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The 72nd Russian Chess Championship took place 10th to 22nd August 2019.

Players: Championship: Artemiev, Vitiugov< Matlakov, Tomashevsky, Jakovenko, Inarkiev, Fedoseev, Alekseenko, Motylev, Dreev, Sarana and Predke

Women's: Goryachkina, Kosteniuk, Gunina, Kashlinskaya, Girya, Pogonina, Bodnaruk, Shuvalova, Tomilova, Charochkina, Potapova and Shafigullina.,

Evgeny Tomashevsky won the championship for a second time with an undefeated score of 7/11 half a point clear of Vitiguov, Matlakov and Inarkiev. The women's event saw Olga Girya and Natalija Pogonina finish in the lead on 8/11. A rapid tie-break was drawn with one win each, a final decisive Armageddon game was won by Girya to take the title.

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72nd ch-RUS 2019 Izhevsk RUS (RUS), 10-22 viii 2019																	cat. VII (2413)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2728	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	.	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	6½	2759
2.	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2706	½	*	½	.	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	6	2760
3.	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2682	½	½	*	½	0	½	0	1	.	1	½	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5½	2727
4.	Alekseenko, Kirill	g	RUS	2668	½	.	½	*	½	½	0	½	½	½	1	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5½	2724
5.	Predke, Alexandr	g	RUS	2650	0	½	1	½	*	.	½	0	½	½	1	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5½	2726
6.	Matlakov, Maxim	g	RUS	2710	½	½	½	½	.	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5½	2627
7.	Artemiev, Vladislav	g	RUS	2757	0	0	1	1	½	½	*	.	0	½	1	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5½	2687
8.	Motylev, Alexander	g	RUS	2668	½	½	0	½	1	½	.	*	½	½	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	2683
9.	Dreev, Aleksey	g	RUS	2662	½	½	.	½	½	0	1	½	*	½	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	2691
10.	Sarana, Alexey	g	RUS	2655	.	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	0	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4	2615
11.	Fedoseev, Vladimir	g	RUS	2671	½	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	4	2524
12.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2704	½	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3½	2578
13.	Nepomniachtchi,Ian			----	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1
14.	Karjakin,Sergey			----	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	.	1
15.	Dubov,Daniil			----	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	1
16.	Chigaev,Maksim			----	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	2671
17.	Goganov,Aleksey			----	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	½	2000
18.	Svidler,Peter			----	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	½	2000
19.	Antipov,Mikhail Al.			----	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	.	0
20.	Esipenko,Andrey			----	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	0

Round 1 (August 10, 2019)
Alekseenko, Kirill	- Fedoseev, Vladimir	1-0	40	C42	Petroff's Defence
Predke, Alexandr	- Artemiev, Vladislav	½-½	39	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Motylev, Alexander	- Inarkiev, Ernesto	0-1	61	C77	Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Dreev, Aleksey	- Vitiugov, Nikita	½-½	35	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Sarana, Alexey	- Tomashevsky, Evgeny	½-½	54	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Fedoseev, Vladimir	- Chigaev,Maksim	½-½	34	D90	Gruenfeld Flohr
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Matlakov, Maxim	½-½	101	C53	Giuoco Piano
Nepomniachtchi,Ian	- Matlakov, Maxim	1-0	39	D35	QGD Exchange
Dubov,Daniil	- Esipenko,Andrey	1-0	36	E06	Catalan
Goganov,Aleksey	- Svidler,Peter	½-½	25	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Antipov,Mikhail Al.	- Karjakin,Sergey	0-1	45	C50	Giuoco Piano
Round 2 (August 11, 2019)
Tomashevsky, Evgeny	- Dreev, Aleksey	½-½	41	D52	Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs
Inarkiev, Ernesto	- Vitiugov, Nikita	½-½	41	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Matlakov, Maxim	- Alekseenko, Kirill	½-½	60	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Artemiev, Vladislav	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	62	A06	Zukertort Opening
Motylev, Alexander	- Predke, Alexandr	1-0	83	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Fedoseev, Vladimir	- Sarana, Alexey	1-0	39	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Round 3 (August 13, 2019)
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Tomashevsky, Evgeny	½-½	36	C53	Giuoco Piano
Alekseenko, Kirill	- Artemiev, Vladislav	0-1	47	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Predke, Alexandr	- Inarkiev, Ernesto	1-0	40	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Dreev, Aleksey	- Fedoseev, Vladimir	½-½	41	D92	Gruenfeld 5.Bf4
Sarana, Alexey	- Matlakov, Maxim	½-½	41	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Motylev, Alexander	½-½	27	A28	English Four Knights
Round 4 (August 14, 2019)
Inarkiev, Ernesto	- Tomashevsky, Evgeny	½-½	27	B18	Caro Kann
Predke, Alexandr	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	1-0	75	D12	Slav Defence
Matlakov, Maxim	- Dreev, Aleksey	1-0	60	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Artemiev, Vladislav	- Sarana, Alexey	½-½	41	A20	English Opening
Motylev, Alexander	- Alekseenko, Kirill	½-½	45	C45	Scotch Game
Fedoseev, Vladimir	- Vitiugov, Nikita	½-½	43	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Round 5 (August 15, 2019)
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Matlakov, Maxim	½-½	34	A06	Zukertort Opening
Tomashevsky, Evgeny	- Fedoseev, Vladimir	1-0	44	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Alekseenko, Kirill	- Predke, Alexandr	½-½	41	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Dreev, Aleksey	- Artemiev, Vladislav	1-0	40	A49	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Sarana, Alexey	- Motylev, Alexander	½-½	35	D38	QGD Ragozin
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Inarkiev, Ernesto	0-1	52	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Round 6 (August 16, 2019)
Inarkiev, Ernesto	- Fedoseev, Vladimir	½-½	40	D97	Gruenfeld Russian
Predke, Alexandr	- Sarana, Alexey	½-½	67	E00	Catalan
Matlakov, Maxim	- Tomashevsky, Evgeny	½-½	36	E06	Catalan
Artemiev, Vladislav	- Vitiugov, Nikita	0-1	66	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Motylev, Alexander	- Dreev, Aleksey	½-½	36	B40	Sicilian Classical
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Alekseenko, Kirill	0-1	39	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 7 (August 17, 2019)
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Motylev, Alexander	½-½	55	A09	Reti Opening
Tomashevsky, Evgeny	- Artemiev, Vladislav	1-0	36	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Alekseenko, Kirill	- Inarkiev, Ernesto	½-½	55	C83	Ruy Lopez Open
Dreev, Aleksey	- Predke, Alexandr	½-½	40	E37	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Sarana, Alexey	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	54	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Fedoseev, Vladimir	- Matlakov, Maxim	½-½	45	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 8 (August 19, 2019)
Inarkiev, Ernesto	- Matlakov, Maxim	½-½	50	C53	Giuoco Piano
Alekseenko, Kirill	- Sarana, Alexey	½-½	41	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Predke, Alexandr	- Vitiugov, Nikita	0-1	41	E35	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Artemiev, Vladislav	- Fedoseev, Vladimir	1-0	36	A34	English Symmetrical
Motylev, Alexander	- Tomashevsky, Evgeny	½-½	71	C84	Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Dreev, Aleksey	½-½	46	A11	Reti Opening
Round 9 (August 20, 2019)
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Jakovenko, Dmitry	½-½	70	A07	Barcza System
Tomashevsky, Evgeny	- Predke, Alexandr	½-½	34	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Matlakov, Maxim	- Artemiev, Vladislav	½-½	30	D15	Slav Defence
Dreev, Aleksey	- Alekseenko, Kirill	½-½	45	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Sarana, Alexey	- Inarkiev, Ernesto	0-1	72	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Fedoseev, Vladimir	- Motylev, Alexander	½-½	67	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 10 (August 21, 2019)
Inarkiev, Ernesto	- Artemiev, Vladislav	0-1	52	B43	Sicilian Paulsen
Alekseenko, Kirill	- Vitiugov, Nikita	½-½	66	C11	French Defence
Predke, Alexandr	- Fedoseev, Vladimir	1-0	43	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Motylev, Alexander	- Matlakov, Maxim	½-½	25	C80	Ruy Lopez Open
Sarana, Alexey	- Dreev, Aleksey	½-½	65	B40	Sicilian Classical
Jakovenko, Dmitry	- Tomashevsky, Evgeny	½-½	37	C84	Ruy Lopez Centre Attack

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69th ch-RUS w 2019 Izhevsk RUS (RUS), 10-22 viii 2019															cat. VIII (2435)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2457	*	½	½	1	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	8	2608
2.	Girya, Olga	wg	RUS	2462	½	*	0	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	8	2607
3.	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	g	RUS	2564	½	1	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	7½	2556
4.	Gunina, Valentina	g	RUS	2497	0	0	½	*	1	1	1	1	½	1	0	1	7	2531
5.	Potapova, Margarita	wf	RUS	2335	½	½	½	0	*	1	1	0	1	½	½	½	6	2480
6.	Kashlinskaya, Alina	m	RUS	2491	½	½	0	0	0	*	1	1	1	½	1	½	6	2466
7.	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2507	1	0	½	0	0	0	*	1	1	0	1	1	5½	2428
8.	Charochkina, Daria	m	RUS	2352	0	0	½	0	1	0	0	*	½	1	1	1	5	2406
9.	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	m	RUS	2429	0	½	½	½	0	0	0	½	*	½	½	1	4	2333
10.	Shuvalova, Polina	wm	RUS	2419	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	0	½	*	½	1	4	2334
11.	Tomilova, Elena	wm	RUS	2376	0	0	½	1	½	0	0	0	½	½	*	0	3	2265
12.	Shafigullina, Zarina	wf	RUS	2332	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	1	*	2	2182

Round 1 (August 10, 2019)
Pogonina, Natalija	- Tomilova, Elena	1-0	69	E09	Catalan
Girya, Olga	- Kashlinskaya, Alina	½-½	67	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Gunina, Valentina	- Shafigullina, Zarina	1-0	79	D20	QGA
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	- Goryachkina, Aleksandra	½-½	85	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Charochkina, Daria	- Potapova, Margarita	1-0	31	A45	Trompowsky
Shuvalova, Polina	- Bodnaruk, Anastasia	½-½	41	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 2 (August 11, 2019)
Girya, Olga	- Charochkina, Daria	1-0	40	B07	Pirc Defence
Goryachkina, Aleksandra	- Pogonina, Natalija	½-½	40	D20	QGA
Potapova, Margarita	- Shuvalova, Polina	½-½	75	D38	QGD Ragozin
Kashlinskaya, Alina	- Shafigullina, Zarina	½-½	41	D25	QGA
Bodnaruk, Anastasia	- Kosteniuk, Alexandra	0-1	65	C77	Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Tomilova, Elena	- Gunina, Valentina	1-0	39	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Round 3 (August 13, 2019)
Pogonina, Natalija	- Bodnaruk, Anastasia	1-0	56	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Gunina, Valentina	- Goryachkina, Aleksandra	½-½	40	D10	Slav Defence
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	- Potapova, Margarita	0-1	41	B95	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Bg5
Charochkina, Daria	- Kashlinskaya, Alina	0-1	50	A21	English Opening
Shuvalova, Polina	- Girya, Olga	0-1	28	B13	Caro Kann Exchange
Shafigullina, Zarina	- Tomilova, Elena	1-0	36	A01	Larsen Opening
Round 4 (August 14, 2019)
Girya, Olga	- Kosteniuk, Alexandra	1-0	39	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Goryachkina, Aleksandra	- Shafigullina, Zarina	1-0	59	C42	Petroff's Defence
Potapova, Margarita	- Pogonina, Natalija	½-½	37	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Kashlinskaya, Alina	- Tomilova, Elena	1-0	49	D44	Anti-Meran Gambit
Charochkina, Daria	- Shuvalova, Polina	1-0	60	A03	Bird's Opening
Bodnaruk, Anastasia	- Gunina, Valentina	½-½	68	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 5 (August 15, 2019)
Pogonina, Natalija	- Girya, Olga	½-½	29	A13	Reti Opening
Gunina, Valentina	- Potapova, Margarita	1-0	50	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	- Charochkina, Daria	1-0	43	B10	Caro Kann
Shuvalova, Polina	- Kashlinskaya, Alina	½-½	35	C43	Petroff's Defence
Tomilova, Elena	- Goryachkina, Aleksandra	½-½	42	A09	Reti Opening
Shafigullina, Zarina	- Bodnaruk, Anastasia	0-1	41	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Round 6 (August 16, 2019)
Girya, Olga	- Gunina, Valentina	1-0	30	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
Potapova, Margarita	- Shafigullina, Zarina	½-½	110	E15	Queens Indian
Kashlinskaya, Alina	- Goryachkina, Aleksandra	0-1	32	C07	French Tarrasch
Charochkina, Daria	- Pogonina, Natalija	0-1	49	D35	QGD Exchange
Bodnaruk, Anastasia	- Tomilova, Elena	½-½	27	C11	French Defence
Shuvalova, Polina	- Kosteniuk, Alexandra	1-0	42	C43	Petroff's Defence
Round 7 (August 17, 2019)
Pogonina, Natalija	- Shuvalova, Polina	1-0	38	E06	Catalan
Goryachkina, Aleksandra	- Bodnaruk, Anastasia	½-½	65	E81	King's Indian Saemisch
Gunina, Valentina	- Charochkina, Daria	1-0	86	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	- Kashlinskaya, Alina	0-1	60	C11	French Defence
Tomilova, Elena	- Potapova, Margarita	½-½	52	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Shafigullina, Zarina	- Girya, Olga	0-1	30	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Round 8 (August 19, 2019)
Girya, Olga	- Tomilova, Elena	1-0	64	E47	Nimzo Indian
Potapova, Margarita	- Goryachkina, Aleksandra	½-½	88	D52	Queens Gambit Cambridge Springs
Kashlinskaya, Alina	- Bodnaruk, Anastasia	1-0	83	E97	King's Indian Classical
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	- Pogonina, Natalija	1-0	45	C50	Giuoco Piano
Charochkina, Daria	- Shafigullina, Zarina	1-0	41	A45	Trompowsky
Shuvalova, Polina	- Gunina, Valentina	0-1	39	C60	Ruy Lopez
Round 9 (August 20, 2019)
Pogonina, Natalija	- Kashlinskaya, Alina	½-½	56	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Goryachkina, Aleksandra	- Girya, Olga	1-0	46	B18	Caro Kann
Gunina, Valentina	- Kosteniuk, Alexandra	1-0	45	E20	Nimzo Indian
Bodnaruk, Anastasia	- Potapova, Margarita	0-1	77	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Tomilova, Elena	- Charochkina, Daria	0-1	32	A04	Dutch System
Shafigullina, Zarina	- Shuvalova, Polina	0-1	28	A04	Dutch System
Round 10 (August 21, 2019)
Pogonina, Natalija	- Gunina, Valentina	1-0	74	A45	Trompowsky
Girya, Olga	- Bodnaruk, Anastasia	½-½	45	E81	King's Indian Saemisch
Kashlinskaya, Alina	- Potapova, Margarita	0-1	42	A45	Trompowsky
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	- Shafigullina, Zarina	1-0	44	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Charochkina, Daria	- Goryachkina, Aleksandra	½-½	77	A01	Larsen Opening
Shuvalova, Polina	- Tomilova, Elena	½-½	50	C53	Giuoco Piano
Round 11 (August 22, 2019)
Goryachkina, Aleksandra	- Shuvalova, Polina	1-0	55	E06	Catalan
Gunina, Valentina	- Kashlinskaya, Alina	1-0	35	C29	Vienna Game
Potapova, Margarita	- Girya, Olga	½-½	18	D38	QGD Ragozin
Bodnaruk, Anastasia	- Charochkina, Daria	½-½	65	C02	French Advance
Tomilova, Elena	- Kosteniuk, Alexandra	0-1	46	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Shafigullina, Zarina	- Pogonina, Natalija	0-1	55	D02	Queen's Pawn Game

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69th ch-RUS w TB 2019 Izhevsk RUS Sat 10th Aug 2019 - Thu 22nd Aug 2019 Leading Final Round 3 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	3	Pts
1	Girya, Olga	WGM	RUS	2462	1	0	1	2
2	Pogonina, Natalija	WGM	RUS	2457	0	1	0	1
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