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Diving into the Black Sea at -10ºC

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The PGMB team from Rostov arrived as an outsider to the last round of the Russian Teams Chess Championship, given that they played against the leaders – and eventual winners.

Despite the fact that they were already out of contention for first place, there was a strong motivation to do their best in the last round: the four first places qualify to the European Club Championship.

When the match got going, the situation seemed bleak because Peter Svidler had a winning advantage against Baadur Jobava. However, things turned around in favor of the PGMB. Jobava held the draw and Ivan Popov beat Maxim Matlakov with white in a sharp open position to get an overall victory.

The team decided to celebrate in the Black Sea at a -10ºC temperature.

The performance of the team:


NameRtgPts.Games
GMJobava Baadur27022.55
GMCheparinov Ivan27022.55
GMZhigalko Sergei26563.55
GMSjugirov Sanan26573.06
GMAzarov Sergei26263.55
GMSmirnov Pavel26284.06
GMPopov Ivan26273.06
GMKryakvin Dmitry25882.04

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