Russian chess champions among men and women have been announced in Ufa

Nikita Vitiugov and Valentina Gunina are the new champions of the country.

In the final 11th round of the open tournament, Vladimir Fedoseev lost to Pavel Ponkratov playing white. The games Chigaev - Alekseenko, Goryachkina - Andreikin, Predke - Motylev, Rakhmanov - Vitiugov, and Esipenko - Matlakov ended in a draw.

Grandmaster Nikita Vitiugov scored 7 points out of 11 and became the champion of Russia for the first time in his career.

Silver went to Maxim Matlakov, half a point behind the winner. The third was Vladimir Fedoseev, who scored 6 points and overtook Dmitry Andreikin in additional scores. All three winners represent St. Petersburg.

The key game of the Gunina-Shuvalova round ended in a draw for the women. Having scored 8 points out of 11 and without losing a single match, the Muscovite Valentina Gunina became the four-time champion of Russia.

The second place went to Evgeniya Ovod, who won Alina Bivol. The St. Petersburg chess player scored 7.5 points and overtook the bronze medalist - Polina Shuvalova (Moscow), with additional scores. Gallyamova - Guseva, Pogonina - Garifullina, Voight - Kashlinskaya, and Bodnaruk - Girya drew.

At the closing ceremony, the winners were congratulated and awarded by Pavel Muslimov, Deputy Minister of Sports of the Republic of Bashkortostan, and Alexander Tkachev, Deputy Executive Director of the FSHR.

The Superfinals of the Russian Championships were held within the framework of the Chess in Museums program implemented by the Russian Chess Federation and the Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation. The total guaranteed prize fund of the competition was 11 million rubles: in the open tournament - 7 million rubles, in the women's tournament - 4 million rubles.

Traditionally, a social program day is organized at the Superfinals: famous grandmasters conduct simultaneous games and master classes for young chess players and veterans. On October 15, at the Mikhail Nesterov Bashkir State Art Museum, Sergei Shipov held a session with disabled children. On the same day, sessions with Evgeny Miroshnichenko and Alexander Shimanov took place in the Bashkiria lifestyle center, and a children's tournament was also organized there.