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

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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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