Aleksandar Grischuk je pobjedio na turniru Play for Russia. U polufinalu je savladao Kramnika 2:1 dok je u finalu savladao Tomashevskog 3-0. Tomashevski je u drugom polufinalu pojedio Svidlera 1,5:0,5.
Tomashevsky,Evgeny (2706) – Grischuk,Alexander (2777) [E90]
Play for Russia Final lichess.org INT (2.1), 14.05.2020
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0–0 6.h3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.g4 Na6 9.Be3 Nc5 10.Nd2 c6 11.Be2 a4 12.Qc2 Qa5 13.a3 Bd7 14.Kf1 cxd5 15.cxd5 b5 16.Kg2 Rac8 17.f3 Ne8 18.Rhc1 f5 19.b4 axb3 20.Nxb3 Nxb3 21.Qxb3 Nf6 22.Qb4 Qd8 23.Nxb5 Rb8 24.a4 h5 25.exf5 gxf5 26.g5 Nxd5 27.Bc4 Be6 28.Bxd5 Bxd5 29.Rd1
29…f4 30.Rxd5 Qxg5+ 31.Kh2 Qg3+ 32.Kh1 Qxf3+ 33.Kh2 Qg3+ 34.Kh1 Qxh3+ 35.Kg1 Qxe3+ 0–1
Kramnik,Vladimir (2753) – Grischuk,Alexander (2777) [A04]
Play for Russia Final lichess.org INT (1.2), 14.05.2020
1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 Nbd7 4.Bg2 e5 5.c4 c6 6.0–0 e4 7.Nfd2 d5 8.Nc3 Be7 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.f3 exf3 11.Nxf3 0–0 12.Ne5 Nb6 13.a4 a5 14.Qb3 Be6 15.Bf4 Rc8 16.Rac1 h6 17.Qb5 g5 18.Be3 Nc4 19.Nxc4 Rxc4 20.Qxb7 Rb4 21.Qa7 Rxb2 22.Rb1 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Bb4 24.Bd2 Re8 25.Rf1 Kg7 26.Qa6 Bg4 27.e3 Re6 28.Qd3 Bh5 29.Nb5 Bg6 30.Qe2 Qe7 31.Re1 Ne4 32.Bxb4 Qxb4 33.Nc7 Rc6 34.Nxd5 Qxa4 35.Rf1 Rc2 36.Qf3 g4 37.Qf4
37…Rxg2+ 38.Kxg2 Qa2+ 39.Kg1 Qxd5 40.Qe5+ Qxe5 41.dxe5 Nc3 42.Kf2 Bd3 43.Ra1 a4 44.Ke1 Bb5 45.Kd2 Ne4+ 46.Kc2 Ng5 47.Rb1 Bd7 48.Rb7 Be6 49.Kb2 Nf3 50.Ka3 Nxh2 51.Rb1 Bb3 52.Rc1 Nf3 53.e6 fxe6 54.Kb4 Kg6 55.Rc3 h5 56.Kc5 Kf6 57.Rc1 Ke5 58.Rh1 h4 59.gxh4 g3 60.h5 g2 61.Rc1 g1Q 0–1
Tomashevsky,Evgeny (2706) – Kramnik,Vladimir (2753) [A06]
Play for Russia Prelim lichess.org INT (13.2), 13.05.2020
1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 Bd6 5.Bb2 0–0 6.Nc3 b6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.Be2 a5 10.0–0 Ba6 11.Nd4 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Be5 13.Bc3 Re8 14.Qg4 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 f6 16.Qg4 c5 17.d4 Nc6 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Rfd1 Qd6 20.Rac1 a4 21.h3 axb3 22.axb3 Rab8 23.Qa4 Red8 24.Be1 Ne5 25.Qa3 Rbc8 26.Rc2 Qb6 27.Ba5 Qa7 28.Qa1 Rd7 29.Bc3 Qb8 30.Rcd2 Rcd8 31.Qa5 Qxb3 32.Bxe5 fxe5 33.Qxc5 d4
34.Qxe5 d3 35.Qb2 Qc4 36.Qa2 Qxa2 37.Rxa2 Kf7 38.Kf1 Ke6 39.Ke1 Rc7 40.Ra3 Rcd7 41.Kd2 g5 42.Rb1 h5 43.Rbb3 Rf7 44.f3 g4 45.hxg4 hxg4
46.Rb6+ Kd5 47.Rxd3+ Kc5 48.Rxd8 Kxb6 49.f4 Kc5 50.Ke2 Rg7 51.Kf2 1–0
| Play for Russia Final lichess.org INT Tue 12th May 2020 – Thu 14th May 2020 Leading Final Round 2 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | Pts |
| Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Grischuk, Alexander | GM | RUS | 2777 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | GM | RUS | 2706 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Semifinal | ||||||||
| 1 | Grischuk, Alexander | GM | RUS | 2777 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Kramnik, Vladimir | GM | RUS | 2753 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | GM | RUS | 2706 | 1 | = | 1.5 | |
| 2 | Svidler, Peter | GM | RUS | 2723 | 0 | = | 0.5 | |