
After a couple of years hiatus the Aeroflot Open is back!
The classic event has been more than just a massive super-strong series of opens, it has been the proving grounds for the players on the rise, a rich source of norms, and competition for all levels divided into three opens. It also has a richly doted blitz tournament at the end, free of entry for those registered in tournaments A and B.
Round Two
What a strong round! Almost no one survived without giving up at least a draw. Only in the Aeroflot Open can we see such results!
On the top board Ildar Khairullin massacred the top seed:
1.e4 | 1,184,215 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
1.d4 | 958,932 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 286,327 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
1.c4 | 184,722 | 56% | 2443 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,884 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,598 | 54% | 2428 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,953 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,906 | 50% | 2384 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,790 | 48% | 2378 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,250 | 54% | 2406 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,081 | 49% | 2409 | --- |
1.d3 | 969 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
1.g4 | 670 | 46% | 2361 | --- |
1.h4 | 466 | 54% | 2382 | --- |
1.c3 | 439 | 51% | 2425 | --- |
1.h3 | 289 | 56% | 2420 | --- |
1.a4 | 118 | 60% | 2461 | --- |
1.f3 | 100 | 47% | 2427 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 92 | 67% | 2511 | --- |
1.Na3 | 47 | 62% | 2476 | --- |
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 0-0 8.Be2 c5 9.0-0 b6 9...Nc6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Qd3 Qc7 12.Rad1 12.Qe3!? 12...e6 13.d5! e5? 14.Qe3 Nd7 15.Be7 Rfe8 16.d6 Qc6 17.Bc4 b5 17...Qxe4 18.Bxf7+ Kxf7 19.Ng5+ 18.Bd5 Qc8 19.h4!? 19.Ng5 Bxd5 20.exd5!? c4 21.Ne6 19...Bf6 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.Rfe1 c4 23.Qg5 Re6 24.Nxe5 Nxe4 25.Qf4 f5? 25...Nxd6 26.Ng4 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Nf5 28.Nf6+ Kh8! 29.Re5! 26.d7! Rd8 27.Re3!? 27.g4! 27...Re7 28.f3 Nf6 29.Rd6! Nd5 29...Nxd7 30.Nxg6! Rxe3 31.Qxe3 hxg6 32.Rxg6+ 30.Qg5 Rdxd7 31.Nxd7 31.Nxd7 Rxd7 32.Rxg6+! hxg6 33.Qxg6+ 1–0
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Khairullin,I | 2630 | Mamedyarov,S | 2756 | 1–0 | 2015 | D85 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.1 |
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Sasikirian was able to beat yesterday's featured game hero, Potkin, with a brilliant game of his own. His pawn sacrifices on the queenside were perfectly timed to rip apart the position and allow deadly penetration. In a complex endgame the Indian player fabulously outplayed his opponent and won. A nice comeback so far from his poor play in the India-China summit.
Two underdogs were also able to take the full point, Ponkratov beating Petrosian and Van Foreest, who is not yet a GM, edging Kobalia.

An impressive series of GMs, but these are not the top boards

Paco Vallejo, Spain's #1 but living in Moscow. A local, if you will.

Potkin was yesterday's hero, but today he fell hard against Sasikirian

Man of the hour: Khairullin beat Mamedyarov

If you wonder how grandmasters think, its like this.

Glek vs. Danielian is a Group B game in an open. Wrap your head around that.
Round Two Standings
Round Three Pairings
Only four remain with 2.0/2, and the games will be epic. The big question of the day: will Van Foreest, a lowly IM, be able to top Aeroflot with a perfect 3.0/3? Stay tuned and find out!
Photos Boris Dolmatovski
Replay Round Two Games

1.e4 | 1,184,215 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
1.d4 | 958,932 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 286,327 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
1.c4 | 184,722 | 56% | 2443 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,884 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,598 | 54% | 2428 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,953 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,906 | 50% | 2384 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,790 | 48% | 2378 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,250 | 54% | 2406 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,081 | 49% | 2409 | --- |
1.d3 | 969 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
1.g4 | 670 | 46% | 2361 | --- |
1.h4 | 466 | 54% | 2382 | --- |
1.c3 | 439 | 51% | 2425 | --- |
1.h3 | 289 | 56% | 2420 | --- |
1.a4 | 118 | 60% | 2461 | --- |
1.f3 | 100 | 47% | 2427 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 92 | 67% | 2511 | --- |
1.Na3 | 47 | 62% | 2476 | --- |
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 0-0 8.Be2 c5 9.0-0 b6 9...Nc6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Qd3 Qc7 12.Rad1 12.Qe3!? 12...e6 13.d5! e5? 14.Qe3 Nd7 15.Be7 Rfe8 16.d6 Qc6 17.Bc4 b5 17...Qxe4 18.Bxf7+ Kxf7 19.Ng5+ 18.Bd5 Qc8 19.h4!? 19.Ng5 Bxd5 20.exd5!? c4 21.Ne6 19...Bf6 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.Rfe1 c4 23.Qg5 Re6 24.Nxe5 Nxe4 25.Qf4 f5? 25...Nxd6 26.Ng4 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Nf5 28.Nf6+ Kh8! 29.Re5! 26.d7! Rd8 27.Re3!? 27.g4! 27...Re7 28.f3 Nf6 29.Rd6! Nd5 29...Nxd7 30.Nxg6! Rxe3 31.Qxe3 hxg6 32.Rxg6+ 30.Qg5 Rdxd7 31.Nxd7 31.Nxd7 Rxd7 32.Rxg6+! hxg6 33.Qxg6+ 1–0
- Start an analysis engine:
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Khairullin,I | 2630 | Mamedyarov,S | 2756 | 1–0 | 2015 | D85 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.1 |
Dubov,D | 2627 | Rapport,R | 2709 | ½–½ | 2015 | B07 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.2 |
Salgado Lopez,I | 2627 | Inarkiev,E | 2706 | ½–½ | 2015 | C92 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.3 |
Korobov,A | 2694 | Khalifman,A | 2613 | ½–½ | 2015 | A45 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.4 |
Sasikiran,K | 2682 | Potkin,V | 2605 | 1–0 | 2015 | D78 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.5 |
Vidit,S | 2625 | Fedoseev,V | 2674 | ½–½ | 2015 | D70 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.6 |
Ponkratov,P | 2613 | Petrosian,T | 2671 | 1–0 | 2015 | B06 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.7 |
Bok,B | 2587 | Kovalenko,I | 2661 | ½–½ | 2015 | C65 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.8 |
Lu,S | 2570 | Zvjaginsev,V | 2658 | ½–½ | 2015 | C09 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.9 |
Adhiban,B | 2646 | Svetushkin,D | 2592 | ½–½ | 2015 | C96 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.10 |
Van Foreest,J | 2493 | Kobalia,M | 2632 | 1–0 | 2015 | A21 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.11 |
Nepomniachtchi,I | 2714 | Grigoriants,S | 2573 | 1–0 | 2015 | C43 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.12 |
Vallejo Pons,F | 2708 | Bogdanovich,S | 2581 | ½–½ | 2015 | D47 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.13 |
Grachev,B | 2673 | Oparin,G | 2562 | 1–0 | 2015 | A13 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.14 |
Sjugirov,S | 2669 | Stupak,K | 2567 | ½–½ | 2015 | E18 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.15 |
Mamedov,R | 2658 | Wagner,D | 2549 | 1–0 | 2015 | A05 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.16 |
Motylev,A | 2653 | Mozharov,M | 2555 | 1–0 | 2015 | C70 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.17 |
Ankit,R | 2477 | Khismatullin,D | 2650 | 0–1 | 2015 | A50 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.18 |
Iturrizaga Bonelli,E | 2630 | Sanal,V | 2487 | ½–½ | 2015 | A17 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.19 |
Bukavshin,I | 2618 | Al-Sayed,M | 2511 | 1–0 | 2015 | E92 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.20 |
Kovalevskaya,E | 2438 | Tregubov,P | 2617 | 1–0 | 2015 | B33 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.21 |
Anton Guijarro,D | 2614 | Swayams,M | 2440 | ½–½ | 2015 | E14 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.22 |
Salem,A | 2603 | Korobkov,P | 2423 | 1–0 | 2015 | C42 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.23 |
Ernst,S | 2530 | Goganov,A | 2598 | ½–½ | 2015 | E00 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.24 |
Shimanov,A | 2594 | Vishnu Prasanna,V | 2477 | 1–0 | 2015 | A05 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.25 |
Antipov,M | 2529 | Matlakov,M | 2693 | 1–0 | 2015 | B40 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.26 |
Svane,R | 2509 | Sethuraman,S | 2623 | 0–1 | 2015 | A34 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.27 |
Savchenko,B | 2581 | Predke,A | 2530 | 0–1 | 2015 | E53 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.28 |
Bluebaum,M | 2576 | Gundavaa,B | 2505 | 1–0 | 2015 | D38 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.29 |
Jumabayev,R | 2572 | Batchuluun,T | 2499 | ½–½ | 2015 | A05 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.30 |
Kuderinov,K | 2465 | Esen,B | 2571 | 0–1 | 2015 | B90 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.31 |
Tabatabaei,M | 2448 | Yilmaz,M | 2570 | 0–1 | 2015 | A61 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.32 |
Sandipan,C | 2569 | Idani,P | 2496 | 0–1 | 2015 | B94 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.33 |
Kotronias,V | 2565 | Tran,T | 2455 | ½–½ | 2015 | B90 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.34 |
Can,E | 2555 | Asgarizadeh,A | 2412 | 1–0 | 2015 | C53 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.35 |
Gabuzyan,H | 2553 | Abdumalik,Z | 2379 | ½–½ | 2015 | A36 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 2.36 |
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