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
18 GM Aleksandrov, Aleksej 3.5 BLR M 2636 2633 +0.00
19 GM Riazantsev, Alexander 3.5 RUS M 2634 2621 -0.09
20 GM Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 3.5 KAZ M 2630 2650 +0.20
21 GM Landa, Konstantin 3.5 RUS M 2626 2640 +0.14
22 GM Petrosian, Tigran L. 3.5 ARM M 2623 2603 -0.13
23 GM Ehlvest, Jaan 3.5 USA M 2595 2654 +0.53
24 GM Romanov, Evgeny 3.5 RUS M 2576 2715 +1.18
25 GM Khairullin, Ildar 3.5 RUS M 2574 2699 +1.07
26 GM Safarli, Eltaj j 3.5 AZE M 2564 2691 +1.09
27 GM Kotsur, Pavel 3.5 KAZ M 2563 2692 +1.10
28 GM Minasian, Artashes 3.5 ARM M 2557 2689 +1.12
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
33 IM Kosintseva, Tatiana w 3.5 RUS F 2497 2682 +1.54
34 GM Ajrapetjan, Yuriy 3.5 UKR M 2490 2642 +1.29
35 IM Robson, Ray j 3.5 USA M 2455 2658 +1.67
36 GM Onischuk, Alexander 3.0 USA M 2659 2573 -0.71
37 GM Grachev, Boris 3.0 RUS M 2655 2631 -0.19
38 GM Bareev, Evgeny 3.0 RUS M 2645 2574 -0.58
39 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 3.0 RUS M 2628 2556 -0.60
40 GM So, Wesley j 3.0 PHI M 2627 2550 -0.65
41 GM Huzman, Alexander 3.0 ISR M 2602 2545 -0.46
42 GM Smirnov, Pavel 3.0 RUS M 2579 2662 +0.68
43 GM Andriasian, Zaven 3.0 ARM M 2564 2651 +0.71
44 GM Sjugirov, Sanan j 3.0 RUS M 2562 2602 +0.32
45 IM Yudin, Sergei 3.0 RUS M 2562 2619 +0.46
46 IM Ponkratov, Pavel 3.0 RUS M 2557 2632 +0.62
47 GM Maslak, Konstantin 3.0 RUS M 2541 2615 +0.62
48 GM Melkumyan, Hrant 3.0 ARM M 2519 2619 +0.82
49 WGM Shen, Yang w 3.0 CHN F 2448 2576 +1.04
50 GM Naiditsch, Arkadij 2.5 GER M 2693 2556 -1.15
51 GM Dreev, Alexey 2.5 RUS M 2688 2501 -1.56
52 GM Milov, Vadim 2.5 SUI M 2669 2499 -1.43
53 GM Mamedov, Rauf 2.5 AZE M 2638 2507 -1.11
54 GM Li, Chao b 2.5 CHN M 2628 2497 -1.12
55 GM Lysyj, Igor 2.5 RUS M 2620 2550 -0.62
56 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2.5 USA M 2619 2466 -1.30
57 GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan 2.5 IRI M 2604 2513 -0.79
58 GM Vaganian, Rafael A 2.5 ARM M 2596 2495 -0.87
59 IM Chadaev, Nikolai 2.5 RUS M 2568 2526 -0.39
60 GM Li, Shilong 2.5 CHN M 2559 2524 -0.31
61 GM Dziuba, Marcin 2.5 POL M 2556 2572 +0.11
62 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 2.0 ISR M 2650 2440 -1.71
63 GM Bocharov, Dmitry 2.0 RUS M 2647 2411 -1.89
64 GM Volkov, Sergey 2.0 RUS M 2627 2408 -1.78
65 GM Van Wely, Loek 2.0 NED M 2625 2293 -2.13
66 GM Bartel, Mateusz 2.0 POL M 2594 2473 -0.96
67 GM Maze, Sebastien 2.0 FRA M 2578 2433 -1.16
68 GM Shomoev, Anton 2.0 RUS M 2567 2474 -0.74
69 GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav j 2.0 UKR M 2558 2504 -0.42
70 GM Ragger, Markus 2.0 AUT M 2540 2458 -0.65
71 GM Grigoryan, Avetik 2.0 ARM M 2506 2454 -0.40
72 IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda w 2.0 RUS F 2486 2463 -0.18
73 GM Chuprov, Dmitry 1.5 RUS M 2571 2419 -1.02
74 GM Vazquez Igarza, Renier 1.5 ESP M 2558 2400 -1.21
75 IM Ipatov, Alexander j 1.5 ESP M 2493 2388 -0.78
76 GM Gajewski, Grzegorz 1.0 POL M 2581 2294 -2.13
77 IM Salem, A.R. Saleh j 1.0 UAE M 2473 2274 -1.39
78 GM Kotanjian, Tigran 0.5 ARM M 2568 2240 -1.53

TransWarp takes loss from GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

I apologize to GM Mamedyarov for forgetting to post his win vs TransWarp the other day. As I said, I wasn't feeling too well, today's another bad day, fought with my cpsp machine all night, supposed to help sleep apnea, but it takes getting sometime to get used to it, even after several years. The disabled deal with different things every day, not just their disability, but things that are related to the disability or conditions as a result of meds to take care of things.. not complaining, I'm happy to be here! But on a happy note, here's azerichess' win vs TransWarp, a true thrashing like the old days when a parent could whip out a spanking on you when you were really bad!


Photo Courtesy of Corus Chess (from Corus 2006) copyright CorusChess 2006

TransWarp vs azerichess (GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov)



A very nice win by GM Mamedyarov!

I will now start updating results on Corus 2009 Round 4.

Really Late Update...

I'm sorry for the lack of news lately, not that there hasn't been any. Smallville, GM Hikaru Nakamura played some blitz games some days back. He had been taken off my noplay list since Aug 9, 2008, when the new Rybka Engine came out. Also that same day, GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (azerichess) had played a few games as well. Recently GM Alexey Dreev and GM Bassem Amin played a few games, with GM Amin even playing some standard! GM Amin also collected a blitz win against TransWarp, one thing about reloading an engine after it crashes in the Chesspartner interface, you have to reset your books and settings sometimes. This was the case when TransWarp played 1....a6?! as a defense. You will see this game below, as well as GM Amin's standard draw. I'm trying to get fired up for Corus! But last week, I tried walking to the store, totally messed me up for some days...only thing I had to look forward to was some new games to look at by TransWarp. So Congrats to GM Bassem Amin for his blitz win and standard draw! I will post the earlier games in another post and the later games in a post after that.