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The 9th Aeroflot Open is taking place from February 9th to 18th, 2010, for the fifth year in succession in the tourist complex Izmailovo Hotel Gamma-Delta, where most of the participants also stay. The prize sum is EUR 180,000, including prizes for the World Blitz Qualification Tournament. Four Open Tournaments (A1, A2, B and C) are made up according to the rating of the participants. The A1 tournament has players with a rating of 2550 or higher.
Time controls: for tournament A1 and A2 it is 40 moves in 100 minutes, then 20 moves in 50 minutes, finally 15 minutes for the remaining moves, with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move one. For tournaments B and C: 90 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move one.
Vietnamese GM Le Quang Liem is the only player left with a "dry score": three wins in three games, with the usual astronomical performance rating that results from calculating perfect scores. Behind Le Quang we find another Vietnamese GM, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, who is sharing 2nd-4th with Ivan Cheparinov and Artyom Timofeev at 2.5/3. Behind them there are 31 players at 2.0/3 points. 30 of them are GMs, one is a female IM (Nadezhda Kosintseva, rated 2533).
Rnk | Player | Pts |
Nat | Gen | Rtng | Perf | WWe |
1 | GM Le, Quang Liem | 3.0 |
VIE | M |
2647 | 3386 | +1.52 |
2 | GM Cheparinov, Ivan | 2.5 |
BUL | M |
2660 | 2883 | +0.80 |
3 | GM Timofeev, Artyom | 2.5 |
RUS | M |
2652 | 2835 | +0.64 |
4 | GM Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | 2.5 |
VIE | M |
2616 | 2839 | +0.80 |
5 | GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2.0 |
FRA | M |
2730 | 2710 | -0.07 |
6 | GM Bacrot, Etienne | 2.0 |
FRA | M |
2713 | 2743 | +0.11 |
7 | GM Motylev, Alexander | 2.0 |
RUS | M |
2697 | 2752 | +0.21 |
8 | GM Volokitin, Andrei | 2.0 |
UKR | M |
2692 | 2735 | +0.16 |
9 | GM Bu, Xiangzhi | 2.0 |
CHN | M |
2673 | 2752 | +0.30 |
10 | GM Najer, Evgeniy | 2.0 |
RUS | M |
2665 | 2742 | +0.30 |
11 | GM Vescovi, Giovanni | 2.0 |
BRA | M |
2660 | 2731 | +0.27 |
12 | GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2.0 |
RUS | M |
2658 | 2691 | +0.13 |
13 | GM Efimenko, Zahar | 2.0 |
UKR | M |
2657 | 2719 | +0.24 |
14 | GM Grachev, Boris | 2.0 |
RUS | M |
2653 | 2697 | +0.16 |
15 | GM Sasikiran, Krishnan | 2.0 |
IND | M |
2653 | 2716 | +0.24 |
16 | GM Pashikian, Arman | 2.0 |
ARM | M |
2647 | 2732 | +0.33 |
17 | GM Bareev, Evgeny | 2.0 |
RUS | M |
2643 | 2697 | +0.21 |
18 | GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim | 2.0 |
RUS | M |
2642 | 2676 | +0.13 |
19 | GM Van Wely, Loek | 2.0 |
NED | M |
2641 | 2655 | +0.04 |
20 | GM Mamedov, Rauf | 2.0 |
AZE | M |
2640 | 2693 | +0.20 |
21 | GM Savchenko, Boris | 2.0 |
RUS | M |
2638 | 2724 | +0.34 |
22 | GM Kobalia, Mikhail | 2.0 |
RUS | M |
2637 | 2664 | +0.10 |
23 | GM Zhou, Jianchao | 2.0 |
CHN | M |
2632 | 2726 | +0.36 |
24 | GM Rodshtein, Maxim | 2.0 |
ISR | M |
2622 | 2748 | +0.50 |
25 | GM Khalifman, Alexander | 2.0 |
RUS | M |
2616 | 2737 | +0.49 |
26 | GM Sjugirov, Sanan | 2.0 |
RUS | M |
2610 | 2805 | +0.79 |
27 | GM Khairullin, Ildar | 2.0 |
RUS | M |
2605 | 2788 | +0.74 |
28 | GM Ehlvest, Jaan | 2.0 |
USA | M |
2600 | 2804 | +0.83 |
29 | GM Zhou, Weiqi | 2.0 |
CHN | M |
2600 | 2792 | +0.77 |
30 | GM Romanov, Evgeny | 2.0 |
RUS | M |
2599 | 2791 | +0.79 |
31 | GM Melkumyan, Hrant | 2.0 |
ARM | M |
2583 | 2774 | +0.77 |
32 | GM Grigoriants, Sergey | 2.0 |
RUS | M |
2560 | 2771 | +0.85 |
33 | IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda | 2.0 |
RUS | F |
2533 | 2768 | +0.95 |
34 | GM Kosintseva, Tatiana | 2.0 |
RUS | F |
2515 | 2764 | +1.00 |
35 | GM Salem, A.R. Saleh | 2.0 |
UAE | M |
2484 | 2753 | +1.08 |
36 | GM Kamsky, Gata | 1.5 |
USA | M |
2693 | 2574 | -0.48 |
37 | GM Naiditsch, Arkadij | 1.5 |
GER | M |
2687 | 2600 | -0.36 |
38 | GM Sargissian, Gabriel | 1.5 |
ARM | M |
2680 | 2588 | -0.37 |
39 | GM Moiseenko, Alexander | 1.5 |
UKR | M |
2677 | 2602 | -0.31 |
40 | GM So, Wesley | 1.5 |
PHI | M |
2656 | 2600 | -0.24 |
41 | GM Dreev, Alexey | 1.5 |
RUS | M |
2650 | 2572 | -0.32 |
42 | GM Korobov, Anton | 1.5 |
UKR | M |
2648 | 2569 | -0.32 |
43 | GM Predojevic, Borki | 1.5 |
BIH | M |
2642 | 2576 | -0.28 |
44 | GM Tregubov, Pavel V. | 1.5 |
RUS | M |
2628 | 2518 | -0.45 |
45 | GM McShane, Luke J | 1.5 |
ENG | M |
2616 | 2559 | -0.23 |
46 | GM Potkin, Vladimir | 1.5 |
RUS | M |
2611 | 2653 | +0.17 |
47 | GM Belov, Vladimir | 1.5 |
RUS | M |
2595 | 2583 | -0.05 |
48 | GM Bocharov, Dmitry | 1.5 |
RUS | M |
2594 | 2614 | +0.09 |
49 | GM Safarli, Eltaj | 1.5 |
AZE | M |
2594 | 2621 | +0.12 |
50 | GM Rakhmanov, Aleksandr | 1.5 |
RUS | M |
2591 | 2656 | +0.26 |
51 | GM Shomoev, Anton | 1.5 |
RUS | M |
2559 | 2653 | +0.38 |
52 | GM Sebag, Marie | 1.5 |
FRA | F |
2510 | 2600 | +0.36 |
53 | GM Smirin, Ilia | 1.0 |
ISR | M |
2668 | 2468 | -0.82 |
54 | GM Zhigalko, Sergei | 1.0 |
BLR | M |
2668 | 2469 | -0.80 |
55 | GM Amonatov, Farrukh | 1.0 |
TJK | M |
2634 | 2435 | -0.81 |
56 | GM Volkov, Sergey | 1.0 |
RUS | M |
2623 | 2424 | -0.80 |
57 | GM Iturrizaga, Eduardo | 1.0 |
VEN | M |
2616 | 2440 | -0.71 |
58 | GM Andriasian, Zaven | 1.0 |
ARM | M |
2613 | 2568 | -0.17 |
59 | GM Shabalov, Alexander | 1.0 |
USA | M |
2611 | 2526 | -0.34 |
60 | GM Lenic, Luka | 1.0 |
SLO | M |
2595 | 2561 | -0.13 |
61 | GM Maletin, Pavel | 1.0 |
RUS | M |
2591 | 2429 | -0.64 |
62 | GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan | 1.0 |
IRI | M |
2589 | 2534 | -0.21 |
63 | GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan | 1.0 |
ESP | M |
2584 | 2523 | -0.23 |
64 | GM Feller, Sebastien | 1.0 |
FRA | M |
2579 | 2485 | -0.37 |
65 | GM Yudin, Sergei | 1.0 |
RUS | M |
2573 | 2518 | -0.21 |
66 | GM Ragger, Markus | 1.0 |
AUT | M |
2568 | 2480 | -0.35 |
67 | GM Novikov, Stanislav | 1.0 |
RUS | M |
2557 | 2505 | -0.19 |
68 | IM Papin, Vasily | 1.0 |
RUS | M |
2548 | 2506 | -0.16 |
69 | GM Khusnutdinov, Rustam | 1.0 |
KAZ | M |
2513 | 2511 | +0.00 |
70 | IM Krylov, Mikhail | 1.0 |
RUS | M |
2511 | 2536 | +0.09 |
71 | IM Javakhishvili, Lela | 1.0 |
GEO | F |
2493 | 2497 | +0.02 |
72 | GM Hou, Yifan | 0.5 |
CHN | F |
2590 | 2386 | -0.72 |
73 | GM Svetushkin, Dmitry | 0.5 |
MDA | M |
2573 | 2374 | -0.69 |
74 | GM Morovic Fernandez, Ivan | 0.5 |
CHI | M |
2561 | 2372 | -0.66 |
75 | GM Iljushin, Alexei | 0.5 |
RUS | M |
2551 | 2347 | -0.71 |
76 | GM Ajrapetjan, Yuriy | 0.5 |
UKR | M |
2525 | 2341 | -0.63 |
77 | IM Danin, Alexandre | 0.5 |
RUS | M |
2519 | 2348 | -0.58 |
78 | GM Lopez Martinez, Josep Manu | 0.0 |
ESP | M |
2593 | 1826 | -1.63 |
79 | GM Vazquez Igarza, Renier | 0.0 |
ESP | M |
2563 | 1877 | -1.29 |
80 | GM Laylo, Darwin | 0.0 |
PHI | M |
2556 | 1866 | -1.31 |
The "Kremlin in Izmailovo"
– a unique cultural and entertainment complex which was
created on the basis of the world famous Vernisage in Izmailovo souvenir market.
The venue: Izmailovo Hotel Gamma-Delta, where most of the participants also
stay
The playing hall with a round under way
In the sole lead with 3.0/3: Vietnamese GM Le Quang Liem
Ukrainian GM Andrei Volokitin, US GM Jaan Ehlvest
GM Sanan Sjugirov from Kalmykia playing US GM Gata Kamsky (draw in 36 moves)
Armenian GM Zaven Andriasian watches Motylev vs Shabalov (Motylev won in 27
moves)
Youngsters: GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, 19, rated 2658, and GM Hou Yifan, 15, 2590
GM Vladimir Potkin of Russia
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France, rated 2730
GM Pavel Maletin of Russia
GM Maxim Rodshtein of Israel, 2622, without his trademark long
hair
Russian GM Sergey Volkov, rated 2623
GM Tatiana Kosintseva of Russia, rated 2515
Tatiana's older sister IM Nadezhda Kosintseva, rated 2533
GM Marie Sebag of France, rated 2510
IM Lela Javakhishvili of Georgia, rated 2493
Links
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