Kamsky-Topalov 2009 Candidate's Match Final

Well, after the long wait for this match, it is over. GM Veselin Topalov will get the right to challenge GM Viswanathan Anand for the World Chess Championship later this year. There will probably be squabbling about where/when the match will take place as well as the format, ie how many games..etc. Gata missed several winning moves in time trouble, which Topalov would not let go unpunished. It was a good match and if not for the time trouble mistakes, we would be going into game 8 tied. I doubt they will play game 8, but if they do, it will probably be a short draw.

Here is the game:

GM Veselin Topalov vs GM Gata Kamsky



GM Topalov: 4.5
GM Kamsky: 2.5

NOTE: These games and the games from Aeroflot 2009 will be uploaded for download in pgn format on the official www.transwarpchess.com website in the games page, hopefully today.

Aeroflot 2009 Final Round Results & Final Standings

Finally posting round 9 pairings, will post results as they come in, I imagine there are already some games done. Just a bad couple of days, will post the round 6 Kamsky-Topalov draw, rest day today, Kamsky needs a win and a draw to keep in it...2 straight wins would give him the chance to face GM Anand for the World Title, I can't imagine the pressure on these guys. Some interesting results.. With GM Eltaj Safarli losing his last round game vs GM Vsdim Zvjaginsev, GM Wesley So will take the Junior prize. Also, IM Tatiana Kosintseva assured of a GM norm after Round 8, took a draw vs GM Alexej Tomashevsky, overall, as I stated in a previous post, I was impressed with her play, she kept on rolling to a fine tournament, finishing with 5.5/9.0 (+1.0) in a great field of players! In Group A2, The US was represented will with GM Melikset Khachiyan tying for first with IM Alexandre Danin of Russia, although it appears IM Danin will take it on tiebreaks, but with both finishing 7.0/9.0 (+2.5) both had a great tournament.


Aeroflot Round 9 (final round)

1 GM Pashikian, Arman 6.0 ARM 2621 0-1 GM Bacrot, Etienne 5.5 FRA 2722
2 GM Moiseenko, Alexander 5.5 UKR 2676 1-0 GM Zhou, Weiqi 5.5 CHN 2542
3 GM Kurnosov, Igor 5.5 RUS 2602 ½-½ GM Predojevic, Borki 5.5 BIH 2650
4 GM Zhigalko, Sergei 5.5 BLR 2587 ½-½ GM Potkin, Vladimir 5.5 RUS 2613
5 GM Sargissian, Gabriel 5.0 ARM 2677 ½-½ GM Zhou, Jianchao 5.5 CHN 2612
6 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 5.0 RUS 2664 1-0 GM Khairullin, Ildar 5.0 RUS 2574
7 GM Aleksandrov, Aleksej 5.0 BLR 2636 ½-½ IM Kosintseva, Tatiana 5.0 RUS 2497
8 GM Riazantsev, Alexander 5.0 RUS 2634 ½-½ IM Yudin, Sergei 5.0 RUS 2562
9 GM Dyachkov, Sergej 4.5 RUS 2553 ½-½ GM Dreev, Alexey 4.5 RUS 2688
10 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 4.5 RUS 2687 1-0 GM Grigoriants, Sergey 4.5 RUS 2565
11 GM Ehlvest, Jaan 4.5 USA 2595 ½-½ GM Amonatov, Farrukh 4.5 TJK 2647
12 GM Wen, Yang 4.5 CHN 2504 ½-½ GM Smirin, Ilia 4.5 ISR 2647
13 GM Bareev, Evgeny 4.5 RUS 2645 0-1 GM Filippov, Anton 4.5 UZB 2556
14 GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim 4.5 RUS 2636 1-0 GM Safarli, Eltaj j 4.5 AZE 2564
15 GM Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 4.5 KAZ 2630 ½-½ GM Ajrapetjan, Yuriy 4.5 UKR 2490
16 GM So, Wesley j 4.5 PHI 2627 ½-½ GM Andriasian, Zaven 4.5 ARM 2564
17 GM Landa, Konstantin 4.5 RUS 2626 ½-½ GM Kotsur, Pavel 4.5 KAZ 2563
18 GM Zhigalko, Andrey 4.5 BLR 2572 ½-½ GM Huzman, Alexander 4.5 ISR 2602
19 GM Naiditsch, Arkadij 4.0 GER 2693 1-0 GM Sjugirov, Sanan j 4.0 RUS 2562
20 GM Van Wely, Loek 4.0 NED 2625 ½-½ GM Onischuk, Alexander 4.0 USA 2659
21 GM Grachev, Boris 4.0 RUS 2655 1-0 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 4.0 USA 2619
22 GM Mamedov, Rauf 4.0 AZE 2638 1-0 GM Minasian, Artashes 4.0 ARM 2557
23 IM Ponkratov, Pavel 4.0 RUS 2557 0-1 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 4.0 RUS 2628
24 GM Li, Chao b 3.5 CHN 2628 ½-½ GM Shomoev, Anton 3.5 RUS 2567
25 GM Petrosian, Tigran L. 3.5 ARM 2623 ½-½ IM Chadaev, Nikolai 3.5 RUS 2568
26 GM Lysyj, Igor 3.5 RUS 2620 ½-½ GM Vazquez Igarza, Renier 3.5 ESP 2558
27 GM Melkumyan, Hrant 3.5 ARM 2519 1-0 GM Smirnov, Pavel 3.5 RUS 2579
28 GM Maze, Sebastien 3.5 FRA 2578 ½-½ GM Maslak, Konstantin 3.5 RUS 2541
29 GM Romanov, Evgeny 3.5 RUS 2576 1-0 IM Robson, Ray j 3.5 USA 2455
30 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 3.0 ISR 2650 1-0 GM Ragger, Markus 3.0 AUT 2540
31 IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda w 3.0 RUS 2486 0-1 GM Bocharov, Dmitry 3.0 RUS 2647
32 GM Gajewski, Grzegorz 3.0 POL 2581 ½-½ GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan 3.0 IRI 2604
33 GM Vaganian, Rafael A 3.0 ARM 2596 ½-½ GM Li, Shilong 3.0 CHN 2559
34 GM Bartel, Mateusz 2.5 POL 2594 1-0 WGM Shen, Yang w 3.0 CHN 2448
35 GM Dziuba, Marcin 2.5 POL 2556 1-0 IM Ipatov, Alexander j 2.5 ESP 2493
36 GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav j 2.0 UKR 2558 1-0 IM Salem, A.R. Saleh j 2.0 UAE 2473

Bye Grigoryan, Avetik
Absent Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar; Milov, Vadim; Volkov, Sergey; Chuprov, Dmitry; Kotanjian, Tigran



Final Standings Group A1: Looks like GM Etienne Bacrot will take the tiebreaker over GM Alexander Moiseenko with both tied at 6.5/9.0 (+2.0) (4.5 being +0, 1/2 of 9)


Rank/ Name/ Flags/ Score/ Fed./ M/F/ Rating/ TPR/ W-We/ Col.Bal./ Rat-HiLo/

1 GM Bacrot, Etienne 6.5 FRA M 2722 2775 +0.62 -1 2607.3
2 GM Moiseenko, Alexander 6.5 UKR M 2676 2770 +1.11 1 2602.9
3 GM Zhou, Jianchao 6.0 CHN M 2612 2753 +1.71 -1 2638.9
4 GM Predojevic, Borki 6.0 BIH M 2650 2706 +0.64 -1 2571.1
5 GM Zhigalko, Sergei 6.0 BLR M 2587 2765 +2.15 1 2655.4
6 GM Kurnosov, Igor 6.0 RUS M 2602 2758 +1.89 1 2642.4
7 GM Potkin, Vladimir 6.0 RUS M 2613 2748 +1.61 1 2626.6
8 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 6.0 RUS M 2664 2743 +0.92 1 2610.3
9 GM Pashikian, Arman 6.0 ARM M 2621 2729 +1.29 1 2598.9
10 IM Yudin, Sergei 5.5 RUS M 2562 2706 +1.78 -1 2636.9
11 GM Zhou, Weiqi 5.5 CHN M 2542 2714 +2.15 -1 2632.9
12 GM Filippov, Anton 5.5 UZB M 2556 2711 +1.94 -1 2631.9
13 IM Kosintseva, Tatiana w 5.5 RUS F 2497 2702 +2.52 -1 2621.9
14 GM Sargissian, Gabriel 5.5 ARM M 2677 2685 +0.10 1 2598.7
15 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 5.5 RUS M 2687 2672 -0.18 1 2591.4
16 GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim 5.5 RUS M 2636 2665 +0.36 1 2571.6
17 GM Aleksandrov, Aleksej 5.5 BLR M 2636 2644 +0.10 1 2566.4
18 GM Riazantsev, Alexander 5.5 RUS M 2634 2636 +0.03 1 2561.4
19 GM Khairullin, Ildar 5.0 RUS M 2574 2671 +1.17 -1 2643.1
20 GM Andriasian, Zaven 5.0 ARM M 2564 2689 +1.51 -1 2643.1
21 GM Kotsur, Pavel 5.0 KAZ M 2563 2676 +1.37 -1 2632.0
22 GM Ajrapetjan, Yuriy 5.0 UKR M 2490 2642 +1.84 -1 2599.1
23 GM Dreev, Alexey 5.0 RUS M 2688 2607 -1.01 -1 2570.0
24 GM Amonatov, Farrukh 5.0 TJK M 2647 2613 -0.44 -1 2569.1
25 GM Smirin, Ilia 5.0 ISR M 2647 2602 -0.56 -1 2563.4
26 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 5.0 RUS M 2628 2595 -0.44 -1 2555.6
27 GM Huzman, Alexander 5.0 ISR M 2602 2582 -0.26 -1 2533.1
28 GM Zhigalko, Andrey 5.0 BLR M 2572 2695 +1.48 1 2649.4
29 GM Dyachkov, Sergej 5.0 RUS M 2553 2674 +1.46 1 2630.0
30 GM Wen, Yang 5.0 CHN M 2504 2656 +1.83 1 2611.4
31 GM Grachev, Boris 5.0 RUS M 2655 2658 +0.01 1 2606.7
32 GM Ehlvest, Jaan 5.0 USA M 2595 2637 +0.51 1 2601.9
33 GM Naiditsch, Arkadij 5.0 GER M 2693 2645 -0.61 1 2600.4
34 GM Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 5.0 KAZ M 2630 2617 -0.18 1 2571.9
35 GM Mamedov, Rauf 5.0 AZE M 2638 2604 -0.44 1 2560.9
36 GM Landa, Konstantin 5.0 RUS M 2626 2611 -0.23 1 2560.7
37 GM So, Wesley j 5.0 PHI M 2627 2577 -0.65 1 2541.4 1
38 GM Grigoriants, Sergey 4.5 RUS M 2565 2647 +1.03 -1 2643.7
39 GM Safarli, Eltaj j 4.5 AZE M 2564 2636 +0.90 -1 2635.9
40 GM Onischuk, Alexander 4.5 USA M 2659 2580 -0.98 -1 2576.9
41 GM Romanov, Evgeny 4.5 RUS M 2576 2621 +0.56 1 2635.3
42 GM Melkumyan, Hrant 4.5 ARM M 2519 2618 +1.22 1 2620.0
43 GM Bareev, Evgeny 4.5 RUS M 2645 2567 -0.95 1 2564.3
44 GM Van Wely, Loek 4.5 NED M 2625 2496 -1.43 1 2522.0
45 GM Sjugirov, Sanan j 4.0 RUS M 2562 2572 +0.15 -1 2627.3
46 GM Maslak, Konstantin 4.0 RUS M 2541 2572 +0.42 -1 2615.9
47 GM Shomoev, Anton 4.0 RUS M 2567 2562 -0.04 -1 2610.6
48 GM Vazquez Igarza, Renier 4.0 ESP M 2558 2547 -0.09 -1 2598.7
49 IM Chadaev, Nikolai 4.0 RUS M 2568 2546 -0.25 -1 2584.6
50 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 4.0 USA M 2619 2528 -1.11 -1 2569.6
51 GM Bocharov, Dmitry 4.0 RUS M 2647 2490 -1.87 -1 2537.1
52 GM Minasian, Artashes 4.0 ARM M 2557 2592 +0.46 1 2636.1
53 IM Ponkratov, Pavel 4.0 RUS M 2557 2586 +0.39 1 2626.0
54 GM Lysyj, Igor 4.0 RUS M 2620 2546 -0.90 1 2583.7
55 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 4.0 ISR M 2650 2524 -1.53 1 2563.6
56 GM Li, Chao b 4.0 CHN M 2628 2515 -1.37 1 2559.1
57 GM Maze, Sebastien 4.0 FRA M 2578 2516 -0.73 1 2556.3
58 GM Petrosian, Tigran L. 4.0 ARM M 2623 2507 -1.40 1 2554.4
59 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 4.0 AZE M 2724 2735 +0.07 3 2599.6
60 GM Li, Shilong 3.5 CHN M 2559 2519 -0.50 -1 2606.6
61 IM Robson, Ray j 3.5 USA M 2455 2516 +0.69 -1 2593.4
62 GM Smirnov, Pavel 3.5 RUS M 2579 2558 -0.27 1 2642.4
63 GM Dziuba, Marcin 3.5 POL M 2556 2528 -0.35 1 2619.1
64 GM Vaganian, Rafael A 3.5 ARM M 2596 2497 -1.23 1 2581.9
65 GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan 3.5 IRI M 2604 2495 -1.36 1 2571.7
66 GM Bartel, Mateusz 3.5 POL M 2594 2485 -1.35 1 2559.6
67 GM Gajewski, Grzegorz 3.5 POL M 2581 2423 -1.70 1 2545.1
68 GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav j 3.0 UKR M 2558 2479 -0.94 -1 2615.9
69 GM Ragger, Markus 3.0 AUT M 2540 2467 -0.85 -1 2600.9
70 WGM Shen, Yang w 3.0 CHN F 2448 2464 +0.20 -1 2587.7 0
71 GM Grigoryan, Avetik 3.0 ARM M 2506 2384 -1.23 -1 2566.7
72 IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda w 3.0 RUS F 2486 2472 -0.16 1 2601.9
73 GM Milov, Vadim 3.0 SUI M 2669 2467 -2.25 1 2548.1
74 IM Ipatov, Alexander j 2.5 ESP M 2493 2400 -1.10 -1 2572.9
75 GM Volkov, Sergey 2.5 RUS M 2627 2399 -2.46 1 2534.9
76 IM Salem, A.R. Saleh j 2.0 UAE M 2473 2220 -2.24 -1 2533.
77 GM Chuprov, Dmitry 1.5 RUS M 2571 2419 -1.02 3 2544.5
78 GM Kotanjian, Tigran 0.5 ARM M 2568 2240 -1.53 5 2526.7

Aeroflot 2009 round 7 Group A1 pairings and results

Here are the pairings of Round 7 of the Aeroflot 2009 tournament in Moscow, Russia, minus top seed, GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan. He withdrew from the tournament today (Sunday, Feb 22, 2009) after complaining that his opponent was acting suspicious and possibly cheating. He thought GM Igor Kurnosov might be getting computer assistance as he kept going to the bathroom (yep, bathroom again, now more jokes, just what we need, ) as well as going out and smoking a lot.

I posted his letter to the arbitors and organizers in the previous Aeroflot post. Kamsky-Topalov candidates also resumes tomorrow with round 5 of the 8 round match, which is too short in my opinion. I think it should be at the least 12 games, if not the old 24 games. At least with this amount you can be sure there's a clear winner.

But not going on and on like the Kasparov-Karpov match (I believe the first one...that went into the 40+ games as only wins were counted, draws ignored, if you remember in this match there was controversy as well, as after the long draw-fest, Karpov had a pretty good lead and then Kasparov started chipping away at it..then for some reason (The players were in danger of over exhaustion according to the FIDE president).

The match was stopped, Karpov retained the title, but in the next match where the format was changed, Kasparov became the new World Champion..boy, I hope I have my history lesson right! At least it's what I remember.


1 GM Kurnosov, Igor 5.0 RUS 2602 GM Zhou, Jianchao 4.5 CHN 2612 ½-½
2 GM Moiseenko, Alexander 4.5 UKR 2676 GM Pashikian, Arman 4.5 ARM 2621 ½-½
3 GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim 4.0 RUS 2636 GM Bacrot, Etienne 4.0 FRA 2722 ½-½
4 GM Sargissian, Gabriel 4.0 ARM 2677 GM Potkin, Vladimir 4.0 RUS 2613 ½-½
5 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 4.0 RUS 2664 GM Grigoriants, Sergey 4.0 RUS 2565 1-0
6 GM Zhigalko, Andrey 4.0 BLR 2572 GM Predojevic, Borki 4.0 BIH 2650 0-1
7 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 3.5 RUS 2687 GM Zhigalko, Sergei 4.0 BLR 2587 0-1
8 GM Minasian, Artashes 3.5 ARM 2557 GM Amonatov, Farrukh 3.5 TJK 2647 ½-½
9 GM Dyachkov, Sergej 3.5 RUS 2553 GM Smirin, Ilia 3.5 ISR 2647 ½-½
10 GM Aleksandrov, Aleksej 3.5 BLR 2636 GM Safarli, Eltaj j 3.5 AZE 2564 ½-½
11 GM Riazantsev, Alexander 3.5 RUS 2634 GM Kotsur, Pavel 3.5 KAZ 2563 1-0
12 GM Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 3.5 KAZ 2630 GM Filippov, Anton 3.5 UZB 2556 ½-½
13 GM Landa, Konstantin 3.5 RUS 2626 GM Ajrapetjan, Yuriy 3.5 UKR 2490 ½-½
14 GM Petrosian, Tigran L. 3.5 ARM 2623 GM Zhou, Weiqi 3.5 CHN 2542 0-1
15 GM Wen, Yang 3.5 CHN 2504 GM Ehlvest, Jaan 3.5 USA 2595 0-1
16 GM Romanov, Evgeny 3.5 RUS 2576 IM Kosintseva, Tatiana w 3.5 RUS 2497 0-1
17 IM Robson, Ray j 3.5 USA 2455 GM Khairullin, Ildar 3.5 RUS 2574 0-1
18 IM Yudin, Sergei 3.0 RUS 2562 GM Onischuk, Alexander 3.0 USA 2659 1-0
19 GM Grachev, Boris 3.0 RUS 2655 GM Andriasian, Zaven 3.0 ARM 2564 ½-½
20 GM Bareev, Evgeny 3.0 RUS 2645 GM Maslak, Konstantin 3.0 RUS 2541 1-0
21 GM Melkumyan, Hrant 3.0 ARM 2519 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 3.0 RUS 2628 0-1
22 GM So, Wesley j 3.0 PHI 2627 WGM Shen, Yang w 3.0 CHN 2448 1-0
23 IM Ponkratov, Pavel 3.0 RUS 2557 GM Huzman, Alexander 3.0 ISR 2602 ½-½
24 GM Smirnov, Pavel 3.0 RUS 2579 GM Sjugirov, Sanan j 3.0 RUS 2562 ½-½
25 GM Naiditsch, Arkadij 2.5 GER 2693 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2.5 USA 2619 ½-½
26 GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan 2.5 IRI 2604 GM Dreev, Alexey 2.5 RUS 2688 0-1
27 GM Vaganian, Rafael A 2.5 ARM 2596 GM Milov, Vadim 2.5 SUI 2669 ½-½
28 GM Dziuba, Marcin 2.5 POL 2556 GM Mamedov, Rauf 2.5 AZE 2638 0-1
29 GM Li, Chao b 2.5 CHN 2628 IM Chadaev, Nikolai 2.5 RUS 2568 1-0
30 GM Lysyj, Igor 2.5 RUS 2620 GM Li, Shilong 2.5 CHN 2559 ½-½
31 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 2.0 ISR 2650 GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav j 2.0 UKR 2558 1-0
32 GM Maze, Sebastien 2.0 FRA 2578 GM Bocharov, Dmitry 2.0 RUS 2647 ½-½
33 GM Shomoev, Anton 2.0 RUS 2567 GM Volkov, Sergey 2.0 RUS 2627 ½-½
34 GM Van Wely, Loek 2.0 NED 2625 GM Ragger, Markus 2.0 AUT 2540 1-0
35 IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda w 2.0 RUS 2486 GM Bartel, Mateusz 2.0 POL 2594 ½-½
36 GM Vazquez Igarza, Renier 1.5 ESP 2558 GM Grigoryan, Avetik 2.0 ARM 2506 1-0
37 IM Salem, A.R. Saleh j 1.0 UAE 2473 IM Ipatov, Alexander j 1.5 ESP 2493 0-1

Bye Gajewski, Grzegorz
Absent Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar; Chuprov, Dmitry; Kotanjian, Tigran

Round 6 Pairings and Results- Aeroflot 2009

Aeroflot 2009, starting a bit earlier in the day, has finished round 6, I didn't get a chance to put up the pairings before the round started and results started coming in today, but I will put up tomorrow's round 7 pairings. I also will put up the standings today after Round 6. Recently I learned that GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov accused GM Igor Kurnosov of cheating during their game today. After the arbitors said his accusations had no proof and were basically unfounded, GM Mamedyarov quit the tournament in protest, somewhat unfortunate, was the mention of frequent visits to the toilet...oh dear. I thought we might be over toilet jokes on ICC finally...
Here is the letter to the organizers & arbitors of the tournament (Source: Chessvibes.com)

" To: The organizer of the AEROFLOT-OPEN tournament
Alexander Grigorievich Bakh

From: GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Explanation of my protest

Dear Alexander Grigorievich,

On 22.09.2009 the game between myself and Igor Kurnosov was played.

During the game my opponent went out of the playing hall after each move, took his coat and withdrew himself on the toilet. After suspicion of unfair play on move 14 I offered a draw, he refused. We quickly played 11 moves, on the 12th move I played a move which confused my opponent. The next moves from him were given as first choice by Rybka, which quickly allowed him to win the game.

Due to this series of suspicions, having to do with the unusual behaviour of my opponent, Igor Kurnosov, I hereby lodge a protest and refuse to continue participation in the tournament.

I hope that this kind of situation will not occur in the future.

Sincerely,

GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov "


1 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 4.0 AZE 2724 0-1 GM Kurnosov, Igor 4.0 RUS 2602
2 GM Sargissian, Gabriel 3.5 ARM 2677 ½-½ GM Moiseenko, Alexander 4.0 UKR 2676
3 GM Bacrot, Etienne 3.5 FRA 2722 ½-½ GM Zhigalko, Andrey 3.5 BLR 2572
4 GM Zhigalko, Sergei 3.5 BLR 2587 ½-½ GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 3.5 RUS 2664
5 GM Zhou, Jianchao 3.5 CHN 2612 1-0 GM Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 3.5 KAZ 2630
6 GM Safarli, Eltaj j 3.5 AZE 2564 0-1 GM Pashikian, Arman 3.5 ARM 2621
7 GM Ehlvest, Jaan 3.0 USA 2595 ½-½ GM Vitiugov, Nikita 3.0 RUS 2687
8 GM Potkin, Vladimir 3.0 RUS 2613 1-0 GM Grachev, Boris 3.0 RUS 2655
9 GM Predojevic, Borki 3.0 BIH 2650 1-0 GM Smirnov, Pavel 3.0 RUS 2579
10 GM Amonatov, Farrukh 3.0 TJK 2647 ½-½ GM Romanov, Evgeny 3.0 RUS 2576
11 GM Grigoriants, Sergey 3.0 RUS 2565 1-0 GM Bareev, Evgeny 3.0 RUS 2645
12 GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim 3.0 RUS 2636 1-0 IM Ponkratov, Pavel 3.0 RUS 2557
13 GM Filippov, Anton 3.0 UZB 2556 ½-½ GM Riazantsev, Alexander 3.0 RUS 2634
14 IM Kosintseva, Tatiana w 3.0 RUS 2497 ½-½ GM Landa, Konstantin 3.0 RUS 2626
15 GM Khairullin, Ildar 2.5 RUS 2574 1-0 GM Naiditsch, Arkadij 2.5 GER 2693
16 GM Dreev, Alexey 2.5 RUS 2688 0-1 GM Minasian, Artashes 2.5 ARM 2557
17 GM Onischuk, Alexander 2.5 USA 2659 ½-½ GM Andriasian, Zaven 2.5 ARM 2564
18 GM Smirin, Ilia 2.5 ISR 2647 1-0 GM Dziuba, Marcin 2.5 POL 2556
19 GM Mamedov, Rauf 2.5 AZE 2638 0-1 GM Dyachkov, Sergej 2.5 RUS 2553
20 IM Chadaev, Nikolai 2.5 RUS 2568 0-1 GM Aleksandrov, Aleksej 2.5 BLR 2636
21 GM Kotsur, Pavel 2.5 KAZ 2563 1-0 GM Li, Chao b 2.5 CHN 2628
22 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2.5 RUS 2628 ½-½ GM Maslak, Konstantin 2.5 RUS 2541
23 GM Sjugirov, Sanan j 2.5 RUS 2562 ½-½ GM So, Wesley j 2.5 PHI 2627
24 GM Li, Shilong 2.5 CHN 2559 0-1 GM Petrosian, Tigran L. 2.5 ARM 2623
25 GM Zhou, Weiqi 2.5 CHN 2542 1-0 GM Lysyj, Igor 2.5 RUS 2620
26 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2.5 USA 2619 0-1 IM Robson, Ray j 2.5 USA 2455
27 GM Huzman, Alexander 2.5 ISR 2602 ½-½ GM Melkumyan, Hrant 2.5 ARM 2519
28 GM Vaganian, Rafael A 2.5 ARM 2596 0-1 GM Wen, Yang 2.5 CHN 2504
29 GM Ajrapetjan, Yuriy 2.5 UKR 2490 1-0 GM Shomoev, Anton 2.0 RUS 2567
30 WGM Shen, Yang w 2.0 CHN 2448 1-0 GM Maze, Sebastien 2.0 FRA 2578
31 GM Grigoryan, Avetik 2.0 ARM 2506 0-1 IM Yudin, Sergei 2.0 RUS 2562
32 GM Milov, Vadim 1.5 SUI 2669 1-0 GM Vazquez Igarza, Renier 1.5 ESP 2558
33 GM Bartel, Mateusz 1.5 POL 2594 ½-½ GM Rodshtein, Maxim 1.5 ISR 2650
34 GM Volkov, Sergey 1.5 RUS 2627 ½-½ IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda w 1.5 RUS 2486
35 GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav j 1.5 UKR 2558 ½-½ GM Van Wely, Loek 1.5 NED 2625
36 IM Ipatov, Alexander j 1.5 ESP 2493 0-1 GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan 1.5 IRI 2604
37 GM Bocharov, Dmitry 1.0 RUS 2647 1-0 GM Gajewski, Grzegorz 1.0 POL 2581
38 GM Ragger, Markus 1.0 AUT 2540 1-0 IM Salem, A.R. Saleh j 1.0 UAE 2473

Absent: Chuprov, Dmitry; Kotanjian, Tigran





Standings After Round 6
title-player name-score-country-gender-rating-performance rating-tiebreak score

1 GM Kurnosov, Igor 5.0 RUS M 2602 2908 +2.28
2 GM Moiseenko, Alexander 4.5 UKR M 2676 2797 +0.91
3 GM Pashikian, Arman 4.5 ARM M 2621 2765 +1.10
4 GM Zhou, Jianchao 4.5 CHN M 2612 2824 +1.66
5 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 4.0 AZE M 2724 2735 +0.07
6 GM Bacrot, Etienne 4.0 FRA M 2722 2719 -0.04
7 GM Sargissian, Gabriel 4.0 ARM M 2677 2732 +0.42
8 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 4.0 RUS M 2664 2742 +0.60
9 GM Predojevic, Borki 4.0 BIH M 2650 2688 +0.28
10 GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim 4.0 RUS M 2636 2698 +0.47
11 GM Potkin, Vladimir 4.0 RUS M 2613 2749 +1.09
12 GM Zhigalko, Sergei 4.0 BLR M 2587 2766 +1.44
13 GM Zhigalko, Andrey 4.0 BLR M 2572 2787 +1.73
14 GM Grigoriants, Sergey 4.0 RUS M 2565 2765 +1.63
15 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 3.5 RUS M 2687 2656 -0.22
16 GM Amonatov, Farrukh 3.5 TJK M 2647 2628 -0.12
17 GM Smirin, Ilia 3.5 ISR M 2647 2625 -0.14
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29 GM Filippov, Anton 3.5 UZB M 2556 2686 +1.12
30 GM Dyachkov, Sergej 3.5 RUS M 2553 2673 +1.02
31 GM Zhou, Weiqi 3.5 CHN M 2542 2686 +1.23
32 GM Wen, Yang 3.5 CHN M 2504 2658 +1.30
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