Chess blog for latest news and trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello everyone,
Defending champion Liem Le Quang is on a roll at the Aeroflot Chess Open 2011 in the A group. He has already notched up a good 4.5/5 to lead which includes a nice point scored off American Grandmaster and top seed Gata Kamsky.
As you know Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk is also playing in the Group A and has notched up interesting wins. The 10th edition of the International Chess Festival 'Aeroflot Open 2011' is underway in Moscow, and runs February 7 to 18 February 2011. The event includes three nine-round opens, which encompass all ratings together, and have a total prize fund of 125 thousand Euros. The A event is reserved for players rated 2550 and above, and boasts 20 thousand Euros for first prize, Furthermore the winner of the A tournament will be entitled to participate in the round-robin Super Tournament in Dortmund in the second half of July 2011. The B event is reserved for players rated between 2300 and 2549, and has a first prize of ten thousand Euros. The C event is for players rated under 2300, or unrated players, and has a first prize of 3500 Euros. Finally there will also be a qualifier for the World Blitz Championship.
You can keep track of the tournament also at the official website of www.aeroflotchess.com.
Here are the top standings after five rounds:
Here is the nice Liem-Kamsky game from Round 4.
From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
Hello everyone,
As you know Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk is also playing in the Group A and has notched up interesting wins. The 10th edition of the International Chess Festival 'Aeroflot Open 2011' is underway in Moscow, and runs February 7 to 18 February 2011. The event includes three nine-round opens, which encompass all ratings together, and have a total prize fund of 125 thousand Euros. The A event is reserved for players rated 2550 and above, and boasts 20 thousand Euros for first prize, Furthermore the winner of the A tournament will be entitled to participate in the round-robin Super Tournament in Dortmund in the second half of July 2011. The B event is reserved for players rated between 2300 and 2549, and has a first prize of ten thousand Euros. The C event is for players rated under 2300, or unrated players, and has a first prize of 3500 Euros. Finally there will also be a qualifier for the World Blitz Championship.
You can keep track of the tournament also at the official website of www.aeroflotchess.com.
Here are the top standings after five rounds:
Name Quang Liem Kobalia, Mikhail Tomashevsky, Evgeny Kasimdzhanov, Rustam Zhou, Jianchao Salgado Lopez, Ivan Khismatullin, Denis Vitiugov, Nikita Zvjaginsev, Vadim Jakovenko, Dmitry Mamedov, Rauf Kurnosov, Igor Hess, Robert L Papin, Vasily Fedoseev, Vladimir Bukavshin, Ivan Kamsky, Gata Kotsur, Pavel Sandipan, Chanda Yu, Yangyi
Here is the nice Liem-Kamsky game from Round 4.
From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
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