Aeroflot, Rd. 5: Najer stays sole leader

by Klaus Besenthal
3/6/2016 – Round five of the Aeroflot Open in Moscow was peaceful: nine of the ten games at the top boards ended with a draw. This allowed Evgeniy Najer to defend his lead. After round four he was sole leader with 3.5/4, after round five he is sole leader with 4.0/5. But despite the many draws at the top boards round five still saw some interesting chess in Moscow.
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Sometimes modern tournament chess gives the impression that the classical "grandmaster draw" is a dying species. However, in round five Evgeniy Najer and Boris Gelfand put one more exhibit on show:

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.0-0 Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Be2 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.c4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Ne7 12.Qc3 Qc7 13.Nd2 Ng6 14.Nf3 f6 15.Be3 Be7 16.c5 Diagram
In this slightly better position White agreed to a draw. ½–½
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Najer,E2664Gelfand,B2735½–½2016B30Aeroflot Open A 20165.1

Well, though Najer was slightly better one understands why he had nothing against a quiet and peaceful afternoon. He was sole leader and played against the top seed who has been part of the world's best players for 25 years. So, Najer was happy about the bird in his hand and refrained from trying to catch two in the bush!

Boris Gelfand

Evgenyi Najer

This draw allowed Najer to remain sole leader with 4.0/5 because none of his closest rivals managed to score a full point. Thus, no less than fifteen players are half a point behind Najer. One of them is GM Axel Bachmann from Paraguay who won an interesting game against Anton Korobov:

 
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1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.g3 0-0 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.0-0 e5 8.e4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 Nc5 11.Re1 a5 12.Qc2 Diagram
Classical King's Indian strategy: after exchanging on d4 Black tries to exert pressure on White's vulnerable pawn on e4. 12...c6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Rad1 Be6 15.b3 Rad8 16.f4 Bc8 17.Bf2 h5 18.Nf3 Nh7 19.Bd4 Bxd4+ 20.Rxd4 Nf8 21.Kh2 Qe7 22.Qf2 Nfe6 23.Rdd1 Qf6 24.Re3 g5 Diagram
25.f5 This leads to a static pawn structure and gives Black a good square on e5. More elastic - and better - was 25.Ne2! and now Black cannot win the pawn on f4 because after gxf4 26.gxf4 Nxf4 27.Nh4 Black's knight ran into a fatal pin. 25...Nf8 The knight retreats but already has plans to reenter the game with a vengeance via d7 and e5. 26.Qd2 Nfd7 27.h4 gxh4 28.Qxd6?! Taking the wrong pawn. After 28.gxh4! Ne5 29.Nxe5 dxe5 the engines consider the position as equal. 28...Qxd6 29.Rxd6 Ne5 30.Rxd8 Ng4+ 31.Kh3 Rxd8 32.Re2 Rd3 33.Na4 Nxe4 Diagram
It is obvous that White lost control of the game - the black pieces really made an impressive career. However, despite the menacing position of Black's pieces White is far from lost here. 34.Kxh4? This is the decisive mistake. 34.Ne1! After the counter-intuitive computer move Rxg3+ 35.Kxh4 Ngf6 36.Bh3 the engines give Black only a slight advantage. 34...Ne3 35.Bh3 Nxf5+ 36.Bxf5 Bxf5 37.Ng5? Nf6?! Diagram
A few moves before the time control Black puts his knight on the wrong square. After 37...Nd6! 38.Rf2 Bg4 the threat of 39...Nf5+ gives Black a winning position. 38.Nh3? After 38.Rf2! Rd4+ 39.Rf4 White is still slightly worse but back into the game. 38...Kg7 39.Nf4 Rd1 40.Kg5 Bg4 41.Rh2 Ne4+ After 41...Ne4+ 42.Kh4 Kh6 White has no adequate threat against the threats ...Nd6, ...Nf5+ (or mate), ...Nd2 and ...Nf3, or ...Ng5 and Nf3+, e.g. 43.Nxh5 f5 44.Nf4 Ng5 and White will be mated. 0–1
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Korobov,A2713Bachmann,A26090–12016E69Aeroflot Open A 20165.9

Results of round five

Bo. No.   Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts.   Name Rtg No.
1 16 GM Najer Evgeniy 2664 3½ ½ - ½ 3 GM Gelfand Boris 2735 1
2 20 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2650 3 ½ - ½ 3 GM Matlakov Maxim 2682 6
3 8 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2677 3 ½ - ½ 3 GM Dubov Daniil 2634 25
4 36 GM Wen Yang 2609 3 ½ - ½ 3 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2667 13
5 52 GM Goganov Aleksey 2575 3 ½ - ½ 3 GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2664 15
6 18 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim 2662 3 ½ - ½ 3 GM Bartel Mateusz 2625 27
7 22 GM Grachev Boris 2639 3 ½ - ½ 2½ GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2677 7
8 26 GM Kobalia Mikhail 2632 2½ ½ - ½ 2½ GM Bu Xiangzhi 2724 2
9 4 GM Korobov Anton 2713 2½ 0 - 1 2½ GM Bachmann Axel 2609 35
10 31 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2615 2½ ½ - ½ 2½ GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2704 5
11 10 GM Artemiev Vladislav 2674 2½ 1 - 0 2½ GM Cordova Emilio 2610 33
12 32 GM Bok Benjamin 2611 2½ ½ - ½ 2½ GM Kamsky Gata 2673 11
13 14 GM Swiercz Dariusz 2665 2½ ½ - ½ 2½ GM Dragun Kamil 2594 43
14 34 GM Savchenko Boris 2610 2½ ½ - ½ 2½ GM Motylev Alexander 2655 19
15 23 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2637 2½ ½ - ½ 2½   Predke Alexandr 2508 67

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Games of rounds one to five:

 
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rd1 b4 12.Na4 c5 13.dxc5 Rc8 14.Qe2 Bb8 15.Ba6 Bxa6 16.Qxa6 Nxc5 17.Rxd8 Nxa6 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Bd2 Kf8 20.Rc1 Rxc1+ 21.Bxc1 Ke7 22.Kf1 e5 23.h3 Ne4 24.Ke2 Ke6 25.Nd2 Nxd2 26.Bxd2 e4 27.b3 Bd6 28.Nb2 Nc7 29.Nc4 Nd5 30.f3 f5 31.fxe4 fxe4 32.Nxd6 Kxd6 33.Be1 h5 34.Bg3+ Ke6 35.Kd2 g5 36.Bb8 a6 37.g3 Kf5 38.Bd6 g4 39.h4 Ke6 40.Bf8 Kd7 41.Bg7 Kc6 42.Be5 Kb5 43.Bg7 a5 44.Be5 a4 45.Bg7 Ne7 46.Be5 Nf5 47.Bb8 Ne7 48.Be5 Nc6 49.Bf6 Na5 50.Kc2 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Timofeev,A2593Gelfand,B2735½–½2016D45Aeroflot Open A 20161.1
Bu,X2724Socko,B2587½–½2016E62Aeroflot Open A 20161.2
Potkin,V2585Wei,Y27141–02016A10Aeroflot Open A 20161.3
Korobov,A2713Kunin,V25841–02016A40Aeroflot Open A 20161.4
Demchenko,A2583Nepomniachtchi,I2704½–½2016B90Aeroflot Open A 20161.5
Matlakov,M2682Wagner,D2583½–½2016A32Aeroflot Open A 20161.6
Kulaots,K2578Inarkiev,E26770–12016C95Aeroflot Open A 20161.7
Vallejo Pons,F2677Sandipan,C25771–02016C42Aeroflot Open A 20161.8
Goganov,A2575Jobava,B26761–02016E11Aeroflot Open A 20161.9
Artemiev,V2674Antipov,M25731–02016E16Aeroflot Open A 20161.10
Lalith,B2573Kamsky,G2673½–½2016D15Aeroflot Open A 20161.11
Moiseenko,A2668Oparin,G25721–02016E17Aeroflot Open A 20161.12
Kovalev,V2560Sjugirov,S2667½–½2016B18Aeroflot Open A 20161.13
Swiercz,D2665Maiorov,N25581–02016C95Aeroflot Open A 20161.14
Bindrich,F2557Fedoseev,V2664½–½2016E32Aeroflot Open A 20161.15
Najer,E2664Van Foreest,J25571–02016B56Aeroflot Open A 20161.16
Alekseenko,K2554Safarli,E2663½–½2016D80Aeroflot Open A 20161.17
Zvjaginsev,V2662Sivuk,V25541–02016C26Aeroflot Open A 20161.18
Pichot,A2542Motylev,A2655½–½2016B32Aeroflot Open A 20161.19
Rakhmanov,A2650Kotronias,V25411–02016A20Aeroflot Open A 20161.20
Shyam,S2523Anton Guijarro,D26411–02016A10Aeroflot Open A 20161.21
Grachev,B2639Xu,Y25181–02016A13Aeroflot Open A 20161.22
Goryachkina,A2509Sasikiran,K2637½–½2016B40Aeroflot Open A 20161.23
Hovhannisyan,R2636Predke,A25081–02016C84Aeroflot Open A 20161.24
Aravindh,C2506Dubov,D26340–12016A05Aeroflot Open A 20161.25
Kobalia,M2632Pourramezanali,A2506½–½2016D11Aeroflot Open A 20161.26
Gasanov,E2503Bartel,M2625½–½2016D10Aeroflot Open A 20161.27
Khalifman,A2624Yuffa,D2502½–½2016E97Aeroflot Open A 20161.28
Lei,T2495Khismatullin,D26210–12016A40Aeroflot Open A 20161.29
Lu,S2620Firouzja,A24751–02016B51Aeroflot Open A 20161.30
Debashis,D2471Salem,A2615½–½2016A78Aeroflot Open A 20161.31
Bok,B2611Swayams,M2470½–½2016C11Aeroflot Open A 20161.32
Igonin,T2470Cordova,E2610½–½2016C03Aeroflot Open A 20161.33
Savchenko,B2610Shen,Y24661–02016A07Aeroflot Open A 20161.34
Kovalevskaya,E2462Bachmann,A2609½–½2016B49Aeroflot Open A 20161.35
Wen,Y2609Korchmar,V24501–02016A07Aeroflot Open A 20161.36
Lorparizangeneh,S2449Jumabayev,R2607½–½2016A28Aeroflot Open A 20161.37
Petrosian,T2607Wang,Y24451–02016A39Aeroflot Open A 20161.38
Esipenko,A2445Bluebaum,M26050–12016A05Aeroflot Open A 20161.39
Eliseev,U2601Sarana,A24331–02016B10Aeroflot Open A 20161.40
Martirosyan,H2425Azarov,S25991–02016D27Aeroflot Open A 20161.41
Bocharov,D2595Karavade,E23951–02016D31Aeroflot Open A 20161.42
Erigaisi,A2379Dragun,K25940–12016E46Aeroflot Open A 20161.43
Khismatullin,D2621Korobov,A2713½–½2016D37Aeroflot Open A 20162.1
Inarkiev,E2677Lu,S2620½–½2016B92Aeroflot Open A 20162.2
Savchenko,B2610Vallejo Pons,F26770–12016C50Aeroflot Open A 20162.3
Wen,Y2609Artemiev,V26741–02016B23Aeroflot Open A 20162.4
Petrosian,T2607Moiseenko,A26681–02016A37Aeroflot Open A 20162.5
Bluebaum,M2605Swiercz,D2665½–½2016D80Aeroflot Open A 20162.6
Eliseev,U2601Najer,E26640–12016C84Aeroflot Open A 20162.7
Bocharov,D2595Zvjaginsev,V2662½–½2016A34Aeroflot Open A 20162.8
Dragun,K2594Rakhmanov,A2650½–½2016D31Aeroflot Open A 20162.9
Potkin,V2585Grachev,B2639½–½2016D36Aeroflot Open A 20162.10
Goganov,A2575Hovhannisyan,R26361–02016A07Aeroflot Open A 20162.11
Dubov,D2634Shyam,S2523½–½2016D38Aeroflot Open A 20162.12
Gelfand,B2735Martirosyan,H2425½–½2016E15Aeroflot Open A 20162.13
Wagner,D2583Bu,X2724½–½2016D52Aeroflot Open A 20162.14
Nepomniachtchi,I2704Timofeev,A2593½–½2016B36Aeroflot Open A 20162.15
Socko,B2587Matlakov,M26820–12016C69Aeroflot Open A 20162.16
Kamsky,G2673Demchenko,A2583½–½2016A48Aeroflot Open A 20162.17
Sjugirov,S2667Lalith,B25731–02016B12Aeroflot Open A 20162.18
Fedoseev,V2664Kovalev,V2560½–½2016E94Aeroflot Open A 20162.19
Safarli,E2663Bindrich,F2557½–½2016C99Aeroflot Open A 20162.20
Motylev,A2655Alekseenko,K2554½–½2016C69Aeroflot Open A 20162.21
Sasikiran,K2637Pichot,A25421–02016E04Aeroflot Open A 20162.22
Yuffa,D2502Kobalia,M26320–12016D20Aeroflot Open A 20162.23
Bartel,M2625Goryachkina,A25091–02016C65Aeroflot Open A 20162.24
Swayams,M2470Khalifman,A2624½–½2016D38Aeroflot Open A 20162.25
Salem,A2615Gasanov,E25031–02016C77Aeroflot Open A 20162.26
Pourramezanali,A2506Bok,B2611½–½2016B22Aeroflot Open A 20162.27
Cordova,E2610Debashis,D24711–02016A14Aeroflot Open A 20162.28
Bachmann,A2609Igonin,T24701–02016C60Aeroflot Open A 20162.29
Jumabayev,R2607Kovalevskaya,E24621–02016A05Aeroflot Open A 20162.30
Wei,Y2714Lorparizangeneh,S2449½–½2016A15Aeroflot Open A 20162.31
Jobava,B2676Xu,Y2518½–½2016D31Aeroflot Open A 20162.32
Anton Guijarro,D2641Predke,A25080–12016A06Aeroflot Open A 20162.33
Azarov,S2599Aravindh,C25061–02016B30Aeroflot Open A 20162.34
Kunin,V2584Lei,T2495½–½2016C42Aeroflot Open A 20162.35
Firouzja,A2475Kulaots,K2578½–½2016B41Aeroflot Open A 20162.36
Sandipan,C2577Shen,Y24660–12016A50Aeroflot Open A 20162.37
Antipov,M2573Korchmar,V24501–02016C77Aeroflot Open A 20162.38
Oparin,G2572Wang,Y24451–02016A05Aeroflot Open A 20162.39
Maiorov,N2558Esipenko,A24450–12016E60Aeroflot Open A 20162.40
Van Foreest,J2557Sarana,A24330–12016B94Aeroflot Open A 20162.41
Sivuk,V2554Karavade,E2395½–½2016A07Aeroflot Open A 20162.42
Kotronias,V2541Erigaisi,A23791–02016C06Aeroflot Open A 20162.43
Vallejo Pons,F2677Wen,Y2609½–½2016D11Aeroflot Open A 20163.1
Najer,E2664Petrosian,T26071–02016B07Aeroflot Open A 20163.2
Korobov,A2713Goganov,A2575½–½2016D61Aeroflot Open A 20163.3
Matlakov,M2682Khismatullin,D26211–02016E00Aeroflot Open A 20163.4
Salem,A2615Inarkiev,E2677½–½2016C77Aeroflot Open A 20163.5
Lu,S2620Sjugirov,S2667½–½2016B91Aeroflot Open A 20163.6
Swiercz,D2665Cordova,E2610½–½2016B31Aeroflot Open A 20163.7
Zvjaginsev,V2662Bachmann,A2609½–½2016C44Aeroflot Open A 20163.8
Rakhmanov,A2650Jumabayev,R2607½–½2016D95Aeroflot Open A 20163.9
Grachev,B2639Bluebaum,M2605½–½2016D38Aeroflot Open A 20163.10
Sasikiran,K2637Bocharov,D2595½–½2016E12Aeroflot Open A 20163.11
Martirosyan,H2425Dubov,D26340–12016A04Aeroflot Open A 20163.12
Kobalia,M2632Dragun,K2594½–½2016E04Aeroflot Open A 20163.13
Shyam,S2523Bartel,M26250–12016A20Aeroflot Open A 20163.14
Bu,X2724Potkin,V25851–02016D11Aeroflot Open A 20163.15
Demchenko,A2583Gelfand,B27350–12016B90Aeroflot Open A 20163.16
Kovalev,V2560Nepomniachtchi,I27040–12016B08Aeroflot Open A 20163.17
Artemiev,V2674Wagner,D2583½–½2016A01Aeroflot Open A 20163.18
Bindrich,F2557Kamsky,G26730–12016A88Aeroflot Open A 20163.19
Moiseenko,A2668Antipov,M25730–12016E11Aeroflot Open A 20163.20
Alekseenko,K2554Fedoseev,V26640–12016C65Aeroflot Open A 20163.21
Predke,A2508Safarli,E2663½–½2016C19Aeroflot Open A 20163.22
Shen,Y2466Motylev,A2655½–½2016D11Aeroflot Open A 20163.23
Hovhannisyan,R2636Oparin,G2572½–½2016B33Aeroflot Open A 20163.24
Khalifman,A2624Pourramezanali,A2506½–½2016D30Aeroflot Open A 20163.25
Bok,B2611Kotronias,V25411–02016B31Aeroflot Open A 20163.26
Lorparizangeneh,S2449Savchenko,B26100–12016A37Aeroflot Open A 20163.27
Esipenko,A2445Eliseev,U2601½–½2016A05Aeroflot Open A 20163.28
Sarana,A2433Azarov,S25990–12016E17Aeroflot Open A 20163.29
Timofeev,A2593Swayams,M2470½–½2016C03Aeroflot Open A 20163.30
Goryachkina,A2509Wei,Y27140–12016B30Aeroflot Open A 20163.31
Gasanov,E2503Jobava,B26760–12016E34Aeroflot Open A 20163.32
Lei,T2495Socko,B25871–02016A05Aeroflot Open A 20163.33
Debashis,D2471Kunin,V25840–12016D20Aeroflot Open A 20163.34
Kulaots,K2578Yuffa,D2502½–½2016B03Aeroflot Open A 20163.35
Lalith,B2573Firouzja,A24751–02016E90Aeroflot Open A 20163.36
Igonin,T2470Sivuk,V2554½–½2016B08Aeroflot Open A 20163.37
Karavade,E2395Pichot,A25420–12016B40Aeroflot Open A 20163.38
Xu,Y2518Kovalevskaya,E24621–02016A29Aeroflot Open A 20163.39
Aravindh,C2506Anton Guijarro,D26411–02016C00Aeroflot Open A 20163.40
Korchmar,V2450Sandipan,C25770–12016D10Aeroflot Open A 20163.41
Wang,Y2445Maiorov,N2558½–½2016C50Aeroflot Open A 20163.42
Erigaisi,A2379Van Foreest,J25570–12016D10Aeroflot Open A 20163.43
Matlakov,M2682Najer,E2664½–½2016D11Aeroflot Open A 20164.1
Bartel,M2625Vallejo Pons,F2677½–½2016C65Aeroflot Open A 20164.2
Dubov,D2634Goganov,A2575½–½2016E17Aeroflot Open A 20164.3
Nepomniachtchi,I2704Wen,Y2609½–½2016A07Aeroflot Open A 20164.4
Gelfand,B2735Lu,S26201–02016E04Aeroflot Open A 20164.5
Bu,X2724Salem,A2615½–½2016A04Aeroflot Open A 20164.6
Cordova,E2610Korobov,A2713½–½2016E67Aeroflot Open A 20164.7
Inarkiev,E2677Bok,B2611½–½2016C65Aeroflot Open A 20164.8
Kamsky,G2673Savchenko,B2610½–½2016A48Aeroflot Open A 20164.9
Sjugirov,S2667Petrosian,T26071–02016B76Aeroflot Open A 20164.10
Bachmann,A2609Swiercz,D2665½–½2016C53Aeroflot Open A 20164.11
Fedoseev,V2664Bocharov,D25951–02016B92Aeroflot Open A 20164.12
Jumabayev,R2607Zvjaginsev,V26620–12016A30Aeroflot Open A 20164.13
Bluebaum,M2605Rakhmanov,A26500–12016A53Aeroflot Open A 20164.14
Azarov,S2599Grachev,B26390–12016C07Aeroflot Open A 20164.15
Dragun,K2594Sasikiran,K2637½–½2016B91Aeroflot Open A 20164.16
Antipov,M2573Kobalia,M2632½–½2016C65Aeroflot Open A 20164.17
Wei,Y2714Wagner,D2583½–½2016D16Aeroflot Open A 20164.18
Jobava,B2676Lalith,B2573½–½2016A01Aeroflot Open A 20164.19
Oparin,G2572Artemiev,V26740–12016B91Aeroflot Open A 20164.20
Safarli,E2663Shyam,S2523½–½2016C95Aeroflot Open A 20164.21
Motylev,A2655Lei,T24951–02016C43Aeroflot Open A 20164.22
Pichot,A2542Hovhannisyan,R26360–12016B18Aeroflot Open A 20164.23
Xu,Y2518Khalifman,A2624½–½2016A35Aeroflot Open A 20164.24
Khismatullin,D2621Esipenko,A24450–12016A37Aeroflot Open A 20164.25
Predke,A2508Eliseev,U26011–02016C88Aeroflot Open A 20164.26
Pourramezanali,A2506Timofeev,A2593½–½2016B22Aeroflot Open A 20164.27
Swayams,M2470Potkin,V2585½–½2016D43Aeroflot Open A 20164.28
Kunin,V2584Martirosyan,H2425½–½2016A46Aeroflot Open A 20164.29
Shen,Y2466Moiseenko,A26680–12016A40Aeroflot Open A 20164.30
Sivuk,V2554Demchenko,A25830–12016C75Aeroflot Open A 20164.31
Kotronias,V2541Kulaots,K25781–02016B01Aeroflot Open A 20164.32
Sandipan,C2577Aravindh,C25061–02016A50Aeroflot Open A 20164.33
Yuffa,D2502Kovalev,V2560½–½2016E94Aeroflot Open A 20164.34
Igonin,T2470Bindrich,F25571–02016C50Aeroflot Open A 20164.35
Najer,E2664Gelfand,B2735½–½2016B30Aeroflot Open A 20165.1
Rakhmanov,A2650Matlakov,M2682½–½2016D04Aeroflot Open A 20165.2
Vallejo Pons,F2677Dubov,D2634½–½2016C77Aeroflot Open A 20165.3
Wen,Y2609Sjugirov,S2667½–½2016A45Aeroflot Open A 20165.4
Goganov,A2575Fedoseev,V2664½–½2016A22Aeroflot Open A 20165.5
Zvjaginsev,V2662Bartel,M2625½–½2016C44Aeroflot Open A 20165.6
Grachev,B2639Inarkiev,E2677½–½2016D11Aeroflot Open A 20165.7
Kobalia,M2632Bu,X2724½–½2016A35Aeroflot Open A 20165.8
Korobov,A2713Bachmann,A26090–12016E68Aeroflot Open A 20165.9
Artemiev,V2674Cordova,E26102016E16Aeroflot Open A 20165.10
Bok,B2611Kamsky,G2673½–½2016B42Aeroflot Open A 20165.11
Salem,A2615Nepomniachtchi,I2704½–½2016D86Aeroflot Open A 20165.12
Swiercz,D2665Dragun,K25942016E94Aeroflot Open A 20165.13
Savchenko,B2610Motylev,A2655½–½2016C42Aeroflot Open A 20165.14
Sasikiran,K2637Predke,A2508½–½2016C74Aeroflot Open A 20165.15
Hovhannisyan,R2636Antipov,M25731–02016C70Aeroflot Open A 20165.16
Esipenko,A2445Wei,Y27140–12016A04Aeroflot Open A 20165.17
Demchenko,A2583Jobava,B2676½–½2016B92Aeroflot Open A 20165.18
Moiseenko,A2668Sandipan,C2577½–½2016D43Aeroflot Open A 20165.19
Wagner,D2583Safarli,E26632016A33Aeroflot Open A 20165.20
Khalifman,A2624Van Foreest,J2557½–½2016D11Aeroflot Open A 20165.21
Lu,S2620Kotronias,V2541½–½2016B01Aeroflot Open A 20165.22
Lalith,B2573Jumabayev,R2607½–½2016A15Aeroflot Open A 20165.23
Petrosian,T2607Xu,Y2518½–½2016A07Aeroflot Open A 20165.24
Martirosyan,H2425Bluebaum,M26050–12016E35Aeroflot Open A 20165.25
Alekseenko,K2554Azarov,S25992016B32Aeroflot Open A 20165.26
Bocharov,D2595Swayams,M24701–02016A05Aeroflot Open A 20165.27
Timofeev,A2593Igonin,T2470½–½2016C42Aeroflot Open A 20165.28
Potkin,V2585Pourramezanali,A25061–02016C03Aeroflot Open A 20165.29
Shyam,S2523Kunin,V2584½–½2016C10Aeroflot Open A 20165.30
Pichot,A2542Khismatullin,D26210–12016B90Aeroflot Open A 20165.31
Eliseev,U2601Yuffa,D25021–02016B12Aeroflot Open A 20165.32
Lei,T2495Oparin,G2572½–½2016E18Aeroflot Open A 20165.33
Kovalev,V2560Shen,Y24662016C26Aeroflot Open A 20165.34
Debashis,D2471Socko,B25870–12016E46Aeroflot Open A 20165.35

Standings after round five

Rk. SNo   Name sex FED Rtg Pts.  TB1   TB2 
1 16 GM Najer Evgeniy   RUS 2664 4,0 2 2630
2 1 GM Gelfand Boris   ISR 2735 3,5 3 2599
  35 GM Bachmann Axel   PAR 2609 3,5 3 2599
4 13 GM Sjugirov Sanan   RUS 2667 3,5 3 2596
5 27 GM Bartel Mateusz   POL 2625 3,5 3 2565
6 15 GM Fedoseev Vladimir   RUS 2664 3,5 3 2564
7 25 GM Dubov Daniil   RUS 2634 3,5 3 2535
8 36 GM Wen Yang   CHN 2609 3,5 2 2673
9 52 GM Goganov Aleksey   RUS 2575 3,5 2 2659
10 6 GM Matlakov Maxim   RUS 2682 3,5 2 2619
11 8 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco   ESP 2677 3,5 2 2615
12 18 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim   RUS 2662 3,5 2 2604
13 20 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr   RUS 2650 3,5 2 2602
14 22 GM Grachev Boris   RUS 2639 3,5 2 2596
15 10 GM Artemiev Vladislav   RUS 2674 3,5 2 2588
16 24 GM Hovhannisyan Robert   ARM 2636 3,5 2 2562
17 43 GM Dragun Kamil   POL 2594 3,0 3 2640
18 67   Predke Alexandr   RUS 2508 3,0 3 2638
19 7 GM Inarkiev Ernesto   RUS 2677 3,0 3 2615
20 5 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian   RUS 2704 3,0 3 2595
21 11 GM Kamsky Gata   USA 2673 3,0 3 2589
22 39 GM Bluebaum Matthias   GER 2605 3,0 3 2578
23 19 GM Motylev Alexander   RUS 2655 3,0 3 2530
24 3 GM Wei Yi   CHN 2714 3,0 3 2514

... 86 players

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