Both ShSM-64 and Economist have leading Chinese players in their ranks and their games swayed the match result. Wang Hao won for 64 (against Tomashevsky) whereas Ni Hua lost for Economist-SGSEU-1 against Riazantsev. The other Chinese player involved, Wang Yue on top board for Saratov, had Black against Gelfand and drew a long game. Karjakin was the third winner for 64 against Eljanov.
The Ural team downed the leaders St.Petersburg by making five draws and one win on board five - Ponkratov (2593) beating Zvjaginsev (2643).
Pre-round ranking | Team (White on odds) | Result | Pre-round ranking | Team |
10 | BelGU | 0.5-5.5 | 7 | Tomsk-400 |
9 | Etude-Contact | 3.5-2.5 | 8 | Economist-SGSEU-2 |
6 | Ural | 3.5-2.5 | 1 | SPb Chess Fed |
4 | Yugra | 4.5-1.5 | 5 | Chigorin Chess Club |
2 | ShSM-64 | 4.5-1.5 | 3 | Economist-SGSEU-1 |
Here are the standings after round 6:
Ranking | Team | ELO average | Match points | Game points | Top board |
1 | ShSM-64 | 2700 | 11 | 23.5 | Boris Gelfand 2750 |
2 | SPb Chess Fed | 2700 | 9 | 24 | Vasily Ivanchuk 2748 |
3 | Economist-SGSEU-1 | 2704 | 8 | 21.5 | Wang Yue 2749 |
4 | Yugra | 2689 | 8 | 19.5 | Alexander Grischuk 2756 |
5 | Ural | 2618 | 6 | 18.5 | Ian Nepomniachtchi 2656 |
6 | Chigorin Chess Club | 2584 | 6 | 16 | Ildar Khairullin 2617 |
7 | Tomsk-400 | 2687 | 5 | 19.5 | Ruslan Ponomariov 2737 |
8 | Etude-Contact | 2555 | 4 | 15 | Igor Khenkin 2597 |
9 | Economist-SGSEU-2 | 2548 | 3 | 13 | Alexander Kovchan 2595 |
10 | BelGU | 2493 | 0 | 9.5 | Alexander Ivanov 2481 |
The top three teams are as follows:
ShSm-64 (The legendary 64-magazine team
Name | Country | Rating | World ranking |
Boris Gelfand | ISR | 2750 | 9 |
Sergey Karjakin | RUS | 2725 | 21 |
Wang Hao | CHN | 2715 | 25 |
Fabiano Caruana | ITA | 2680 | 52 |
Boris Grachev | RUS | 2667 | 60 |
Alexander Riazantsev | RUS | 2660 | 71 |
Evgeniy Najer | RUS | 2665 | 65 |
Boris Savchenko | RUS | 2652 | 83 |
SPb (St.Petersburg) Chess federation
Name | Country | Rating | World ranking |
Vasily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2748 | 11 |
Peter Svidler | RUS | 2750 | 8 |
Nikita Vitiugov | RUS | 2710 | 28 |
Sergei Movsesian | SVK | 2709 | 29 |
Vadim Zvjagintsev | RUS | 2643 | 101 |
Zahar Efimenko | UKR | 2640 | 105 |
Konstantin Sakaev | RUS | 2635 | 118 |
Vasily Yemelin | RUS | 2576 | 236 |
Economist- SGSEu-1 (Saratov in Southern Russia, actual European champions)
Name | Country | Rating | World ranking |
Wang Yue | CHN | 2749 | 10 |
Pavel Eljanov | UKR | 2736 | 16 |
Evgeny Tomashevskvy | RUS | 2701 | 36 |
Evgeny Alekseev | RUS | 2700 | 37 |
Ni Hua | CHN | 2667 | 62 |
Alexander Moiseenko | UKR | 2668 | 59 |
Michael Roiz | ISR | 2652 | 86 |
Other 2700 players present:
Name | Country | Rating | World ranking | Team |
Alexander Grischuk | RUS | 2756 | 7 | Yugra |
Ruslan Ponomariov | UKR | 2737 | 15 | Tomsk |
Dmitry Jakovenko | RUS | 2725 | 20 | Yugra |
Vladimir Malakhov | RUS | 2721 | 22 | Yugra |
Alexander Motylev | RUS | 2705 | 32 | Tomsk |
Women's team championship
The final round involved three close matches:
Dvorets | 1.5-2.5 | Economist-SGSEU |
ShSM | 1.5-2.5 | Chigorin |
Giprorechtrans | 1.5-2.5 | SPb Chess Fed |
The victory on top board for Cmilyte over Zhukova won the match and (indeed as it turns out) the title for St.Petersburg.
A happier ending for Viktorija Cmilyte than the last round of the European Women's Championship!
Ranking | Team | Seeding | Match points | Board points | Top board |
1 | SPb Chess Fed | 2 | 9 | 15 | Viktorija Cmilyte 2485 |
2 | Giprorechtrans | 5 | 8 | 13 | Natalia Zhukova 2492 |
3 | AVS | 1 | 7 | 14.5 | Antoaneta Stefanova 2555 |
4 | ShSM | 3 | 6 | 13 | Alexandra Kosteniuk 2524 |
5 | Economist-SGSEU | 4 | 6 | 11.5 | Zhao Xue 2490 |
6 | Dvorets | 7 | 3 | 9 | Marina Romanko 2409 |
7 | Chigorin Chess Club | 6 | 3 | 8 | Tatjana Molchanova 2369 |
So a day of mixed fortunes for St.Petersburg: Losing a key match and the lead in the Premier league, but on the other hand stealing the Women's title.
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