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Highlights of Round 2 and 3 Round 2 The main upset result was the draw between Greece and the much higher rated US. Russia managed to win with the slightest of margins against a determined Poland. Even the great Kramnik was held to a draw by Kamil. On the women's side, Israel beat the USA. Round 3 The big news was that the 19th seeds Norway beat the 3rd seeds China. Kjetil Lie beat Bu Xiangzhi. Carlsen was held to a tough draw by the resurgent Wang Yue. In the women's section, mighty Russia had to be content with a draw after a determined India won two games. Kosintseva lost to Sachdev and Ghate beat Korbut.

Alexander Morozevich won the Russian Superfinals 2007. He finished with a win over Inarkiev and a 2800 + performance. The only other contestant for the title, Grischuk drew with Svidler. Thus Morozevich finished a full point ahead of Grischuk. In the women's section, there was a four way tie for the first place between Tatiana Kosintseva, Ovod, Tairova and Korbut. Round 11 main results (Will be updated soon): Men Morozevich beat Inarkiev Grischuk drew Svidler Tomashevsky drew Jakovenko Timofeev drew Dreev Sakaev beat Amonatov Vitiugov beat Rychagov Women Korbut lost to Ovod Stepovaia beat Tairova Pogonina lost to Tatiana Kosintseva Shadrina drew Nadezhda Kosintseva Kovalevskaya drew Matveeva Giriya beat Gunina Final Standings Men Morozevich 8 Grischuk 7 Tomashevsky 6.5 Women Tatiana Kosintseva 7 Ovod 7 Tairova 7 Korbut 7

Just when you thought Morozevich did the impossible by winning six games in a row, he made the other impossible possible. Now, Tomashevsky too has a chance of winning the title. Until yesterday, it seemed impossible that anyone will catch up. The veteran Alexey Dreev, who seems to be on a second wind inspired form, beat Morozevich in 49 moves of a Sicilian. And that too with black. Well, color doesn't really matter when Moro is on the board. Tomashevsky beat Amonatov and he is just half a point adrift now. Grischuk beat Timofeev to climb up to the third spot while Inarkiev beat Vitiugov. In the women's section, Tatiana Kosintseva continued her slide by losing to Gunina. Her sister made up for the dismal day by beating Kovalevskaya with the black pieces. Giriya beat Matveeva and Shadrina beat Stepovaia. The women's drawing quotient has been very low in this tournament. Standings after Round 9: Men Morozevich - 6.5 Tomashevsky - 6 Grischuk - 5.5 Dreev - 5 Women Tairova - 7 Ko...

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...

The 5th round of the Russian super finals are over. Tomashevsky and Morozevich are the leaders with 3.5 points each. In the women's section, Pogonina is the sole leader with an impressive 4/5. She now boasts a rating performance of over 2630 for the tournament. Morozevich again teased and taunted to get another win, this time against Sakaev. But he took 59 moves to wrap it up in a slav defence game. Alexey Dreev was a winner over the relatively inexperienced Inarkiev. In the women's category, Tairova, Korbut and Nadezhda Kosintseva won over Kovalevskya, Ovod and Gunina respectively. Russian Chess Championship Round 5 Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Timofeev, Artyom 1-0 Amonatov, Farrukh - Rychagov, Andrey ½-½ Morozevich, Alexander - Sakaev, Konstantin 1-0 Vitiugov, Nikita - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ Jakovenko, Dmitry - Svidler, Peter ½-½ Inarkiev, Ernesto - Dreev, Alexey 0-1 Russian Chess Championship Women Round 5 Pogonina, Natalija - Shadrina, Tatiana ½-½ Korbut, Ekaterina - Kovalevska...

Olga Giriya upset the more fancied Kovalevskaya with the black pieces while Tatiana Shadrina beat Valentina Gunina in the fourth round of the Russian Superfinals Chess in the Women's section. All the remaining games were drawn. All Round 4 Results: Russian Chess Championship Women Round 4 (December 22, 2007) Kosintseva, Tatiana - Korbut, Ekaterina ½-½ Sicilian Najdorf Variation Tairova, Elena - Matveeva, Svetlana ½-½ French Tarrasch Stepovaia, Tatiana - Pogonina, Natalija ½-½ Sicilian Rossolimo Shadrina, Tatiana - Gunina, Valentina 1-0 French Defence Kosintseva, Nadezhda - Ovod, Evgenija ½-½ Ruy Lopez Schliemann Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Girya, Olga 0-1 Sicilian Labourdonnais Standings after round 4: 1. Pogonina, Natalija (2462) 3½ 2. Kosintseva, Tatiana (2492) 3 3. Matveeva, Svetlana (2433) 2½ 4. Tairova, Elena (2391) 2½ 5. Ovod, Evgenija (2386) 2½ 6. Korbut, Ekaterina (2443) 2½ 7. Stepovaia, Tatiana 2375 2 8. Shadrina, Tatiana (2379) 2 9. Kosintseva, Nadezhda (2469) 1 10. Kov...

The Russian superfinals got off to an explosive start with Andrey Rychagov beating fancied Peter Svidler. Rated almost 200 points below Svidler, Rychagov converted an advantage of a rook and knight endgame with an extra central pawn to win in 51 moves. Morozevich played his usual brand of chess to completely outplay Jakovenko but could not finish smoothly. They settled for a draw in 69 moves. There were wins by Farrukh Amonatov against Artyom Timofeev and Evgeny Tomashevsky against Nikita Vitugov (with Black) while Grishchuk drew his game against the solid Alexey Dreev. In the women's Russian superfinals, there were four first round winners, Svetlana Matveeva won against Tatiana Stepovaia, Natalija Pogonina beat Olga Girya, Elena Tairov defeated Tatiana Shadrina and Ekaterina Korbut beat Valentina Gunina. The two Kosintseva sisters drew their match in just 9 moves. The official site in Russian - http://russiachess.org/content/blogcategory/93/385/