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Monday, 21 December 2009 05:30 |
 The Russian Superfinal Championships for men and women are being held on 20-30th December at the Central Chess Club in Moscow. Both competitions are 10-player round robin tournaments with nearly 100000 EUR in prize funds.
The first round of the women championship saw one win after another and the day finished without a single draw. Anastasia Bodnaruk stunned the top-seeded Tatiana Kosintseva, while the former World Championship finalist Alisa Galliamova returned from a two-year break with a win against experienced Tatiana Stepovaia.
The defending men champion, Peter Svidler, was held to a draw by the young Nikita Vitiugov. Denis Khismatullin outplayed Alexander Riazantsev and Alexander Grischuk eventually broke the persistent defence of Evgeny Tomashevsky. The remaining two games were hard-fought draws.
Round one results (men):
Denis Khismatullin - Alexander Riazantsev 1-0
Peter Svidler - Nikita Vitiugov draw
Alexander Grischuk - Evgeny Tomashevsky 1-0
Sanan Sjugirov - Evgeny Alekseev draw
Artyom Timofeev - Dmitry Jakovenko draw
Round one results (women):
Natalia Pogonina - Marina Romanko 1-0
Maria Manakova - Elena Zaiatz 0-1
Alisa Galliamova - Tatiana Stepovaia 1-0
Nadezhda Kosintseva - Valentina Gunina 1-0
Anastasia Bodnaruk - Tatiana Kosintseva 1-0
Russian Chess Federation website
 Nadezhda Kosintseva
 Tatiana Kosintseva
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