Aeroflot Open 2017

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Aeroflot Open 2017

Aeroflot Open 2017

March 1, 2017

Round Nine

Results of Final Round

1 Vitiugov Nikita 2724 6 ½ - ½ 6½ Fedoseev Vladimir 2658
2 Yu Yangyi 2738 5½ ½ - ½ 6 Najer Evgeniy 2659
3 Khismatullin Denis 2639 5½ 0 - 1 5½ Kovalev Vladislav 2598
4 Mamedov Rauf 2688 5 ½ - ½ 5½ Jobava Baadur 2701
5 Inarkiev Ernesto 2723 5 1 - 0 5 Oparin Grigoriy 2625
6 Matlakov Maxim 2701 5 ½ - ½ 5 Bosiocic Marin 2602
7 Kuzubov Yuriy 2643 5 0 - 1 5 Korobov Anton 2691
8 Artemiev Vladislav 2655 5 1 - 0 5 Smirin Ilia 2670
9 Jumabayev Rinat 2611 5 0 - 1 5 Kamsky Gata 2669
10 Berkes Ferenc 2648 5 ½ - ½ 5 Dubov Daniil 2661
11 Firouzja Alireza 2465 5 1 - 0 5 Cordova Emilio 2655
12 Sasikiran Krishnan 2674 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ Rozum Ivan 2601
13 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2673 4½ 1 - 0 4½ Bindrich Falko 2590
14 Indjic Aleksandar 2560 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ Motylev Alexander 2663
15 Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2652 4½ 1 - 0 4½ Antipov Mikhail Al. 2582
16 Gupta Abhijeet 2645 4½ 1 - 0 4½ Sandipan Chanda 2573
17 Xu Yinglun 2540 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ Swiercz Dariusz 2645
18 Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 2566 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ Lysyj Igor 2643
19 Bluebaum Matthias 2632 4½ 1 - 0 4½ Ramirez Alejandro 2549
20 Debashis Das 2472 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ Goganov Aleksey 2632
21 Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan 2524 4½ 1 - 0 4½ Vavulin Maksim 2604
22 Movsesian Sergei 2679 4 1 - 0 4½ Kuybokarov Temur 2491
23 Sjugirov Sanan 2673 4 ½ - ½ 4 Karthikeyan Murali 2578
24 Narayanan Srinath 2474 4 ½ - ½ 4 Zhigalko Sergei 2652
25 Lomasov Semen 2450 4 0 - 1 4 Alekseev Evgeny 2632
26 Zhigalko Andrey 2571 4 ½ - ½ 4 Bok Benjamin 2596
27 Tari Aryan 2596 4 ½ - ½ 4 Gordievsky Dmitry 2564
28 Kulaots Kaido 2590 4 ½ - ½ 4 Swapnil S. Dhopade 2534
29 Van Foreest Jorden 2584 4 ½ - ½ 4 Moskalenko Alexander 2488
30 Idani Pouya 2563 4 0 - 1 3½ Kobalia Mikhail 2628
31 Huzman Alexander 2552 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ Adhiban B. 2682
32 Buhmann Rainer 2625 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ Petrosyan Manuel 2549
33 Schroeder Jan-Christian 2543 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ Sethuraman S.P. 2623
34 Gabrielian Artur 2532 3½ 0 - 1 3½ Alekseenko Kirill 2588
35 Maghsoodloo Parham 2575 3½ 0 - 1 3½ Paravyan David 2525
36 Lorparizangeneh Shahin 2519 3½ 1 - 0 3½ Blomqvist Erik 2573
37 Kraemer Martin 2571 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ Harutyunian Tigran K. 2515
38 Tabatabaei M.Amin 2507 3½ 1 - 0 3½ Svane Rasmus 2570
39 Abdusattorov Nodirbek 2429 3½ 0 - 1 3 Grigoriants Sergey 2564
40 Tran Tuan Minh 2491 3 1 - 0 3 Saric Ivan 2648
41 Lalith Babu M R 2584 3 0 - 1 3 Puranik Abhimanyu 2481
42 Predke Alexandr 2573 3 1 - 0 3 Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2423
43 Gusain Himal 2438 3 0 - 1 3 Donchenko Alexander 2553
44 Karavade Eesha 2418 2½ ½ - ½ 2½ Vakhidov Jahongir 2561
45 Morovic Fernandez Ivan 2550 2½ ½ - ½ 2½ Xu Yi 2444
46 Golubov Saveliy 2492 2½ - - + 2½ Martirosyan Haik M. 2529
47 Sarana Alexey 2468 2½ 1 - 0 2½ Esipenko Andrey 2502
48 Praggnanandhaa R 2455 2 ½ - ½ 2 Pavlovic Milos 2512
49 Olafsson Helgi 2540 1½ 1 bye
50 Kotronias Vasilios 2524 2½ 0 not paired

Final Ranking after Nine Rounds

1 Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2658 - 7
2 Najer Evgeniy RUS 2659 - 6.5
3 Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2598 - 6.5
4 Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2724 - 6.5
5 Jobava Baadur GEO 2701 - 6
6 Kamsky Gata USA 2669 - 6
7 Korobov Anton UKR 2691 - 6
8 Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2723 - 6
9 Firouzja Alireza IRI 2465 - 6
10 Yu Yangyi CHN 2738 - 6
11 Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2655 - 6
12 Dubov Daniil RUS 2661 - 5.5
13 Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2524 - 5.5
14 Matlakov Maxim RUS 2701 - 5.5
15 Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2652 - 5.5
16 Khismatullin Denis RUS 2639 - 5.5
17 Mamedov Rauf AZE 2688 - 5.5
18 Bosiocic Marin CRO 2602 - 5.5
19 Berkes Ferenc HUN 2648 - 5.5
20 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2673 - 5.5
21 Gupta Abhijeet IND 2645 - 5.5
Bluebaum Matthias GER 2632 - 5.5
23 Smirin Ilia ISR 2670 - 5
24 Lysyj Igor RUS 2643 - 5
25 Cordova Emilio PER 2655 - 5
26 Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2625 - 5
27 Alekseev Evgeny RUS 2632 - 5
Goganov Aleksey RUS 2632 - 5
29 Rozum Ivan RUS 2601 - 5
30 Swiercz Dariusz POL 2645 - 5
31 Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2560 - 5
32 Xu Yinglun CHN 2540 - 5
33 Debashis Das IND 2472 - 5
34 Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2611 - 5
35 Movsesian Sergei ARM 2679 - 5
36 Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2674 - 5
37 Motylev Alexander RUS 2663 - 5
38 Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2643 - 5
39 Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2566 - 5
40 Bok Benjamin NED 2596 - 4.5
41 Gordievsky Dmitry RUS 2564 - 4.5
42 Moskalenko Alexander RUS 2488 - 4.5
43 Kuybokarov Temur UZB 2491 - 4.5
44 Karthikeyan Murali IND 2578 - 4.5
45 Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2628 - 4.5
Sandipan Chanda IND 2573 - 4.5
47 Lorparizangeneh Shahin IRI 2519 - 4.5
48 Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2588 - 4.5
Paravyan David RUS 2525 - 4.5
50 Vavulin Maksim RUS 2604 - 4.5
Swapnil S. Dhopade IND 2534 - 4.5
52 Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2652 - 4.5
53 Bindrich Falko GER 2590 - 4.5
54 Tari Aryan NOR 2596 - 4.5
55 Zhigalko Andrey BLR 2571 - 4.5
Ramirez Alejandro USA 2549 - 4.5
57 Narayanan Srinath IND 2474 - 4.5
58 Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2582 - 4.5
59 Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2507 - 4.5
60 Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2673 - 4.5
61 Van Foreest Jorden NED 2584 - 4.5
62 Kulaots Kaido EST 2590 - 4.5
63 Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2564 - 4
64 Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2549 - 4
65 Harutyunian Tigran K. ARM 2515 - 4
66 Puranik Abhimanyu IND 2481 - 4
67 Sethuraman S.P. IND 2623 - 4
68 Adhiban B. IND 2682 - 4
69 Donchenko Alexander GER 2553 - 4
70 Lomasov Semen RUS 2450 - 4
71 Idani Pouya IRI 2563 - 4
72 Kraemer Martin GER 2571 - 4
73 Predke Alexandr RUS 2573 - 4
74 Huzman Alexander ISR 2552 - 4
75 Tran Tuan Minh VIE 2491 - 4
76 Buhmann Rainer GER 2625 - 4
77 Schroeder Jan-Christian GER 2543 - 4
78 Svane Rasmus GER 2570 - 3.5
79 Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2429 - 3.5
80 Blomqvist Erik SWE 2573 - 3.5
81 Sarana Alexey RUS 2468 - 3.5
82 Gabrielian Artur RUS 2532 - 3.5
83 Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2575 - 3.5
84 Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2529 - 3.5
85 Kovalevskaya Ekaterina RUS 2423 - 3
86 Xu Yi CHN 2444 - 3
87 Karavade Eesha IND 2418 - 3
88 Saric Ivan CRO 2648 - 3
89 Vakhidov Jahongir UZB 2561 - 3
90 Morovic Fernandez Ivan CHI 2550 - 3
91 Gusain Himal IND 2438 - 3
92 Lalith Babu M R IND 2584 - 3
93 Esipenko Andrey RUS 2502 - 2.5
94 Praggnanandhaa R IND 2455 - 2.5
95 Pavlovic Milos SRB 2512 - 2.5
96 Kotronias Vasilios GRE 2524 - 2.5
97 Golubov Saveliy RUS 2492 - 2.5
98 Olafsson Helgi ISL 2540 - 2.5

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Aeroflot Open 2017

Aeroflot Open 2017

March 1, 2017

Round Nine continued

Aeroflot Open 2017
Moscow
Round 9, Mar. 1, 2017
Mamedov, Rauf – Jobava, Baadur
B97 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd3 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.f5 Be7 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Be2 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qc7 14.g4 h6 15.Qh3 O-O 16.g5 hxg5 17.Nxe6 Qc6 18.Rf1 g4 19.Bxg4 Nxg4 20.Rxf8+ Bxf8 21.Qxg4 Qe8 22.Nd5 Qxe6 23.Qxe6+ Bxe6 24.Nc7 Ra7 25.Nxe6 b5 26.a4 Nc6 27.axb5 axb5 28.Rxb5 Ra4 29.Ng5 Be7 30.h4 Bxg5 31.Bxg5 Rxe4+ 32.Kf2 Ne5 33.Rd5 Rc4 34.Rxd6 Rxc2+ 35.Rd2 Rxd2+ 36.Bxd2 Ng6 37.Kg3 Nxh4 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Mar. 1, 2017
Jumabayev, Rinat – Kamsky, Gata
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 f5 9.e5 Nf7 10.d3 Rb8 11.b3 Qc7 12.Bf4 h6 13.h4 c4 14.dxc4 c5 15.Qd2 e6 16.Qe3 Bb7 17.Nbd2 a5 18.Rab1 Qc6 19.Kf1 d6 20.Ke2 Rbd8 21.g3 Qd7 22.Kf1 dxe5 23.Bxe5 Nxe5 24.Nxe5 Qxd2 25.Nxg6 Qxe3 26.Rxe3 Rfe8 27.Rbe1 Kf7 28.Ne5+ Kf6 29.Nd3 Bf8 30.f3 Bd6 31.g4 f4 32.Re4 Bxe4 33.Rxe4 h5 34.g5+ Kf5 35.Ke2 Rd7 36.Kd1 Bb8 37.Kc1 0-1

Round 9, Mar. 1, 2017
Bluebaum, Matthias – Ramirez, Alejandro
A41 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 dxc5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Ne5 Ke8 9.g3 f6 10.Nd3 Na6 11.Bg2 Rb8 12.a4 e6 13.a5 Ne7 14.Be3 Nf5 15.Bxc5 Nxc5 16.Nxc5 b6 17.axb6 axb6 18.Nd3 Bd7 19.O-O Rc8 20.c5 bxc5 21.Bb7 Rb8 22.Nxc5 Bc8 23.Bxc8 Rxc8 24.Ne4 Kf8 25.Ra7 Ne7 26.Rb1 f5 27.Nd6 Rd8 28.Rbb7 Rxd6 29.Rxe7 Rc6 30.Rec7 1-0

Round 9, Mar. 1, 2017
Firouzja, Alireza – Cordova, Emilio
B72 Sicilian, Dragon

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.Bh6 Bxh6 10.Qxh6 b5 11.Bf3 e5 12.Nb3 Bb7 13.O-O Rc8 14.a3 Nb6 15.Na5 Ba8 16.Qd2 Nc4 17.Nxc4 Rxc4 18.Rfe1 Qc7 19.Rad1 Ke7 20.Qh6 b4 21.axb4 Rxb4 22.Rb1 Rhb8 23.Nd1 Bxe4 24.Bxe4 Rxe4 25.Ne3 Qc5 26.c4 Rb3 27.h3 Qd4 28.Rbd1 Rd3 29.Qg5 h6 30.Qxh6 Rf4 31.Qg5 Kf8 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Rxd3 Qxd3 34.Rd1 Qe2 35.Rxd6 Qxf2+ 36.Kh2 Rd4 37.Nd5 Rxd5 38.cxd5 1-0

Round 9, Mar. 1, 2017
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – Girgoriants, Sergey
C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Keres Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.d5 Nce5 15.Nh2 Ng6 16.Ndf1 Bg5 17.Ne3 Nde5 18.Nhg4 Nxg4 19.hxg4 Ne5 20.Nf5 Bxc1 21.Rxc1 Qg5 22.f3 Bxf5 23.gxf5 Qf4 24.Qe2 g5 25.Qe3 Qxe3+ 26.Rxe3 Kg7 27.Bd1 h5 28.g3 Kf6 29.Be2 Rh8 30.f4 Nd7 31.a4 bxa4 32.Ra1 h4 33.Rxa4 hxg3 34.fxg5+ Kxg5 35.Rxg3+ Kf4 36.Rf3+ Ke5 37.f6 Rhg8+ 38.Kf1 Rg5 39.b4 cxb4 40.Rxb4 Nc5 41.Rb6 a5 42.Rc6 a4 43.Ra3 Rg6 44.Bf3 Rxf6 45.Ke2 Nb3 46.Bg4 Rf4 47.Bd7 Rxe4+ 48.Kf2 Rf4+ 49.Ke1 Rh8 50.Rc3 Rh1+ 51.Ke2 Nd4+ 52.Kd3 Rd1+ 0-1

Round 9, Mar. 1, 2017
Praggnanandhaa, R. – Pavlovic, Milos
A04 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O e5 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 f5 7.d3 Nf6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Ne1 O-O 11.Nd5 Qf7 12.b4 Nd4 13.Nc3 Kh7 14.Rb1 Rb8 15.b5 Bd7 16.Nc2 Ne6 17.Qd2 h5 18.f4 c6 19.e3 Qf6 20.Ne2 Nc5 21.Rfd1 Rfe8 22.Nb4 Rbc8 23.h4 Qe7 24.Nc2 cxb5 25.cxb5 Qf7 26.d4 exd4 27.Ncxd4 Ne4 28.Qd3 Rc5 29.a4 Rc4 30.a5 Rec8 31.Nf3 Qe8 32.Ned4 Rc3 33.Qe2 Nxg3 34.Ng5+ Kh8 35.Qf2 Ne4 36.Bxe4 fxe4 37.f5 d5 38.f6 Bh6 39.Qf4 Bg4 40.Rf1 Bxg5 41.hxg5 Qf7 42.a6 b6 43.Nc6 Kh7 44.Qd6 Rxe3 45.Rbc1 h4 46.Nd8 Rxd8 47.Qxd8 Rg3+ 48.Kh2 Rh3+ 49.Kg2 Rg3+ 50.Kf2 Rf3+ 51.Ke1 Re3+ 52.Kf2 Rf3+ 53.Ke1 Re3+ 54.Kf2 Rf3+ 55.Kg1 1/2-1/2
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- Firouzja is the sensation of this tournament.

- impressive performance by firouzja

- This is simply crazy , seeded 91 who is going to finish top 5 !

- he has 3 minutes to find Nd5

- Bravo !

- sensational performance by a 14 year old kid

- Dear sir, Firouzja is 13
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Chess in Iran (One Year Ago)

The 2015 Iranian Men’s Final Chess Championship was organized by the Tehran Chess Association and Iranian Chess Federation in an 11-round single round-robin tournament.

The event took place in the Iranian capital Tehran from January 20-28, 2016.

The 13-year-old Alireza Firouzja emerged the unexpected but convincing winner. He scored 8/11 points and confirmed his supremacy by leaving the nearest followers a full point behind.

The second place was shared by two young players FM Aryan Gholami (15 years old) and Parham Maghsoodloo (16 years old), who finished with 7/11 points, but Gholami took the silver on a better tie-break criteria.

Final standings:

1 Firouzja Alireza IRI 2455 Mazandaran 8
2 FM Gholami Aryan IRI 2398 Mazandaran 7
3 Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2450 Golestan 7
4 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2594 Tehran 6.5
5 IM Lorparizangeneh Shahin IRI 2442 Isfahan 6.5
etc.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Aeroflot Open 2017

Aeroflot Open 2017

March 2, 2017

Notes on Aeroflot and Post-tournament Blitz

From Peter Doggers in chess.com

Vladimir Fedoseev won the strong Aeroflot Open tournament on Wednesday. The 22-year-old Russian grandmaster was the only player to finish on 7/9, and qualified for the Dortmund super tournament later this year as well as winning the €18,000 first prize.

Traditionally, the day after the tournament, there's also a blitz event. This was very strong as well, if only because World Championship contender Sergey Karjakin decided to come by and play!

It wasn't a successful day for him, though. On the contrary. In this 9-round Swiss with double rounds (two games against each opponent), he scored 11/18 and tied for 28th place. Karjakin lost 92.4(!) blitz Elo points along the way.

The tournament was convincingly won by Anton Korobov (15.5/18) ahead of GMs Rauf Mamedov and Daniil Dubov.

2017 Aeroflot Blitz | Final Standings (Top 20)

Place Name FIDE Total

1 Korobov, Anton B 2734 - 15.5
2 Mamedov, Rauf B 2765 - 13.5
3 Dubov, Daniil B 2804 - 13
4 Ramirez, Alejandro B 2657 - 13
5 Artemiev, Vladislav B 2785 - 13
6 Yu, Yangyi B 2720 - 12.5
7 Vitiugov, Nikita B 2670 - 12.5
8 Jobava, Baadur B 2758 - 12.5
9 Kamsky, Gata B 2675 - 12.5
10 Khismatullin, Denis B 2633 - 12.5
11 Gunina, Valentina B 2595 - 12.5
12 Maghsoodloo, Parham B 2539 - 12
13 Movsesian, Sergei B 2641 - 12
14 Bindrich, Falko B 2564 - 12
15 Lysyj, Igor B 2585 - 12
16 Fedoseev, Vladimir B 2651 - 12
17 Berkes, Ferenc B 2701 - 12
18 Esipenko, Andrey B 2489 - 11.5
19 Cordova, Emilio B 2631 - 11.5
20 Indjic, Aleksandar B 2534 - 11.5

https://www.chess.com/news/view/fedo...-dortmund-8266