| Russia Chess Championships |
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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 |