
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).
In the 9th and final round of the Aeroflot Open Andrei Kharlov lost to Vladimir
Akopian, while Emil Sutovsky beat Sergey Volkov with the black pieces. This
led to a five-way tie for first, with the tiebreaker favouring Sutovsky, who
thus became the winner of the event. We bring you the final standings and all
available games. An illustrated final report will follow.
Rank |
Name |
Score |
Title |
Fed. |
Tiebreak |
1 |
Sutovsky, Emil |
6.5 |
GM |
ISR |
2611,9 |
2 |
Kharlov, Andrei |
6.5 |
GM |
RUS |
2633 |
3 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
6.5 |
GM |
UKR |
2628,6 |
4 |
Motylev, Alexander |
6.5 |
GM |
RUS |
2617,3 |
5 |
Akopian, Vladimir |
6.5 |
GM |
ARM |
2610,4 |
6 |
Sorokin, Maxim |
6 |
GM |
RUS |
2635,6 |
7 |
Bacrot, Etienne |
6 |
GM |
FRA |
2627,7 |
8 |
Volkov, Sergey |
6 |
GM |
RUS |
2641,9 |
9 |
Eljanov, Pavel |
6 |
GM |
UKR |
2638,7 |
10 |
Khalifman, Alexander |
6 |
GM |
RUS |
2621,9 |
11 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
6 |
GM |
AZE |
2591,4 |
12 |
Malakhov, Vladimir |
6 |
GM |
RUS |
2588,3 |
13 |
Sargissian, Gabriel |
5.5 |
GM |
ARM |
2643 |
14 |
Wang, Yue |
5.5 |
GM |
CHN |
2624,3 |
15 |
Aronian, Levon |
5.5 |
GM |
ARM |
2602,3 |
16 |
Van Wely, Loek |
5.5 |
GM |
NED |
2602,1 |
17 |
Tregubov, Pavel V. |
5.5 |
GM |
RUS |
2583,4 |
18 |
Kempinski, Robert |
5.5 |
GM |
POL |
2573,4 |
19 |
Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan |
5.5 |
GM |
IRI |
2568,6 |
20 |
Ni, Hua |
5.5 |
GM |
CHN |
2637,1 |
21 |
Belov, Vladimir |
5.5 |
GM |
RUS |
2635 |
22 |
Kobalia, Mikhail |
5.5 |
GM |
RUS |
2630,7 |
23 |
Riazantsev, Alexander |
5.5 |
GM |
RUS |
2628 |
24 |
Bologan, Viktor |
5.5 |
GM |
MDA |
2617,9 |
25 |
Bu, Xiangzhi |
5.5 |
GM |
CHN |
2614,7 |
26 |
Asrian, Karen |
5.5 |
GM |
ARM |
2587,1 |
27 |
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
5.5 |
GM |
GER |
2574,7 |
28 |
Iordachescu, Viorel |
5.5 |
GM |
MDA |
2564,6 |
29 |
Minasian, Artashes |
5 |
GM |
ARM |
2638,6 |
30 |
Erenburg, Sergey |
5 |
GM |
ISR |
2597,3 |
31 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
5 |
GM |
UKR |
2588,6 |
32 |
Timofeev, Artyom |
5 |
GM |
RUS |
2584 |
33 |
Sasikiran, Krishnan |
5 |
GM |
IND |
2574,9 |
34 |
Beliavsky, Alexander G |
5 |
GM |
SLO |
2571,7 |
35 |
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
5 |
GM |
ROM |
2596,4 |
36 |
Efimenko, Zahar |
5 |
GM |
UKR |
2651 |
37 |
Yermolinsky, Alex |
5 |
GM |
USA |
2623,7 |
38 |
Berkes, Ferenc |
5 |
GM |
HUN |
2621 |
39 |
Sakaev, Konstantin |
5 |
GM |
RUS |
2598,1 |
40 |
Ponomariov, Ruslan |
5 |
GM |
UKR |
2587,6 |
41 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
5 |
GM |
AZE |
2585,3 |
42 |
Zvjaginsev, Vadim |
5 |
GM |
RUS |
2581,1 |
43 |
Shabalov, Alexander |
5 |
GM |
USA |
2564,9 |
44 |
Galkin, Alexander |
4.5 |
GM |
RUS |
2646,9 |
45 |
Lugovoi, Aleksei |
4.5 |
GM |
RUS |
2632,7 |
46 |
Fedorov, Alexei |
4.5 |
GM |
BLR |
2589,7 |
47 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
4.5 |
IM |
RUS |
2586,6 |
48 |
Smirnov, Pavel |
4.5 |
GM |
RUS |
2579,3 |
49 |
Ehlvest, Jaan |
4.5 |
GM |
EST |
2571,4 |
50 |
Tkachiev, Vladislav |
4.5 |
GM |
FRA |
2570,3 |
51 |
Izoria, Zviad |
4.5 |
GM |
GEO |
2555,4 |
52 |
Areshchenko, Alexander |
4.5 |
GM |
UKR |
2646 |
53 |
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly |
4.5 |
GM |
RUS |
2643,3 |
54 |
Petrosian, Tigran L. |
4.5 |
GM |
ARM |
2631 |
55 |
Postny, Evgeny |
4.5 |
GM |
ISR |
2626,4 |
56 |
Filippov, Valerij |
4.5 |
GM |
RUS |
2618,9 |
57 |
Azarov, Sergei |
4.5 |
GM |
BLR |
2618,3 |
58 |
Kotsur, Pavel |
4.5 |
GM |
KAZ |
2609,1 |
59 |
Kurnosov, Igor |
4.5 |
GM |
RUS |
2599,9 |
60 |
Sandipan, Chanda |
4.5 |
GM |
IND |
2599,1 |
61 |
Sadvakasov, Darmen |
4.5 |
GM |
KAZ |
2582,3 |
62 |
Anastasian, Ashot |
4 |
GM |
ARM |
2651,4 |
63 |
David, Alberto |
4 |
GM |
LUX |
2632,7 |
64 |
Yakovich, Yuri |
4 |
GM |
RUS |
2608,9 |
65 |
Neverov, Valeriy |
4 |
GM |
UKR |
2598,3 |
66 |
Fontaine, Robert |
4 |
GM |
FRA |
2595,1 |
67 |
Kotronias, Vasilios |
4 |
GM |
GRE |
2583 |
68 |
Gyimesi, Zoltan |
4 |
GM |
HUN |
2581,9 |
69 |
Epishin, Vladimir |
4 |
GM |
RUS |
2565,3 |
70 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
4 |
GM |
RUS |
2553,3 |
71 |
Bocharov, Dmitry |
4 |
GM |
RUS |
2620,3 |
72 |
Roiz, Michael |
4 |
GM |
ISR |
2611,1 |
73 |
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar |
4 |
GM |
IND |
2608,1 |
74 |
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre |
4 |
GM |
FRA |
2607,9 |
75 |
Atalik, Suat |
4 |
GM |
BIH |
2605,1 |
76 |
Popov, Valerij |
4 |
GM |
RUS |
2594,7 |
77 |
Vaganian, Rafael A |
4 |
GM |
ARM |
2586,1 |
78 |
Kaidanov, Gregory S |
4 |
GM |
USA |
2576,3 |
79 |
Najer, Evgeniy |
4 |
GM |
RUS |
2574,3 |
80 |
Guseinov, Gadir |
3.5 |
GM |
AZE |
2618,7 |
81 |
Lastin, Alexander |
3.5 |
GM |
RUS |
2605,6 |
82 |
Ivanov, Sergey |
3.5 |
GM |
RUS |
2604,1 |
83 |
Kulaots, Kaido |
3.5 |
GM |
EST |
2595,1 |
84 |
Solak, Dragan |
3.5 |
GM |
SCG |
2588 |
85 |
Romanishin, Oleg M |
3.5 |
GM |
UKR |
2581,9 |
86 |
Nyback, Tomi |
3.5 |
GM |
FIN |
2599,6 |
87 |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
3.5 |
GM |
RUS |
2583,6 |
88 |
Dvoirys, Semen I. |
3.5 |
GM |
RUS |
2555,9 |
89 |
Vasquez, Rodrigo |
3 |
GM |
CHI |
2600,1 |
90 |
Markowski, Tomasz |
3 |
GM |
POL |
2600 |
91 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
3 |
GM |
RUS |
2590,4 |
92 |
Zhao, Jun |
3 |
|
CHN |
2580,3 |
93 |
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad |
3 |
GM |
QAT |
2571,3 |
94 |
Kornev, Alexei |
3 |
GM |
RUS |
2612,7 |
95 |
Kuzubov, Yuriy |
3 |
IM |
UKR |
2591,1 |
96 |
Galliamova, Alisa |
3 |
IM |
RUS |
2581,3 |
97 |
Amonatov, Farrukh |
2.5 |
GM |
TJK |
2575,6 |
98 |
Rustemov, Alexander |
2.5 |
GM |
RUS |
2549,1 |
99 |
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw |
2 |
IM |
POL |
2584,9 |
100 |
L'Ami, Erwin |
2 |
IM |
NED |
2545,7 |
101 |
Ivanov, Alexander |
1.5 |
GM |
USA |
2573 |
102 |
Shaposhnikov, Evgeny |
0.5 |
GM |
RUS |
2590,8 |
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