Russian Super Finals Playoffs today

The playoffs for the Russian Champion's title is today. If you remember (we'll excuse you for being engrossed in the WC), Jakovenko, Svidler and Alekseev tied for the first place. Svidler was lucky to be alive at this stage. His last ditch effort, beating Alekseev, fetched him a place in today's matchups.

The players will battle over 6 games, double round robin (both colors) at 15 minutes+10 seconds increment times.

Information is hard to come by. Here's what I could salvage.

Alekseev vs Jakovenko 0-1
Alekseev vs Svidler 0.5-0.5
Jakovenko vs Svidler 0.5-0.5
Jakovenko vs Alekseev 1-0
Svidler vs Alekseev 1-0
Svidler vs Jakovenko 1-0

This means that Svidler must be the Russian Superfinals Champion. Jakovenko finished second and Alekseev third.

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