Aeroflot Open: Sutovsky winner on tiebreak

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2/24/2005 – In the final round of the Aeroflot Open in Moscow 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. A full illustrated report will follow. Results and games...

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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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