punished. He did have his chances to survive, but eventually, Svidler asserted his class to prevail.

Grishchuk vs Tomashevsky was a Queen's Indian defence game in which Grishchuk's doubled rooks on the "a" file did the damage to give him a winning edge which he converted to win in 45 moves.

It is interesting to note the performance ratings of the men in this tournament. No one has been able to perform at absurd levels as we normally see in many tournaments. The leader Morozevich is performing at only 2817 !

In the women's section, Tatiana Kosintseva, Korbut and Tairova were winners today.

Russian Superfinals Round 6

Grischuk, Alexander - Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1-0 Queens Indian
Svidler, Peter - Vitiugov, Nikita 1-0 Sicilian Rauzer
Amonatov, Farrukh - Inarkiev, Ernesto ½-½ Scotch Game
Rychagov, Andrey - Sakaev, Konstantin ½-½ 39 Anti-Meran Gambit
Dreev, Alexey - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1-0 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Timofeev, Artyom - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 Sicilian Defence

Russian Superfinals Women Round 6

Kosintseva, Tatiana - Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 1-0 Sicilian Rossolimo
Tairova, Elena - Gunina, Valentina 1-0 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Matveeva, Svetlana - Ovod, Evgenija ½-½ Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Shadrina, Tatiana - Girya, Olga ½-½ Sicilian Labourdonnais
Kosintseva, Nadezhda - Pogonina, Natalija ½-½ Sicilian Modern Dragon
Stepovaia, Tatiana - Korbut, Ekaterina 0-1 Sicilian Najdorf Variation

Leader Board

Men

1. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2755 4½
2. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2715 4
3. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2732 3½

Women

1. Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2492 4½
2. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2462 4½
3. Tairova, Elena m RUS 2391 4½

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