Aeroflot Open 2018

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Aeroflot Open 2018

Aeroflot Open 2018

February 25, 2018

Round Six Results


Bo. Name FED Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name FED Rtg

1 Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2641 4 1 - 0 4.5 GM Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2697
2 Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2589 4 .5 - .5 4 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2618
3 Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2724 3.5 0 - 1 3.5 IM Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2577
4 Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2609 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2709
5 Bologan Victor MDA 2600 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2677
6 Karthikeyan Murali IND 2585 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2664
7 Gordievsky Dmitry RUS 2630 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 GM Khalifman Alexander RUS 2614
8 Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2712 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Paravyan David RUS 2603
9 Yakubboev Nodirbek UZB 2462 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2709
10 Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2684 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2598
11 Kamsky Gata USA 2677 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Predke Alexandr RUS 2595
12 Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2671 3 1 - 0 3 GM Tari Aryan NOR 2597
13 Piorun Kacper POL 2659 3 .5 - .5 3 IM Xu Yi CHN 2490
14 Sethuraman S.P. IND 2646 3 1 - 0 3 GM Aryan Chopra IND 2509
15 Xu Xiangyu CHN 2545 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2621
16 Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2594 3 1 - 0 3 GM Wen Yang CHN 2608
17 Karavade Eesha IND 2386 3 0 - 1 2.5 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2629
18 Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2516 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2723
19 Xu Yinglun CHN 2538 2.5 0 - 1 2.5 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2683
20 Bluebaum Matthias GER 2635 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 IM Firouzja Alireza IRI 2549
21 Pavlov Sergey UKR 2485 2.5 0 - 1 2.5 GM Mareco Sandro ARG 2632
22 Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2625 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 IM Nihal Sarin IND 2532
23 Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2617 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 IM Sychev Klementy RUS 2529
24 Hakobyan Aram ARM 2497 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2614
25 Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2586 2.5 0 - 1 2.5 GM Yuffa Daniil RUS 2521
26 Svane Rasmus GER 2586 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra RUS 2493
27 Iniyan P IND 2460 2.5 1 - 0 2.5 IM Vavulin Maksim RUS 2575
28 Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2569 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Mikaelyan Arman ARM 2486
29 Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2652 2 .5 - .5 2.5 FM Erigaisi Arjun IND 2458
30 Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2618 2 1 - 0 2 IM Repka Christopher SVK 2513
31 Gagare Shardul IND 2494 2 0 - 1 2 GM Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2599
32 Sorokin Aleksey RUS 2511 2 1 - 0 2 GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2582
33 Sarana Alexey RUS 2577 2 .5 - .5 2 IM Gholami Aryan IRI 2489
34 Esipenko Andrey RUS 2571 2 1 - 0 2 GM Salomon Johan NOR 2503
35 Praggnanandhaa R IND 2507 2 .5 - .5 2 GM Chigaev Maksim RUS 2560
36 Pichot Alan ARG 2552 2 0 - 1 2 IM Shinkevich Vitaly RUS 2454
37 Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ 2449 2 .5 - .5 2 GM Shevchenko Kirill UKR 2538
38 Lomasov Semen RUS 2530 2 .5 - .5 2 IM Liu Yan CHN 2476
39 Raja Harshit IND 2448 2 .5 - .5 2 IM Triapishko Alexandr RUS 2530
40 Tran Tuan Minh VIE 2522 2 0 - 1 2 IM Gallego Alcaraz Andres Felipe COL 2461
41 Debashis Das IND 2501 1.5 .5 - .5 1.5 GM Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2612
42 Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2607 1.5 .5 - .5 1.5 IM Golubov Saveliy RUS 2492
43 Narayanan.S.L IND 2573 1.5 1 - 0 1.5 WGM Pogonina Natalija RUS 2478

Round Six Games

Sasikiran defeats the World Junior Champion

Round 6, Feb. 25
Sasikiran, Krishnan - Tari, Aryan
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 Nd7 6.Nf3 Qc7 7.Nh4 Be4 8.f3 Bg6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.f4 c5 11.c3 Ne7 12.Be3 Nf5 13.Bf2 cxd4 14.cxd4 a5 15.Bd3 a4 16.Nd2 a3 17.Rb1 axb2 18.Rxb2 Ra3 19.Rc2 Rc3 20.O-O Bb4 21.Nf3 O-O 22.g4 Ne7 23.Be1 Rxc2 24.Bxb4 Rxa2 25.Bxe7 Nxe5 26.Bxf8 Nxd3 27.Qxd3 Qxf4 28.Bd6 Qxd6 29.Ne5 Qc7 30.Qb3 Re2 31.Qf3 Rd2 32.Qf4 Re2 33.Qxf7+ Qxf7 34.Nxf7 Re4 35.h3 Rxd4 36.Ng5 e5 37.Ne6 1-0

From: Nigel in Iran

http://forum.chesstalk.com/showthrea...loo#post107104

Despite criticizing some of the arrangements, Nigel is lavish in his praise for the young Iranian players - Maghsoodloo (16), Firouzja (13), Gholami(15) and Lorparizangeneh (17).


Round 6, Feb. 25
Maghsoodloo, Parham - Wen, Yang
A11 English

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 Bg4 5.Bb2 Nbd7 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 e6 8.g3 Bd6 9.Bg2 Qe7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qe2 a5 12.Nc3 Ba3 13.d4 Bxb2 14.Qxb2 h6 15.Rfe1 Rfd8 16.a3 Ne8 17.c5 e5 18.f4 e4 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 g5 21.Qf2 Ng7 22.b5 Nf8 23.f5 Nd7 24.g4 Qf6 25.Qb2 b6 26.bxc6 Qxc6 27.Qb3 bxc5 28.Qxd5 Qxd5 29.Nxd5 Rxa1 30.Rxa1 cxd4 31.exd4 Ne8 32.Ne7+ Kf8 33.Nc6 Rc8 34.Bxe4 h5 35.Bf3 hxg4 36.hxg4 Ndf6 37.Ne5 Rc2 38.Ra7 Nd6 39.Ra6 Nde8 40.Kf1 Rd2 41.Ra4 Nd6 42.Ke1 Rb2 43.Ra6 Nde8 44.Ra8 Rb4 45.Rd8 Rb2 46.Bc6 Ke7 47.Ra8 Nd6 48.Ra7+ Kd8 49.Nxf7+ Nxf7 50.Rxf7 Nxg4 51.f6 Rf2 52.Rd7+ Ke8 53.Ra7+ Kd8 54.f7 Rf4 55.Rd7+ Kc8 56.Re7 Kd8 57.Re8+ Kc7 58.Bd5 1-0

Round 6, Feb. 25
Praggnanandhaa, R. - Chigaev, Maksim
B06 Robatsch Defence, Two Knights variation

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Be3 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.Ne2 Nf6 8.Ng3 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.c3 c5 11.a4 c4 12.Bc2 e5 13.Re1 Re8 14.h3 Qc7 15.d5 Nc5 16.Nh2 Reb8 17.Qf3 Bc8 18.axb5 axb5 19.Bg5 Qd8 20.h4 h6 21.Bd2 h5 22.Bg5 Ncd7 23.Qe3 Qb6 24.Ngf1 Qxe3 25.Bxe3 Nc5 26.Nd2 Nfd7 27.Nhf1 Bf6 28.g3 Be7 29.f3 Nb6 30.Bf2 Bd7 31.Ne3 Bf8 32.Nef1 Nba4 33.Ra2 Ra6 34.Rea1 Rba8 35.Bxc5 Nxc5 36.Rxa6 Rxa6 37.Rxa6 Nxa6 38.Ne3 Bh6 39.Kf2 Nc5 40.Ke2 Kf8 41.b4 cxb3 42.Nxb3 Na4 43.Nd1 f5 44.Na5 f4 45.gxf4 Bxf4 46.c4 bxc4 47.Nxc4 Bb5 48.Bxa4 Bxc4+ 49.Kf2 Ke7 50.Ne3 Ba6 51.Ng2 Bd2 52.Kg3 Bd3 53.Bc6 Kf6 54.Be8 Kg7 55.Kf2 Kh6 56.Kg3 g5 57.Kf2 Ba6 58.Bd7 gxh4 59.Nxh4 Kg5 60.Nf5 Bb4 61.Ng7 Bd2 62.Nf5 Bb4 63.Ng7 h4 64.Bg4 Bb5 65.Ne6+ Kf6 66.Bf5 Ba5 67.Bh3 Bb6+ 68.Kg2 Be2 69.Bf5 Ba5 1/2-1/2

Round 6, Feb. 25
Pichot, Alan - Shinkevich, Vitaly
C78 Ruy Lopez, Archangelsk variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Bc5 8.Nc3 O-O 9.a4 b4 10.Ne2 h6 11.Ng3 Re8 12.a5 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Ne4 Be7 15.Be3 Qd7 16.Nfd2 g6 17.Qf3 Rad8 18.Bc5 Nf4 19.g3 Nh3+ 20.Kg2 Ng5 21.Nxg5 Bxg5 22.Ne4 Rb8 23.Be3 Nd4 24.Bxd4 exd4 25.Ba4 Qf5 26.Bxe8 Qxf3+ 27.Kxf3 Rxe8 28.h4 Bd8 29.Kf4 c5 30.Nd2 Bc7+ 31.Kg4 Bg2 0-1

Final position



Black mates in 2

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Aeroflot Open 2018

Aeroflot Open 2018

February 25, 2018

Ranking after Round Six

Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.

1 GM Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2641 5
2 GM Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2697 4.5
3 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2618 4.5
4 IM Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2577 4.5
5 GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2589 4.5
6 GM Khalifman Alexander RUS 2614 4
7 GM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2585 4
8 GM Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2594 4
9 GM Bologan Victor MDA 2600 4
10 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2709 4
11 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2664 4
12 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2646 4
13 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2677 4
14 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2671 4
15 GM Gordievsky Dmitry RUS 2630 4
16 GM Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2609 4
17 GM Xu Xiangyu CHN 2545 3.5
18 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2598 3.5
19 IM Yakubboev Nodirbek UZB 2462 3.5
20 GM Yuffa Daniil RUS 2521 3.5
21 IM Xu Yi CHN 2490 3.5
22 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2724 3.5
23 IM Iniyan P IND 2460 3.5
24 GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2712 3.5
25 GM Kamsky Gata USA 2677 3.5
26 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2684 3.5
27 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2683 3.5
28 GM Piorun Kacper POL 2659 3.5
29 GM Predke Alexandr RUS 2595 3.5
30 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2709 3.5
31 GM Paravyan David RUS 2603 3.5
32 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2621 3.5
33 GM Mareco Sandro ARG 2632 3.5
34 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2629 3.5
35 FM Esipenko Andrey RUS 2571 3
36 GM Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2569 3
37 IM Firouzja Alireza IRI 2549 3
38 IM Nihal Sarin IND 2532 3
39 IM Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2516 3
40 GM Aryan Chopra IND 2509 3
41 IM Karavade Eesha IND 2386 3
42 IM Hakobyan Aram ARM 2497 3
43 FM Erigaisi Arjun IND 2458 3
44 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra RUS 2493 3
45 FM Sorokin Aleksey RUS 2511 3
46 GM Mikaelyan Arman ARM 2486 3
47 IM Sychev Klementy RUS 2529 3
48 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2723 3
49 IM Shinkevich Vitaly RUS 2454 3
50 GM Tari Aryan NOR 2597 3
51 IM Gallego Alcaraz Andres Felipe COL 2461 3
52 GM Bluebaum Matthias GER 2635 3
53 GM Svane Rasmus GER 2586 3
54 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2625 3
55 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2617 3
56 GM Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2599 3
57 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2618 3
58 GM Wen Yang CHN 2608 3
59 GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2614 3
60 GM Xu Yinglun CHN 2538 2.5
61 IM Vavulin Maksim RUS 2575 2.5
62 IM Pavlov Sergey UKR 2485 2.5
63 GM Shevchenko Kirill UKR 2538 2.5
64 IM Triapishko Alexandr RUS 2530 2.5
65 IM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2507 2.5
66 IM Raja Harshit IND 2448 2.5
67 GM Narayanan.S.L IND 2573 2.5
68 IM Gholami Aryan IRI 2489 2.5
69 IM Liu Yan CHN 2476 2.5
70 GM Chigaev Maksim RUS 2560 2.5
71 IM Lomasov Semen RUS 2530 2.5
72 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2652 2.5
73 GM Sarana Alexey RUS 2577 2.5
74 GM Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2586 2.5
75 IM Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ 2449 2.5


Round Seven Pairings

Bo. Name FED Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name FED Rtg

1 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2618 4.5 - 5 GM Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2641
2 GM Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2697 4.5 - 4.5 GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2589
3 IM Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2577 4.5 - 4 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2671
4 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2709 4 - 4 GM Bologan Victor MDA 2600
5 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2677 4 - 4 GM Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2609
6 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2664 4 - 4 GM Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2594
7 GM Khalifman Alexander RUS 2614 4 - 4 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2646
8 GM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2585 4 - 4 GM Gordievsky Dmitry RUS 2630
9 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2621 3.5 - 3.5 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2724
10 GM Predke Alexandr RUS 2595 3.5 - 3.5 GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2712
11 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2709 3.5 - 3.5 GM Paravyan David RUS 2603
12 GM Yuffa Daniil RUS 2521 3.5 - 3.5 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2684
13 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2683 3.5 - 3.5 IM Iniyan P IND 2460
14 IM Xu Yi CHN 2490 3.5 - 3.5 GM Kamsky Gata USA 2677
15 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2598 3.5 - 3.5 GM Piorun Kacper POL 2659
16 GM Mareco Sandro ARG 2632 3.5 - 3.5 IM Yakubboev Nodirbek UZB 2462
17 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2629 3.5 - 3.5 GM Xu Xiangyu CHN 2545
18 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2723 3 - 3 IM Firouzja Alireza IRI 2549
19 IM Sychev Klementy RUS 2529 3 - 3 GM Bluebaum Matthias GER 2635
20 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra RUS 2493 3 - 3 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2625
21 IM Nihal Sarin IND 2532 3 - 3 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2618
22 GM Mikaelyan Arman ARM 2486 3 - 3 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2617
23 GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2614 3 - 3 IM Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2516
24 GM Wen Yang CHN 2608 3 - 3 FM Sorokin Aleksey RUS 2511
25 GM Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2599 3 - 3 IM Hakobyan Aram ARM 2497
26 GM Tari Aryan NOR 2597 3 - 3 IM Karavade Eesha IND 2386
27 GM Aryan Chopra IND 2509 3 - 3 GM Svane Rasmus GER 2586
28 FM Erigaisi Arjun IND 2458 3 - 3 FM Esipenko Andrey RUS 2571
29 IM Shinkevich Vitaly RUS 2454 3 - 3 GM Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2569
30 IM Gallego Alcaraz Andres Felipe COL 2461 3 - 2.5 GM Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2586
31 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2652 2.5 - 2.5 IM Lomasov Semen RUS 2530
32 IM Triapishko Alexandr RUS 2530 2.5 - 2.5 GM Sarana Alexey RUS 2577
33 IM Vavulin Maksim RUS 2575 2.5 - 2.5 IM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2507
34 IM Gholami Aryan IRI 2489 2.5 - 2.5 GM Narayanan.S.L IND 2573
35 GM Chigaev Maksim RUS 2560 2.5 - 2.5 IM Pavlov Sergey UKR 2485
36 GM Shevchenko Kirill UKR 2538 2.5 - 2.5 IM Raja Harshit IND 2448
37 IM Liu Yan CHN 2476 2.5 - 2.5 GM Xu Yinglun CHN 2538
38 IM Repka Christopher SVK 2513 2 - 2.5 IM Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ 2449

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Aeroflot Open 2018

Aeroflot Open 2018

February 26, 2018

Round Seven

Round 7, Feb. 26
Tabatabael, M. - Sasikiran, Krishnan
D43 QGD, Semi-Slav, Hastings variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 Nd7 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Qf4 10.Bd3 Nf6 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.Bc2 Bd7 13.g3 Qc7 14.O-O-O O-O-O 15.c5 Kb8 16.Kb1 e5 17.Qc3 Bg4 18.dxe5 Bxc5 19.Qxc5 Bxf3 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Rc1 Bd5 22.Qe3 a6 23.Qf4 fxe5 24.Qxe5+ Ka8 25.Re1 f6 26.Qe3 Qg8 27.a3 Qg4 28.Qc3 Rf8 29.Re7 Qh3 30.Bd3 Qh5 31.Kc1 Qf3 32.Qd4 c5 33.Qe3 Qh1+ 34.Kc2 Qxh2 35.Qxc5 Qh5 36.Kc3 Qh1 37.Kb4 Rb8 38.Ka5 Qf3 39.Be2 Qb3 40.Qb6 Qxb6+ 41.Kxb6 Rc8 42.Rc7 Rd8 43.Bg4 Kb8 44.Rd7 Rxd7 45.Bxd7 Bf3 46.b4 Be4 47.a4 Bf3 48.Bf5 Bg2 49.f4 Bf3 50.b5 axb5 51.axb5 Be2 52.Be4 Bf1 53.Kc5 Ka7 54.f5 h5 55.Kd6 Bxb5 56.Ke7 Bc4 57.Kxf6 b5 58.Ke7 Kb6 59.f6 Kc5 60.f7 Bxf7 61.Kxf7 Kd4 62.Bg6 b4 63.Kf6 Ke3 64.Kg5 Kf2 65.Kf4 1-0

Round 7, Feb. 26
Korobov, Anton - Maghsoodloo, Parham
D80 Grunfeld Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bd2 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 O-O 8.Bb5 Be6 9.Nf3 Nc4 10.Bxc4 Bxc4 11.Qa4 Ba6 12.h4 h6 13.h5 g5 14.Nxg5 c5 15.Nf3 b5 16.Qd1 b4 17.Ne2 Nc6 18.d5 Na5 19.b3 Bxe2 20.Kxe2 Bxa1 21.Qxa1 Qd6 22.Nh4 f6 23.Nf5 Qa6+ 24.Kf3 e6 25.Nxh6+ Kh7 26.g4 c4 27.Qb1 cxb3 28.axb3 Rac8 29.e5+ f5 30.gxf5 exf5 31.Nxf5 Rc3 32.Rd1 Qc8 33.e6 Rc2 34.Kg4 Nxb3 35.Qxb3 Rc3 36.Qb1 Qc4+ 37.Nd4+ Kh8 38.Qe4 Rg8+ 39.Kh3 Rg5 40.e7 Qc8+ 41.Kh4 1-0

Round 7, Feb. 26
Jumabayev, Rinat - Abdusattorov, Nordirbek
A05 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 c5 3.d4 d5 4.dxc5 e6 5.a3 a5 6.c4 Bxc5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.b3 O-O 9.Bb2 Qe7 10.cxd5 Rd8 11.Be2 exd5 12.Nb5 Bf5 13.O-O Be4 14.Nfd4 Rac8 15.Ra2 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Nd7 18.Qd2 Nc5 19.Nd4 a4 20.bxa4 Nxa4 21.Rc1 Nb6 22.Raa1 Rxc1+ 23.Qxc1 Ra8 24.Qc3 h6 25.Qb3 Nc4 26.a4 Qg5 27.g3 Nd6 28.Rc1 Qe7 29.Qb4 Qd7 30.a5 Re8 31.Rc5 Re5 32.Qb2 Qh3 33.f3 Bg6 34.a6 Kh7 35.a7 Re8 36.Rxd5 1-0

Round 7, Feb. 26
Yuffa, Daniil - Inarkiev, Ernesto
E00 Catalan Opening

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1 O-O 9.Bg2 d6 10.d5 Nd8 11.Nd2 Nxc3 12.Rxc3 c5 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Ne4 Nf7 15.O-O Rb8 16.Qd3 b6 17.f4 Bb7 18.Nd2 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 d5 20.cxd5 exd5 21.e4 dxe4 22.Qxe4 Rfe8 23.Qxe7 Rxe7 24.Kf3 Rbe8 25.Rd3 Nd8 26.Nc4 Nc6 27.Re3 Nd4+ 28.Kf2 Rxe3 29.Nxe3 Kf7 30.Re1 h6 31.h3 Re4 32.Nc2 Rxe1 33.Nxe1 Ke6 34.g4 Kd5 35.Ke3 c4 36.f5 b5 37.Ng2 Ke5 38.Nh4 Nc2+ 39.Kd2 Nb4 40.Ng6+ Kf6 41.Nf4 Nxa2 42.h4 Nb4 43.Kc3 a5 44.Nh5+ Kf7 45.Nf4 Kf6 46.Nh5+ Ke5 47.Nxg7 Nd5+ 48.Kd2 Nf6 49.g5 Ne4+ 50.Kc2 hxg5 51.hxg5 Nxg5 52.b3 b4 53.bxc4 a4 54.Kb2 Kd6 55.f6 Kc5 56.Nf5 Nf7 57.Ne3 Kd4 58.Nc2+ Kxc4 59.Ne3+ Kd4 60.Nc2+ Kc4 61.Ne3+ Kd4 62.Nc2+ Kc5 63.Ne3 Ne5 64.Kc2 Kd4 65.Nf5+ Kd5 66.Ne3+ Kd6 67.Kb2 Ke6 68.Kc2 Nc6 69.Kb2 Na5 70.Ka2 Nc6 71.Kb2 Ne5 72.Kc2 Nd7 73.f7 Kxf7 74.Nd5 b3+ 75.Kb2 Ne5 76.Nb6 Nd3+ 77.Ka3 b2 78.Ka2 a3 79.Nc4 Ke6 80.Nxa3 Kd5 81.Kb1 Kc5 82.Nc2 Kc4 83.Ne1 Nxe1 84.Kxb2 1/2-1/2

Position after Black's 60...Kc4



Round 7, Feb. 26
Vavulin, Maksim - Praggnanandhaa, R.
B42 Sicilian, Kan, Polugaievsky variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4 g6 8.Qe2 d6 9.a4 Nc6 10.Na3 Ne5 11.Nc4 Nxc4 12.Bxc4 Qc7 13.a5 Bd7 14.O-O Nf6 15.Bg5 Bc6 16.Bd3 Nh5 17.Bh6 Bf6 18.c3 d5 19.Nd4 dxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Bg7 22.Bg5 O-O 23.Qf3 h6 24.Be3 Kh7 25.Nc2 Nf6 26.Nb4 Nd7 27.Rfd1 Ne5 28.Qg3 Rac8 29.Bb6 Qe7 30.Bd4 Qg5 31.f4 Qxg3 32.hxg3 Nc4 33.b3 Bxd4+ 34.Rxd4 Ne3 35.Rd3 Ng4 36.c4 Rfd8 37.Rad1 Rxd3 38.Rxd3 Nf6 39.Rd6 Rc7 40.Nd3 Ne4 41.Rd8 Nd2 42.Nc1 Ne4 43.g4 g5 44.Rd4 Nf6 45.fxg5 hxg5 46.Nd3 Kg7 47.b4 Nd7 48.b5 Nc5 49.Nc1 Kf6 50.Kf2 e5 51.Rd5 axb5 52.cxb5 Ke6 53.Rd8 Ke7 54.Rd5 Ke6 55.Rd8 Ke7 56.Rd5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Feb. 26
Nihal, Sarin - Aleksandrov, Aleksey
C35 QGD, Exchange (Tartakower System)

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 h6 9.Bh4 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nge2 Nd7 12.g4 Nhf6 13.h3 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.O-O-O Bd7 16.Kb1 Rfc8 17.Bf5 b5 18.Nf4 Na4 19.Ncxd5 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Qe5 21.Qe2 Bxf5+ 22.gxf5 Qxf5+ 23.e4 Qe6 24.Rc1 Rxc1+ 25.Rxc1 Rd8 26.Qd3 f5 27.Rd1 Kh8 28.f3 fxe4 29.Qxe4 Qxh3 30.Rc1 Qg2 31.Rc2 Qg5 32.Nc3 Qg1+ 33.Rc1 Nxc3+ 34.bxc3 Qc5 35.Kb2 a5 36.Rc2 Rb8 37.Qd4 Qc7 38.Rg2 b4 39.c4 Rd8 40.Qe4 a4 41.Rc2 Qb6 42.c5 Qf6+ 43.Kb1 b3 44.axb3 axb3 45.Rc1 Qa6 0-1

Nihal (b. 2004) and Praggna (b. 2005) meet tomorrow. There is a photo of the two prodigies together at:

https://www.chessbase.in/news/nihal-pragg

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Aeroflot Open 2018

Aeroflot Open 2018

February 26, 2018

Round Seven

Round Seven Results

Bo. Name FED Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name FED Rtg

1 Lysyj Igor RUS 2618 4.5 .5 - .5 5 Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2641
2 Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2697 4.5 .5 - .5 4.5 Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2589
3 Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2577 4.5 1 - 0 4 Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2671
4 Matlakov Maxim RUS 2709 4 .5 - .5 4 Bologan Victor MDA 2600
5 Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2677 4 1 - 0 4 Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2609
6 Korobov Anton UKR 2664 4 1 - 0 4 Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2594
7 Khalifman Alexander RUS 2614 4 .5 - .5 4 Sethuraman S.P. IND 2646
8 Karthikeyan Murali IND 2585 4 .5 - .5 4 Gordievsky Dmitry RUS 2630
9 Romanov Evgeny RUS 2621 3.5 1 - 0 3.5 Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2724
10 Predke Alexandr RUS 2595 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2712
11 Mamedov Rauf AZE 2709 3.5 1 - 0 3.5 Paravyan David RUS 2603
12 Yuffa Daniil RUS 2521 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2684
13 Najer Evgeniy RUS 2683 3.5 1 - 0 3.5 Iniyan P IND 2460
14 Xu Yi CHN 2490 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Kamsky Gata USA 2677
15 Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2598 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Piorun Kacper POL 2659
16 Mareco Sandro ARG 2632 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Yakubboev Nodirbek UZB 2462
17 Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2629 3.5 0 - 1 3.5 Xu Xiangyu CHN 2545
18 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2723 3 .5 - .5 3 Firouzja Alireza IRI 2549
19 Sychev Klementy RUS 2529 3 .5 - .5 3 Bluebaum Matthias GER 2635
20 Goryachkina Aleksandra RUS 2493 3 .5 - .5 3 Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2625
21 Nihal Sarin IND 2532 3 0 - 1 3 Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2618
22 Mikaelyan Arman ARM 2486 3 0 - 1 3 Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2617
23 Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2614 3 1 - 0 3 Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2516
24 Wen Yang CHN 2608 3 .5 - .5 3 Sorokin Aleksey RUS 2511
25 Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2599 3 .5 - .5 3 Hakobyan Aram ARM 2497
26 Tari Aryan NOR 2597 3 1 - 0 3 Karavade Eesha IND 2386
27 Aryan Chopra IND 2509 3 1 - 0 3 Svane Rasmus GER 2586
28 Erigaisi Arjun IND 2458 3 .5 - .5 3 Esipenko Andrey RUS 2571
29 Shinkevich Vitaly RUS 2454 3 .5 - .5 3 Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2569
30 Gallego Alcaraz Andres Felipe COL 2461 3 1 - 0 2.5 Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2586
31 Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2652 2.5 1 - 0 2.5 Lomasov Semen RUS 2530
32 Triapishko Alexandr RUS 2530 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 Sarana Alexey RUS 2577
33 Vavulin Maksim RUS 2575 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 Praggnanandhaa R IND 2507
34 Gholami Aryan IRI 2489 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 Narayanan.S.L IND 2573
35 Chigaev Maksim RUS 2560 2.5 1 - 0 2.5 Pavlov Sergey UKR 2485
36 Shevchenko Kirill UKR 2538 2.5 1 - 0 2.5 Raja Harshit IND 2448
37 Liu Yan CHN 2476 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 Xu Yinglun CHN 2538
38 Repka Christopher SVK 2513 2 1 - 0 2.5 Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ 2449


Ranking after Round Seven

Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.

1 Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2641 5.5
2 Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2577 5.5
3 Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2589 5
4 Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2697 5
5 Lysyj Igor RUS 2618 5
6 Korobov Anton UKR 2664 5
7 Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2677 5
8 Xu Xiangyu CHN 2545 4.5
9 Bologan Victor MDA 2600 4.5
10 Sethuraman S.P. IND 2646 4.5
11 Gordievsky Dmitry RUS 2630 4.5
12 Khalifman Alexander RUS 2614 4.5
13 Karthikeyan Murali IND 2585 4.5
14 Matlakov Maxim RUS 2709 4.5
15 Mamedov Rauf AZE 2709 4.5
16 Najer Evgeniy RUS 2683 4.5
17 Romanov Evgeny RUS 2621 4.5
18 Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2594 4
19 Yakubboev Nodirbek UZB 2462 4
20 Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2712 4
21 Piorun Kacper POL 2659 4
22 Kamsky Gata USA 2677 4
23 Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2684 4
24 Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2609 4
25 Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2671 4
26 Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2617 4
27 Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2618 4
28 Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2598 4
29 Aryan Chopra IND 2509 4
30 Xu Yi CHN 2490 4
31 Yuffa Daniil RUS 2521 4
32 Predke Alexandr RUS 2595 4
33 Gallego Alcaraz Andres Felipe COL 2461 4
34 Tari Aryan NOR 2597 4
35 Mareco Sandro ARG 2632 4
36 Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2614 4
37 Firouzja Alireza IRI 2549 3.5
38 Esipenko Andrey RUS 2571 3.5
39 Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2569 3.5
40 Hakobyan Aram ARM 2497 3.5
41 Sorokin Aleksey RUS 2511 3.5
42 Iniyan P IND 2460 3.5
43 Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2724 3.5
44 Paravyan David RUS 2603 3.5
45 Bluebaum Matthias GER 2635 3.5
46 Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2625 3.5
47 Goryachkina Aleksandra RUS 2493 3.5
48 Erigaisi Arjun IND 2458 3.5
49 Shevchenko Kirill UKR 2538 3.5
50 Sychev Klementy RUS 2529 3.5
51 Shinkevich Vitaly RUS 2454 3.5
52 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2723 3.5
53 Chigaev Maksim RUS 2560 3.5
54 Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2652 3.5
55 Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2629 3.5
56 Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2599 3.5
57 Wen Yang CHN 2608 3.5
58 Xu Yinglun CHN 2538 3
59 Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2516 3
60 Karavade Eesha IND 2386 3
61 Praggnanandhaa R IND 2507 3
62 Narayanan.S.L IND 2573 3
63 Svane Rasmus GER 2586 3
64 Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2607 3
65 Sarana Alexey RUS 2577 3
66 Nihal Sarin IND 2532 3
67 Repka Christopher SVK 2513 3
68 Vavulin Maksim RUS 2575 3
69 Salomon Johan NOR 2503 3
70 Triapishko Alexandr RUS 2530 3
71 Mikaelyan Arman ARM 2486 3
72 Gholami Aryan IRI 2489 3
73 Liu Yan CHN 2476 3
74 Kulaots Kaido EST 2582 3
75 Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2612 3
76 Pavlov Sergey UKR 2485 2.5
77 Golubov Saveliy RUS 2492 2.5
78 Belyakov Bogdan RUS 2486 2.5
79 Raja Harshit IND 2448 2.5
80 Lomasov Semen RUS 2530 2.5
81 Pichot Alan ARG 2552 2.5
82 Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2586 2.5
83 Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ 2449 2.5

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Aeroflot Open 2018

Aeroflot Open 2018

February 26, 2018

Round Eight Pairings


Bo. Name FED Rtg Pts. Pts. Name FED Rtg

1 GM Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2641 5.5 - 5.5 IM Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2577
2 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2664 5 - 5 GM Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2697
3 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2618 5 - 5 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2677
4 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2709 4.5 - 5 GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2589
5 GM Xu Xiangyu CHN 2545 4.5 - 4.5 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2709
6 GM Bologan Victor MDA 2600 4.5 - 4.5 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2683
7 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2646 4.5 - 4.5 GM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2585
8 GM Gordievsky Dmitry RUS 2630 4.5 - 4.5 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2621
9 GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2712 4 - 4.5 GM Khalifman Alexander RUS 2614
10 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2684 4 - 4 GM Tari Aryan NOR 2597
11 GM Kamsky Gata USA 2677 4 - 4 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2598
12 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2671 4 - 4 GM Predke Alexandr RUS 2595
13 GM Piorun Kacper POL 2659 4 - 4 GM Yuffa Daniil RUS 2521
14 GM Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2594 4 - 4 GM Mareco Sandro ARG 2632
15 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2618 4 - 4 IM Xu Yi CHN 2490
16 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2617 4 - 4 IM Gallego Alcaraz Andres Felipe COL 2461
17 IM Yakubboev Nodirbek UZB 2462 4 - 4 GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2614
18 GM Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2609 4 - 4 GM Aryan Chopra IND 2509
19 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2724 3.5 - 3.5 GM Chigaev Maksim RUS 2560
20 FM Sorokin Aleksey RUS 2511 3.5 - 3.5 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2723
21 GM Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2569 3.5 - 3.5 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2652
22 GM Bluebaum Matthias GER 2635 3.5 - 3.5 GM Shevchenko Kirill UKR 2538
23 IM Firouzja Alireza IRI 2549 3.5 - 3.5 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2629
24 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2625 3.5 - 3.5 IM Sychev Klementy RUS 2529
25 IM Hakobyan Aram ARM 2497 3.5 - 3.5 GM Wen Yang CHN 2608
26 GM Paravyan David RUS 2603 3.5 - 3.5 FM Erigaisi Arjun IND 2458
27 IM Iniyan P IND 2460 3.5 - 3.5 GM Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2599
28 FM Esipenko Andrey RUS 2571 3.5 - 3.5 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra RUS 2493
29 GM Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2607 3 - 3.5 IM Shinkevich Vitaly RUS 2454
30 IM Triapishko Alexandr RUS 2530 3 - 3 GM Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2612
31 GM Svane Rasmus GER 2586 3 - 3 IM Repka Christopher SVK 2513
32 IM Karavade Eesha IND 2386 3 - 3 GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2582
33 GM Sarana Alexey RUS 2577 3 - 3 GM Mikaelyan Arman ARM 2486
34 IM Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2516 3 - 3 IM Vavulin Maksim RUS 2575
35 GM Narayanan.S.L IND 2573 3 - 3 GM Salomon Johan NOR 2503
36 GM Xu Yinglun CHN 2538 3 - 3 IM Gholami Aryan IRI 2489
37 IM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2507 3 - 3 IM Nihal Sarin IND 2532
38 IM Golubov Saveliy RUS 2492 2.5 - 3 IM Liu Yan CHN 2476

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Aeroflot Open 2018

Aeroflot Open 2018

February 27, 2018

Round Eight

Round 8, Feb. 27
Kovalev, Vladislav - Tabatabaei, M.
C00 French, Schlechter variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4 4.Bxe4 Nf6 5.Bf3 c5 6.Ne2 Nc6 7.Be3 Nd5 8.Bxd5 Qxd5 9.Nbc3 Qxg2 10.Rg1 Qf3 11.Nb5 Rb8 12.dxc5 f6 13.Nd6+ Bxd6 14.Qxd6 g6 15.Rd1 Rf8 16.Nd4 Qd5 17.Qxd5 exd5 18.Bf4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Ra8 20.Rxd5 Be6 21.Rd6 Kf7 22.Kd2 g5 23.Be3 Rfd8 24.Rxd8 Rxd8+ 25.Kc3 Rd7 26.a4 h5 27.b4 a6 28.b5 axb5 29.axb5 Bf5 30.Ra1 Be4 31.Ra4 Bf3 32.Ra8 Rd1 33.Rc8 Ke6 34.Bd4 Rc1 35.Kb2 Rh1 36.Rf8 f5 37.Rf6+ Kd5 38.c6 bxc6 39.b6 1-0

Round 8, Feb. 27
Kamsky, Gata - Antipov, Mikhail
C01 French, Exchange variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Nc6 7.O-O Qd7 8.Re1+ Nge7 9.Bd2 f6 10.b4 a6 11.a4 g5 12.Na3 g4 13.Nh4 Kf7 14.b5 axb5 15.Nxb5 Ng6 16.Qf5 Rd8 17.Qh5 Ne7 18.Bf4 Kg7 19.Bxc7 Rc8 20.Rxe7+ Bxe7 21.Nf5+ Kf7 22.Bd6 Bf8 23.Bxf8 Kxf8 24.Re1 1-0

Round 8, Feb. 27
Maghsoodloo, Parham - Mareco, Sandro
C00 Reti, King's Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.e4 O-O 8.Re1 Qc7 9.Qe2 b5 10.e5 Nd7 11.Nf1 Bb7 12.h4 Rfc8 13.Bf4 a5 14.N1h2 a4 15.Ng5 Nd4 16.Qd1 a3 17.b3 b4 18.Rc1 Nf8 19.h5 h6 20.Nh3 Nh7 21.c3 bxc3 22.Rxc3 Nc6 23.Ng4 Qd7 24.Bd2 Nb4 25.Qb1 Ba6 26.Rd1 Qa7 27.Bf1 Rab8 28.Rcc1 Nc6 29.Be3 Nd4 30.f4 Bd8 31.Bxd4 cxd4 32.Kg2 Ba5 33.Ng1 Bc3 34.Ne2 Bb2 35.Rxc8+ Rxc8 36.Nh2 Nf8 37.Nf3 Nd7 38.Kh1 Nb8 39.Bh3 Nc6 40.f5 exf5 41.Bxf5 Re8 42.Nf4 Bc8 43.Bxc8 Rxc8 44.Nxd5 Qb7 45.Qc2 Na7 46.Nf6+ gxf6 47.Qe2 fxe5 48.Kh2 Nc6 49.Rf1 Qd7 50.Nh4 Ne7 51.Qxe5 Rc2+ 52.Kg1 Qh3 0-1

Round 8, Feb. 27
Praggnanandhaa, R. - Nihal, Sarin
C53 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Nbd2 d6 9.a4 g6 10.a5 a6 11.Nf1 Kg7 12.Ne3 Ng8 13.Bxe7 Ngxe7 14.d4 f5 15.exf5 gxf5 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Qxd8 Rxd8 18.g3 Kf6 19.Nd2 Be6 20.Bxe6 Kxe6 21.Ke2 Nd5 22.Nb3 b6 23.Rhd1 Nxe3 24.Kxe3 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Nxa5 26.Nxa5 bxa5 27.Ra1 Rb8 28.Rxa5 Rxb2 29.Rxa6+ Kd5 30.c4+ 1/2-1/2

Round 8, Feb. 27
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek - Vavulin, Maksim
A52 Budapest, Rubinstein variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 g5 5.Bg3 Bg7 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Nc3 Ngxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.e4 d6 10.h4 g4 11.h5 c6 12.c5 dxc5 13.Qxd8+ Kxd8 14.Bh4+ Kc7 15.h6 Bf8 16.Bf6 Ng6 17.Bxh8 Nxh8 18.Bd3 Ng6 19.e5 Bd7 20.O-O-O Be7 21.Rde1 Re8 22.g3 b5 23.Rh5 Bf6 24.Re2 Bh8 25.e6 Bxe6 26.Rxc5 a6 27.Rh5 Rd8 28.Bb1 Bc4 29.Rd2 Re8 30.a3 a5 31.Bf5 Ne5 32.Ne4 Nd3+ 33.Kc2 Nxb2 34.Bxh7 b4 35.axb4 axb4 36.Nc5 Bc3 37.Rd7+ Kb8 38.Be4 Bh8 39.Rb7+ Ka8 40.Rxb4 1-0

The game of the day

Round 8, Feb. 27
Bologan, Victor - Najer, Evgeny
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation


1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Be2 h6 8.O-O Qc7 9.a4 g5 10.a5 O-O-O 11.Be3 Kb8 12.c4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 g4 14.Nfd2 f6 15.f4 gxf3 16.Qxf3 fxe5 17.Qf2 Rg8 18.d5 exd5 19.Bxa7+ Kc8 20.Bb6 Nxb6 21.axb6 Qb8 22.Be2 e4 23.Kh1 Rd6 24.Nc5 Rdg6 25.g4 h5 26.Ra7 hxg4 27.Qg3 Qxg3 28.hxg3 Kd8 29.Ra8+ Nc8 30.Nxb7+ Ke7 31.Rxf5 Nxb6 32.Ra6 Nd7 33.Na5 Nb8 34.Rb6 Bh6 35.Ndb3 Be3 36.Rb7+ Nd7 37.Rc7 Rh6+ 38.Kg2 Ke6 39.Nxc6 Kxf5 40.Ne7+ Ke5 41.Nxg8 Rb6 42.Rxd7 Rxb3 43.Bxg4 Rxb2+ 44.Kh3 Bg1 45.Kh4 Rh2+ 46.Kg5 Be3+ 47.Kg6 Bf2 48.Nf6 Bxg3 49.Rxd5+ Kf4 50.Bd1 Rh1 51.Bc2 Bh4 52.Nxe4 Rg1+ 53.Kf7 Rc1 54.Bd3 Rc7+ 55.Kg6 Rc6+ 56.Kh5 Be7 57.Bb5 Re6 58.Nc3 Rd6 59.Bf1 Bf8 60.Ne2+ Ke3 61.Re5+ Kd2 62.Ng3 Kc2 63.Nf5 Rd8 64.Kg4 Rc8 65.Kf3 Rc5 66.Ne3+ Kc3 67.Re6 Rh5 68.Rc6+ Rc5 69.Rf6 Be7 70.Rf7 Bg5 71.Nf5 Rc6 72.Rd7 Rc8 73.Ba6 Rf8 74.Rd5 Bc1 75.Ke2 Rf6 76.Bc8 Bf4 77.Rd3+ Kb2 78.Kf3 Bc7 79.Ke4 Rf8 80.Be6 Rb8 81.Ne3 Re8 82.Rb3+ Kc1 83.Rc3+ Kb1 84.Rc6 Bd8 85.Kd3 Ba5 86.Bf5 Ra8 87.Nc4 Ka1 88.Rg6 Rd8+ 89.Kc2 Rd5 90.Be6 Rc5 91.Kb3 Be1 92.Rg8 Rb5+ 93.Kc2 Ba5 94.Rg1+ 1-0

Position after 85.Kd3



Chessbomb kibitzers:

- I imagine a mate net where black is obliged to sacrifice the bishop
- An ending far too difficult for human beings
- Where is AlphaZero when we need him?
- 1-0
- Very good game
- Good bologan
- Good technique, Viktor

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Aeroflot Open 2018

Aeroflot Open 2018

February 27, 2018

Round Eight

Round Eight Results

Bo. Name FED Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name FED Rtg

1 Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2641 5.5 1 - 0 5.5 Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2577
2 Korobov Anton UKR 2664 5 .5 - .5 5 Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2697
3 Lysyj Igor RUS 2618 5 .5 - .5 5 Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2677
4 Matlakov Maxim RUS 2709 4.5 .5 - .5 5 Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2589
5 Xu Xiangyu CHN 2545 4.5 .5 - .5 4.5 Mamedov Rauf AZE 2709
6 Bologan Victor MDA 2600 4.5 1 - 0 4.5 Najer Evgeniy RUS 2683
7 Sethuraman S.P. IND 2646 4.5 1 - 0 4.5 Karthikeyan Murali IND 2585
8 Gordievsky Dmitry RUS 2630 4.5 1 - 0 4.5 Romanov Evgeny RUS 2621
9 Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2712 4 .5 - .5 4.5 Khalifman Alexander RUS 2614
10 Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2684 4 .5 - .5 4 Tari Aryan NOR 2597
11 Kamsky Gata USA 2677 4 1 - 0 4 Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2598
12 Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2671 4 1 - 0 4 Predke Alexandr RUS 2595
13 Piorun Kacper POL 2659 4 .5 - .5 4 Yuffa Daniil RUS 2521
14 Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2594 4 0 - 1 4 Mareco Sandro ARG 2632
15 Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2618 4 .5 - .5 4 Xu Yi CHN 2490
16 Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2617 4 1 - 0 4 Gallego Alcaraz Andres Felipe COL 2461
17 Yakubboev Nodirbek UZB 2462 4 0 - 1 4 Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2614
18 Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2609 4 1 - 0 4 Aryan Chopra IND 2509
19 Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2724 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Chigaev Maksim RUS 2560
20 Sorokin Aleksey RUS 2511 3.5 0 - 1 3.5 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2723
21 Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2569 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2652
22 Bluebaum Matthias GER 2635 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Shevchenko Kirill UKR 2538
23 Firouzja Alireza IRI 2549 3.5 0 - 1 3.5 Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2629
24 Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2625 3.5 1 - 0 3.5 Sychev Klementy RUS 2529
25 Hakobyan Aram ARM 2497 3.5 1 - 0 3.5 Wen Yang CHN 2608
26 Paravyan David RUS 2603 3.5 1 - 0 3.5 Erigaisi Arjun IND 2458
27 Iniyan P IND 2460 3.5 0 - 1 3.5 Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2599
28 Esipenko Andrey RUS 2571 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Goryachkina Aleksandra RUS 2493
29 Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2607 3 1 - 0 3.5 Shinkevich Vitaly RUS 2454
30 Triapishko Alexandr RUS 2530 3 0 - 1 3 Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2612
31 Svane Rasmus GER 2586 3 .5 - .5 3 Repka Christopher SVK 2513
32 Karavade Eesha IND 2386 3 0 - 1 3 Kulaots Kaido EST 2582
33 Sarana Alexey RUS 2577 3 .5 - .5 3 Mikaelyan Arman ARM 2486
34 Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2516 3 1 - 0 3 Vavulin Maksim RUS 2575
35 Narayanan.S.L IND 2573 3 .5 - .5 3 Salomon Johan NOR 2503
36 Xu Yinglun CHN 2538 3 .5 - .5 3 Gholami Aryan IRI 2489
37 Praggnanandhaa R IND 2507 3 .5 - .5 3 Nihal Sarin IND 2532
38 Golubov Saveliy RUS 2492 2.5 .5 - .5 3 Liu Yan CHN 2476
39 Belyakov Bogdan RUS 2486 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2586


Standings after Round Eight


Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.

1 Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2641 6.5
2 Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2589 5.5
3 Bologan Victor MDA 2600 5.5
4 Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2697 5.5
5 Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2577 5.5
6 Sethuraman S.P. IND 2646 5.5
7 Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2677 5.5
8 Gordievsky Dmitry RUS 2630 5.5
9 Lysyj Igor RUS 2618 5.5
10 Korobov Anton UKR 2664 5.5
11 Khalifman Alexander RUS 2614 5
12 Xu Xiangyu CHN 2545 5
13 Kamsky Gata USA 2677 5
14 Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2671 5
15 Mamedov Rauf AZE 2709 5
16 Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2609 5
17 Mareco Sandro ARG 2632 5
18 Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2617 5
19 Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2614 5
20 Matlakov Maxim RUS 2709 5
21 Karthikeyan Murali IND 2585 4.5
22 Yuffa Daniil RUS 2521 4.5
23 Xu Yi CHN 2490 4.5
24 Hakobyan Aram ARM 2497 4.5
25 Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2712 4.5
26 Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2684 4.5
27 Paravyan David RUS 2603 4.5
28 Tari Aryan NOR 2597 4.5
29 Piorun Kacper POL 2659 4.5
30 Najer Evgeniy RUS 2683 4.5
31 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2723 4.5
32 Romanov Evgeny RUS 2621 4.5
33 Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2629 4.5
34 Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2625 4.5
35 Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2618 4.5
36 Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2599 4.5
37 Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2598 4
38 Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2569 4
39 Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2594 4
40 Esipenko Andrey RUS 2571 4
41 Yakubboev Nodirbek UZB 2462 4
42 Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2516 4
43 Aryan Chopra IND 2509 4
44 Goryachkina Aleksandra RUS 2493 4
45 Shevchenko Kirill UKR 2538 4
46 Predke Alexandr RUS 2595 4
47 Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2724 4
48 Chigaev Maksim RUS 2560 4
49 Gallego Alcaraz Andres Felipe COL 2461 4
50 Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2652 4
Bluebaum Matthias GER 2635 4
52 Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2612 4
53 Kulaots Kaido EST 2582 4
54 Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2607 4
55 Firouzja Alireza IRI 2549 3.5
56 Nihal Sarin IND 2532 3.5
57 Xu Yinglun CHN 2538 3.5
58 Repka Christopher SVK 2513 3.5
59 Erigaisi Arjun IND 2458 3.5
60 Sorokin Aleksey RUS 2511 3.5
61 Salomon Johan NOR 2503 3.5
Mikaelyan Arman ARM 2486 3.5
63 Iniyan P IND 2460 3.5
64 Sychev Klementy RUS 2529 3.5
Praggnanandhaa R IND 2507 3.5
66 Gholami Aryan IRI 2489 3.5
Shinkevich Vitaly RUS 2454 3.5
68 Narayanan.S.L IND 2573 3.5
Liu Yan CHN 2476 3.5
70 Lomasov Semen RUS 2530 3.5
71 Svane Rasmus GER 2586 3.5
72 Pichot Alan ARG 2552 3.5
73 Wen Yang CHN 2608 3.5
74 Sarana Alexey RUS 2577 3.5
75 Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2586 3
76 Karavade Eesha IND 2386 3
77 Golubov Saveliy RUS 2492 3
78 Vavulin Maksim RUS 2575 3
79 Belyakov Bogdan RUS 2486 3
80 Gagare Shardul IND 2494 3
81 Raja Harshit IND 2448 3
82 Pogonina Natalija RUS 2478 3
83 Triapishko Alexandr RUS 2530 3

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Aeroflot Open 2018

Aeroflot Open 2018

February 27, 2018

Round Nine Pairings


Bo. Name FED Rtg Pts. Pts. Name FED Rtg

1 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2677 5.5 - 6.5 GM Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2641
2 GM Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2697 5.5 - 5.5 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2618
3 GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2589 5.5 - 5.5 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2664
4 GM Bologan Victor MDA 2600 5.5 - 5.5 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2646
5 IM Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2577 5.5 - 5.5 GM Gordievsky Dmitry RUS 2630
6 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2709 5 - 5 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2617
7 GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2614 5 - 5 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2709
8 GM Khalifman Alexander RUS 2614 5 - 5 GM Kamsky Gata USA 2677
9 GM Xu Xiangyu CHN 2545 5 - 5 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2671
10 GM Mareco Sandro ARG 2632 5 - 5 GM Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2609
11 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2723 4.5 - 4.5 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2618
12 GM Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2599 4.5 - 4.5 GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2712
13 GM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2585 4.5 - 4.5 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2684
14 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2683 4.5 - 4.5 GM Paravyan David RUS 2603
15 GM Tari Aryan NOR 2597 4.5 - 4.5 GM Piorun Kacper POL 2659
16 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2629 4.5 - 4.5 GM Yuffa Daniil RUS 2521
17 IM Xu Yi CHN 2490 4.5 - 4.5 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2625
18 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2621 4.5 - 4.5 IM Hakobyan Aram ARM 2497
19 GM Shevchenko Kirill UKR 2538 4 - 4 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2724
20 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2652 4 - 4 FM Esipenko Andrey RUS 2571
21 GM Chigaev Maksim RUS 2560 4 - 4 GM Bluebaum Matthias GER 2635
22 GM Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2612 4 - 4 GM Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2569
23 GM Aryan Chopra IND 2509 4 - 4 GM Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2607
24 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2598 4 - 4 IM Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2516
25 GM Predke Alexandr RUS 2595 4 - 4 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra RUS 2493
26 IM Gallego Alcaraz Andres Felipe COL 2461 4 - 4 GM Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2594
27 GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2582 4 - 4 IM Yakubboev Nodirbek UZB 2462
28 GM Wen Yang CHN 2608 3.5 - 3.5 IM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2507
29 GM Salomon Johan NOR 2503 3.5 - 3.5 GM Svane Rasmus GER 2586
30 IM Repka Christopher SVK 2513 3.5 - 3.5 GM Sarana Alexey RUS 2577
31 IM Liu Yan CHN 2476 3.5 - 3.5 GM Narayanan.S.L IND 2573
32 IM Gholami Aryan IRI 2489 3.5 - 3.5 GM Pichot Alan ARG 2552
33 GM Mikaelyan Arman ARM 2486 3.5 - 3.5 IM Firouzja Alireza IRI 2549
34 IM Shinkevich Vitaly RUS 2454 3.5 - 3.5 GM Xu Yinglun CHN 2538
35 IM Nihal Sarin IND 2532 3.5 - 3.5 FM Sorokin Aleksey RUS 2511
36 FM Erigaisi Arjun IND 2458 3.5 - 3.5 IM Lomasov Semen RUS 2530
37 IM Sychev Klementy RUS 2529 3.5 - 3.5 IM Iniyan P IND 2460
38 GM Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2586 3 - 3 IM Golubov Saveliy RUS 2492
39 IM Vavulin Maksim RUS 2575 3 - 3 IM Belyakov Bogdan RUS 2486
40 IM Karavade Eesha IND 2386 3 - 3 IM Triapishko Alexandr RUS 2530
41 IM Raja Harshit IND 2448 3 - 3 GM Gagare Shardul IND 2494
42 IM Pavlov Sergey UKR 2485 2.5 - 3 WGM Pogonina Natalija RUS 2478
43 IM Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ 2449 2.5 - 2.5 GM Debashis Das IND 2501
44 GM Tran Tuan Minh VIE 2522 2.5 - 2 IM Dragnev Valentin AUT 2461
45 IM Sargsyan Shant ARM 2481 2.5 - 2 IM Bellaiche Anthony FRA 2485

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Aeroflot Open 2018

Aeroflot Open 2018

February 28, 2018

Round Nine Results

Bo. Name FED Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name FED Rtg

1 Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2677 5.5 .5 - .5 6.5 Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2641
2 Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2697 5.5 .5 - .5 5.5 Lysyj Igor RUS 2618
3 Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2589 5.5 .5 - .5 5.5 Korobov Anton UKR 2664
4 Bologan Victor MDA 2600 5.5 0 - 1 5.5 Sethuraman S.P. IND 2646
5 Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2577 5.5 0 - 1 5.5 Gordievsky Dmitry RUS 2630
6 Mamedov Rauf AZE 2709 5 1 - 0 5 Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2617
7 Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2614 5 .5 - .5 5 Matlakov Maxim RUS 2709
8 Khalifman Alexander RUS 2614 5 .5 - .5 5 Kamsky Gata USA 2677
9 Xu Xiangyu CHN 2545 5 1 - 0 5 Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2671
10 Mareco Sandro ARG 2632 5 .5 - .5 5 Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2609
11 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2723 4.5 .5 - .5 4.5 Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2618
12 Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2599 4.5 .5 - .5 4.5 Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2712
13 Karthikeyan Murali IND 2585 4.5 .5 - .5 4.5 Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2684
14 Najer Evgeniy RUS 2683 4.5 0 - 1 4.5 Paravyan David RUS 2603
15 Tari Aryan NOR 2597 4.5 .5 - .5 4.5 Piorun Kacper POL 2659
16 Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2629 4.5 1 - 0 4.5 Yuffa Daniil RUS 2521
17 Xu Yi CHN 2490 4.5 .5 - .5 4.5 Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2625
18 Romanov Evgeny RUS 2621 4.5 .5 - .5 4.5 Hakobyan Aram ARM 2497
19 Shevchenko Kirill UKR 2538 4 .5 - .5 4 Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2724
20 Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2652 4 1 - 0 4 Esipenko Andrey RUS 2571
21 Chigaev Maksim RUS 2560 4 1 - 0 4 Bluebaum Matthias GER 2635
22 Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2612 4 1 - 0 4 Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2569
23 Aryan Chopra IND 2509 4 .5 - .5 4 Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2607
24 Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2598 4 1 - 0 4 Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2516
25 Predke Alexandr RUS 2595 4 .5 - .5 4 Goryachkina Aleksandra RUS 2493
26 Gallego Alcaraz Andres Felipe COL 2461 4 1 - 0 4 Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2594
27 Kulaots Kaido EST 2582 4 .5 - .5 4 Yakubboev Nodirbek UZB 2462
28 Wen Yang CHN 2608 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Praggnanandhaa R IND 2507
29 Salomon Johan NOR 2503 3.5 0 - 1 3.5 Svane Rasmus GER 2586
30 Repka Christopher SVK 2513 3.5 0 - 1 3.5 Sarana Alexey RUS 2577
31 Liu Yan CHN 2476 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Narayanan.S.L IND 2573
32 Gholami Aryan IRI 2489 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Pichot Alan ARG 2552
33 Mikaelyan Arman ARM 2486 3.5 0 - 1 3.5 Firouzja Alireza IRI 2549
34 Shinkevich Vitaly RUS 2454 3.5 0 - 1 3.5 Xu Yinglun CHN 2538
35 Nihal Sarin IND 2532 3.5 0 - 1 3.5 Sorokin Aleksey RUS 2511
36 Erigaisi Arjun IND 2458 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 Lomasov Semen RUS 2530
37 Sychev Klementy RUS 2529 3.5 1 - 0 3.5 Iniyan P IND 2460
38 Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2586 3 .5 - .5 3 Golubov Saveliy RUS 2492
39 Vavulin Maksim RUS 2575 3 .5 - .5 3 Belyakov Bogdan RUS 2486
40 Karavade Eesha IND 2386 3 1 - 0 3 Triapishko Alexandr RUS 2530
41 Raja Harshit IND 2448 3 1 - 0 3 Gagare Shardul IND 2494

Final Standing (after Round Nine)

Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.

1 Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2641 7
2 Sethuraman S.P. IND 2646 6.5
3 Gordievsky Dmitry RUS 2630 6.5
4 Xu Xiangyu CHN 2545 6
5 Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2589 6
6 Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2697 6
7 Lysyj Igor RUS 2618 6
8 Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2677 6
9 Korobov Anton UKR 2664 6
10 Mamedov Rauf AZE 2709 6
11 Paravyan David RUS 2603 5.5
12 Kamsky Gata USA 2677 5.5
13 Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2609 5.5
14 Khalifman Alexander RUS 2614 5.5
15 Bologan Victor MDA 2600 5.5
16 Matlakov Maxim RUS 2709 5.5
17 Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2577 5.5
18 Mareco Sandro ARG 2632 5.5
19 Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2629 5.5
20 Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2614 5.5
21 Hakobyan Aram ARM 2497 5
22 Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2712 5
23 Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2684 5
24 Piorun Kacper POL 2659 5
25 Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2671 5
26 Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2617 5
27 Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2625 5
28 Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2618 5
29 Karthikeyan Murali IND 2585 5
30 Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2598 5
31 Xu Yi CHN 2490 5
32 Chigaev Maksim RUS 2560 5
33 Tari Aryan NOR 2597 5
34 Gallego Alcaraz Andres Felipe COL 2461 5
35 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2723 5
36 Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2652 5
37 Romanov Evgeny RUS 2621 5
38 Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2612 5
39 Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2599 5
40 Firouzja Alireza IRI 2549 4.5
41 Yuffa Daniil RUS 2521 4.5
42 Yakubboev Nodirbek UZB 2462 4.5
43 Goryachkina Aleksandra RUS 2493 4.5
44 Xu Yinglun CHN 2538 4.5
45 Sorokin Aleksey RUS 2511 4.5
46 Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2724 4.5
47 Svane Rasmus GER 2586 4.5
48 Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2607 4.5
49 Sarana Alexey RUS 2577 4.5
50 Aryan Chopra IND 2509 4.5
51 Shevchenko Kirill UKR 2538 4.5
52 Predke Alexandr RUS 2595 4.5
53 Sychev Klementy RUS 2529 4.5
54 Najer Evgeniy RUS 2683 4.5
55 Kulaots Kaido EST 2582 4.5
56 Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2569 4
57 Esipenko Andrey RUS 2571 4
58 Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2516 4
59 Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2594 4
60 Praggnanandhaa R IND 2507 4
61 Narayanan.S.L IND 2573 4
62 Lomasov Semen RUS 2530 4
63 Bluebaum Matthias GER 2635 4
64 Pichot Alan ARG 2552 4
65 Karavade Eesha IND 2386 4
66 Erigaisi Arjun IND 2458 4
67 Raja Harshit IND 2448 4
68 Gholami Aryan IRI 2489 4
69 Liu Yan CHN 2476 4
70 Wen Yang CHN 2608 4
71 Golubov Saveliy RUS 2492 3.5
72 Iniyan P IND 2460 3.5
73 Belyakov Bogdan RUS 2486 3.5
74 Pogonina Natalija RUS 2478 3.5
75 Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2586 3.5
76 Nihal Sarin IND 2532 3.5
77 Repka Christopher SVK 2513 3.5
78 Salomon Johan NOR 2503 3.5
79 Mikaelyan Arman ARM 2486 3.5
80 Vavulin Maksim RUS 2575 3.5
81 Shinkevich Vitaly RUS 2454 3.5
82 Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ 2449 3.5
83 Sargsyan Shant ARM 2481 3.5
84 Pavlov Sergey UKR 2485 3
85 Gagare Shardul IND 2494 3
86 Dragnev Valentin AUT 2461 3
87 Triapishko Alexandr RUS 2530 3
88 Tran Tuan Minh VIE 2522 2.5

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Aeroflot Open 2018

Aeroflot Open 2018

February 28, 2018

From chess24.com

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/kov...eroflot-winner

By Colin McGourty

Kovalev is shock Aeroflot winner

16th seed Vladislav Kovalev has won the 2018 Aeroflot Open and will play in Dortmund later this year after 2700 stars Fedoseev, Vidit, Andreikin, Mamedov and Matlakov all failed to make an impact on what's often known as the world's toughest open. The 24-year-old from Belarus could afford to take a last-round draw in a better position after winning all five games with the white pieces on the way to 7/9. Sethuraman and Dmitry Gordievsky finished in 2nd and 3rd places on 6.5/9, ahead of seven players on 6/9.

Vladislav Kovalev will face a supertournament baptism of fire in July when he plays in the Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund, with Vladimir Kramnik likely to be among his fearsome opponents. Although Kovalev won the Belarussian Championship in 2016 and is the current national no. 1, it's fair to say this is the biggest achievement of his career, though he did have a dress rehearsal! In 2017 he was seeded 41st but finished 3rd in the Aeroflot Open after beating Movsesian, Sjugirov and Khismatullin on the way to a 2791 rating performance. Only winner Vladimir Fedoseev scored half a point more.

Kovalev's performance rating this year? Incredibly it was exactly the same, 2791, with a perfect grandmasterly result of five wins with White and four draws with Black.

The turning point of the tournament perhaps came in Round 6, when 19-year-old Vladislav Artemiev, who had raced into the sole lead on 4.5/5, looked set to make a real statement just before his 20th birthday. Instead Kovalev comprehensively outplayed his opponent in a 3.Bb5 Sicilian to take the lead, while Artemiev creeped across the finish line with three draws - enough to mean he should finally be rated above 2700 on the 1 March FIDE rating list, though he'll have to wait a little longer for some classical supertournament action.

Kovalev, meanwhile, crushed some more dreams in the penultimate round. 17-year-old Tabatabaei from Iran was forcing us all to learn his name with a run of four wins in a row, including a king hunt against top seed Vladimir Fedoseev and a brilliant king march to victory over Krishnan Sasikiran. In Round 8, though, Kovalev caught him off-guard with the tricky 3.Bd3 French. 7...Nd5?! cost Tabatabaei over 6 minutes, and is dubious at best.

There were 9 players on 5.5/8 who could at least catch Kovalev if he lost, with Sethuraman and Dmitry Gordievsky having the advantage that they were the only players in that group who had the tiebreak advantage of playing more games with the black pieces. They did in fact both win - Bologan 0-1 Sethuraman and Tabatabaei 0-1 Gordievsky - and would have finished ahead of Kovalev if he'd lost, but of course he didn't! Needing only a draw Kovalev was much better with the black pieces against Gabriel Sargissian after just 17 moves, but, was happy to settle for a draw that gave him the 18,000 euro first prize and the title. Sethuraman took silver and Gordievsky bronze.

[Hans Jung]

Re: Aeroflot Open 2018

Really have enjoyed several interesting games from this tournament.

[Hans Jung]

Re: Aeroflot Open 2018

Some of the games of the artists Kamsky, Korobov, and Bologan stand out. (amongst others)

[Hans Jung]

Re: Aeroflot Open 2018

GM Kovalev wins Aeroflot! He is rewarded not only with a substantial first prize but also entry to Dortmund. I remember several years ago Le Quang Liem won Aeroflot back to back. This put him on the map and over 2700 and he has consistently stayed there ever since. Interesting to see if GM Kovalev can continue with great results.