
The International Chess Open Festival "Aeroflot Open 2005" in Moscow runs
from Feb. 15-23. It is being held in the Hotel Rossija, directly next to the
Red Square. Games start at 3 p.m. Moscow time. There are four groups: Tournament
A1 for players with a FIDE rating higher than 2549; Tournament
A2 for players between 2399-2550; Tournament B 2199-2400;
Tournament C below 2200. The time
controls are 40/2, 20/1 + 15 minutes/rest (tournament B and C: 90'+30"
for the whole game).
After three rounds the veteran Ukrainian grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk and
36-year-old GM Andrei Kharlov from Russia are in the lead. We cannot tell you
very much more, since only a selection of games has become available. Well,
it is a step in the right direction – last year no
games were made available during the event. The only thing the very frugal
official site has
to offer is all results (but no cross table). We bring you these in all modesty
for Tournament A1. You can browse through the tables and monitor the progress
of your favourite players. We also bring you a selection
of games we have received. Oh, yes, and some pictures from Moscow we received
from our correspondent Michael Knyazkov (the official site has lots of pictures
from last year's event)
Picture gallery

The giant hotel Rossija, the biggest in Europe, where the tournament is
being held
The entrance with the chess poster – and taxies in the Russian winter

A view from the tournament venue, with the Kremlin and the landmark St Bartholomew's
cathedral

Part of the giant playing area in the Rossija Hotel

Players in action at the Aeroflot Open 2005

Watching the action on the transmission screens

Games in play, with Vitaly Tseshkovsky vs Alexander Motylev in the foreground
and lanky Loek van Wely (vs Ferenc Berkes) at the end of the table.

In the middle: Teimour Radjabov on his way to beating Artashes Minasian in
round three

Kateryna Lahno just about to win her game with black to reach 2.5/3.0 points

22-year-old Mikhail Panarin, known on Playchess as "Topotun"
Round one
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
Bacrot, Etienne |
0-1 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
Riazantsev, Alexander |
1-0 |
Solak, Dragan |
Ponomariov, Ruslan |
1/2 |
Akopian, Vladimir |
Dvoirys, Semen I. |
1-0 |
Galkin, Alexander |
Aronian, Levon |
1/2 |
Bologan, Viktor |
Ivanov, Alexander |
1-0 |
Amonatov, Farrukh |
Van Wely, Loek |
1/2 |
Sakaev, Konstantin |
Lastin, Alexander |
1-0 |
Popov, Valerij |
Tkachiev, Vladislav |
1/2 |
Vaganian, Rafael A |
Minasian, Artashes |
1/2 |
Bocharov, Dmitry |
Sutovsky, Emil |
1/2 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar |
1/2 |
Kotronias, Vasilios |
Motylev, Alexander |
0-1 |
Malakhov, Vladimir |
Yakovich, Yuri |
1-0 |
Belov, Vladimir |
Khalifman, Alexander |
1/2 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad |
1-0 |
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly |
Sasikiran, Krishnan |
1-0 |
Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
Sorokin, Maxim |
0-1 |
Shaposhnikov, Evgeny |
Smirnov, Pavel |
1/2 |
Eljanov, Pavel |
Kulaots, Kaido |
1/2 |
Guseinov, Gadir |
Beliavsky, Alexander G |
1/2 |
Sadvakasov, Darmen |
Ivanov, Sergey |
1-0 |
Kornev, Alexei |
Kobalia, Mikhail |
1/2 |
Kaidanov, Gregory S |
David, Alberto |
0-1 |
Areshchenko, Alexander |
Tregubov, Pavel V. |
1-0 |
Ni, Hua |
Markowski, Tomasz |
1-0 |
Yermolinsky, Alex |
Kempinski, Robert |
1/2 |
Najer, Evgeniy |
Anastasian, Ashot |
0-1 |
Neverov, Valeriy |
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan |
1/2 |
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
Petrosian, Tigran L. |
1-0 |
Azarov, Sergei |
Ehlvest, Jaan |
1/2 |
Filippov, Valerij |
Kuzubov, Yuriy |
1/2 |
Roiz, Michael |
Timofeev, Artyom |
1/2 |
Iordachescu, Viorel |
Vasquez, Rodrigo |
0-1 |
Atalik, Suat |
Epishin, Vladimir |
1/2 |
Kharlov, Andrei |
Romanishin, Oleg M |
1-0 |
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre |
Volkov, Sergey |
0-1 |
Berkes, Ferenc |
Postny, Evgeny |
1-0 |
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Bu, Xiangzhi |
Sandipan, Chanda |
1/2 |
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw |
Izoria, Zviad |
1/2 |
Shabalov, Alexander |
Lugovoi, Aleksei |
0-1 |
Erenburg, Sergey |
Fedorov, Alexei |
0-1 |
Asrian, Karen |
Wang, Yue |
1/2 |
Kurnosov, Igor |
Gyimesi, Zoltan |
1-0 |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
Fontaine, Robert |
1-0 |
L'Ami, Erwin |
Sargissian, Gabriel |
0-1 |
Efimenko, Zahar |
Zhao, Jun |
1-0 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
Karjakin, Sergey |
1/2 |
Kotsur, Pavel |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
1-0 |
Galliamova, Alisa |
Rustemov, Alexander |
1-0 |
Round two
Bacrot, Etienne (1) |
Berkes, Ferenc (1) |
1/2 |
Fedorov, Alexei (1) |
Ivanchuk, Vassily (1) |
0-1 |
Inarkiev, Ernesto (1) |
Akopian, Vladimir (1) |
1/2 |
Sargissian, Gabriel (1) |
Bologan, Viktor (1) |
1/2 |
Efimenko, Zahar (1) |
Sakaev, Konstantin (1) |
1/2 |
Motylev, Alexander (1) |
Kotsur, Pavel (1) |
1/2 |
Sorokin, Maxim (1) |
Malakhov, Vladimir (1) |
1/2 |
David, Alberto (1) |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (1) |
1/2 |
Sasikiran, Krishnan (0) |
Areshchenko, Alexander (1) |
0-1 |
Anastasian, Ashot (1) |
Sadvakasov, Darmen (1) |
1/2 |
Vasquez, Rodrigo (1) |
Ni, Hua (1) |
0-1 |
Lugovoi, Aleksei (1) |
Naiditsch, Arkadij (1) |
1-0 |
Kurnosov, Igor (1) |
Kharlov, Andrei (1) |
0-1 |
Volkov, Sergey (1) |
Galliamova, Alisa (1) |
1-0 |
Ponomariov, Ruslan (0,5) |
Galkin, Alexander (0,5) |
1/2 |
Aronian, Levon (0,5) |
Solak, Dragan (0,5) |
1-0 |
Van Wely, Loek (0,5) |
Popov, Valerij (0,5) |
1-0 |
Minasian, Artashes (0,5) |
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (0,5) |
1/2 |
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (0,5) |
Vaganian, Rafael A (0,5) |
1/2 |
Sutovsky, Emil (0,5) |
Amonatov, Farrukh (0,5) |
1-0 |
Kulaots, Kaido (0,5) |
Radjabov, Teimour (0,5) |
1/2 |
Khalifman, Alexander (0,5) |
Bocharov, Dmitry (0,5) |
1/2 |
Smirnov, Pavel (0,5) |
Belov, Vladimir (0,5) |
1/2 |
Kuzubov, Yuriy (0,5) |
Eljanov, Pavel (0,5) |
0-1 |
Beliavsky, Alexander G (0,5) |
Shaposhnikov, Evgeny (0,5) |
1-0 |
Kobalia, Mikhail (0,5) |
Guseinov, Gadir (0,5) |
1/2 |
Kempinski, Robert (0,5) |
Kornev, Alexei (0,5) |
1/2 |
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (0,5) |
Yermolinsky, Alex (0,5) |
0-1 |
Ehlvest, Jaan (0,5) |
Neverov, Valeriy (0,5) |
1-0 |
Nyback, Tomi (0,5) |
Filippov, Valerij (0,5) |
0-1 |
Timofeev, Artyom (0,5) |
Azarov, Sergei (0,5) |
1/2 |
Epishin, Vladimir (0,5) |
Roiz, Michael (0,5) |
1/2 |
Tkachiev, Vladislav (0,5) |
Atalik, Suat (0,5) |
1/2 |
Wang, Yue (0,5) |
Bu, Xiangzhi (0,5) |
1/2 |
Izoria, Zviad (0,5) |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra (0,5) |
1-0 |
Sandipan, Chanda (0,5) |
Asrian, Karen (0,5) |
1/2 |
Karjakin, Sergey (0,5) |
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw (0,5) |
1-0 |
Yakovich, Yuri (0) |
Zvjaginsev, Vadim (0) |
0-1 |
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad (0) |
Kaidanov, Gregory S (0) |
1/2 |
Tregubov, Pavel V. (0) |
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly (1) |
1/2 |
Ivanov, Sergey (0) |
Najer, Evgeniy (0) |
1/2 |
Markowski, Tomasz (0) |
Iordachescu, Viorel (0) |
1/2 |
Petrosian, Tigran L. (0) |
Shabalov, Alexander (0) |
1-0 |
Gyimesi, Zoltan (0) |
Romanishin, Oleg M (0) |
1-0 |
Rustemov, Alexander (0) |
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre (0) |
1/2 |
Postny, Evgeny (0) |
Jakovenko, Dmitry (0) |
1-0 |
Riazantsev, Alexander (0) |
Erenburg, Sergey (0) |
1-0 |
Dvoirys, Semen I. (0) |
Fontaine, Robert (0) |
1-0 |
Ivanov, Alexander (0) |
L'Ami, Erwin (0) |
1-0 |
Lastin, Alexander (0) |
Zhao, Jun (0) |
1/2 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian (0) |
Kotronias, Vasilios (0) |
1/2 |
Round three
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
2 |
Volkov, Sergey |
2 |
1-0 |
Ni, Hua |
2 |
Areshchenko, Alexander |
2 |
1/2 |
Kharlov, Andrei |
2 |
Lugovoi, Aleksei |
2 |
1-0 |
Ehlvest, Jaan |
1,5 |
Bacrot, Etienne |
1,5 |
1/2 |
Akopian, Vladimir |
1,5 |
Izoria, Zviad |
1,5 |
1-0 |
Filippov, Valerij |
1,5 |
Aronian, Levon |
1,5 |
1-0 |
Bologan, Viktor |
1,5 |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
1,5 |
1-0 |
Berkes, Ferenc |
1,5 |
Van Wely, Loek |
1,5 |
0-1 |
Sakaev, Konstantin |
1,5 |
Sargissian, Gabriel |
1,5 |
1/2 |
Kotsur, Pavel |
1,5 |
Sutovsky, Emil |
1,5 |
0-1 |
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly |
1,5 |
Motylev, Alexander |
1,5 |
1/2 |
Malakhov, Vladimir |
1,5 |
Efimenko, Zahar |
1,5 |
1/2 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
1,5 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
1,5 |
1-0 |
Eljanov, Pavel |
1,5 |
Sorokin, Maxim |
1,5 |
1-0 |
Yermolinsky, Alex |
1,5 |
Beliavsky, Alexander G |
1,5 |
1/2 |
Sadvakasov, Darmen |
1,5 |
David, Alberto |
1,5 |
0-1 |
Ponomariov, Ruslan |
1 |
Anastasian, Ashot |
1,5 |
1/2 |
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
1 |
Ivanov, Alexander |
1 |
1-0 |
Vaganian, Rafael A |
1 |
Kulaots, Kaido |
1 |
1-0 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
1 |
Minasian, Artashes |
1 |
1-0 |
Galkin, Alexander |
1 |
Khalifman, Alexander |
1 |
0-1 |
Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
1 |
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar |
1 |
1/2 |
Bocharov, Dmitry |
1 |
Smirnov, Pavel |
1 |
1/2 |
Belov, Vladimir |
1 |
Kobalia, Mikhail |
1 |
0-1 |
Guseinov, Gadir |
1 |
Kempinski, Robert |
1 |
1/2 |
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
1 |
Vasquez, Rodrigo |
1 |
1/2 |
Kornev, Alexei |
1 |
Timofeev, Artyom |
1 |
0-1 |
Petrosian, Tigran L. |
1 |
Epishin, Vladimir |
1 |
1-0 |
Azarov, Sergei |
1 |
Tkachiev, Vladislav |
1 |
1-0 |
Bu, Xiangzhi |
1 |
Postny, Evgeny |
1 |
1/2 |
Roiz, Michael |
1 |
Fedorov, Alexei |
1 |
1/2 |
Asrian, Karen |
1 |
Kurnosov, Igor |
1 |
1-0 |
Atalik, Suat |
1 |
Gyimesi, Zoltan |
1 |
1/2 |
Sandipan, Chanda |
1 |
Riazantsev, Alexander |
1 |
1/2 |
Galliamova, Alisa |
1 |
Dvoirys, Semen I. |
1 |
1/2 |
Kaidanov, Gregory S |
0,5 |
Wang, Yue |
1 |
1-0 |
Shaposhnikov, Evgeny |
0,5 |
Tregubov, Pavel V. |
0,5 |
0-1 |
Najer, Evgeniy |
0,5 |
Markowski, Tomasz |
0,5 |
1-0 |
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre |
0,5 |
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan |
0,5 |
1/2 |
Iordachescu, Viorel |
0,5 |
Ivanov, Sergey |
0,5 |
1-0 |
Neverov, Valeriy |
0,5 |
Rustemov, Alexander |
0,5 |
0-1 |
Solak, Dragan |
0,5 |
Kuzubov, Yuriy |
0,5 |
1/2 |
Amonatov, Farrukh |
0,5 |
Nyback, Tomi |
0,5 |
0-1 |
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw |
0,5 |
Lastin, Alexander |
0,5 |
1/2 |
Popov, Valerij |
0,5 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
0,5 |
1-0 |
Zhao, Jun |
0,5 |
Kotronias, Vasilios |
0,5 |
0-1 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
0,5 |
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad |
0,5 |
1-0 |
Romanishin, Oleg M |
0 |
Sasikiran, Krishnan |
0 |
1/2 |
Shabalov, Alexander |
0 |
Erenburg, Sergey |
0 |
1/2 |
Fontaine, Robert |
0 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
0 |
1-0 |
L'Ami, Erwin |
0 |
Yakovich, Yuri |
0 |
0-1 |
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