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The 13th edition of the Aeroflot Open 2016 is being held in Moscow, Russia from the 29th of February to 10th of March 2016. The official hotel of the event is Cosmos and the playing venue is also located at the same place. There are three tournaments that are simultaneously taking place: The A Group (2550 and above); the B Group (2300 and above), and the C Group (below 2300).
While Evgeny Najer’s gold was almost guaranteed should he at least draw, and having white certainly helped his cause as he neutralized any ambitions his opponent Gata Kamsky might have. The American GM, and five-time US champion had no reason to complain as he wrapped up a successful campaign in a massive tie for 3rd-10th finishing 6th on tiebreak, undefeated.
Boris Gelfand’s place on the podium was anything but sure. Entering the final round he was tied with a seven others at 5.5/8, and since most would enjoy a better tiebreak even if he won, which he did, he absolutely needed his rivals to draw if he wanted silver. If even two won their games, he was staring at a probable fourth place (on tiebreak). As fortune would have it, none did, and he was alone tied with Najer with 6.5/9, edged out by the Russian’s higher tiebreak score.
In third, was Polish GM Bartel Mateusz, who drew against Aleksandr Rakhmanov with black.
The winners at Aeroflot Open 2016: Bartel Mateusz (3rd), Boris Gelfand (2nd) and Evgeniy Najer (1st)
Among the final results of note that should not be overlooked was 21-year-old Alexandr Predke, untitled though rated a hefty 2508 FIDE, who drew Chinese GM Bu Xiangzhi, thus finishing with 5.5/9, an easy GM norm, and a 2726 performance.
Hailing from Paraguay, possibly the player who travelled the furthest to participate in the event, was GM Axel Bachmann, whom readers may recall played a superb game against Korobov in round five, and who also finished on 5.5/9 with an excellent 2702 performance.
The best female was 18-year-old WGM Lei Tingjie from China, rated 2495, who scored 4.0/9 with a 2565 performance. She faced nine grandmasters in nine games, the lowest rated being 2572, and though she lost three, she also added two scalps to her collection.
Finally, 13-year-old FM Andrey Esipenko, concluded the event with a grandmaster norm, beating GM Kulaots in the last round. The young talent from Russia ended on 50%, with three wins and three losses, only splitting the point on three occasions.
Stay tuned for the full report by IM Sagar Shah, playing in the B event, with comments and analyses, and many photographic portraits by Amruta Mokal.
Bd
|
No.
|
Ti.
|
Name
|
Rtg
|
Pts
|
Result
|
Pts
|
Ti.
|
Name
|
Rtg
|
No.
|
1
|
16
|
GM
|
Najer Evgeniy |
2664
|
6
|
½ - ½
|
5½
|
GM
|
Kamsky Gata |
2673
|
11
|
2
|
1
|
GM
|
Gelfand Boris |
2735
|
5½
|
1 - 0
|
5½
|
GM
|
Jumabayev Rinat |
2607
|
37
|
3
|
18
|
GM
|
Zvjaginsev Vadim |
2662
|
5½
|
½ - ½
|
5½
|
GM
|
Matlakov Maxim |
2682
|
6
|
4
|
26
|
GM
|
Kobalia Mikhail |
2632
|
5½
|
½ - ½
|
5½
|
GM
|
Dubov Daniil |
2634
|
25
|
5
|
20
|
GM
|
Rakhmanov Aleksandr |
2650
|
5
|
½ - ½
|
5½
|
GM
|
Bartel Mateusz |
2625
|
27
|
6
|
2
|
GM
|
Bu Xiangzhi |
2724
|
5
|
½ - ½
|
5
|
|
Predke Alexandr |
2508
|
67
|
7
|
23
|
GM
|
Sasikiran Krishnan |
2637
|
5
|
½ - ½
|
5
|
GM
|
Nepomniachtchi Ian |
2704
|
5
|
8
|
31
|
GM
|
Salem A.R. Saleh |
2615
|
5
|
0 - 1
|
5
|
GM
|
Sjugirov Sanan |
2667
|
13
|
9
|
40
|
GM
|
Eliseev Urii |
2601
|
5
|
0 - 1
|
5
|
GM
|
Fedoseev Vladimir |
2664
|
15
|
10
|
38
|
GM
|
Petrosian Tigran L. |
2607
|
4½
|
½ - ½
|
4½
|
GM
|
Wei Yi |
2714
|
3
|
11
|
42
|
GM
|
Bocharov Dmitry |
2595
|
4½
|
0 - 1
|
4½
|
GM
|
Inarkiev Ernesto |
2677
|
7
|
12
|
8
|
GM
|
Vallejo Pons Francisco |
2677
|
4½
|
½ - ½
|
4½
|
GM
|
Bluebaum Matthias |
2605
|
39
|
13
|
46
|
GM
|
Potkin Vladimir |
2585
|
4½
|
½ - ½
|
4½
|
GM
|
Artemiev Vladislav |
2674
|
10
|
14
|
12
|
GM
|
Moiseenko Alexander |
2668
|
4½
|
1 - 0
|
4½
|
GM
|
Wen Yang |
2609
|
36
|
15
|
52
|
GM
|
Goganov Aleksey |
2575
|
4½
|
½ - ½
|
4½
|
GM
|
Safarli Eltaj |
2663
|
17
|
16
|
68
|
GM
|
Aravindh Chithambaram |
2506
|
4½
|
0 - 1
|
4½
|
GM
|
Motylev Alexander |
2655
|
19
|
17
|
22
|
GM
|
Grachev Boris |
2639
|
4½
|
½ - ½
|
4½
|
GM
|
Timofeev Artyom |
2593
|
44
|
18
|
24
|
GM
|
Hovhannisyan Robert |
2636
|
4½
|
½ - ½
|
4½
|
IM
|
Martirosyan Haik |
2425
|
84
|
19
|
35
|
GM
|
Bachmann Axel |
2609
|
4½
|
1 - 0
|
4½
|
GM
|
Dragun Kamil |
2594
|
43
|
20
|
58
|
GM
|
Bindrich Falko |
2557
|
4
|
0 - 1
|
4
|
GM
|
Jobava Baadur |
2676
|
9
|
21
|
56
|
GM
|
Kovalev Vladislav |
2560
|
4
|
½ - ½
|
4
|
GM
|
Swiercz Dariusz |
2665
|
14
|
22
|
28
|
GM
|
Khalifman Alexander |
2624
|
4
|
½ - ½
|
4
|
GM
|
Lalith Babu M R |
2573
|
54
|
23
|
29
|
GM
|
Khismatullin Denis |
2621
|
4
|
0 - 1
|
4
|
GM
|
Van Foreest Jorden |
2557
|
59
|
24
|
60
|
GM
|
Alekseenko Kirill |
2554
|
4
|
½ - ½
|
4
|
GM
|
Lu Shanglei |
2620
|
30
|
25
|
34
|
GM
|
Savchenko Boris |
2610
|
4
|
½ - ½
|
4
|
GM
|
Socko Bartosz |
2587
|
45
|
26
|
72
|
WGM
|
Lei Tingjie |
2495
|
4
|
0 - 1
|
3½
|
GM
|
Korobov Anton |
2713
|
4
|
27
|
32
|
GM
|
Bok Benjamin |
2611
|
3½
|
1 - 0
|
3½
|
IM
|
Yuffa Daniil |
2502
|
71
|
28
|
55
|
GM
|
Oparin Grigoriy |
2572
|
3½
|
1 - 0
|
3½
|
GM
|
Cordova Emilio |
2610
|
33
|
29
|
62
|
GM
|
Pichot Alan |
2542
|
3½
|
0 - 1
|
3½
|
GM
|
Azarov Sergei |
2599
|
41
|
30
|
65
|
|
Xu Yinglun |
2518
|
3½
|
½ - ½
|
3½
|
GM
|
Kunin Vitaly |
2584
|
47
|
31
|
48
|
GM
|
Demchenko Anton |
2583
|
3½
|
1 - 0
|
3½
|
IM
|
Shen Yang |
2466
|
77
|
32
|
64
|
GM
|
Shyam Sundar M. |
2523
|
3½
|
1 - 0
|
3½
|
GM
|
Wagner Dennis |
2583
|
49
|
33
|
50
|
GM
|
Kulaots Kaido |
2578
|
3½
|
0 - 1
|
3½
|
FM
|
Esipenko Andrey |
2445
|
82
|
34
|
85
|
IM
|
Karavade Eesha |
2395
|
3½
|
0 - 1
|
3½
|
GM
|
Sandipan Chanda |
2577
|
51
|
35
|
80
|
IM
|
Lorparizangeneh Shahin |
2449
|
3½
|
½ - ½
|
3
|
IM
|
Pourramezanali Amirreza |
2506
|
69
|
36
|
21
|
GM
|
Anton Guijarro David |
2641
|
3
|
1 - 0
|
3
|
GM
|
Gasanov Eldar |
2503
|
70
|
37
|
76
|
FM
|
Igonin Temur |
2470
|
3
|
½ - ½
|
3
|
GM
|
Antipov Mikhail Al. |
2573
|
53
|
38
|
57
|
GM
|
Maiorov Nikita |
2558
|
3
|
1 - 0
|
3
|
GM
|
Sivuk Vitaly |
2554
|
61
|
39
|
73
|
|
Firouzja Alireza |
2475
|
2½
|
1 - 0
|
3
|
IM
|
Wang Yiye |
2445
|
81
|
40
|
66
|
WGM
|
Goryachkina Aleksandra |
2509
|
2½
|
1 - 0
|
2½
|
IM
|
Swayams Mishra |
2470
|
75
|
41
|
78
|
IM
|
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina |
2462
|
2½
|
½ - ½
|
2
|
IM
|
Korchmar Vasiliy |
2450
|
79
|
42
|
83
|
IM
|
Sarana Alexey |
2433
|
2
|
1 - 0
|
2
|
CM
|
Erigaisi Arjun |
2379
|
86
|
43
|
74
|
GM
|
Debashis Das |
2471
|
1½
|
1
|
|
|
bye |
|
|
44
|
63
|
GM
|
Kotronias Vasilios |
2541
|
2½
|
0
|
|
|
not paired |
|
|
Tiebreak criteria: 1) most blacks 2) avg rating of opponents
Rk
|
SNo
|
Ti.
|
Name
|
FED
|
Rtg
|
Pts
|
TB1 | TB2 |
1
|
16
|
GM
|
Najer Evgeniy |
2664
|
6.5
|
4
|
2647
|
|
2
|
1
|
GM
|
Gelfand Boris |
2735
|
6.5
|
4
|
2619
|
|
3
|
27
|
GM
|
Bartel Mateusz |
2625
|
6.0
|
5
|
2623
|
|
4
|
13
|
GM
|
Sjugirov Sanan |
2667
|
6.0
|
5
|
2604
|
|
5
|
25
|
GM
|
Dubov Daniil |
2634
|
6.0
|
5
|
2602
|
|
6
|
11
|
GM
|
Kamsky Gata |
2673
|
6.0
|
5
|
2597
|
|
7
|
15
|
GM
|
Fedoseev Vladimir |
2664
|
6.0
|
5
|
2587
|
|
8
|
6
|
GM
|
Matlakov Maxim |
2682
|
6.0
|
4
|
2649
|
|
9
|
26
|
GM
|
Kobalia Mikhail |
2632
|
6.0
|
4
|
2624
|
|
10
|
18
|
GM
|
Zvjaginsev Vadim |
2662
|
6.0
|
4
|
2623
|
|
11
|
67
|
|
Predke Alexandr |
2508
|
5.5
|
5
|
2642
|
|
12
|
7
|
GM
|
Inarkiev Ernesto |
2677
|
5.5
|
5
|
2617
|
|
13
|
5
|
GM
|
Nepomniachtchi Ian |
2704
|
5.5
|
5
|
2614
|
|
14
|
37
|
GM
|
Jumabayev Rinat |
2607
|
5.5
|
5
|
2601
|
|
15
|
19
|
GM
|
Motylev Alexander |
2655
|
5.5
|
5
|
2550
|
|
16
|
35
|
GM
|
Bachmann Axel |
2609
|
5.5
|
4
|
2631
|
|
17
|
20
|
GM
|
Rakhmanov Aleksandr |
2650
|
5.5
|
4
|
2622
|
|
18
|
2
|
GM
|
Bu Xiangzhi |
2724
|
5.5
|
4
|
2602
|
|
19
|
23
|
GM
|
Sasikiran Krishnan |
2637
|
5.5
|
4
|
2598
|
|
20
|
12
|
GM
|
Moiseenko Alexander |
2668
|
5.5
|
4
|
2590
|
|
21
|
39
|
GM
|
Bluebaum Matthias |
2605
|
5.0
|
5
|
2620
|
|
22
|
10
|
GM
|
Artemiev Vladislav |
2674
|
5.0
|
5
|
2595
|
|
23
|
17
|
GM
|
Safarli Eltaj |
2663
|
5.0
|
5
|
2567
|
|
24
|
9
|
GM
|
Jobava Baadur |
2676
|
5.0
|
5
|
2560
|
|
25
|
3
|
GM
|
Wei Yi |
2714
|
5.0
|
5
|
2557
|
|
26
|
59
|
GM
|
Van Foreest Jorden |
2557
|
5.0
|
5
|
2545
|
|
27
|
52
|
GM
|
Goganov Aleksey |
2575
|
5.0
|
4
|
2665
|
|
28
|
46
|
GM
|
Potkin Vladimir |
2585
|
5.0
|
4
|
2647
|
|
29
|
31
|
GM
|
Salem A.R. Saleh |
2615
|
5.0
|
4
|
2628
|
|
30
|
8
|
GM
|
Vallejo Pons Francisco |
2677
|
5.0
|
4
|
2610
|
|
31
|
38
|
GM
|
Petrosian Tigran L. |
2607
|
5.0
|
4
|
2599
|
|
32
|
22
|
GM
|
Grachev Boris |
2639
|
5.0
|
4
|
2596
|
|
|
84
|
IM
|
Martirosyan Haik M. |
2425
|
5.0
|
4
|
2596
|
|
34
|
44
|
GM
|
Timofeev Artyom |
2593
|
5.0
|
4
|
2591
|
|
35
|
40
|
GM
|
Eliseev Urii |
2601
|
5.0
|
4
|
2570
|
|
36
|
24
|
GM
|
Hovhannisyan Robert |
2636
|
5.0
|
4
|
2565
|
|
37
|
43
|
GM
|
Dragun Kamil |
2594
|
4.5
|
5
|
2638
|
|
38
|
30
|
GM
|
Lu Shanglei |
2620
|
4.5
|
5
|
2613
|
|
39
|
4
|
GM
|
Korobov Anton |
2713
|
4.5
|
5
|
2596
|
|
|
82
|
FM
|
Esipenko Andrey |
2445
|
4.5
|
5
|
2596
|
|
41
|
14
|
GM
|
Swiercz Dariusz |
2665
|
4.5
|
5
|
2589
|
|
42
|
51
|
GM
|
Sandipan Chanda |
2577
|
4.5
|
5
|
2564
|
|
43
|
45
|
GM
|
Socko Bartosz |
2587
|
4.5
|
5
|
2556
|
|
44
|
41
|
GM
|
Azarov Sergei |
2599
|
4.5
|
5
|
2516
|
|
45
|
36
|
GM
|
Wen Yang |
2609
|
4.5
|
4
|
2669
|
|
46
|
54
|
GM
|
Lalith Babu M R |
2573
|
4.5
|
4
|
2637
|
|
47
|
42
|
GM
|
Bocharov Dmitry |
2595
|
4.5
|
4
|
2631
|
|
48
|
48
|
GM
|
Demchenko Anton |
2583
|
4.5
|
4
|
2617
|
|
|
60
|
GM
|
Alekseenko Kirill |
2554
|
4.5
|
4
|
2617
|
|
50
|
56
|
GM
|
Kovalev Vladislav |
2560
|
4.5
|
4
|
2592
|
|
51
|
34
|
GM
|
Savchenko Boris |
2610
|
4.5
|
4
|
2589
|
|
|
64
|
GM
|
Shyam Sundar M. |
2523
|
4.5
|
4
|
2589
|
|
|
68
|
GM
|
Aravindh Chithambaram |
2506
|
4.5
|
4
|
2589
|
|
54
|
32
|
GM
|
Bok Benjamin |
2611
|
4.5
|
4
|
2564
|
|
55
|
28
|
GM
|
Khalifman Alexander |
2624
|
4.5
|
4
|
2546
|
|
56
|
55
|
GM
|
Oparin Grigoriy |
2572
|
4.5
|
4
|
2538
|
|
57
|
65
|
|
Xu Yinglun |
2518
|
4.0
|
5
|
2610
|
|
58
|
47
|
GM
|
Kunin Vitaly |
2584
|
4.0
|
5
|
2527
|
|
59
|
57
|
GM
|
Maiorov Nikita |
2558
|
4.0
|
5
|
2479
|
|
60
|
72
|
WGM
|
Lei Tingjie |
2495
|
4.0
|
4
|
2598
|
|
61
|
80
|
IM
|
Lorparizangeneh Shahin |
2449
|
4.0
|
4
|
2579
|
|
62
|
58
|
GM
|
Bindrich Falko |
2557
|
4.0
|
4
|
2575
|
|
63
|
29
|
GM
|
Khismatullin Denis |
2621
|
4.0
|
4
|
2563
|
|
64
|
21
|
GM
|
Anton Guijarro David |
2641
|
4.0
|
4
|
2484
|
|
65
|
49
|
GM
|
Wagner Dennis |
2583
|
3.5
|
5
|
2603
|
|
66
|
77
|
IM
|
Shen Yang |
2466
|
3.5
|
5
|
2601
|
|
67
|
71
|
IM
|
Yuffa Daniil |
2502
|
3.5
|
5
|
2598
|
|
68
|
33
|
GM
|
Cordova Emilio |
2610
|
3.5
|
5
|
2583
|
|
|
69
|
IM
|
Pourramezanali Amirreza |
2506
|
3.5
|
5
|
2583
|
|
70
|
53
|
GM
|
Antipov Mikhail Al. |
2573
|
3.5
|
5
|
2567
|
|
71
|
85
|
IM
|
Karavade Eesha |
2395
|
3.5
|
5
|
2543
|
|
72
|
76
|
FM
|
Igonin Temur |
2470
|
3.5
|
4
|
2583
|
|
73
|
62
|
GM
|
Pichot Alan |
2542
|
3.5
|
4
|
2551
|
|
74
|
73
|
|
Firouzja Alireza |
2475
|
3.5
|
4
|
2537
|
|
75
|
66
|
WGM
|
Goryachkina Aleksandra |
2509
|
3.5
|
4
|
2529
|
|
76
|
50
|
GM
|
Kulaots Kaido |
2578
|
3.5
|
4
|
2477
|
|
77
|
70
|
GM
|
Gasanov Eldar |
2503
|
3.0
|
5
|
2576
|
|
78
|
83
|
IM
|
Sarana Alexey |
2433
|
3.0
|
5
|
2556
|
|
79
|
81
|
IM
|
Wang Yiye |
2445
|
3.0
|
5
|
2542
|
|
80
|
61
|
GM
|
Sivuk Vitaly |
2554
|
3.0
|
5
|
2484
|
|
81
|
78
|
IM
|
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina |
2462
|
3.0
|
4
|
2555
|
|
82
|
75
|
IM
|
Swayams Mishra |
2470
|
2.5
|
5
|
2578
|
|
83
|
79
|
IM
|
Korchmar Vasiliy |
2450
|
2.5
|
5
|
2506
|
|
84
|
74
|
GM
|
Debashis Das |
2471
|
2.5
|
4
|
2509
|
|
85
|
63
|
GM
|
Kotronias Vasilios |
2541
|
2.5
|
3
|
2558
|
|
86
|
86
|
CM
|
Erigaisi Arjun |
2379
|
2.0
|
4
|
2514
|
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