Aeroflot 2008: Two players lead with 4.5/5 points

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2/19/2008 – They are Maxim Rodshtein from Israel and Ian Nepomniachtchi from Russia. Behind them are two further Russian GMs, Artyom Timofeev and Alexey Dreev. The Aeroflot Open 2008 has completed five rounds in the "Gamma-Delta" Hotel in Moscow. We bring you standings, games, pictures and videos.
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The Aeroflot Open 2008 is taking place from February 13th to 22nd. The venue and official hotel the "Gamma-Delta" Hotel, which can accomodate 3,500 guests. The festival consists of four tournaments, each a nine rounds Swiss Tournament. The total prize fund of the four tournaments is US $200,000 – $30,000 first place and $100,000 total in the top group.

Top standings after five rounds

# Player Ti. FED Rtng Pts. Perf.
1 Rodshtein, Maxim GM ISR 2614 4.5 2932
2 Nepomniachtchi, Ian GM RUS 2600 4.5 2954
3 Timofeev, Artyom GM RUS 2664 4.0 2820
4 Dreev, Alexey GM RUS 2633 4.0 2814
5 Volokitin, Andrei GM UKR 2674 3.5 2702
6 Motylev, Alexander GM RUS 2644 3.5 2741
7 Jobava, Baadur GM GEO 2643 3.5 2716
8 Asrian, Karen GM ARM 2621 3.5 2697
9 Guseinov, Gadir GM AZE 2617 3.5 2728
10 Grachev, Boris GM RUS 2601 3.5 2720
11 Bologan, Viktor GM MDA 2663 3.0 2640
12 Amonatov, Farrukh GM TJK 2649 3.0 2648
13 Sutovsky, Emil GM ISR 2642 3.0 2645
14 Predojevic, Borki GM BIH 2641 3.0 2627
15 Najer, Evgeniy GM RUS 2634 3.0 2646
16 Bocharov, Dmitry GM RUS 2600 3.0 2647
17 Grigoriants, Sergey GM RUS 2583 3.0 2680
18 Mamedov, Rauf GM AZE 2583 3.0 2707
19 Khismatullin, Denis GM RUS 2564 3.0 2690
20 Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son GM VIE 2551 3.0 2701
21 Romanov, Evgeny GM RUS 2543 3.0 2691
22 Le, Quang Liem GM VIE 2540 3.0 2662
23 Safarli, Eltaj IM AZE 2496 3.0 2611
24 Akopian, Vladimir GM ARM 2700 2.5 2570
25 Khalifman, Alexander GM RUS 2638 2.5 2555
26 Naiditsch, Arkadij GM GER 2638 2.5 2564
27 Riazantsev, Alexander GM RUS 2628 2.5 2541
28 Aleksandrov, Aleksej GM BLR 2618 2.5 2578
29 Azarov, Sergei GM BLR 2594 2.5 2525
30 Lysyj, Igor GM RUS 2593 2.5 2520
31 Iordachescu, Viorel GM MDA 2586 2.5 2591
32 Jussupow, Artur GM GER 2585 2.5 2594
33 Minasian, Artashes GM ARM 2578 2.5 2594
34 Parligras, Mircea GM ROU 2574 2.5 2581
35 Maletin, Pavel GM RUS 2573 2.5 2623
36 Evdokimov, Alexander GM RUS 2569 2.5 2630
37 Shomoev, Anton GM RUS 2562 2.5 2635
38 Zhou, Jianchao GM CHN 2551 2.5 2635
39 Frolyanov, Dmitry GM RUS 2544 2.5 2623
40 Hou, Yifan WGM CHN 2527 2.5 2603
41 Feller, Sebastien GM FRA 2522 2.5 2618
42 Pavlovic, Milos GM SRB 2522 2.5 2598
43 Sebag, Marie IM FRA 2510 2.5 2607
44 Bindrich, Falko GM GER 2497 2.5 2589

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Picture Gallery by ChessPro

The following pictures have been provided by our colleagues over at ChessPro. The Russian language site has extensive commentary of games from the Aeroflot and other tournaments.


The playing hall of the 2008 Aeroflot tournament in Moscow


2nd place: GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, RUS, 2600, 4.5/5, perf. 2954


4th place: GM Alexey Dreev, RUS, 2633 4.0/5, perf. 2814


5th place: GM Andrei Volokitin, UKR 2674, 3.5/5, perf. 2702


26th place: GM Arkadij Naiditsch, GER, 2638, 2.5/5, perf. 2564


31st place: GM Viorel Iordachescu, MDA, 2586, 2.5/5, perf. 2591


Young GMs: Falko Bindrich and Fabiano Caruana analysing


Top Ukrainian female player Anna Ushenina


Chinese super-talent Hou Yifan, who turns 14 next week


Chief Arbiter Geurt Geissen (back on his feet after a hip fracture in an earlier Russian tournament) and Aeroflot chief organiser Alexander Bakh

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