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The Moscow Open offers a large variety of tournaments: for men, women, students, children, and veterans, not to forget the blitz-tournament and the study-competition. The Russian State Social University organizes the event and a number of strong players like to play in the A-Open to prepare for the Aeroflot-Open that is soon to start.
This year GM Anton Korobov (2710), GM Ernesto Inarkiev (2676), and GM Vladislav Artemiev (2673) were the Elo-favorites. However, after nine rounds GM Yuri Eliseev (2582) and FM (!) Dmitry Geordievsky (2506) shared first place with 7.5/9 each. First on tie-break was Eliseev.
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | w-we | |
| 1 | 11 | GM | Eliseev Urii | RUS | 2582 | Москва | 7,5 | 52,5 | 48,5 | 7,0 | 1,93 |
| 2 | 29 | FM | Gordievsky Dmitry | RUS | 2506 | Москва | 7,5 | 47,0 | 43,0 | 7,0 | 1,83 |
| 3 | 1 | GM | Korobov Anton | UKR | 2710 | Харьков | 7,0 | 60,5 | 55,0 | 5,0 | 0,30 |
| 4 | 12 | GM | Timofeev Artyom | RUS | 2570 | Татарстан | 7,0 | 54,0 | 49,5 | 6,0 | 1,71 |
| 5 | 3 | GM | Artemiev Vladislav | RUS | 2673 | Омск | 7,0 | 52,5 | 49,0 | 6,0 | 0,09 |
| 6 | 2 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2676 | Москва | 7,0 | 52,0 | 49,0 | 6,0 | 0,14 |
| 7 | 55 | IM | Moskalenko Alexander | RUS | 2442 | Московская обл | 7,0 | 52,0 | 48,5 | 6,0 | 3,34 |
| 8 | 7 | GM | Kokarev Dmitry | RUS | 2619 | Пенза | 7,0 | 51,5 | 48,0 | 6,0 | 0,81 |
| 9 | 71 | IM | Korchmar Vasiliy | RUS | 2405 | Саратов | 7,0 | 50,5 | 47,5 | 6,0 | 3,53 |
| 10 | 22 | IM | Ivanov Oleg V | UKR | 2519 | Украина | 6,5 | 49,5 | 46,5 | 5,0 | 1,05 |
| 11 | 6 | GM | Khismatullin Denis | RUS | 2626 | Нефтекамск | 6,5 | 47,5 | 43,5 | 6,0 | -0,46 |
| 12 | 10 | GM | Ponkratov Pavel | RUS | 2591 | Челябинск | 6,5 | 47,0 | 43,5 | 5,0 | -0,16 |
| 13 | 34 | GM | Gasanov Eldar | UKR | 2488 | Харьков | 6,5 | 46,5 | 44,0 | 4,0 | 0,58 |
| 14 | 4 | GM | Grachev Boris | RUS | 2652 | Москва | 6,5 | 46,5 | 43,0 | 4,0 | -0,68 |
| 15 | 91 | FM | Shevchenko Kirill | UKR | 2373 | Киев | 6,5 | 46,5 | 42,5 | 5,0 | 2,68 |
| 16 | 40 | IM | Iljiushenok Ilia | RUS | 2470 | Электросталь | 6,5 | 46,0 | 41,5 | 4,0 | 0,88 |
| 17 | 76 | IM | Vorontsov Pavlo | UKR | 2395 | Киев | 6,5 | 45,5 | 42,5 | 5,0 | 2,40 |
| 18 | 74 | GM | Naumkin Igor | RUS | 2403 | Москва | 6,5 | 44,5 | 41,0 | 5,0 | 1,33 |
| 19 | 52 | IM | Tran Tuan Minh | VIE | 2447 | Вьетнам | 6,5 | 44,5 | 40,5 | 6,0 | 1,16 |
| 20 | 39 | Triapishko Olexandr | RUS | 2471 | Симферополь | 6,5 | 40,5 | 37,5 | 5,0 | 0,33 |
... 225 players
Crucial for Eliseev was his fine win against Vladislav Artemiev in round six.
Vladislav Artemiev
In the following entertaining game Eliseev showed defensive and tacticals skills.
Crucial for Gordievsky was his win against Ernesto Inarkiev in the final round.
Ernesto Inarkiev
In the following game Gordievsky showed active chess and a keen tactical eye:
A colorful opening show...
... with a lot of classical culture.
Chamber music
The nations present their flags
Anastasia Bodnaruk from Russia won the women's tournament. After nine rounds she had 7.5/9 and shared first place with Swaminathan Soumya from India and Alexandra Obolentseva (also Russia) but Bodnaruk had the best tie-break.
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | IM | Bodnaruk Anastasia | RUS | 2453 | Санкт-Петербург | 7,5 | 57,0 | 52,5 | 6,0 |
| 2 | 10 | WGM | Soumya Swaminathan | IND | 2345 | Пуне | 7,5 | 53,5 | 49,5 | 6,0 |
| 3 | 36 | WFM | Obolentseva Alexandra | RUS | 2194 | Москва | 7,5 | 52,0 | 48,5 | 7,0 |
| 4 | 5 | WGM | Kovanova Baira | RUS | 2381 | Саратов | 7,0 | 54,0 | 50,5 | 5,0 |
| 5 | 12 | WIM | Tsolakidou Stavroula | GRE | 2338 | Греция | 7,0 | 49,5 | 45,5 | 5,0 |
| 6 | 56 | WFM | Utiatskaja Irina | RUS | 2108 | Москва | 7,0 | 47,0 | 44,0 | 6,0 |
| 7 | 11 | WFM | Osmak Iulija | UKR | 2343 | Киев | 6,5 | 51,0 | 46,5 | 6,0 |
| 8 | 21 | WGM | Schneider Veronika | HUN | 2259 | Будапешт | 6,5 | 49,5 | 45,5 | 5,0 |
| 9 | 17 | WIM | Schepetkova Margarita | RUS | 2283 | Владимир | 6,5 | 48,0 | 44,5 | 5,0 |
| 10 | 24 | WFM | Martynkova Olena | UKR | 2245 | Краматорск | 6,5 | 43,0 | 40,0 | 6,0 |
| 11 | 44 | WFM | Balajayeva Khanim | AZE | 2151 | Баку | 6,5 | 42,0 | 39,5 | 6,0 |
... 142 players
Anastasia Bodnaruk
Evgeniya Doluhanova
Edit Machlik from Norway
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