The Superfinals of the 72nd Russian Championship and the 69th Russian Women's Championship will be held in the Udmurt Republic on August 9-23


The Museum Estate of Pyotr Tchaikovsky will be the venue for the Superfinals in Votkinsk on August 9-12, while the International Friendship Centre in Izhevsk will host the event on August 13-23.

Line-up, men:

Vladislav Artemiev (2757)
Nikita Vitiugov (2728)
Maxim Matlakov (2710)
Evgeny Tomashevsky (2706)
Dmitry Jakovenko (2704)
Ernesto Inarkiev (2682)
Vladimir Fedoseev (2671)
Kirill Alekseenko (2668)
Alexander Motylev (2668)
Aleksey Dreev (2662)
Alexey Sarana (2655)
Alexandr Predke (2650).


Line-up, women:

Aleksandra Goryachkina (2564)
Alexandra Kosteniuk (2507)
Valentina Gunina (2497)
Alina Kashlinskaya (2491)
Olga Girya (2462)
Natalija Pogonina (2457)
Anastasia Bodnaruk (2429)
Polina Shuvalova (2419)
Elena Tomilova (2376)
Daria Charochkina (2352)
Margarita Potapova (2335)
Zarina Shafigullina (2332).

The opening ceremony will take place on the premises of the Museum Estate of Pyotr Tchaikovsky in Votkinsk.

The organizers are the Russian Chess Federation, Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation, and the Government of the Udmurt Republic. The competition is also supported by Renault Russia Company, Federal Grid Company of Unified Energy System (Rosseti Group), and PhosAgro, the RCF's partner since 2010. Logistics partner of the Russian Chess Federation is Russian Post.

The tournament is a part of the Chess in Museums program, carried out by the RCF together with Timchenko Foundation since 2012.


Photos: Press service of the Museum Estate of Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Official website of the Russian Chess Federation - http://ruchess.ru/en/
Contact information:
Eteri Kublashvili, Press service of the Russian Chess Federation