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Bareev, Khalifman Top Russian Qualifier

Evgeny Bareev and Alexander Khalifman shared first place, while five more top Russian players also qualified for their nation's championship at the Russian Championship Semi-Finals. Bareev and Khalifman each scored 6.5/9 to secure a spot in the Championship.

Five more players qualified by scoring 6 points: Sergey Volkov, Sergei Rublevsky, Evgeniy Najer, Dmitry Jakovenko and Alexander Motylev.

The seven qualifiers from this tournament will meet with five invited players to battle for the Russian Championship in December. The invited players include World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Svidler, Alexander Morozevich, Alexey Dreev and Alexander Grischuk.

We will have complete coverage of the Russian Championships - traditionally a hard-fought compeition - this December. For now, here is a quick win by Bareev in the 5th round over Vladimir Belov.

White: Bareev, E (2688)
Black: Belov, V (2596)
Russian Championship Semi-Final, Round 5
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4 Bb7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. e4 Ne7 11. h4 Ng4 12. Rd2 f5 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. Bg5 Qb8 15. b4 Bd6 16. exf5 N6e5 17. Be4 Nxc4 18. Rd4 Bg3 19. O-O d5 20. Bxd5 Bh2+ 21. Kh1 exd5 22. Rxg4 Ne5 23. Nxh2 Nxg4 24. Nxg4 d4 25. Ne2 h6 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Bf4 Qe8 28. Ng3 1-0