Updates on the Russian Championship and TCEC

The British Knockout Championship enjoyed a rest day today, so that while the London Chess Classic takes tomorrow (Thursday) off they'll be there to provide entertainment for the participants in the also-concurrent FIDE Open. So on to the other non-LCC events:

In the Russian Championship, Daniil Dubov was finally held to a draw, by Alexander Riazantsev, but for now there's no stopping Vladimir Fedoseev. With his win over Maxim Matlakov he moves to 4-0 (and continues to rocket up the rating list). Dubov is half a point behind, Nikita Vitiugov is a further point behind, and then there's a tie at 50% including top seed Peter Svidler.

As for TCEC, it's match-point for Houdini, which leads the best of 100 match with Komodo 50-45 (14-9, with 72 draws). It seems anti-climactic, with AlphaZero having sucked all the oxygen out of the computer chess room today, but congratulations are still in order for Robert Houdart, who gave his brainchild a mighty boost after 2-3 years off.