The 57th Russian Championship, 14-27 November.
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/Images/Players/Small/kasp.jpg" align="left" alt="Garry Kasparov"> Garry Kasparov became the absolute champion of Russia . The 57th Russian Championship (Super-Final) took place 14-27 November in the hotel "Rossija" in Moscow.
Prize fund - $125000, the 1st prize - $50000.
Participants:Garry Kasparov 2813, Alexander Morozevich 2758, Peter Svidler 2735, Evgeny Bareev 2715, Alexander Grischuk 2704, Alexey Dreev 2698, Alexander Motylev 2651, Artyom Timofeev 2611, Vladimir Epishin 2599, Alexey Korotylev 2596, Vitaly Tseshkovsky 2577. The chief arbiter - Vladimir Dvorkovich.
1st round
Kasparov - Bareev 1-0
Motylev - Grischuk 0-1
Epishin - Morozevich ½
Dreev - Timofeev ½
Tseshkovsky - Svidler 0-1
      2nd round
Grischuk - Epishin ½
Timofeev - Tseshkovsky ½
Morozevich - Dreev 0-1
Korotylev - Kasparov ½
Bareev - Motylev ½
      3rd round
Svidler - Timofeev 0-1
Dreev - Grischuk ½
Epishin - Bareev ½
Tseshkovsky - Morozevich 1-0
Motylev - Korotylev 0-1
4th round
Grischuk - Tseshkovsky 1-0
Kasparov - Motylev ½
Morozevich - Svidler ½
Korotylev - Epishin ½
Bareev - Dreev ½
      5th round
Svidler - Grischuk ½
Dreev - Korotylev 1-0
Timofeev - Morozevich ½
Epishin - Kasparov ½
Tseshkovsky - Bareev 0-1
      6th round
Grischuk - Timofeev ½
Kasparov - Dreev 1-0
Korotylev - Tseshkovsky ½
Bareev - Svidler 1/2
Motylev - Epishin 1-0
7th round
Svidler - Korotylev 1-0
Dreev - Motylev ½
Timofeev - Bareev ½
Morozevich - Grischuk ½
Tseshkovsky - Kasparov 0-1
      8th round
Kasparov - Svidler 1-0
Epishin - Dreev ½
Korotylev - Timofeev 1-0
Bareev - Morozevich ½
Motylev - Tseshkovsky 1-0
      9th round
Grischuk - Bareev 1-0
Svidler - Motylev 0-1
Timofeev - Kasparov 0-1
Morozevich - Korotylev 1-0
Tseshkovsky - Epishin ½
10th round
Kasparov - Morozevich ½
Dreev - Tseshkovsky 1-0
Epishin - Svidler ½
Korotylev - Grischuk 1-0
Motylev - Timofeev ½
      11th round
Grischuk - Kasparov ½
Svidler - Dreev 1-0
Timofeev - Epishin ½
Morozevich - Motylev 1-0
Bareev - Korotylev 1-0
Final standings:
1 Kasparov 7.5
2 Grischuk 6.0
3 Dreev 5.5
4 Motylev 5.0
5 Svidler 5.0
6 Morozevich 5.0
7 Bareev 5.0
8 Korotylev 4.5
9 Epishin 4.5
10 Timofeev 4.5
11 Tseshkovsky 2.5
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