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