Bacrot won Aeroflot on tiebreak black countback

Table	White	Score	Black	Score	Result
1	GM Pashikian, Arman	6	GM Bacrot, Etienne	5.5	0-1
2	GM Moiseenko, Alexander	5.5	GM Zhou, Weiqi	5.5	1-0
3	GM Kurnosov, Igor	5.5	GM Predojevic, Borki	5.5	½-½
4	GM Zhigalko, Sergei	5.5	GM Potkin, Vladimir	5.5	½-½
5	GM Sargissian, Gabriel	5	GM Zhou, Jianchao	5.5	½-½
6	GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny	5	GM Khairullin, Ildar	5	1-0
7	GM Aleksandrov, Aleksej	5	IM Kosintseva, Tatiana	5	½-½
8	GM Riazantsev, Alexander	5	IM Yudin, Sergei	5	½-½
9	GM Dyachkov, Sergej	4.5	GM Dreev, Alexey	4.5	½-½
10	GM Vitiugov, Nikita	4.5	GM Grigoriants, Sergey	4.5	1-0
11	GM Ehlvest, Jaan	4.5	GM Amonatov, Farrukh	4.5	½-½
12	GM Wen, Yang	4.5	GM Smirin, Ilia	4.5	½-½
13	GM Bareev, Evgeny	4.5	GM Filippov, Anton	4.5	0-1
14	GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim	4.5	GM Safarli, Eltaj	4.5	1-0
15	GM Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	4.5	GM Ajrapetjan, Yuriy	4.5	½-½
16	GM So, Wesley	4.5	GM Andriasian, Zaven	4.5	½-½
17	GM Landa, Konstantin	4.5	GM Kotsur, Pavel	4.5	½-½
18	GM Zhigalko, Andrey	4.5	GM Huzman, Alexander	4.5	½-½
19	GM Naiditsch, Arkadij	4	GM Sjugirov, Sanan	4	1-0
20	GM Van Wely, Loek	4	GM Onischuk, Alexander	4	½-½
21	GM Grachev, Boris	4	GM Akobian, Varuzhan	4	1-0
22	GM Mamedov, Rauf	4	GM Minasian, Artashes	4	1-0
23	IM Ponkratov, Pavel	4	GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian	4	0-1
24	GM Li, Chao b	3.5	GM Shomoev, Anton	3.5	½-½
25	GM Petrosian, Tigran L.	3.5	IM Chadaev, Nikolai	3.5	½-½
26	GM Lysyj, Igor	3.5	GM Vazquez Igarza, Renier	3.5	½-½
27	GM Melkumyan, Hrant	3.5	GM Smirnov, Pavel	3.5	1-0
28	GM Maze, Sebastien	3.5	GM Maslak, Konstantin	3.5	½-½
29	GM Romanov, Evgeny	3.5	IM Robson, Ray	3.5	1-0
30	GM Rodshtein, Maxim	3	GM Ragger, Markus	3	1-0
31	IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda	3	GM Bocharov, Dmitry	3	0-1
32	GM Gajewski, Grzegorz	3	GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	3	½-½
33	GM Vaganian, Rafael A	3	GM Li, Shilong	3	½-½
34	GM Bartel, Mateusz	2.5	WGM Shen, Yang	3	1-0
35	GM Dziuba, Marcin	2.5	IM Ipatov, Alexander	2.5	1-0
36	GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav	2	IM Salem, A.R. Saleh	2	1-0

So bags top junior award

MANILA Philippines - Filipino Grandmaster Wesley So continued to reach new heights on the international chess stage when he emerged as the top junior player at the end of the Aeroflot Chess Festival 2009 at the Hotel Gamma-Delta in Moscow.

So, the country's highest-rated player with an ELO of 2627, drew his ninth and final-round match against GM Zaven Andriasian of Armenia in 36 moves of the Sicilian to finish in a tie for 17th to 36th places with five points on three wins, four draws and two losses.

More importantly, the 15-year-old Filipino champion clinched the award as the top junior player.

So, who was voted as the "Chess Player of the Year" by the Philippine Sportswriters Associaiton (PSA), edged fellow world junior campaigners GM Eltaj Safarli of Azerbaijan, GM Sanan Sjugirov of Russia and IM Ray Robson of the United States.

GM Etienne Bacrot of France trounced erstwhile solo leader GM Arman Pashikian of Armenia and GM Alexander Moiseenko of Ukraine subdued GM Zhou Weiqi of Choan to share first place with 6.5 points.

Bacrot, however, clinched the top spot by virtue of higher tiebreak score.

Seven players, led by GM Zhou Jianchao of China and GM Borki Predojevic of Bosnia, share third to ninth places with six points. With them were GM Sergei Zhigalko of Belarus, GM Igor Kurnosov of Russia, GM Vladimir Potkin of Russia, GM Evgeny Tomashevsky of Russia and Pashikian.

Nine other players share 20th to 18th places, finishing half a point ahead of So's group at 5.5 points.

Among the notable players who finished with the same score as So are last year's champion GM Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia, third ssed GM Arkadj Naiditsch of Germany, GM Alexey Dreev of Russia, Ilia Smirin of Israel, Jaan Ehlvest of the United States and Boris Grachev of Russia.

So even finished ahead of top seed GM Shakriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan, GM Alexander Onishcuk of the United States, GM Evgeny Bareev of Russia, GM Loek van Wely of the Netherlands, GM Rafael Vaganian of Armeia, GM Varuzhan Akobian of the United States, GM Artashes Minasian of Armenia, GM Li Chao of China, GM Tigran Petrosian of Armenia and GM Ehsan Ghaemmaghami of Iran.

In Divison A-2, IM Richard Bitoon settled for a draw with GM Alexander Potapov (ELO 2456) of Russia to finish in a share of 22nd to 39th places with five points.

The pride of Medellin, Cebu, finished with four wins, two draws and three losses for five points, two full points behind eventual champions IM Alexandre Danin of Russia and GM Melikset Khachiyan of the United States.

In Division B, Haridas Pascua outclassed WGM Baira Kovanova of Russia to finish in a tie for sixth to 15th places with six points.

Pascua, who is set to represent the country in the world junior chess championship in Argentina later this year, wound up with four wins, four draws and only one loss.

Another Filipino campaigner, Jan Emmanuel Garcia, finished in a share off 21st to 38h places with five points on two wins, six draws and one loss.

Garcia, a member of the famed V.Luna Chess Club, drew with Danila Belousov of Russia in the final round.

Source: GMANEWS

Bacrot & Moiseenko joint winner Aeroflot 2009

In the last round of the Aeroflot 2009, we get to see the action of the top 5 boards competing each other intensively and action live of brain witting.

Brilliant Rook Endgame

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2009"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Bb4 5. exd5 exd5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. Qf3 Qc8 10. Nge2 Bf5 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Qb5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Rd8 15. Ba3 Nbc6 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. a4 a6 18. Qb4 Ng6 19. Rab1 Rb8 20. a5 h5 21. Qa4 h4 22. h3 Re8 23. Rb2 Re4 24. c4 dxc4 25. Rc1 Qf5 26. Qc2 Nf4 27. Nc3 Nd3 28. Nxe4 Nxc1 29. Qxc4 Qxe4 30. Qxc1 Rd8 31. Rb4 Rd6 32. Qe3 Qd5 33. Qf4 Re6 34. Kh2 Rg6 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Qxb7 Rxg2+ 37. Kh1 Qxb7 38. Rxb7 Rxf2 39. Ra7 Rf6 40. Kg2 Kg6 41. Rb7 Rf4 42. d5 Rf5 43. Rb6+ f6 44. Rd6 Kh6 45. Rd8 Kh7 46. Rd7
Rg5+ 47. Kf2 Rg3 48. Rd6 Rd3 49. Ke2 Rxh3 50. Rxa6 Rg3 51. Rb6 h3 52. Kf2 h2 53. Rb1 Ra3 54. Rd1 Rxa5 55. Kg2 Ra2+ 56. Kh1 Kg6 57. d6 Ra8 58. Kxh2 Rd8 59. Kg3 Kf5 60. Kf3 Rd7 61. Rg1 Ke6 62. Ke4 g5 0-1

Finally Moiseenko Co-Joint

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 d4 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. e3 e5 11. Be2 Bxc5 12. O-O Be6 13. a3 a5 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. exd4 exd4 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. Qf4 Rad8 19. Bd3 Ne7 20. Qg3+ Kh8 21. Rfe1 f5 22. Nc7 Kh7 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Bxb4 26. Rb1 Rf6 27. Re5 Qd6 28. Rb5 Rg6 29. Qxd6 Bxd6 30. c5 Bf4 31. Rxb7 Rg7 32. g3 Rd5 33. Re1 Rxc5 34. Nxd4 Re5 35. Rxe5 Bxe5 36. Nxe6 Rf7 37. Nd8 Rg7 38. Ne6 Rf7 39. Bxf5+ Rxf5 40. Rxe7+ Kg8 41. Rd7 Bf6 42. Kg2 Ra5 43. h4 Rb5 44. Nc7 Ra5 45. Nd5 Bb2 46. Kh3 Kf8 47. Nf4 Kg8 48. Kg4 1-0

 

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Ba2 b6 9. Qe2 a6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. h3 Rb8 12. d5 c5 13. Bc4 Ra8 14. Be3 g6 15. Ne1 Nh5 16. Nd3 Qd8 17. g4 Ng7 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 f6 20. Rf1 Ne5 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. d6+ Be6 24. dxe7 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Qxe7 26. Nd5 Qh4 27. Nxb6 Rd8
28. Qf2 Qxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Bxc4 30. Nxc4 Rd4 31. Nxe5 Rxa4 32. Nd7 Ne6 33. Rf6 Ng5 34. Nxc5 Rc4 35. Ne6 Nxe6 36. Rxe6 Rxc2 37. Rb6 Re2 38. Rxa6 Rxb2 39. Ra8+ Kf7 40. Ra7+ Kf6 41. h4 Re2 42. g5+ Ke6 43. Rxh7 Rxe4 44. Kf2 Ra4 45. h5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

A quick draw!

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2009"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Re1 a5 10. a3 Nbd7 11. e4 Bh7 12. Qe2 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. f4 O-O 9. Bd3 Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. O-O e6 12. Rf3 Ne4 13. Rh3 f6 14. Nd3 Rf7 15. Qh5 Bf8 16. a4 Raa7 17. Nb4 a5 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. axb5 Nb4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Rg3+ Rg7 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qe2 Nd3 24. Bd2 Nxc5 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. Bc3 Qd3 27. Kf2 a4 28. Rd1 Qxe2+ 29. Kxe2 a3 30. bxa3 Rxa3 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Rb3 33. Rd7+ Kg6 34. Rb7 Rb2+ 35. Kf1 Rb1+ 36. Kf2 Rb2+ 37. Kf1 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

Who will win Aeroflot Open 2009?

Here we have the 1st board clash between current leader GM Arman Pashikian who yesterday beat GM Igor Kurnosov will face his stiff challenge from GM Etienne Bacrot. We will see two Asian representative GM Zhou Weiqi against GM Alexander Moiseenko and GM Jianchoa Zhou against GM Gabriel Sargissian. GM Igor Kurnosov who suffered his first lost hope to regain back his momentum will face GM Borki Predojevic and GM Sergei Zhihalko playing against Russian GM Vladimit Potkin.

Table	White	Score	Fed.	Rating	Black	Score	Fed.	Rating
1	GM Pashikian, Arman	6	ARM	2621	GM Bacrot, Etienne	5.5	FRA	2722
2	GM Moiseenko, Alexander	5.5	UKR	2676	GM Zhou, Weiqi	5.5	CHN	2542
3	GM Kurnosov, Igor	5.5	RUS	2602	GM Predojevic, Borki	5.5	BIH	2650
4	GM Zhigalko, Sergei	5.5	BLR	2587	GM Potkin, Vladimir	5.5	RUS	2613
5	GM Sargissian, Gabriel	5	ARM	2677	GM Zhou, Jianchao	5.5	CHN	2612

Neo Manhattan Chess Center!

First of all I would like to say big thank you to Hairul for inviting me to NM Kamal Abdullah "Chess in the eye" although i paid it in the end. It was fantastic & I learnt new ways for me to upgrade myself in preparing competitions especially.

 

Here Hairul challenged me to blitz game. I seldom played blitz & more towards classical game. I lost the 1st game by time but in the 2nd game i won. (I guessed after NM Kamal lecture I won Hairulov) hehe...

Firstly Shamsol Baharin (NMCC owner) started off with the welcoming speech to the participant. NM Kamal Abdullah mentioned about his past & why he suddenly likes to play chess when he was young. He mentioned about something that he able to see other things which can be related to chess but when come to chess game he saw nothing. He also mentioned that the late GM Eduard Gufeld who used to come to Malaysia gave him some advice in chess. I still remembered when I first started chess was I attended a course by the late GM Eduard Gufeld at the Pusat Kecermelangan Sukan Westland organised by PCA or MSSPP in 1990's. He was my first inspiration to become active in chess. 

Here NM Kamal Abdullah aka ESB giving the talk on Paul Morphy incredible play of Evans Gambit. After the talk we were divided into 3 groups to give ideas on white & black play.

[Event "New"]
[Site "New"]
[Date "1857.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Napoleon Marache"]
[Black "Paul Morphy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Bd3 Bf5 12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13. Ba3 Qg6 14. Bxf8 Qxg5 15. Ba3 dxc3 16. Bc1 Qg6 17. Bf4 Rd8 18. Qc2 Ncd4 19. Qe4 Here Paul Morphy played brilliant move Ng3 which threaten mate & attack the queen. 20. Qxg6 Nde2# 0-1

Catur itu Bulat aka Mohd Saprin(in blue) also came to visit NMCC.

Two future WGM learning from the great Petak64 aka Mohd Fairin Zakaria & Mohd Rizal.

They organised a mini blitz tournament which 8 players took part.

For more info and result, please visit Hairulov

Aeroflot Round 8 Result

Table	White	Score	Black	Score	Result
1	GM Pashikian, Arman	5	GM Kurnosov, Igor	5.5	1-0
2	GM Predojevic, Borki	5	GM Moiseenko, Alexander	5	½-½
3	GM Zhou, Jianchao	5	GM Zhigalko, Sergei	5	½-½
4	GM Bacrot, Etienne	4.5	GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny	5	1-0
5	GM Khairullin, Ildar	4.5	GM Sargissian, Gabriel	4.5	½-½
6	GM Zhou, Weiqi	4.5	GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim	4.5	1-0
7	IM Kosintseva, Tatiana	4.5	GM Riazantsev, Alexander	4.5	½-½
8	GM Potkin, Vladimir	4.5	GM Ehlvest, Jaan	4.5	1-0
9	GM Amonatov, Farrukh	4	GM Dyachkov, Sergej	4	½-½
10	GM Smirin, Ilia	4	GM Zhigalko, Andrey	4	½-½
11	GM Safarli, Eltaj	4	GM Bareev, Evgeny	4	½-½
12	GM Minasian, Artashes	4	GM Aleksandrov, Aleksej	4	0-1
13	GM Grigoriants, Sergey	4	GM Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	4	½-½
14	GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian	4	IM Yudin, Sergei	4	0-1
15	GM Ajrapetjan, Yuriy	4	GM So, Wesley	4	½-½
16	GM Filippov, Anton	4	GM Landa, Konstantin	4	½-½
17	GM Dreev, Alexey	3.5	GM Romanov, Evgeny	3.5	1-0
18	GM Smirnov, Pavel	3.5	GM Vitiugov, Nikita	3.5	0-1
19	GM Sjugirov, Sanan	3.5	GM Grachev, Boris	3.5	½-½
20	GM Mamedov, Rauf	3.5	IM Ponkratov, Pavel	3.5	½-½
21	GM Andriasian, Zaven	3.5	GM Li, Chao b	3.5	1-0
22	GM Kotsur, Pavel	3.5	GM Petrosian, Tigran L.	3.5	1-0
23	GM Huzman, Alexander	3.5	IM Robson, Ray	3.5	1-0
24	GM Milov, Vadim	3	GM Wen, Yang	3.5	0-1
25	GM Li, Shilong	3	GM Naiditsch, Arkadij	3	0-1
26	GM Onischuk, Alexander	3	GM Vaganian, Rafael A	3	1-0
27	GM Akobian, Varuzhan	3	GM Rodshtein, Maxim	3	1-0
28	WGM Shen, Yang	3	GM Van Wely, Loek	3	0-1
29	GM Maslak, Konstantin	3	GM Lysyj, Igor	3	½-½
30	GM Bocharov, Dmitry	2.5	GM Melkumyan, Hrant	3	½-½
31	GM Volkov, Sergey	2.5	GM Vazquez Igarza, Renier	2.5	0-1
32	GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	2.5	IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda	2.5	½-½
33	GM Bartel, Mateusz	2.5	GM Shomoev, Anton	2.5	0-1
34	IM Ipatov, Alexander	2.5	GM Maze, Sebastien	2.5	0-1
35	IM Chadaev, Nikolai	2.5	GM Dziuba, Marcin	2.5	1-0
36	GM Gajewski, Grzegorz	2	GM Grigoryan, Avetik	2	1-0
37	GM Ragger, Markus	2	GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav	2	1-0

Pashikian take the lead by beating the leader, Kurnosov in Aeroflot 2009 Round 8

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2009"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. Qa4 Bg4 9. Be3 Nfd7 10. Qb3 b5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Rd1 Nb6 13. e5 Nc4 14. O-O N6a5 15. Qb4 Rc8 16. Bg5 f6 17. b3 fxg5 18. bxc4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nxc4 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Qxc4 c5 23. dxc5 Qc7 24. Ne4 Qxe5 25. Rd5 Qf4 26. g3 Qg4 27. Rxg5 Qf3 28. Rd5 Rc6 29. Re1 h6 30. Re3 Qf7 31. Kg2 g5 32. h3 Re6 33. Rd2 Qg6 34. Rd5 Qf7 35. Rd7 Qf5 36. Rd2 Qg6 37. a3 Re5 38. c6 Qe6 39. Rc2 Rc8 40. c7 Qxc4 41. Rxc4 Kg8 42. Rd3 Rf5 43. Rd7 Rf7 44. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2009"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nd7 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Qc2Qe7 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. e3 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Ba6 16. Nf3 Bb7 17. Qb1 Nf6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2009"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O d4 13. e4 Bg4 14. h3 Qf6 15. Bg3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Na5 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Rfd1 Nb3 20. Rc4 Na5 21. Rb4 Rc5 22. Rxb6 axb6 23. b4 Rc3 24. bxa5 Rxa3 25. axb6 Ra1 26. Rf1 R8a3
27. Bc4 Ra4 28. Bd5 d3 29. Be5 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rb4 31. Ke1 Rxb6 32. h4 h5 33. Kd2 g5 34. hxg5 h4 35. f4 h3 36. f5 Kf8 37. Kxd3 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2009"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Li, Shilong"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 8. f3 Nd5 9. Qd3 cxb5 10. Nh3 Nc6 11. e4 Nde7 12. Be3 d5 13. e5 Nf5 14. Bf2 Bd7 15. Rd1 b4 16. Be2 bxa3 17. bxa3 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 Rab8 19. g4 Nfe7 20. Ng5 g6 21. Nh3 Kg7 22. Qe3 Rb2 23. Bh4 Ng8 24. Nf4 Rfb8 25. Rg1 Kf8 26. Rd3 Bc8 27. Rc3
Qb6 28. Bf2 Ba6 29. Bxa6 Qxa6+ 30. Kg2 Na5 31. Rc7 Nc4 32. Qc1 Qb6 33. Rc5 Qb3 34. Rc7 Qb6 35. Rc5 Ne7 36. Kg3 Nc6 37. Rd1 Rxf2 38. Kxf2 Nxd4 39. Nd3 Nb3 40. Qh6+ Kg8 41. Rb1 Nxa3 42. Rb2 Nc4 43. Rb1 Nxe5 44. Nxe5 Qxc5+ 45. Kg3 Qc7 46. Qf4 a5 47. Rb2 Rb4 48. Qf6 Nd4 49. Rxb4 axb4 50. Kh4 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2009"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ajrapetjan, Yuriy"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nc6 10. Ne3 Bxc5 11. Nxc4 Ke7 12. O-O Rd8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6+ gxf6 15. Nfd2 Bd7 16. e3 Be8 17. Nb3 Bb4 18. Nb6 Rab8 19. Rac1 Rd3 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Rb3 22. Nc4 b6 23. Rh5 Ne5 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. Rxh6 Bxa4 26. Ra1 b5 27.
Rc1 Rd8 28. Rc7+ Rd7 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. h4 Rxb2 31. h5 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Rb2 33. Kg1 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Rb2 35. Kg1 1/2-1/2

Selected games Round 7 Aeroflot

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2009"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. Nc3 Qd6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. a3 O-O 11. O-O Nd5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Qd2 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bd7 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Bg4 18. Qe4 f5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bc4+ Kh7 21. Qxe7 Nxe7

 

22. Rxd8 Rxd8  23. Ne5 Bh5 24. Bd3 g5 25. Re1 Kg7 26. Bc4 Kf6 27. h3 Nd5 28. g3 Nb6 29. Be2 Bxe2 30. Rxe2 Rd5 31. Nf3 Rd3 32. Ne5 Rb3 33. Kg2 a5 34. Nf3 Nc4 35. Nd4 Rxb2 36. Re6+ Kf7 37. Rxh6 Nxa3 38. Nxf5 Nc4 39. h4 gxh4 40. Rxh4 b5 41. Rf4 Ke6 42. Nd4+ Kd5 43. g4 Ne5 44. Nf3 Rb4 45. Rxb4 axb4 46. Nd2 Kd4 47. g5 Kd3 48. Nb1 Kc2 49. f4 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2009"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Be2 O-O 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. a5 c5 15. Qb3 Nb8 16. Bf3 Nc6 17. a6 bxa6 18. Rxa6 Nb8 19. Ra4 a5 20. Na2 Rfd8 21. Nxb4 axb4 22. Bd2 Nd5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. e4 Nb6 25. Be3 Qc4 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxb4 Qxb3 28. Rxb3 Nc4 29. Bc1 Nc6 30. Rc3 N4e5 31. Be2 Nd4 32. Bf1 Ra8 33. f3 Ra1 34. Kf2 Nec6 35. Ke3 e5 36. Bc4 Nb4 37. f4 Ndc6 38. g3 exf4+ 39. gxf4 g5 40. fxg5 Ne5 41. Bb3 Kh7 42. Kd4 f6 43. gxf6 gxf6 44. Bf4 Nbc6+ 45. Kc5 Rb1 46. Bd5
1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2009"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 e5 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Bg5 c5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. d5 c4 15. Bc2 f5 16. exf5 Nf6 17. Nc3 a6 18. Re1 Re8 19. Qd2 Kh8 20. Qh6 Rg8 21. Ng5 Rg7 22. Nce4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Bf8 24. Qh3 f6 25. Rad1 Qb6 26. b3 Rd8 27. bxc4 bxc4 28. Rb1 Qa5 29. Nxf6 Qd2 30. Be4 Bc5 31. Qf3 Rf8 32. Nh5 Rgf7 33. Re2 Qg5 34. Ng3 Bd4 35. Rc2 c3 36. Qd3 Qh4 37. Kh1 Bc8 38. Rxc3 Bxc3 39. Qxc3 Qe7 40. h3 h5 41. Rb6 Rf6 42. Rxf6 Qxf6 43. Nxh5 Qd6 44. f6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2009"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Shen, Yang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Nc3 O-O-O 12. Bf4 c4 13. Na5 Bc5+ 14. Kf1 b5 15. Nd5 c6 16. Bc7 cxd5 17. Bxd8 d4 18. b3 Ba7 19. bxc4 Kxd8 20. cxb5 Kc7 21. a4 axb5 22. Rdb1 Ne7 23. axb5 Rb8 24. Nc4 Nc8 25. Ra5 Bc5 26. b6+ Bxb6 27.
Nxb6 Nxb6 28. Ra7+ Rb7 29. Rxb7+ Kxb7 30. Rb4 Ba4 31. Rxd4 Bxc2 32. Rd8 Kc7 33. Rh8 Kd6 34. h4 Ke7 35. Rxh7 Kf7 36. Rh5 Nd7 37. Ra5 Kg6 38. Kf2 Ne5 39. Ra3 f5 40. Ra6+ Kf7 41. exf5 Bxf5 42. Ke3 Be6 43. h5 Nd7 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. g4 Kf7 46. Ra7 Kf6 47. Ra5 Kf7 48. Kg5 Nf6 49. Ra7+ Kf8 50. h6 Bf7 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open 2009"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Filippov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bg5 e5 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 Qe7+ 11. Be2 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 O-O 13. O-O-O Qe4 14. Bxf6 Qf4+ 15. Qd2 Qxf6 16. f3 b5 17. cxb5 a6 18. b6 Bf5 19. bxc7 Rfc8 20. Kb2 Rxc7 21. Ka1 Rb8 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qg5 24. Rd2 Rcb7 25. Re1 Qa5 26. Rde2
Kf8 27. Rc1 Qa3 28. Qc2 Rc7 29. h4 g6 30. g4 Rb3 31. Re3 Rcb7 32. Re2 Rc7 33. Re3 Rcb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nc8 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 Ncb6 9. c3 Be7 10. Ne1 O-O 11. f4 Bg6 12. Nd3 Qc7 13. g4 f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. b3 c5 16. Nf3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Ba3 18. Qd2 a5 19. Rad1 Rff8 20. Ng5 Qd6 21. Ne5 Bb4 22. Qb2 Ba3 23. Qd2 Bb4 24. Qb2 Ba3 25. Qa1 Be4 26. Nc4 dxc4 27. Nxe4 Qc6
28. Bf3 Nd5 29. Nc3 N7b6 30. Bd2 Bb4 31. Rc1 Qd7 32. Bg2 Nf6 33. g5 Qxd4+ 34. Kh1 Ng4 35. Be1 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 Qxf4 37. Bg3 Qd4 38. Ne4 Qxa1 39. Rxa1 Ne3 40. Bf2 Nbd5 41. Bh3 Re8 42. bxc4 Nxc4 43. Rc1 b5 44. a4 Ba3 45. Rc2 Nb4 46. Re2 Nd3 47. Rc2 Nxf2+ 48. Nxf2 Nd6 49. axb5 Nxb5 50. Nd3 Nd4 51. Rc4 Nf3 52. g6 hxg6 53. Ra4 Bb4 54. Nxb4 axb4 55. Rxb4 Ng5 56. Bg2 Nh7 57. Be4 Kf7 58. Rb1 Rd8 59. Rg1 Nf8 60. Rf1+ Ke7 61. Kg2 g5 62. Kf3 Nd7 63. Rg1 Kf6 64. Rf1 Ke7 65. Rg1 Ne5+ 66. Ke3 Nc4+ 67. Kf2 Rd2+ 68. Kf3 Rxh2 69. Bb7 Nd6 70. Bc6 Kf6 71. Bd7 Rh3+ 72. Kf2 Rd3 73. Ke2 Rd4 74. Bc6 Nf5 75. Bf3 Ra4 76. Bg4 Nh6 77. Bh5 g6 78. Bf3 g4 79. Bc6 Ra2+ 80. Kd3 g3 81. Bd7 Nf5 82. Re1 e5 83. Ke4 Rf2 84. Bc6 g2 85. Rg1 Nh4 86. Bb5 g5 87. Ke3 Rf3+ 88. Ke2 g4 89. Bc6 Ra3 90. Kf2 g3+ 91. Ke2 Ng6 92. Kd2 Nf4 93. Be4 Kg5 0-1

Jianchao Zhou slowdown Kurnosov; Kurnosov lead by 1/2 point after Round 7Aeroflot

Table	White	Score	Black	Score	Result
1	GM Kurnosov, Igor	5	GM Zhou, Jianchao	4.5	½-½
2	GM Moiseenko, Alexander	4.5	GM Pashikian, Arman	4.5	½-½
3	GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim	4	GM Bacrot, Etienne	4	½-½
4	GM Sargissian, Gabriel	4	GM Potkin, Vladimir	4	½-½
5	GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny	4	GM Grigoriants, Sergey	4	1-0
6	GM Zhigalko, Andrey	4	GM Predojevic, Borki	4	0-1
7	GM Vitiugov, Nikita	3.5	GM Zhigalko, Sergei	4	0-1
8	GM Minasian, Artashes	3.5	GM Amonatov, Farrukh	3.5	½-½
9	GM Dyachkov, Sergej	3.5	GM Smirin, Ilia	3.5	½-½
10	GM Aleksandrov, Aleksej	3.5	GM Safarli, Eltaj	3.5	½-½
11	GM Riazantsev, Alexander	3.5	GM Kotsur, Pavel	3.5	1-0
12	GM Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	3.5	GM Filippov, Anton	3.5	½-½
13	GM Landa, Konstantin	3.5	GM Ajrapetjan, Yuriy	3.5	½-½
14	GM Petrosian, Tigran L.	3.5	GM Zhou, Weiqi	3.5	0-1
15	GM Wen, Yang	3.5	GM Ehlvest, Jaan	3.5	0-1
16	GM Romanov, Evgeny	3.5	IM Kosintseva, Tatiana	3.5	0-1
17	IM Robson, Ray	3.5	GM Khairullin, Ildar	3.5	0-1
18	IM Yudin, Sergei	3	GM Onischuk, Alexander	3	1-0
19	GM Grachev, Boris	3	GM Andriasian, Zaven	3	½-½
20	GM Bareev, Evgeny	3	GM Maslak, Konstantin	3	1-0
21	GM Melkumyan, Hrant	3	GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian	3	0-1
22	GM So, Wesley	3	WGM Shen, Yang	3	1-0
23	IM Ponkratov, Pavel	3	GM Huzman, Alexander	3	½-½
24	GM Smirnov, Pavel	3	GM Sjugirov, Sanan	3	½-½
25	GM Naiditsch, Arkadij	2.5	GM Akobian, Varuzhan	2.5	½-½
26	GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	2.5	GM Dreev, Alexey	2.5	0-1
27	GM Vaganian, Rafael A	2.5	GM Milov, Vadim	2.5	½-½
28	GM Dziuba, Marcin	2.5	GM Mamedov, Rauf	2.5	0-1
29	GM Li, Chao b	2.5	IM Chadaev, Nikolai	2.5	1-0
30	GM Lysyj, Igor	2.5	GM Li, Shilong	2.5	½-½
31	GM Rodshtein, Maxim	2	GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav	2	1-0
32	GM Maze, Sebastien	2	GM Bocharov, Dmitry	2	½-½
33	GM Shomoev, Anton	2	GM Volkov, Sergey	2	½-½
34	GM Van Wely, Loek	2	GM Ragger, Markus	2	1-0
35	IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda	2	GM Bartel, Mateusz	2	½-½
36	GM Vazquez Igarza, Renier	1.5	GM Grigoryan, Avetik	2	1-0
37	IM Salem, A.R. Saleh	1	IM Ipatov, Alexander	1.5	0-1