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Russian Chess Championship

Russian Chess Championship

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The Russian Chess Championship has taken various forms.

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Imperial Russia

In 1874, Emanuel Schiffers defeated Andrey Chardin in a match held in St. Petersburg with five wins and four losses. Schiffers was considered the first Russian champion until his student, Mikhail Chigorin, defeated him in a match held in St. Petersburg in 1879. Chigorin won with seven wins, four losses, and two draws.

In 1899, the format of the championship was changed to a round-robin tournament known as the All-Russian Masters' Tournament. The winners were:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

RSFSR

After the formation of the USSR the USSR Chess Championship was established as the national championship. However the Russian championship continued to exist as the championship of the RSFSR. The first two USSR championships in 1920 and 1923 were also recognized as RSFSR championships; the modern numbering of Russian championships begins with these two tournaments. The cities Moscow and Leningrad held their own championships and their players were ineligible to play in the RSFSR championship. However, some did participate as outside competitors: for example, Taimanov finished with the same number of points as Tarasov in the 1960 championship, but only Tarasov was awarded the title as Taimanov was from Leningrad.

Rashid Nezhmetdinov held the record of five wins of the Russian Chess Championship.

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Russian Federation

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian Championship was re-established as a national championship, and players from Moscow and St. Petersburg were allowed to participate. Prior to 2004, the championship was organized as a Swiss-style tournament except for 1997 and 1999, where a knockout format was used. In 2004, the tournament reverted to a round robin with the strongest players in the country directly seeded into the final (called the Superfinal) held in Moscow while others progress through qualifying tournaments.

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Events by year

1997

Men

1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
GM Evgeny Bareev (2665)
bye GM Evgeny Bareev (2665)
GM Andrei Y. Kharitonov (2520) GM Andrei Y. Kharitonov (2520)
GM Mikhail Kobalia (2545) ½ GM Evgeny Bareev (2665) 3
GM Vadim Ruban (2545) ½ GM Sergey Dolmatov (2560) 1
Alexander Kozak Alexander Kozak ½
IM Alexander Potapov (2455) 1 GM Sergey Dolmatov (2560)
GM Sergey Dolmatov (2560) 3 GM Evgeny Bareev (2665)
GM Alexander Morozevich (2595) GM Alexander Morozevich (2595) ½
bye GM Alexander Morozevich (2595)
bye GM Oleg Korneev (2590)
GM Oleg Korneev (2590) GM Alexander Morozevich (2595) 2
GM Alexander Fominyh (2545) GM Alexander Fominyh (2545) 0
IM Oleg Maiorov (2435) ½ GM Alexander Fominyh (2545)
bye GM Vladimir Epishin (2600)
GM Vladimir Epishin (2600) GM Evgeny Bareev (2665)
GM Sergei Tiviakov (2600) IM Alexander Lastin (2535) ½
bye GM Sergei Tiviakov (2600)
IM Valeri Yandemirov (2500) ½ GM Ildar Ibragimov (2555)
GM Ildar Ibragimov (2555) GM Sergei Tiviakov (2600)
GM Andrei Kharlov (2555) GM Yuri Yakovich (2575)
IM Evgeniy Najer (2510) ½ GM Andrei Kharlov (2555) ½
IM Maksim Notkin (2515) GM Yuri Yakovich (2575)
GM Yuri Yakovich (2575) GM Yuri Yakovich (2575) ½
GM Konstantin Sakaev (2580) ½ IM Alexander Lastin (2535)
IM Alexander Lastin (2535) IM Alexander Lastin (2535) 3
GM Konstantin Aseev (2530) 3 GM Konstantin Aseev (2530) 1
GM Evgeny Pigusov (2565) 1 IM Alexander Lastin (2535)
IM Alexei Bezgodov (2570) GM Sergei Rublevsky (2645) ½
GM Sergey Ivanov (2515) GM Sergey Ivanov (2515) Finals
bye GM Sergei Rublevsky (2645)
GM Sergei Rublevsky (2645) GM Evgeny Bareev (2665) 3
GM Alexander Khalifman (2650) GM Peter Svidler (2640) 5
bye GM Alexander Khalifman (2650)
bye GM Alexander Goldin (2590) ½
GM Alexander Goldin (2590) GM Alexander Khalifman (2650) ½
GM Evgeny Sveshnikov (2560) GM Semen Dvoirys (2590)
GM Yuri Balashov (2510) GM Yuri Balashov (2510) ½
bye GM Semen Dvoirys (2590)
GM Semen Dvoirys (2590) GM Semen Dvoirys (2590) 0
GM Ruslan Shcherbakov (2580) 3 GM Peter Svidler (2640) 2
Baatr Shovunov (2340) 1 GM Ruslan Shcherbakov (2580)
GM Alexander Vaulin (2490) 3 GM Alexander Vaulin (2490) ½
GM Sergey Smagin (2575) 1 GM Ruslan Shcherbakov (2580) 0
GM Konstantin Landa (2570) GM Peter Svidler (2640) 2
IM Vladimir Malakhov (2540) IM Vladimir Malakhov (2540)
bye GM Peter Svidler (2640)
GM Peter Svidler (2640) GM Peter Svidler (2640) 3
GM Vadim Zvjaginsev (2610) GM Alexey Dreev (2650) 1
bye GM Vadim Zvjaginsev (2610) 3
GM Vladimir Burmakin (2530) 3 GM Vladimir Burmakin (2530) 1
GM Sergei Shipov (2540) 1 GM Vadim Zvjaginsev (2610)
GM Valery Loginov (2555) ½ GM Valerij Filippov (2510) ½
IM Aleksandr Galkin (2510) IM Aleksandr Galkin (2510) ½
GM Valerij Filippov (2510) GM Valerij Filippov (2510)
GM Alexey Vyzmanavin (2585) ½ GM Vadim Zvjaginsev (2610)
GM Mikhail Ulibin (2555) 2 GM Alexey Dreev (2650)
IM Orest N. Averkin (2425) 0 GM Mikhail Ulibin (2555)
IM Aleksei Lugovoi (2510) GM Marat Makarov (2545)
GM Marat Makarov (2545) GM Marat Makarov (2545)
IM Alexander Rustemov (2550) GM Alexey Dreev (2650)
IM Petr Kiriakov (2530) IM Petr Kiriakov (2530) ½
bye GM Alexey Dreev (2650)
GM Alexey Dreev (2650)

Third place match: GM Alexey Dreev (2650) 1½:½ IM Alexander Lastin (2535)

1998

1999

Men

1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
 GM Konstantin Sakaev (2648) (Saint Petersburg)
bye  GM Konstantin Sakaev (2648) (Saint Petersburg)
 IM Alexander Cherniaev (2432) (Arkhangelsk Oblast) ½  GM Yuri Balashov (2534) (Moscow) ½
 GM Yuri Balashov (2534) (Moscow)  GM Konstantin Sakaev (2648) (Saint Petersburg)
 GM Alexander Fominyh (2552) (Novosibirsk Oblast) 2  GM Alexander Fominyh (2552) (Novosibirsk Oblast) ½
 IM Alexander Gelman (2469) (Moscow) 0  GM Alexander Fominyh (2552) (Novosibirsk Oblast) 2
 IM Alexey Korotylev (2480) (Moscow) 2  IM Alexey Korotylev (2480) (Moscow) 0
 GM Nikolai Pushkov (2553) (Rostov Oblast) 0  GM Konstantin Sakaev (2648) (Saint Petersburg)
 GM Vladimir Malakhov (2570) (Moscow Oblast) ½  GM Ildar Ibragimov (2554) (Tatarstan)
 GM Andrei Shchekachev (2505) (Moscow)  GM Andrei Shchekachev (2505) (Moscow) 3
 GM Sergey Janovsky (2498) (Moscow) ½  GM Aleksandr Poluljahov (2554) (Krasnodar Krai) 1
 GM Aleksandr Poluljahov (2554) (Krasnodar Krai)  GM Andrei Shchekachev (2505) (Moscow)
 GM Ildar Ibragimov (2554) (Tatarstan) 2  GM Ildar Ibragimov (2554) (Tatarstan)
 Evgeny Sapunov (2498) (Tambov Oblast) 0  GM Ildar Ibragimov (2554) (Tatarstan)
 GM Sergei Beshukov (2506) (Krasnodar Krai) +  GM Sergei Beshukov (2506) (Krasnodar Krai)
 GM Alexander Rustemov (2573) (Moscow) -  GM Konstantin Sakaev (2648) (Saint Petersburg)
 GM Vladimir Burmakin (2579) (Murmansk Oblast)  GM Mikhail Kobalia (2573) (Moscow) ½
bye  GM Vladimir Burmakin (2579) (Murmansk Oblast) ½
 Sergey Okrugin (2390) (Yaroslavl Oblast) 0  IM Valerij Popov (2523) (Saint Petersburg)
 IM Valerij Popov (2523) (Saint Petersburg) 2  IM Valerij Popov (2523) (Saint Petersburg) ½
 GM Mikhail Kobalia (2573) (Moscow)  GM Mikhail Kobalia (2573) (Moscow)
 IM Roman Ovetchkin (2505) (Sverdlovsk Oblast) ½  GM Mikhail Kobalia (2573) (Moscow)
 GM Aleksei Lugovoi (2509) (Saint Petersburg)  GM Aleksei Lugovoi (2509) (Saint Petersburg) ½
 GM Sergey Volkov (2575) (Mordovia)  GM Evgeny Sveshnikov (2541) (Chelyabinsk Oblast) ½
 GM Evgeny Sveshnikov (2541) (Chelyabinsk Oblast)  GM Mikhail Kobalia (2573) (Moscow)
 GM Ratmir Kholmov (2464) (Moscow) ½  GM Evgeny Sveshnikov (2541) (Chelyabinsk Oblast) 3
 FM Artiom Akhmetov (2438) (Bashkortostan)  FM Artiom Akhmetov (2438) (Bashkortostan) 1
 GM Igor Berdichevski (2538) (Moscow)  GM Evgeny Sveshnikov (2541) (Chelyabinsk Oblast) 3
 IM Maxim Turov (2529) (Rostov Oblast)  GM Valery Filippov (2605) (Kemerovo Oblast) 2
 FM Alexander Riazantsev (2417) (Moscow) ½  IM Maxim Turov (2529) (Rostov Oblast) 1 Finals
bye  GM Valery Filippov (2605) (Kemerovo Oblast) 3
 GM Valery Filippov (2605) (Kemerovo Oblast)  GM Konstantin Sakaev (2648) (Saint Petersburg) 3
 GM Semen Dvoirys (2590) (Chelyabinsk Oblast)  IM Alexei Bezgodov (2576) (Perm Krai) 1
bye  GM Semen Dvoirys (2590) (Chelyabinsk Oblast)
 FM Ilya Korobov (2392) (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast)  GM Marat Makarov (2590) (Tatarstan) ½
 GM Marat Makarov (2590) (Tatarstan)  GM Semen Dvoirys (2590) (Chelyabinsk Oblast)
 IM Alexei Iljushin (2527) (Saratov Oblast) ½  GM Ruslan Shcherbakov (2541) (Chelyabinsk Oblast)
 Sergey Grigoriants (2413) (Moscow)  Sergey Grigoriants (2413) (Moscow) 1
 IM Evgeny Vorobiov (2459) (Moscow) 1  GM Ruslan Shcherbakov (2541) (Chelyabinsk Oblast) 3
 GM Ruslan Shcherbakov (2541) (Chelyabinsk Oblast) 3  GM Semen Dvoirys (2590) (Chelyabinsk Oblast) 0
 IM Denis Yevseev (2478) (Murmansk Oblast) 2  GM Alexander Lastin (2552) (Moscow) 2
 IM Vladislav Vorotnikov (2455) (Moscow) 0  IM Denis Yevseev (2478) (Murmansk Oblast) 1
 FM Dmitry Kokarev (2370) (Penza Oblast) 3  FM Dmitry Kokarev (2370) (Penza Oblast) 3
 IM Igor Zakharevich (2523) (Novgorod Oblast) 1  FM Dmitry Kokarev (2370) (Penza Oblast) ½
 GM Alexander Lastin (2552) (Moscow)  GM Alexander Lastin (2552) (Moscow)
 FM Vladimir Potkin (2478) (Moscow) ½  GM Alexander Lastin (2552) (Moscow)
 FM Evgeny Shaposhnikov (2494) (Saint Petersburg)  FM Evgeny Shaposhnikov (2494) (Saint Petersburg)
 GM Sergey Ionov (2553) (Saint Petersburg)  GM Alexander Lastin (2552) (Moscow) 2
 GM Pavel Tregubov (2609) (Krasnodar Krai)  IM Alexei Bezgodov (2576) (Perm Krai) 3
bye  GM Pavel Tregubov (2609) (Krasnodar Krai) 1
 GM Igor Zaitsev (2420) (Moscow) ½  GM Valery Loginov (2530) (Saint Petersburg) 3
 GM Valery Loginov (2530) (Saint Petersburg)  GM Valery Loginov (2530) (Saint Petersburg) ½
 IM Leonid Totsky (2521) (Sverdlovsk Oblast) 3  IM Alexei Bezgodov (2576) (Perm Krai)
 Alexei Gubajdullin (2327) (Tatarstan) 1  IM Leonid Totsky (2521) (Sverdlovsk Oblast) ½
 IM Sergey Kalugin (2511) (Oryol Oblast) 1  IM Alexei Bezgodov (2576) (Perm Krai)
 IM Alexei Bezgodov (2576) (Perm Krai) 3  IM Alexei Bezgodov (2576) (Perm Krai)
 IM Alexander Grischuk (2549) (Moscow)  IM Alexander Grischuk (2549) (Moscow) ½
 IM Sergey Solovjov (2467) (Saint Petersburg) ½  IM Alexander Grischuk (2549) (Moscow)
 FM Andrey Lunev (2467) (Oryol Oblast)  FM Andrey Lunev (2467) (Oryol Oblast) ½
 IM Stanislav Voitsekhovsky (2544) (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) ½  IM Alexander Grischuk (2549) (Moscow) 3
 GM Konstantin Aseev (2533) (Saint Petersburg) 2  GM Andrei Kharlov (2615) (Tatarstan) 1
 Vladislav Akselrod (2432) (Novosibirsk Oblast) 0  GM Konstantin Aseev (2533) (Saint Petersburg) ½
bye  GM Andrei Kharlov (2615) (Tatarstan)
 GM Andrei Kharlov (2615) (Tatarstan)

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

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2005

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2006

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2007

Men

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2008

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2009

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2010

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2011

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2012

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2013

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2014

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2015

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2016

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2017

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2018

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2019

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2020

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2021

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References

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