The 63^rd Russian Men's Championships Higher League took place between August 26^th and September 5^th.

Round 1 - Aug 26th Frolyanov - Tomashevsky 0-1 Nepomniachtchi - Chernyshov 1-0 Chadaev - Alekseev 0-1 Timofeev - Deviatkin 1-0 Dvoirys - Rublevsky 1/2 Riazantsev - Grigoriants 1/2 Tseshkovsky - Najer 0-1 Inarkiev - Shomoev 1/2 Maslak - Grachev 1/2 Khismatullin - Gabrielian 1-0	Round 2 - Aug 27th Tomashevsky - Khairullin 1/2 Bocharov - Nepomniachtchi 0-1 Alekseev - Maletin 1/2 Sjugirov - Timofeev 0-1 Najer - Zakhartsov 1/2 Kryakvin - Khismatullin 0-1 Kurnosov - Rakhmanov 1-0 Volkov - Zvjaginsev 1/2 Rublevsky - Maslak 1/2 Shomoev - Riazantsev 1/2
Round 3 - Aug 28th Nepomniachtchi - Khismatullin 1/2 Timofeev - Kurnosov 1-0 Potkin - Tomashevsky 1/2 Khairullin - Alekseev 1/2 Maletin - Najer 1-0 Zvjaginsev - Belov 1/2 Zakhartsov - Kokarev 1-0 Rublevsky - Volkov 1/2 Riazantsev - Chernyshov 1-0 Inarkiev - Shaposhnikov 1-0	Round 4 - Aug 29th Nepomniachtchi - Timofeev 1-0 Khismatullin - Maletin 1/2 Tomashevsky - Zakhartsov 1-0 Alekseev - Galkin 1/2 Bocharov - Riazantsev 1/2 Kryakvin - Inarkiev 1/2 Kurnosov - Khairullin 1/2 Rychagov - Zvjaginsev 1/2 Volkov - Potkin 0-1 Belov - Frolyanov 0-1
Round 5 - Aug 30th Potkin - Nepomniachtchi 1/2 Maletin - Tomashevsky 1-0 Timofeev - Khismatullin 1/2 Frolyanov - Alekseev 1/2 Riazantsev - Kryakvin 1-0 Inarkiev - Rychagov 1/2 Khairullin - Grachev 1/2 Zakhartsov - Kurnosov 0-1 Zvjaginsev - Bocharov 1-0 Galkin - Najer 1/2	Round 6 - Aug 31st Nepomniachtchi - Maletin 1-0 Zvjaginsev - Timofeev 1-0 Kurnosov - Riazantsev 1/2 Khismatullin - Frolyanov 1/2 Grachev - Potkin 0-1 Tomashevsky - Galkin 1-0 Alekseev - Rakhmanov 1/2 Sjugirov - Inarkiev 0-1 Rychagov - Khairullin 1/2 Chernyshov - Rublevsky 0-1
Round 7 - Sep 1st Frolyanov - Nepomniachtchi 1/2 Potkin - Zvjaginsev 1/2 Inarkiev - Tomashevsky 1/2 Riazantsev - Khismatullin 0-1 Maletin - Kurnosov 0-1 Rublevsky - Alekseev 1/2 Timofeev - Volkov 1-0 Khairullin - Kokarev 1-0 Rakhmanov - Belov 1/2 Bocharov - Rychagov 1-0	Round 8 - Sep 3rd Kurnosov - Nepomniachtchi 1/2 Khismatullin - Potkin 1/2 Tomashevsky - Zvjaginsev 1/2 Khairullin - Timofeev 1/2 Frolyanov - Inarkiev 1/2 Alekseev - Yevseev 1-0 Maletin - Rublevsky 1-0 Sjugirov - Riazantsev 0-1 Belov - Galkin 1-0 Kryakvin - Bocharov 1-0
Round 9 - Sep 4th Nepomniachtchi - Alekseev 1/2 Zvjaginsev - Khismatullin 1/2 Potkin - Kurnosov 1/2 Belov - Tomashevsky 1/2 Timofeev - Maletin 1/2 Riazantsev - Frolyanov 1-0 Inarkiev - Khairullin 1/2 Volkov - Kryakvin 1/2 Shomoev - Najer 1-0 Rublevsky - Rychagov 1/2	Round 10 - Sep 5th Nepomniachtchi - Zvjaginsev 1/2 Potkin - Riazantsev 1/2 Khismatullin - Kurnosov 1/2 Tomashevsky - Timofeev 1-0 Alekseev - Inarkiev 1-0 Kryakvin - Belov 0-1 Shomoev - Khairullin 0-1 Sjugirov - Maletin 1/2 Yevseev - Volkov 1-0 Grachev - Frolyanov 1/2