2/25/2018 – The Aeroflot Open 2018 has passed the half-way mark, and Russia's talented young grandmaster Artemiev Vladislav is now the only player with 4½ points at the top of the table. On Saturday, he showed his class to outplay the experienced Moldavian, Victor Bologan, taking advantage of small inaccuracies to convert the full point. It will be exciting to see if Fedoseev, Vidit and Andreikin can make a comeback in the second half of the event. | Photo: Niklesh Jain
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Russian "prince" beats Bologan in key game
Vladislav Artemiev, who turns 20 on March 5th, is one of a cadre of young Russians who has been waiting in the wings for a shot on the world stage. He hasn't yet fulfilled the promise of his 2013 triumph at the Youth Stars tournament, which he won by a staggering margin of 2½ points, posting the imposing final tally of 10½ / 11. Since then, his rating has plateaued a bit, although he currently stands at his all-time peak and is on track to cross 2700 for the first time with his performance in Moscow through the first five days.
With 4½ / 5, Artemiev currently stands at 2710 | Playerbase
In round 5, on board one, Artemiev outplayed Victor Bologan and scored a nice win in a kind-of reverse French structure, in which White played 9.g4!
V. Artemiev vs V. Bologan
9.g4 — the most active continuation
Just a few moves later, White was clearly for choice, as Bologan's centre collapsed, and his king was stuck there too.
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Nothing went well for Bologan | Photo: Niklesh Jain
Another co-leader Tigran Petrosian played a short draw against Dimitry Gordievsky and is now in joint second with two other players.
Former FIDE World Champion Alexander Khalifman also looks good in Aeroflot. In the fifth round he played top seed Vladimir Fedoseev to a draw.
Tigran Petrosian and Alexander Khalifman | Photo: Niklesh Jain
After beating Rauf Mamedov in the previous round, Indian GM Murali Karthikeyan held another 2700-player, Maxim Matlakov, in round five.
The Ragozin is being played by every top grandmaster in the world - it is time you also add it to your repertoire to get interesting and dynamic positions against 1. d4! GM Alejandro Ramirez analyses every single move that White can play once the Ragozin is reached, but due to several transpositional possibilities he always emphasises strategic goals to keep in mind.
Matlakov vs Karthikeyan | Photo: Niklesh Jain
The lowest rated, but best performing Indian player IM Eesha Karavade faced her first defeat of the tournament at the hands of GM Vladislav Kovalev, who moved to joint second with the score 4.0 / 5 points.
V. Kovalev vs E. Karavade
Position after 49.Ke5!
White tightened his grip with the king march from h2 to e5.
The Maroczy System of the Sicilian Defence is one of the modern openings where Black attacks the white centre mainly with pieces. After the moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 the pawns c4 and e4 secure White a space advantage in the middle, however, it is exactly these central pillars which may easily become targets of the black counterattack. Sergei Tiviakov has been applying this system with Black in his tournament practice since 1991 and is considered one its greatest experts.
IM Eesha Karavade and GM Vladislav Kovalev | Photo: Niklesh Jain
Igor Lysyj was another player to watch today. He outplayed talented Iranian Parham Maghsoodloo in a nice endgame.
I. Lysyj vs P. Maghsoodloo
A crucial moment of the game. Can you find best move for black?
After Black missed a chance for advantage, White went on to convert his positional advantage in the queen and knight ending.
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His name means "Igor the bald" but that doesn't seem to be a concern just yet! | Photo: Niklesh Jain
Indian star GM Vidit Gujrathi is still missing his first win of the tournament. He played a fifth draw in a row, and stands on an even score 2½ / 5, well out of contention for first.
GM Vidit Gujrathi | Photo: Niklesh Jain
The great Gata currently on 3.0/4 | Photo: Niklesh Jain
Uzbek child prodigy Nodirbek Abdusattorov looks very solid with a 2694 performance | Photo: Niklesh Jain
After scoring his first victory Dmitry Andreikin hold by Mikhail Antipov | Photo: Niklesh Jain
Alexander Skopovskiy manages the players' transportation, visas and the live broadcast
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Niklesh Kumar JainFIDE Instructor Niklesh Kumar Jain Jain is an international chess player who has participated in tournaments in almost in 20 different countries, winning the international tournament in Sri Lanka in 2010. He also worked for a television network as an anchor and news writer for two years and reported in Hindi during World Chess Championship 2013 and 2014.
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