Moscow Open won by Inarkiev and Tingjie

Rounds eight and nine

Open A (Main event)

In the main event, there is little to say other than to tip one's hat to Inarkiev's fantastic 8.0/9. It was not without a bit of good fortune, but he earned it, no question. Consider his last round win against Russian champion.

Ernesto Inarkiev - Igo Lysyj

[Event "Moscow Open A 2015"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2015.02.08"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Black "Lysyj, Igor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2675"] [BlackElo "2700"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/5k2/p7/P5R1/5K2/8/r5P1/8 b - - 0 45"] [PlyCount "18"] [EventDate "2015.01.31"] {The position was equal, but Black stumbles on the finishing line and plays} 45... Ra4+ $4 {and lost after} (45... Kf6 {was necessary after which he can hold. Ex:} 46. Rf5+ Kg6 47. g4 Ra4+ 48. Kg3 Ra1 {etc}) 46. Kf3 Rc4 47. Rd5 Rc6 48. Rd7+ Ke8 49. Rd5 Kf7 50. Kg4 Kg6 51. Kh4 Kf7 52. g4 Rh6+ 53. Kg5 Rg6+ 54. Kh5 1-0

Yes, he was 'lucky' that Lysyj missed Kf6, but on the other hand, Lysyj was defending a difficult position in which he was not exactly swimming in options.

Ukrainian Anton Korobov took second on tiebreak with 7.0/9

Spaniard Fracisco Vallejo Pons took third with 7.0/9 and earned a few Elo as well

IM Sagar Shah spotted a very entertaining attacking miniature and annotated it.

Vavulin - Predke (analysis by IM Sagar Shah)

[Event "Moscow Open Students 2015"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2015.02.06"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Vavulin, Maksim"] [Black "Predke, Alexandr"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D01"] [WhiteElo "2453"] [BlackElo "2537"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2015.01.31"] {This was a fascinating game played by Predke. He launches an attack on opponent's king right from the opening and that leads to a pretty mate.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd3 (4. Nf3 {is much more common.}) (4. f3 {and also played is this move.}) 4... c5 5. O-O-O $6 {This doesn't particularly look like a sound idea as Black's next move shows.} c4 $1 {A clear cut plan of attack on the white king with b5-b4 appears on the horizon!} 6. Qf3 Qa5 7. Nh3 e6 {Opening the way for the bishop.} 8. Bd2 (8. Kb1 b5 9. e4 b4 10. exd5 Bb7 $1 $17 (10... bxc3 11. dxe6 $13)) 8... b5 $1 9. Nxd5 Qxa2 10. Nxf6+ (10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 Qa1#) 10... Nxf6 11. Qc6+ Kd8 {The rook on a8 is taboo because of the mate on a1.} 12. Bc3 (12. Bf4 Qa1+ 13. Kd2 Bb4+ $1 14. c3 Qxb2+ 15. Ke3 Qxc3+ $19) 12... b4 $1 13. Qxa8 bxc3 14. bxc3 Bb4 $1 {A very nice and attractive solution.} (14... Nd5 {was equally strong.}) 15. Kd2 (15. cxb4 c3 {is game over.}) 15... Bxc3+ $1 16. Kxc3 (16. Ke3 Qxc2 $1 $19) 16... Nd5+ 17. Kd2 Qa5+ 18. Kc1 c3 19. Qb8 Qa1+ 20. Qb1 Qa3+ {A poor opening choice by Vavulin and nicely played attack by Predke.} 0-1

The winners of Open A, on the podium: Korobov (second), Inarkiev (first), and Vallejo Pons (third)

Final standings

Rk	SNo	Ti.	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts	rtg+/-
1	7	GM	Inarkiev Ernesto	RUS	2675	8.0	23.5
2	4	GM	Korobov Anton	UKR	2687	7.0	6.7
3	2	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	ESP	2706	7.0	3.9
4	11	GM	Petrosian Tigran L.	ARM	2663	7.0	7.7
5	12	GM	Artemiev Vladislav	RUS	2659	7.0	4.6
6	1	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	RUS	2714	6.5	-0.4
7	9	GM	Grachev Boris	RUS	2670	6.5	2.9
8	18	GM	Volkov Sergey	RUS	2618	6.5	2.4
9	14	GM	Mamedov Rauf	AZE	2642	6.5	7.6
10	27	GM	Grigoriants Sergey	RUS	2567	6.5	6.5
11	13	GM	Kokarev Dmitry	RUS	2645	6.5	-1.5
12	56	IM	Sanal Vahap	TUR	2460	6.5	26.9
13	15	GM	Khairullin Ildar	RUS	2629	6.5	1.2
14	8	GM	Khismatullin Denis	RUS	2673	6.5	-3.4
15	23	GM	Shimanov Aleksandr	RUS	2591	6.5	-0.3
16	76	IM	Usmanov Vasily	RUS	2414	6.5	24.5
17	32	GM	Megaranto Susanto	INA	2548	6.5	3.9
18	34	GM	Xiu Deshun	CHN	2543	6.0	13.7
19	33	GM	Pridorozhni Aleksei	RUS	2545	6.0	6.5
20	42	GM	Kharchenko Boris	UKR	2483	6.0	18.5

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Open B (female event)

Chinese WGM Lei Tingjie also had a fantastic tournament, winning with 8.0/9 much like Inarkiev,
and a full point ahead of the rest.

As the top seed and early leader, it was a bitter blow for Goryachkina to
not take first, but two draws at the end were not enough to keep pace
with her rival, and she had to settle for second

For journalist WGM Elmira Mirzoeva it was a rise from the ashes as she
showed here ability, taking third in spite of being only 23rd on the start

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Gr	FED	Rtg	Pts.	rtg+/-
1	2	WGM	Lei Tingjie		CHN	2429	8.0	14.6
2	1	WGM	Goryachkina Aleksandra		RUS	2451	7.0	5.0
3	23	WGM	Mirzoeva Elmira		RUS	2220	7.0	49.0
4	35	WFM	Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim		UZB	2181	7.0	98.8
5	11	IM	Ovod Evgenija		RUS	2324	7.0	0.7
6	6	IM	Guseva Marina		RUS	2375	6.5	3.5
7	3	WGM	Szczepkowska-Horowska Karina		POL	2415	6.5	-2.0
8	44	WFM	Bayarmaa Bayarjargal		MGL	2134	6.5	58.4
9	7	WGM	Charochkina Daria		RUS	2370	6.5	-7.0
10	8	WIM	Bivol Alina		RUS	2355	6.5	-4.6
11	10	FM	Pustovoitova Daria		RUS	2334	6.5	4.6
12	12	IM	Vasilevich Irina		RUS	2320	6.5	-4.1
13	26	WIM	Schepetkova Margarita		RUS	2216	6.0	39.0
14	38	WCM	Hojjatova Aydan		AZE	2170	6.0	83.6
15	24	WIM	Matveeva Olga		RUS	2220	6.0	12.0
16	13	WGM	Maisuradze Nino		FRA	2310	6.0	-9.6
17	17	WIM	Ibrahimova Sabina		AZE	2273	6.0	8.0
18	9	WGM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan		KAZ	2344	6.0	-7.8
19	49	WIM	Baraeva Irina		RUS	2105	6.0	34.6
20	15	IM	Galojan Lilit		ARM	2283	6.0	-6.2
21	5	IM	Bodnaruk Anastasia		RUS	2402	6.0	-17.7
22	45	WFM	Pavlova Kseniia		RUS	2132	6.0	-2.8
23	21	WIM	Dordzhieva Dinara		RUS	2244	5.5	-14.0
	39	WFM	Smirnova Ekaterina		RUS	2161	5.5	57.6
25	28	WFM	Petrukhina Irina		RUS	2210	5.5	3.4

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Open C (under-2300)

Despite being neither the highest rated in the sub-2300 Open C event, much less the youngest,
54-year-old Sergey Galakhov stormed away with the event with 8.5/9, allowing a draw only at the end

Final standings

Rk	SNo	Ti.	Name	Fed	Rtg	Pts	Perf
1	23		Galakhov Sergey	RUS	2236	8.5	2551
2	22		Denishev Marat	RUS	2236	7.5	2397
3	11	FM	Manukyan Sargis V.	ARM	2262	7.5	2424
4	16		Alkaev Roman	RUS	2246	7.5	2395
5	2	FM	Bazarov Konstantin	RUS	2298	7.0	2401
6	5	FM	Vlassow Valentin	RUS	2284	7.0	2392
7	34		Kolmakov Pavel	RUS	2206	7.0	2316
8	49		Konaplev Anton	RUS	2175	7.0	2393
9	24	FM	Erzhanov Arman	KAZ	2235	7.0	2316
10	64		Kovalev Vitaly	RUS	2147	7.0	2271

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Open D (Senior Event)

By the sixth round, IM Evgeni Dragomarezkij had caught up with the early leader, Evgeny
Sveshnikov, and by round eight he took the lead to finish clear first with 7.5/9

Top seed GM Evgeny Sveshnikov slowed at the end, and took second

Final standings

Rk	SNo	Ti.	Name	Fed	Rtg	Pts	rtg+/-
1	5	IM	Dragomarezkij Evgeni	RUS	2368	7.5	13.2
2	1	GM	Sveshnikov Evgeny	LAT	2514	7.0	-2.8
3	8	IM	Mishuchkov Nikolai M.	RUS	2311	7.0	9.7
4	40		Kolokolov Yuriy	RUS	2074	7.0	56.8
5	3	GM	Balashov Yuri S	RUS	2432	7.0	-3.2
6	27		Karmov Mazhmudin	RUS	2162	7.0	42.8
7	2	IM	Kalegin Evgenij	RUS	2464	6.5	-6.8
8	6	IM	Kremenietsky Anatoly M.	RUS	2333	6.5	0.1
9	13		Skorodumov Vladimir	RUS	2250	6.5	16.4
10	11	FM	Zilbert Oleg	RUS	2264	6.5	12.8

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Open F (male student round-robin)

The student round-robin invitational was mostly fought be top-seed Daniil
Dubov, and the winner Samvel Ter-Sahakyan who took first with 6.0/9

Final standings

Open G (female student round-robin)

Irene Sukandar from Indonesia ran away with the female student invitational, finishing first
with 7.5/9, a full two points ahead of second place finisher Alina Kashlinskaya

Polina Rodionova did not have the best event, but she did leave with a win of her own

Final standings

The trophy and bouquet awaiting the winners

Photos by Galina Popova and Eteri Kublashvili

Links

Official tournament site
All Open A games in PGN (courtesy of TWIC)
All Open B games in PGN
All Open F games in PGN
All Open G games in PGN

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