57th Russian Championships Moscow, Russia   (14 - 27 Nov 2004)

A. Korotylev - G. Kasparov

The 57th Russian Chess Championship was played from November 15-27, 2004.
 
A round-robin with a prize fund equivalent to $A162,000, it brought together some of the world's strongest players.
 
Garry Kasparov dominated the event with five wins and five draws to finish 1.5 points ahead of second-placed Alexander Grischuk.
 
It was his first tournament success for a couple of years.
 
Kasparov pointed out that he had never won a Russian Championship though he has certainly shared first place in at least two USSR Championships.   This was the first time he had played in the Russia-only event.
 
The win answers those critics who claim that Garry has lost some of his old fire. Whether or not he holds the world title he can still lay claim to being the world's top player. Alexey Dreev finished third on 5.5 with Morozevich, Motylev, Svidler and Bareev close behind on 5.
 
With the help of ChessGenie you can enjoy the games right here on the Rooty Hill web page. Just click on the game in the panel at the left and the Genie will appear.

Player ELO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Points   1 Garry KASPAROV 2813   ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1   7.5   2 Alexander GRISCHUK 2704 ½   ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1   6.0   3 Alexey DREEV 2698 0 ½   ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1   5.5   4 Alexander MOTYLEV 2651 ½ 0 ½   1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1   5.0   5 Peter SVIDLER 2735 0 ½ 1 0   ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1   5.0   6 Alexander MOROZEVICH 2757 ½ ½ 0 1 ½   ½ 1 ½ ½ 0   5.0   7 Evgeny BAREEV 2715 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½   1 ½ ½ 1   5.0   8 Alexey KOROTYLEV 2596 ½ 1 0 1 0 0 0   ½ 1 ½   4.5   9 Vladimir EPISHIN 2599 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½   ½ ½   4.5   10 Artyom TIMOFEEV 2611 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½   ½   4.5   11 Vilaly TSESHKOVSKY 2577 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½     2.5

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