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Aeroflot Open 2020
February 27, 2020
Round Nine
Chess24 - It's now official, 14-year-old 71st seed Aydin Suleymanli won the 2020 Aeroflot Open despite facing 2600+ grandmasters in every single round!
Four players shared for first with 6.5/9 - Suleymanli, Jumabayev, Mamedov, and Aravindh; the Azerbaijani IM has the best tiebreak (5 games with Black and a higher rating of opponents)
Round 9, Feb. 27
Mamedov, Rauf – Suleymanli, Aydin
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange variation
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Qc7 6.h3 e6 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.O-O Nge7 9.Re1 a6 10.Nbd2 f6 11.c4 O-O 12.a3 Ng6 13.Nf1 Qf7 14.Bd2 Nf4 15.Bxf4 Bxf4 16.Ne3 Kh8 17.Qc2 g6 18.Re2 Bd7 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Rae1 Rad8 21.Qc5 Be6 22.Nd1 Bd6 23.Qb6 Bc7 24.Qb3 Bc8 25.Ne3 Bb8 26.Qc3 Bd7 27.Qb3 Bc8 28.Qc3 Bd7 29.Bb1 Bd6 1/2-1/2
Round 9, Feb. 27
Aravindh, Chithambaram – Sjugirov, Sanan
A50 Queen’s Pawn, Slav
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qc2 e6 10.Nf3 Nh5 11.Be5 Nc6 12.a3 Be7 13.Bd3 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Nf6 15.f4 g6 16.g4 Bc6 17.h4 Nd7 18.Nf3 Rc8 19.g5 Bd6 20.h5 Rg8 21.Ke2 a6 22.hxg6 hxg6 23.Rh6 Qe7 24.Qb3 Kd8 25.Nd1 Kc7 26.Nf2 Rh8 27.Rah1 Rxh6 28.Rxh6 Rg8 29.Qc2 Qe8 30.Qc1 Bf8 31.Rh7 Bg7 32.Ng4 Qf8 33.b4 Kb6 34.Nfe5 Nxe5 35.Qc5+ Qxc5 36.dxc5+ Kc7 37.fxe5 Kd8 38.Kf3 Ke8 39.Nf6+ Bxf6 40.exf6 e5 41.e4 dxe4+ 42.Bxe4 Rf8 43.Bxc6+ bxc6 44.Ke4 Kd7 45.Kxe5 Re8+ 46.Kf4 Rf8 47.Rh3 Re8 48.Re3 1-0
Round 9, Feb. 27
Yilmaz, Mustafa – Adhiban, B.
A67 Benoni, Taimanov variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.a4 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qe7 11.Nf3 a6 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O b6 14.Re1 Bb7 15.Bf1 Re8 16.Be3 Nf6 17.Nd2 Nbd7 18.Bf2 h5 19.h3 Qf8 20.Bg2 Nh7 21.Nc4 Rab8 22.Ra3 Ba8 23.Rb3 Bh8 24.Bf3 Bg7 25.Kg2 Bh8 26.Qd3 Bg7 27.Be3 Bf6 28.Qd2 Bg7 29.Qd3 Bf6 30.Bf2 Bg7 31.Re2 Bf6 32.Qd2 Bg7 33.Be3 Bf6 34.Bg1 Bg7 35.Re1 Bf6 36.Be3 Bg7 37.Rh1 Bxc3 38.Qxc3 b5 39.axb5 axb5 40.Nd2 f5 41.exf5 Nhf6 42.Qc2 Nxd5 43.Bf2 Qxf5 44.Qxf5 gxf5 45.Ra1 Nb4 46.Nf1 Bxf3+ 47.Kxf3 Nb6 48.Ne3 Nc4 49.Rd1 Rf8 50.Be1 Nxe3 51.Rxe3 Nc2 52.Red3 Nd4+ 53.Kg2 b4 54.Bf2 Nb5 55.Rd5 Rf6 56.Kf3 Kf7 57.Ra1 Rb7 58.Rdd1 Re6 59.Rd5 Rf6 60.Rdd1 Nc7 61.g4 fxg4+ 62.hxg4 Ne6 63.Be3 hxg4+ 64.Kxg4 Ng7 65.f5 Nxf5 66.Bg5 Kg6 67.Bxf6 Ne3+ 68.Kf3 Nxd1 69.Bd4 Nxb2 70.Bxb2 Kf5 71.Rh1 Rf7 72.Ke3 Ke6 73.Kd3 Rf4 74.Rh6+ Kd5 75.Rh5+ Kc6 76.Rh6 Kd5 77.Rh5+ Kc6 78.Rh6 Rf3+ 79.Kc4 Re3 80.Bg7 Re7 81.Rg6 Re1 82.Rh6 Re8 83.Bb2 Re2 84.Bg7 Rc2+ 85.Kd3 b3 86.Bc3 Rc1 87.Kd2 Rc2+ 88.Kd3 Rc1 89.Kd2 Rg1 90.Bh8 Rg2+ 91.Kc1 Rc2+ 92.Kb1 Rd2 93.Bc3 Re2 94.Bg7 c4 95.Bc3 Kc5 96.Rh5+ Kc6 97.Rh6 Kd5 98.Bb4 Re6 99.Rxe6 Kxe6 100.Kb2 d5 101.Bc5 Ke5 102.Kc3 Ke4 103.Bb6 Kf4 104.Bc5 Kf3 105.Bb6 Ke2 106.Bd4 Ke1 107.Bc5 Kd1 108.Be3 Ke2 109.Bc5 Kd1 110.Be3 Ke2 1/2-1/2
Final Position
Round 9, Feb. 27
Shimanov, Aleksandr – Jumabayev, Rinat
D00 Queen’s Pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz Counter-Gambit
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Nd2 Bf5 6.Ngf3 e6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Qxb6 axb6 9.Bb5 Nd7 10.Ne5 Ndxe5 11.Bxe5 Kd7 12.O-O Bd6 13.Bxd6 Kxd6 14.Rfd1 Bc2 15.Rdc1 Bg6 16.Rd1 c4 17.e4 Na7 18.Ba4 Bxe4 19.Nxe4+ dxe4 20.Re1 f5 21.Bd1 Nc6 22.f3 e5 23.d5 Nb8 24.fxe4 fxe4 25.Rxe4 b5 26.b3 cxb3 27.Bxb3 Nd7 28.Rg4 g6 29.Rb4 Ra5 30.c4 Rf8 31.cxb5 Nc5 32.Bc2 Ra3 33.h4 e4 34.Bxe4 Rf4 35.Re1 Rxh4 36.Re2 Ra8 37.a3 Rxa3 38.Rc4 Rf4 39.Kh2 Rh4+ 40.Kg1 g5 41.Rxc5 Kxc5 42.d6 Kxd6 43.Bxb7 Ra1+ 44.Kf2 Rf4+ 45.Kg3 h5 46.Rd2+ Kc7 47.Bc6 Rh1 48.Bf3 h4+ 49.Kf2 g4 50.Ke3 Rxf3+ 51.gxf3 g3 52.Rg2 h3 53.Rxg3 h2 54.Rg7+ Kb6 0-1
Round 9, Feb. 27
Sarana, Alexey – Aleksandrov, Aleksey
A14 English, Neo-Catalan
1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.b3 c5 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.e3 b6 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.d3 Re8 11.Nbd2 a5 12.a4 Bf8 13.Rad1 Nd7 14.Nh4 d4 15.f4 dxe3 16.Qxe3 Qc7 17.Ne4 f5 18.Nc3 Rad8 19.Nb5 Qc8 20.h3 Ndb8 21.Rf2 Na6 22.g4 Nab4 23.Qg3 Qd7 24.Kh2 g6 25.gxf5 exf5 26.Nxg6 hxg6 27.Qxg6+ Bg7 28.Rg1 Re7 29.Bf6 Qe6 30.Bd5 Rxd5 31.cxd5 Nxd5 32.Bxe7 Qxg6 33.Rxg6 Ncxe7 34.Rg5 Kf8 35.Nd6 Ba6 36.Nxf5 Bf6 37.Rf3 Nb4 38.Nxe7 Kxe7 39.Rg8 Bxd3 40.Rb8 Bd4 41.Rxb6 c4 42.Rb7+ Kd6 43.Rg3 Be4 44.Rb5 c3 45.Rxc3 Bxc3 46.Rxa5 Bd5 47.h4 Bxb3 48.h5 Nd5 49.Ra6+ Kc5 50.h6 Nxf4 51.Ra8 Be5 52.Kg3 Bd1 53.a5 Ne6+ 54.Kf2 Nc7 55.Rb8 Bc2 56.Kf3 Bc3 57.a6 Nxa6 58.Rc8+ Kb4 59.Kf4 Bd2+ 60.Ke5 Nc5 61.Kd5 Bb3+ 62.Kd4 Bc3+ 63.Ke3 Bc2 64.Rg8 Kc4 65.Rg4+ Kd5 66.Rh4 Bh7 67.Kf4 Ke6 68.Rh5 Ne4 69.Kf3 Bd2 70.Rh1 Nf6 71.Rh4 Bg5 72.Ra4 Bxh6 73.Ra6+ Ke5 74.Ra5+ Nd5 75.Ra4 Bc2 76.Rc4 Bd1+ 77.Kf2 Be3+ 78.Kg3 Nf6 79.Rc8 Ne4+ 80.Kg2 Be2 81.Rf8 Nf6 82.Kg3 Kf5 83.Rf7 Bc5 84.Kg2 Kg5 85.Rc7 Ne4 86.Rg7+ Kf4 87.Rf7+ Ke3 88.Rf5 Bd6 89.Rf7 Ng5 90.Rf6 Bf3+ 91.Kf1 Ne4 92.Re6 Bg4 93.Re8 Kf3 94.Ke1 Kf4 95.Kf1 Bf3 96.Rd8 Be7 97.Rb8 Bh4 98.Rb2 Bf6 99.Rb8 Ng3+ 100.Kf2 Bd4+ 101.Ke1 Bc3+ 102.Kf2 Ne4+ 103.Kf1 Kg3 104.Rg8+ Bg4 105.Re8 Nd2+ 106.Ke1 Nc4+ 107.Kf1 Bd2 108.Kg1 Ne3 109.Re7 Bh3 110.Kh1 Nf5 111.Re2 Bc1 112.Kg1 Nh4 113.Rc2 Nf3+ 114.Kh1 Bd2 0-1
Final Position
Round 9, Feb. 27
Vaibhav, Suri – Maghsoodloo, Parham
C54 Giuoco Piano
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O a5 7.Re1 O-O 8.h3 h6 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Bb5 Qb8 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.d4 exd4 13.cxd4 Bb4 14.a3 Bxd2 15.Nxd2 Nd7 16.Nf1 a4 17.Qh5 Qb6 18.Bxh6 Qxd4 19.Re3 Qe5 20.Qxe5 dxe5 21.Rg3 Kh7 22.Bd2 Nc5 23.Bb4 Nxe4 24.Re3 c5 25.Be1 Bd5 26.f3 1/2-1/2
Round 9, Feb. 27
Chigaev, Maksim – Bharath Subramaniyam
B40 Sicilian, double Fianchetto, KIA
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Nb5 d5 8.exd5 exd5 9.Bf4 Bxb2 10.N1c3 Nf6 11.Bg2 Qe7+ 12.Kf1 O-O 13.Bd6 Qd8 14.Rb1 Bxc3 15.Bxf8 Bg4 16.Bf3 Bh3+ 17.Bg2 Bg4 18.Qc1 Be5 19.Bh6 a6 20.h3 Bf5 21.Na3 Ne4 22.Rxb7 Qf6 23.Bf4 Bd4 24.c4 Nxf2 25.Bxd5 Nxh1 26.Rxf7 Qxf7 27.Bxf7+ Kxf7 28.g4 Bd3+ 29.Kg2 Re8 0-1
Round 9, Feb. 27
Nesterov, Arseniy – Praggnananadhaa, R.
E04 Catalan, open
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Rb8 8.Nfd2 e5 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Nxc4 Be6 12.Qxd8+ Rxd8 13.Nbd2 Bb4 14.b3 h5 15.h3 Bc3 16.Rb1 Nxe5 17.Ne4 Bxh3 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Re1 Bf5 20.f3 Bxg3 21.Rf1 Rh6 0-1
Round 9, Feb. 27
Sindarov, Javokhir – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall Counter-Attack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Re8 15.Bd2 Qg5 16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Rxe8+ Rxe8 18.g3 Qg6 19.Be3 d4 20.cxd4 Bg4 21.Qc6 Rc8 22.Qxa6 Qxd3 23.Nc3 Bf8 24.a4 Bh3 25.Qxb5 Rxc3 26.Qh5 Rc2 27.Qxh3 Rxb2 28.Qf1 1-0
Final Standings
1 Suleymanli 6.5
2 Jumabayev 6.5
3 Mamedov 6.5
4 Aravindh 6 .5
5 Aleksandrov 6
6 Asadli 6
7 Adhivan 6
8 Petrosyan 6
9 Yilmaz 6
10 Paravyan 6
11 Bharath 5.6
12 Sjugirov 5.5
13 Idani 5.5
14 Antipov 5.5
15 Praggnanandhaa 5.5
36 Maghsoodloo 5
63 Abdusattorov 4
There were a number of participants not paired in later rounds such as Abdumalik, Cordova, Jobava and Smirin
February 27, 2020
Round Nine
Chess24 - It's now official, 14-year-old 71st seed Aydin Suleymanli won the 2020 Aeroflot Open despite facing 2600+ grandmasters in every single round!
Four players shared for first with 6.5/9 - Suleymanli, Jumabayev, Mamedov, and Aravindh; the Azerbaijani IM has the best tiebreak (5 games with Black and a higher rating of opponents)
Round 9, Feb. 27
Mamedov, Rauf – Suleymanli, Aydin
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange variation
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Qc7 6.h3 e6 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.O-O Nge7 9.Re1 a6 10.Nbd2 f6 11.c4 O-O 12.a3 Ng6 13.Nf1 Qf7 14.Bd2 Nf4 15.Bxf4 Bxf4 16.Ne3 Kh8 17.Qc2 g6 18.Re2 Bd7 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Rae1 Rad8 21.Qc5 Be6 22.Nd1 Bd6 23.Qb6 Bc7 24.Qb3 Bc8 25.Ne3 Bb8 26.Qc3 Bd7 27.Qb3 Bc8 28.Qc3 Bd7 29.Bb1 Bd6 1/2-1/2
Round 9, Feb. 27
Aravindh, Chithambaram – Sjugirov, Sanan
A50 Queen’s Pawn, Slav
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qc2 e6 10.Nf3 Nh5 11.Be5 Nc6 12.a3 Be7 13.Bd3 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Nf6 15.f4 g6 16.g4 Bc6 17.h4 Nd7 18.Nf3 Rc8 19.g5 Bd6 20.h5 Rg8 21.Ke2 a6 22.hxg6 hxg6 23.Rh6 Qe7 24.Qb3 Kd8 25.Nd1 Kc7 26.Nf2 Rh8 27.Rah1 Rxh6 28.Rxh6 Rg8 29.Qc2 Qe8 30.Qc1 Bf8 31.Rh7 Bg7 32.Ng4 Qf8 33.b4 Kb6 34.Nfe5 Nxe5 35.Qc5+ Qxc5 36.dxc5+ Kc7 37.fxe5 Kd8 38.Kf3 Ke8 39.Nf6+ Bxf6 40.exf6 e5 41.e4 dxe4+ 42.Bxe4 Rf8 43.Bxc6+ bxc6 44.Ke4 Kd7 45.Kxe5 Re8+ 46.Kf4 Rf8 47.Rh3 Re8 48.Re3 1-0
Round 9, Feb. 27
Yilmaz, Mustafa – Adhiban, B.
A67 Benoni, Taimanov variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.a4 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qe7 11.Nf3 a6 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O b6 14.Re1 Bb7 15.Bf1 Re8 16.Be3 Nf6 17.Nd2 Nbd7 18.Bf2 h5 19.h3 Qf8 20.Bg2 Nh7 21.Nc4 Rab8 22.Ra3 Ba8 23.Rb3 Bh8 24.Bf3 Bg7 25.Kg2 Bh8 26.Qd3 Bg7 27.Be3 Bf6 28.Qd2 Bg7 29.Qd3 Bf6 30.Bf2 Bg7 31.Re2 Bf6 32.Qd2 Bg7 33.Be3 Bf6 34.Bg1 Bg7 35.Re1 Bf6 36.Be3 Bg7 37.Rh1 Bxc3 38.Qxc3 b5 39.axb5 axb5 40.Nd2 f5 41.exf5 Nhf6 42.Qc2 Nxd5 43.Bf2 Qxf5 44.Qxf5 gxf5 45.Ra1 Nb4 46.Nf1 Bxf3+ 47.Kxf3 Nb6 48.Ne3 Nc4 49.Rd1 Rf8 50.Be1 Nxe3 51.Rxe3 Nc2 52.Red3 Nd4+ 53.Kg2 b4 54.Bf2 Nb5 55.Rd5 Rf6 56.Kf3 Kf7 57.Ra1 Rb7 58.Rdd1 Re6 59.Rd5 Rf6 60.Rdd1 Nc7 61.g4 fxg4+ 62.hxg4 Ne6 63.Be3 hxg4+ 64.Kxg4 Ng7 65.f5 Nxf5 66.Bg5 Kg6 67.Bxf6 Ne3+ 68.Kf3 Nxd1 69.Bd4 Nxb2 70.Bxb2 Kf5 71.Rh1 Rf7 72.Ke3 Ke6 73.Kd3 Rf4 74.Rh6+ Kd5 75.Rh5+ Kc6 76.Rh6 Kd5 77.Rh5+ Kc6 78.Rh6 Rf3+ 79.Kc4 Re3 80.Bg7 Re7 81.Rg6 Re1 82.Rh6 Re8 83.Bb2 Re2 84.Bg7 Rc2+ 85.Kd3 b3 86.Bc3 Rc1 87.Kd2 Rc2+ 88.Kd3 Rc1 89.Kd2 Rg1 90.Bh8 Rg2+ 91.Kc1 Rc2+ 92.Kb1 Rd2 93.Bc3 Re2 94.Bg7 c4 95.Bc3 Kc5 96.Rh5+ Kc6 97.Rh6 Kd5 98.Bb4 Re6 99.Rxe6 Kxe6 100.Kb2 d5 101.Bc5 Ke5 102.Kc3 Ke4 103.Bb6 Kf4 104.Bc5 Kf3 105.Bb6 Ke2 106.Bd4 Ke1 107.Bc5 Kd1 108.Be3 Ke2 109.Bc5 Kd1 110.Be3 Ke2 1/2-1/2
Final Position
Round 9, Feb. 27
Shimanov, Aleksandr – Jumabayev, Rinat
D00 Queen’s Pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz Counter-Gambit
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Nd2 Bf5 6.Ngf3 e6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Qxb6 axb6 9.Bb5 Nd7 10.Ne5 Ndxe5 11.Bxe5 Kd7 12.O-O Bd6 13.Bxd6 Kxd6 14.Rfd1 Bc2 15.Rdc1 Bg6 16.Rd1 c4 17.e4 Na7 18.Ba4 Bxe4 19.Nxe4+ dxe4 20.Re1 f5 21.Bd1 Nc6 22.f3 e5 23.d5 Nb8 24.fxe4 fxe4 25.Rxe4 b5 26.b3 cxb3 27.Bxb3 Nd7 28.Rg4 g6 29.Rb4 Ra5 30.c4 Rf8 31.cxb5 Nc5 32.Bc2 Ra3 33.h4 e4 34.Bxe4 Rf4 35.Re1 Rxh4 36.Re2 Ra8 37.a3 Rxa3 38.Rc4 Rf4 39.Kh2 Rh4+ 40.Kg1 g5 41.Rxc5 Kxc5 42.d6 Kxd6 43.Bxb7 Ra1+ 44.Kf2 Rf4+ 45.Kg3 h5 46.Rd2+ Kc7 47.Bc6 Rh1 48.Bf3 h4+ 49.Kf2 g4 50.Ke3 Rxf3+ 51.gxf3 g3 52.Rg2 h3 53.Rxg3 h2 54.Rg7+ Kb6 0-1
Round 9, Feb. 27
Sarana, Alexey – Aleksandrov, Aleksey
A14 English, Neo-Catalan
1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.b3 c5 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.e3 b6 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.d3 Re8 11.Nbd2 a5 12.a4 Bf8 13.Rad1 Nd7 14.Nh4 d4 15.f4 dxe3 16.Qxe3 Qc7 17.Ne4 f5 18.Nc3 Rad8 19.Nb5 Qc8 20.h3 Ndb8 21.Rf2 Na6 22.g4 Nab4 23.Qg3 Qd7 24.Kh2 g6 25.gxf5 exf5 26.Nxg6 hxg6 27.Qxg6+ Bg7 28.Rg1 Re7 29.Bf6 Qe6 30.Bd5 Rxd5 31.cxd5 Nxd5 32.Bxe7 Qxg6 33.Rxg6 Ncxe7 34.Rg5 Kf8 35.Nd6 Ba6 36.Nxf5 Bf6 37.Rf3 Nb4 38.Nxe7 Kxe7 39.Rg8 Bxd3 40.Rb8 Bd4 41.Rxb6 c4 42.Rb7+ Kd6 43.Rg3 Be4 44.Rb5 c3 45.Rxc3 Bxc3 46.Rxa5 Bd5 47.h4 Bxb3 48.h5 Nd5 49.Ra6+ Kc5 50.h6 Nxf4 51.Ra8 Be5 52.Kg3 Bd1 53.a5 Ne6+ 54.Kf2 Nc7 55.Rb8 Bc2 56.Kf3 Bc3 57.a6 Nxa6 58.Rc8+ Kb4 59.Kf4 Bd2+ 60.Ke5 Nc5 61.Kd5 Bb3+ 62.Kd4 Bc3+ 63.Ke3 Bc2 64.Rg8 Kc4 65.Rg4+ Kd5 66.Rh4 Bh7 67.Kf4 Ke6 68.Rh5 Ne4 69.Kf3 Bd2 70.Rh1 Nf6 71.Rh4 Bg5 72.Ra4 Bxh6 73.Ra6+ Ke5 74.Ra5+ Nd5 75.Ra4 Bc2 76.Rc4 Bd1+ 77.Kf2 Be3+ 78.Kg3 Nf6 79.Rc8 Ne4+ 80.Kg2 Be2 81.Rf8 Nf6 82.Kg3 Kf5 83.Rf7 Bc5 84.Kg2 Kg5 85.Rc7 Ne4 86.Rg7+ Kf4 87.Rf7+ Ke3 88.Rf5 Bd6 89.Rf7 Ng5 90.Rf6 Bf3+ 91.Kf1 Ne4 92.Re6 Bg4 93.Re8 Kf3 94.Ke1 Kf4 95.Kf1 Bf3 96.Rd8 Be7 97.Rb8 Bh4 98.Rb2 Bf6 99.Rb8 Ng3+ 100.Kf2 Bd4+ 101.Ke1 Bc3+ 102.Kf2 Ne4+ 103.Kf1 Kg3 104.Rg8+ Bg4 105.Re8 Nd2+ 106.Ke1 Nc4+ 107.Kf1 Bd2 108.Kg1 Ne3 109.Re7 Bh3 110.Kh1 Nf5 111.Re2 Bc1 112.Kg1 Nh4 113.Rc2 Nf3+ 114.Kh1 Bd2 0-1
Final Position
Round 9, Feb. 27
Vaibhav, Suri – Maghsoodloo, Parham
C54 Giuoco Piano
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O a5 7.Re1 O-O 8.h3 h6 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Bb5 Qb8 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.d4 exd4 13.cxd4 Bb4 14.a3 Bxd2 15.Nxd2 Nd7 16.Nf1 a4 17.Qh5 Qb6 18.Bxh6 Qxd4 19.Re3 Qe5 20.Qxe5 dxe5 21.Rg3 Kh7 22.Bd2 Nc5 23.Bb4 Nxe4 24.Re3 c5 25.Be1 Bd5 26.f3 1/2-1/2
Round 9, Feb. 27
Chigaev, Maksim – Bharath Subramaniyam
B40 Sicilian, double Fianchetto, KIA
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Nb5 d5 8.exd5 exd5 9.Bf4 Bxb2 10.N1c3 Nf6 11.Bg2 Qe7+ 12.Kf1 O-O 13.Bd6 Qd8 14.Rb1 Bxc3 15.Bxf8 Bg4 16.Bf3 Bh3+ 17.Bg2 Bg4 18.Qc1 Be5 19.Bh6 a6 20.h3 Bf5 21.Na3 Ne4 22.Rxb7 Qf6 23.Bf4 Bd4 24.c4 Nxf2 25.Bxd5 Nxh1 26.Rxf7 Qxf7 27.Bxf7+ Kxf7 28.g4 Bd3+ 29.Kg2 Re8 0-1
Round 9, Feb. 27
Nesterov, Arseniy – Praggnananadhaa, R.
E04 Catalan, open
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Rb8 8.Nfd2 e5 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Nxc4 Be6 12.Qxd8+ Rxd8 13.Nbd2 Bb4 14.b3 h5 15.h3 Bc3 16.Rb1 Nxe5 17.Ne4 Bxh3 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Re1 Bf5 20.f3 Bxg3 21.Rf1 Rh6 0-1
Round 9, Feb. 27
Sindarov, Javokhir – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall Counter-Attack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Re8 15.Bd2 Qg5 16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Rxe8+ Rxe8 18.g3 Qg6 19.Be3 d4 20.cxd4 Bg4 21.Qc6 Rc8 22.Qxa6 Qxd3 23.Nc3 Bf8 24.a4 Bh3 25.Qxb5 Rxc3 26.Qh5 Rc2 27.Qxh3 Rxb2 28.Qf1 1-0
Final Standings
1 Suleymanli 6.5
2 Jumabayev 6.5
3 Mamedov 6.5
4 Aravindh 6 .5
5 Aleksandrov 6
6 Asadli 6
7 Adhivan 6
8 Petrosyan 6
9 Yilmaz 6
10 Paravyan 6
11 Bharath 5.6
12 Sjugirov 5.5
13 Idani 5.5
14 Antipov 5.5
15 Praggnanandhaa 5.5
36 Maghsoodloo 5
63 Abdusattorov 4
There were a number of participants not paired in later rounds such as Abdumalik, Cordova, Jobava and Smirin
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