Russian Championship Higher League
The 63rd Russian Championship Higher League (the preliminaries for the Russian Super-Final in Moscow in December) take place in Irkutsk from August 25 to September 5. The field consists of more than 50 GMs, among them Nepomniachtchi, Timofeev, Tomashevsky, Khismatullin, Alekseev, Riazantsev, Inarkiev, Zviagintsev and Rublevsky. The top 5 will qualify for the Super-Final. More information (in Russian) and live games can be found at the championship website: www.russiachess.org