77th Russian Chess Championship

The 77th'' edition of the Russian Chess Championship (Russian: 77-й чемпионат России по шахматам), also known as the Superfinal of the 77th Russian Championship, was a chess tournament held in Barnaul, Altai Territory, Russia, from 16 to 29 August 2024.

It was an 11-round single round-robin featuring 12 players in the open section and served as the premier domestic chess championship of Russia for 2024.

Vladislav Artemiev and Andrey Esipenko both scored 7/11. Artemiev defended his title by winning the rapid playoff 2–0. The 74th Russian Women's Chess Championship was held concurrently and won by Kateryna Lagno.

Open section

Final crosstable Pos Player Title Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR 1–2 Vladislav Artemiev GM 2699 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 7 2713 1–2 Andrey Esipenko GM 2671 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7 2715 3 Daniil Dubov GM 2701 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 2646 4 Evgeniy Najer GM 2635 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 2652 5 Arseniy Nesterov GM 2592 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 2656 6 Aleksey Grebnev GM 2513 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2628 7 Rudik Makarian IM 2537 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2625 8 Aleksey Dreev GM 2591 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 2584 9 Alexander Grischuk GM 2708 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 5 2574 10 Maxim Matlakov GM 2651 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 4½ 2550 11 Artyom Timofeev GM 2547 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 4½ 2559 12 Pavel Ponkratov GM 2571 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 4 2520

Schedule and results by round Round 1 (17 August 2024) White Black Result Moves ECO Opening Artemiev, Vladislav Najer, Evgeniy ½–½ 27 A06 Réti Opening Makarian, Rudik Dubov, Daniil ½–½ 20 D43 Semi-Slav Defence Grebnev, Aleksey Matlakov, Maxim ½–½ 18 E06 Catalan Opening Esipenko, Andrey Ponkratov, Pavel ½–½ 22 C87 Ruy Lopez Grischuk, Alexander Timofeev, Artyom 1–0 88 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Dreev, Aleksey Nesterov, Arseniy ½–½ 24 D02 Queen's Pawn GameRound 2 (18 August 2024) White Black Result Moves ECO Opening Artemiev, Vladislav Makarian, Rudik ½–½ 60 B40 Sicilian Defence Timofeev, Artyom Dreev, Aleksey ½–½ 14 B12 Caro-Kann Defence Ponkratov, Pavel Grischuk, Alexander ½–½ 25 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin Matlakov, Maxim Esipenko, Andrey ½–½ 26 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin Dubov, Daniil Grebnev, Aleksey ½–½ 13 C43 Petrov's Defence Najer, Evgeniy Nesterov, Arseniy ½–½ 20 D03 Queen's Pawn GameRound 3 (19 August 2024) White Black Result Moves ECO Opening Grischuk, Alexander Matlakov, Maxim ½–½ 28 A45 Queen's Pawn Game Esipenko, Andrey Dubov, Daniil ½–½ 41 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin Nesterov, Arseniy Artemiev, Vladislav ½–½ 32 D38 QGD Ragozin Makarian, Rudik Timofeev, Artyom ½–½ 19 D11 Slav Defence Grebnev, Aleksey Najer, Evgeniy ½–½ 22 E06 Catalan Opening Ponkratov, Pavel Dreev, Aleksey ½–½ 17 C88 Ruy LopezRound 4 (20 August 2024) White Black Result Moves ECO Opening Dubov, Daniil Grischuk, Alexander ½–½ 25 D11 Slav Defence Artemiev, Vladislav Esipenko, Andrey ½–½ 41 D38 QGD Ragozin Timofeev, Artyom Grebnev, Aleksey ½–½ 30 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo Matlakov, Maxim Ponkratov, Pavel ½–½ 24 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined Najer, Evgeniy Makarian, Rudik ½–½ 21 D31 Semi-Slav Defence Dreev, Aleksey Nesterov, Arseniy ½–½ 18 A07 Barcza SystemRound 5 (21 August 2024) White Black Result Moves ECO Opening Grischuk, Alexander Artemiev, Vladislav ½–½ 32 C53 Giuoco Piano Esipenko, Andrey Timofeev, Artyom 1–0 45 C42 Petroff's Defence Nesterov, Arseniy Dubov, Daniil ½–½ 28 D86 Grünfeld Defence Makarian, Rudik Grebnev, Aleksey ½–½ 35 D35 QGD Exchange Ponkratov, Pavel Najer, Evgeniy ½–½ 19 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin Matlakov, Maxim Dreev, Aleksey ½–½ 22 D37 Queen's Gambit DeclinedRound 6 (22 August 2024) White Black Result Moves ECO Opening Artemiev, Vladislav Ponkratov, Pavel 1–0 52 A13 Réti Opening Grischuk, Alexander Nesterov, Arseniy ½–½ 30 A15 English Opening Dubov, Daniil Makarian, Rudik ½–½ 41 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin Esipenko, Andrey Grebnev, Aleksey ½–½ 36 C88 Ruy Lopez Timofeev, Artyom Matlakov, Maxim ½–½ 25 B30 Sicilian Najer, Evgeniy Dreev, Aleksey ½–½ 28 D31 Semi-SlavRound 7 (24 August 2024) White Black Result Moves ECO Opening Nesterov, Arseniy Esipenko, Andrey ½–½ 33 D38 QGD Ragozin Artemiev, Vladislav Grischuk, Alexander ½–½ 29 D31 Semi-Slav Grebnev, Aleksey Dubov, Daniil ½–½ 24 E06 Catalan Makarian, Rudik Najer, Evgeniy ½–½ 21 D35 QGD Exchange Ponkratov, Pavel Timofeev, Artyom ½–½ 18 C45 Scotch Game Matlakov, Maxim Dreev, Aleksey ½–½ 26 D37 Queen's Gambit DeclinedRound 8 (25 August 2024) White Black Result Moves ECO Opening Grischuk, Alexander Nesterov, Arseniy ½–½ 41 A15 English Esipenko, Andrey Makarian, Rudik ½–½ 37 C88 Ruy Lopez Dubov, Daniil Artemiev, Vladislav ½–½ 32 D31 Semi-Slav Timofeev, Artyom Najer, Evgeniy ½–½ 22 B30 Sicilian Grebnev, Aleksey Ponkratov, Pavel ½–½ 19 E06 Catalan Dreev, Aleksey Matlakov, Maxim ½–½ 24 A07 Barcza SystemRound 9 (26 August 2024) White Black Result Moves ECO Opening Artemiev, Vladislav Timofeev, Artyom 1–0 48 A13 Réti Opening Nesterov, Arseniy Grebnev, Aleksey 1–0 52 D86 Grünfeld Defence Makarian, Rudik Grischuk, Alexander ½–½ 25 D11 Slav Defence Ponkratov, Pavel Dubov, Daniil ½–½ 30 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin Najer, Evgeniy Esipenko, Andrey ½–½ 28 D31 Semi-Slav Matlakov, Maxim Dreev, Aleksey ½–½ 22 D37 Queen's Gambit DeclinedRound 10 (27 August 2024) White Black Result Moves ECO Opening Grischuk, Alexander Artemiev, Vladislav ½–½ 35 C53 Giuoco Piano Esipenko, Andrey Nesterov, Arseniy ½–½ 41 C42 Petroff's Defence Dubov, Daniil Najer, Evgeniy ½–½ 29 D11 Slav Defence Timofeev, Artyom Makarian, Rudik ½–½ 24 B30 Sicilian Grebnev, Aleksey Matlakov, Maxim ½–½ 26 E06 Catalan Dreev, Aleksey Ponkratov, Pavel ½–½ 19 A07 Barcza SystemRound 11 (28 August 2024) White Black Result Moves ECO Opening Artemiev, Vladislav Esipenko, Andrey ½–½ 41 D38 QGD Ragozin Nesterov, Arseniy Dubov, Daniil ½–½ 33 D86 Grünfeld Defence Makarian, Rudik Grebnev, Aleksey ½–½ 28 D11 Slav Defence Ponkratov, Pavel Najer, Evgeniy ½–½ 25 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin Matlakov, Maxim Timofeev, Artyom ½–½ 22 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined Dreev, Aleksey Grischuk, Alexander ½–½ 30 A07 Barcza System

Artemiev and Esipenko tied for first on 7/11. Artemiev won the rapid playoff 2–0 to defend his title.

Women's section

The 74th Russian Women's Chess Championship was held concurrently in Barnaul. Kateryna Lagno''' won the title with 7/11 points.

Prize fund The prize fund for the open section was approximately 7 million RUB.

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