Russian Championship: St-Petersburg and Tomsk are hosting qualifying events for the 57th Russian Championship.
The top three in each event will play in the Super-final with Kasparov, Kramnik, Karpov and Svidler, Bareev, Grischuk and Morozevich.
St Petersburg Leading scores after 5 rounds: 1. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2689 4.5; 2. Tseshkovsky, Vitaly g RUS 2564 4.0; 3. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2610 3.5; 4. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2668 3.5;
Tomsk Leading scores after 5 rounds: 1. Timofeev, Artyom 3.5; 2. Khismatullin, Denis 3.0
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