77th Russian Men’s and 74th Women’s Superfinals Have Started

The Superfinals of the 77th Russian Championship 2024 (open) and the 74th Russian Women’s Championship are going on 16-29 August 2024 in the city of Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia. The championships have been announced as qualification tournaments for the FIDE World Cup 2025.

Visit chess-results.com for round by round results and standings. See previous story in asianchess.com.

Live games will be broadcast on

https://chessopen.ru/live/superfinal-chempionata-rossii-sredi-muzhchin/?round=1XUV8s3q

https://chessopen.ru/live/superfinal-chempionata-rossii-sredi-zhenshchin/?round=ky1i6IyY

Twelve finalists in the Men’s led by GM Alexandeer Grischuk (drawing lots in above photo) are competing in a single round robin.

GM Alexander Grischuk (left) vs. GM Artion Timofeev

Twelve women’s finalists led by GM Alexandra Goryachkina are competing in a single round robin below.

Alexander Tkachev, Executive Director of the Chess Federation of Russia

Governor Viktor Tomenko of Altai Krai