Major League Russian Chess Championship

57th Russian Championship (2004)

• Tomsk (35 participants)
  • Winner: Alexander Motylev
  • Also reached the final: Artyom Timofeev , Alexey Korotylev
• St. Petersburg (34 participants)
  • Winner: Alexey Dreev
  • Also reached the finals: Vitaly Tseshkovsky , Vladimir Epishin

58th Russian Championship (2005)

• Kazan (66 participants)
  • Winner: Evgeny Bareev
  • Also reached the finals: Alexander Khalifman , Sergey Volkov , Sergey Rublevsky , Dmitry Yakovenko , Eugene Naer , Alexander Motylev

59th Russian Championship (2006)

• Tomsk (62 participants)
  • Winner: Ernesto Inarkiev
  • Also reached the finals: Denis Khismatullin , Evgeny Tomashevsky , Yan Nepomnyashchy , Sergey Grigoryants , Evgeny Alekseev , Nikita Vitiugov

60th Russian Championship (2007)

• Krasnoyarsk (67 participants)
  • Winner: Nikita Vityugov
  • Also reached the final: Andrey Rychagov , Alexey Dreev , Farrukh Amonatov , Evgeny Tomashevsky , Artyom Timofeev , Konstanti Sakaev

61st Russian Championship (2008)

• Novokuznetsk (56 participants)
  • Winner: Artyom Timofeev
  • Also reached the finals: Nikita Vityugov , Ernesto Inarkiev , Konstantin Maslak , Alexander Lastin , Alexander Ryazantsev , Konstanti Sakaev

62nd Russian Championship (2009)

• Ulan-Ude (57 participants)
  • Winner: Evgeny Tomashevsky
  • Also reached the finals: Nikita Vityugov , Alexander Ryazantsev , Denis Khismatullin , Artyom Timofeev

63rd Russian Championship (2010)

• Irkutsk (48 participants)
  • Winner: Ian Nepomniachtchi
  • Also reached the finals: Denis Khismatullin , Vladimir Potkin , Igor Kurnosov , Vadim Zvyagintsev

64th Russian Championship (2011)

• Taganrog (60 participants)
  • Winner: Alexander Morozevich
  • Also reached the final: Artyom Timofeev , Alexander Galkin

Russian 65th Championship (2012)

• Tyumen (46 participants)
  • Winner: Dmitry Andreikin
  • Also reached the finals: Daniil Dubov , Nikita Vitiugov , Sanan Syugirov , Vladimir Potkin
• Participants ^[1]
  • chess players who took 4-8 ​​places in the Super Final of the Russian Championship 2011 ;
  • chess players with a FIDE rating of 2625 and higher on 05/01/2012;
  • chess players who took 1-3 places in the championships of the federal districts, Moscow and St. Petersburg;
  • winner of the championship of Russia among young men (under 20 years) 2012;
  • winner of the championship of Russia (under 18 years) 2012;
  • current winner of the championship of Russia among veterans;
  • Champion of Russia among students 2011/2012;
  • 5 chess players - on the proposal of the organizing committee and coordination with the RCF.

Only chess players representing Russia in the FIDE rating list and who are citizens of the Russian Federation are allowed to participate in the competitions.

66th Russian Championship (2013)

• Yekaterinburg (50 participants)
  • Winner: Ernesto Inarkiev
  • Also reached the Superfinal : Yan Nepomnyashchy , Alexander Motylev , Alexey Goganov , Anton Shomoev

67th Russian Championship (2014)

• Vladivostok (48 participants)
  • Winner: Igor Lysy
  • Also reached the Superfinal : Vadim Zvyagintsev , Dmitry Yakovenko , Denis Khismatullin , Boris Grachev

68th Russian Championship (2015)

• Kaliningrad (57 participants)
  • Winner: Vladislav Artemyev
  • Also reached the Superfinal : Alexander Motylev , Ivan Bukavshin , Ildar Khairullin , Daniil Dubov

69th Russian Championship (2016)

• Kolomna (60 participants)
  • Winner: Grigory Oparin
  • Also reached the Superfinal : Vladimir Fedoseev , Dmitry Kokarev , Alexander Ryazantsev , Alexey Goganov

70th Russian Championship (2017)

• Sochi (54 participants)
  • Winner: Daniil Dubov
  • Also reached the Superfinal : Sanan Syugirov , Sergey Volkov , Evgeny Romanov , Maxim Matlakov

71st Russian Championship (2018)

• Yaroslavl (59 participants)
  • Winner: Alexey Sarana
  • Also reached the Superfinal : Grigory Oparin , Ernesto Inarkiev , Denis Khismatullin , Mikhail Kobalia

• Major Leagues Statistics
• 62nd Russian Championship (2009) (unavailable link) on The Week in Chess website
• 63rd Russian Championship (2010) on The Week in Chess
• 64th Russian Championship (2011) on The Week in Chess