| 70th Russian Chess Championship playoff :: St Petersburg 2017 |
| pos. | name | Elo | Flag | 1 | 2 | pts | + | = | - |
| 1. | GM Svidler, Peter | 2765 | |
1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. | GM Vitiugov, Nikita | 2722 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 70th Russian Chess Championship playoff | |
| Dates: | 2nd - 15th December 2017 |
| City: | St Petersburg (Russia) |
| Venue: | |
| Organizers: | |
| Chief Arbiter: | |
| Competition format: | play-off match |
| Time control: | |
| Other websites: | TWIC |
| PGN game file: | rus-2017playoff.pgn |