Yevgeniy Najer Takes Lead In Moscow Championship Superfinals
January 30, 2014

The Men's Moscow Blitz Championship Superfinals began Thursday Jan 30 in a Russian State Social University auditorium. This is the first event of the Moscow Open 2014, 10th International RSSU Cup.  The prizes are contested by Moscow's strongest chess players—10 men, and 10 women. The competition is in round-robin format.

After the first day of play the lone leader of the men's section is Yevgeniy Najer, gathering 4.5 points in five rounds. Three grandmasters trail him by half a point—Alexander Grischuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Ivan Popov. Boris Grachev has earned 3 points, Alexander Morozevich 2.5.

First place in the women's tournament is a three-way tie, with a score of 4 of 5 by Alina Kashlinskaya, Valentina Gunina and Daria Charochkina. Olga Girya has earned 3 points. Alexandra Kosteniuk, Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, Irina Vasilevich and Elmira Mirzoeva have 2 points.

The competition's final four rounds take place Friday January, 31.