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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Aeroflot Chess Open 2011 set for photo finish in last round on Wednesday

Chess blog for latest news and trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011


GM Quang Liem Le - Very close to a successful title defense

Hi everyone,

It's the last round at the Aeroflot Chess Open 2011 in Moscow on Wednesday and the tournament is set for a photo finish.

Here are the last round pairings in the A Group. You can watch the games online at www.aeroflotchess.com. Don't miss the excitement. Enjoy. Here are the Group A last round pairings.

Pairings round 9 (Wednesday, 16 February 2011)

Table
White
Flags
Score
Fed.
Rating
Black
Flags
Score
Fed.
Rating
Result
1
GM Cheparinov, Ivan

6.0
BUL
2665
GM Vitiugov, Nikita

5.5
RUS
2709

2
GM Mamedov, Rauf

5.5
AZE
2660
GM Le, Quang Liem

6.0
VIE
2664

3
GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny

5.5
RUS
2695
GM Sjugirov, Sanan
j
5.5
RUS
2626

4
GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam

5.5
UZB
2681
GM Yu, Yangyi
j
5.5
CHN
2607

5
GM Rodshtein, Maxim

5.5
ISR
2625
GM Khismatullin, Denis

5.5
RUS
2649

6
GM Vuckovic, Bojan

5.0
SRB
2623
GM Kamsky, Gata

5.0
USA
2730

7
GM Jakovenko, Dmitry

5.0
RUS
2718
GM Sandipan, Chanda

5.0
IND
2641

8
GM Kobalia, Mikhail

5.0
RUS
2666
GM Bocharov, Dmitry

5.0
RUS
2605

9
GM Petrosian, Tigran L.

5.0
ARM
2604
GM Grachev, Boris

5.0
RUS
2660

10
GM Ding, Liren

5.0
CHN
2628
GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim

5.0
RUS
2660

11
GM Lysyj, Igor

4.5
RUS
2635
GM Movsesian, Sergei

4.5
ARM
2721

12
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime

4.5
FRA
2715
GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan

4.5
ESP
2626

13
GM Lenic, Luka

4.5
SLO
2613
GM Sutovsky, Emil

4.5
ISR
2695

14
GM Romanov, Evgeny

4.5
RUS
2606
GM Andreikin, Dmitry

4.5
RUS
2689

15
IM Kovalenko, Igor

4.5
UKR
2515
GM Motylev, Alexander

4.5
RUS
2687

16
GM Volokitin, Andrei

4.5
UKR
2678
GM Ni, Hua

4.5
CHN
2645

17
GM Zhou, Jianchao

4.5
CHN
2655
GM Maletin, Pavel

4.5
RUS
2621

18
GM Khalifman, Alexander

4.5
RUS
2638
FM Bukavshin, Ivan
j
4.5
RUS
2458

19
IM Dubov, Daniil
j
4.5
RUS
2459
GM Timofeev, Artyom

4.0
RUS
2681

20
GM Bologan, Viktor

4.0
MDA
2693
GM Kotsur, Pavel

4.0
KAZ
2559

21
GM Riazantsev, Alexander

4.0
RUS
2689
GM Hess, Robert L

4.0
USA
2572

22
GM Kurnosov, Igor

4.0
RUS
2662
GM Fier, Alexandr

4.0
BRA
2571

23
GM Shomoev, Anton

4.0
RUS
2557
GM Khairullin, Ildar

4.0
RUS
2640

24
GM Predojevic, Borki

4.0
BIH
2626
GM Felgaer, Ruben

4.0
ARG
2585

25
GM Ragger, Markus

4.0
AUT
2615
GM Grigoryan, Avetik

4.0
ARM
2595

26
FM Nechepurenko, Roman V.

4.0
RUS
2546
GM Deviatkin, Andrei

3.5
RUS
2573

27
GM Korobov, Anton

3.5
UKR
2670
GM Oleksienko, Mikhailo

3.5
UKR
2552

28
GM Jumabayev, Rinat

3.5
KAZ
2555
GM Savchenko, Boris

3.5
RUS
2637

29
IM Fedoseev, Vladimir
j
3.5
RUS
2505
GM Edouard, Romain

3.5
FRA
2634

30
GM Iturrizaga, Eduardo

3.5
VEN
2611
IM Papin, Vasily

3.5
RUS
2568

31
GM Kotronias, Vasilios

3.5
GRE
2599
GM Vorobiov, Evgeny E.

3.5
RUS
2556

32
GM Zhao, Jun

3.5
CHN
2599
GM Alsina Leal, Daniel

3.5
ESP
2531

33
GM Bluvshtein, Mark

3.5
CAN
2590
IM Sethuraman, S.P.
j
3.5
IND
2545

34
GM Hammer, Jon Ludvig

3.0
NOR
2647
GM Zhigalko, Andrey

3.0
BLR
2566

35
GM Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag

3.0
BRA
2528
GM Mareco, Sandro

3.0
ARG
2627

36
Xiu, Deshun

3.0
CHN
2508
GM Mamedov, Nidjat

3.0
AZE
2580

37
WGM Ju, Wenjun
w
3.0
CHN
2514
GM Zhou, Weiqi

3.0
CHN
2573

38
GM Novikov, Stanislav

3.0
RUS
2568
GM El Debs, Felipe de Cresce

3.0
BRA
2499

39
IM Danin, Alexandre

2.5
RUS
2538
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra
w
3.0
RUS
2498

40
GM Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas

2.5
CAN
2500
GM Vocaturo, Daniele

2.5
ITA
2570

41
IM Geller, Jakov

2.0
RUS
2544
WGM Paikidze, Nazi
w
2.0
GEO
2455

42
IM Khader, Sami

2.0
JOR
2450
IM Huschenbeth, Niclas

2.0
GER
2450



Bye
Pogonina, Natalija
Absent
So, Wesley

General info

The 10th Aeroflot Open chess festival takes place February 7-18, 2011 in the capital of Russia. Venue is the Izmailovo hotel in eastern Moscow. The organizers are the “Aeroflot-Russian Airlines”, the Association of Chess Federations and the Russian Chess Federation.
Three sections play nine rounds Swiss for a a total prizefund of 160,000 Euros, including the prizes for the qualifier for the World Blitz Championship on February 17th.

A tournament, rating >2550, first prize 20,000 Euros, top seeded players GMs Kamsky, Movsesian, Jakovenko, Vachier-Lagrave, Vitiugov (live here)

B tournament, rating 2300-2549, first prize 10,000 Euros, top seeded players GMs Lenderman, Shaposhnikov, Kunin, Ulibin, Gabrielian.

C tournament, rating <2300, first prize 3,500 Euros, top seeded players WIM Kharashuta, WGM Burtasova.
Qualifier for the World Blitz Championship, first prize 10,000 Euros.

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1 comment:

  1. saira fernandes, madridFebruary 16, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    Go girl go you got the best score among women in Group A. that's fantastic.

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