SHSM-64 and Ekonomist will be with average ELO above 2700 in the Russian Team Chess Championship 2012 that starts tommorow. For SHSM-64 the players on the board will be Caruana, Hao Wang, Peter Leko, Anish Giri, Riazantsev, Grachev, Potkin, and Najer, with ELO average of 2708. Ekonomist will be represented by Morozevich, Tomashevsky, Nepomniachtchi, Moiseenko, Eljanov, Andreikin, Alekseev, and Michael Roiz with ELO average 2705.
Their main opposition comes from Tomsk-400 (led by Karjakin, ELO average 2695), SPB (led by Svidler, ELO average 2690), and Ugra (led by Shirov, ELO average 2653).
The first round of the tournament is April 9th at 15:00 local time. Games will be live here daily with analysis, expect full information, preview, and reports about the championship on Chessdom.com (in English) and Chessdom.ru (in Russian)
Full list of participants here / Live games with analysis
Participants top teams, full list here
| SHSM-64 (2708) | |
| Caruana | 2767 |
| Wang Hao | 2733 |
| Leko | 2720 |
| Giri | 2717 |
| Riazantsev | 2710 |
| Grachev | 2705 |
| Potkin | 2669 |
| Najer | 2640 |
| Ugra (2653) | |
| Shirov | 2701 |
| Jakovenko | 2729 |
| Malakhov | 2705 |
| Rublevsky | 2686 |
| Dreev | 2698 |
| Korobov | 2679 |
| Pridorozhny | 2524 |
| Kabanov | 2502 |
| Ekonomist (2705) | |
| Morozevich | 2765 |
| Tomashevsky | 2736 |
| Nepomniachtchi | 2718 |
| Moiseenko | 2706 |
| Eljanov | 2704 |
| Andreikin | 2689 |
| Alekseev | 2673 |
| Roiz | 2652 |
| Politechnik (2546) | |
| Kokarev | 2637 |
| Bocharov | 2609 |
| Smirnov | 2599 |
| Maletin | 2586 |
| Kryakvin | 2566 |
| Ovechkin | 2499 |
| Vokarev | 2439 |
| Pogromsky | 2435 |
| Tomsk-400 (2695) | |
| Karjakin | 2766 |
| Ponomariov | 2727 |
| Bologan | 2687 |
| Motylev | 2683 |
| Areshchenko | 2688 |
| Inarkiev | 2695 |
| Khismatullin | 2656 |
| Kurnosov | 2657 |
| Navigator (2544) | |
| Sutovsky | 2700 |
| Sasikiran | 2703 |
| Dubov | 2536 |
| Mozharov | 2474 |
| Moskalenko | 2532 |
| Demidov | 2441 |
| Mesropov | 2424 |
| SPB (2690) | |
| Svidler | 2744 |
| Vitiugov | 2709 |
| Dominguez | 2730 |
| Movsesian | 2702 |
| Efimenko | 2695 |
| Zviagintsev | 2683 |
| Khairullin | 2626 |
| Matlakov | 2632 |
| Belorechensk (2531) | |
| Landa | 2645 |
| Tregubov | 2599 |
| Brodsky | 2558 |
| Burmakin | 2592 |
| Poluljakhov | 2505 |
| Panarin | 2523 |
| Mayorov | 2377 |
| Beshukov | 2449 |
