Moscow Open (2008)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Vladimir Malakhov, Vladimir Akopian, Alexander Motylev, Arkadi Naiditsch, Sergei Tiviakov, Emil Sutovsky, Evgenij Miroshnichenko, Baadur Jobava, Alexander Moiseenko, Zahar Efimenko, Ernesto Inarkiev, Evgeny Najer, Artyom Timofeev, Alexey Aleksandrov, Vadim Zvjaginsev, Alexander Areshchenko, Igor Kurnosov, Gadir Guseinov, Alexander Riazantsev, Sergey Volkov, Dmitry Andreikin, Pavel Tregubov, Alexander Lastin, Boris Savchenko, Mikhail Kobalia, Murtas Kazhgaleyev, Farrukh Amonatov, Karen Asrian, Denis Khismatullin, Anton Korobov, Pavel Smirnov, Yuri Kuzubov, Viorel Iordachescu, Vladimir Potkin, Vladimir Burmakin, Vladimir Belov, Le Quang Liem, Igor Lysyj, Dmitry Svetushkin, Ngoc Truongson Nguyen, Ildar Khairullin, Evgeny E Vorobiov, Zaven Andriasian, Andrei Deviatkin, Igor V Glek, Sergei Yudin, Ivan Popov, Aleksandr Rakhmanov, Mikhailo Oleksienko, Vasily Yemelin, Andrey Rychagov, Hrant Melkumyan, Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov, Anton Shomoev, Pavel Ponkratov, Alexandr V Kharitonov, Yuri Vovk, Alexander Evdokimov, Alexei Iljushin, Stanislav Novikov, Yaroslav Zherebukh, Joshua E Friedel, Eldar Gasanov, Vasily Papin, Anna Muzychuk, Shukhrat Safin, Oleg Nikolenko, Artur Gabrielian, Al-Rakib Abdulla, Jakov Geller, Sergei Iskusnyh, Enamul Hossain, Valeri Yandemirov, Anton Demchenko, Alexandre Danin, Elina Danielian, Mikhail Krylov, Alexander Zabotin, Dzhakay Dzhakaev, Kateryna Lahno, Victor L Ivanov, Igor Naumkin, Anna Ushenina, Natalia Pogonina, Jaroslav Ulko, Pavel Dvalishvili, Konstantin Tarlev, Dronavalli Harika, Oleg Ivanov, Natalia Zhukova, Irina Krush, Alexey Gubajdullin, Elena Tairova, Egor Krivoborodov, Sergey Slugin, Pavel Potapov, Salome Melia, Vladimir Demin, Alexey Kostin, Oleg Aleshin, Artem Chernobay, Alexander Chudinovskikh, Anatoliy Polivanov, Sopio Gvetadze, Andrey Okara, Alexander Moskalenko, Nickolai Peregudov, Bathuyag Mongontuul, Pavel Kotenko, Baira Kovanova, Boris Onoprijchuk, Armen Tonoian, Irina Slavina Turova, Anastasia Bodnaruk, Igor Zemtsov, Svetlana Vasilkova, Olga Girya, Tatiana Malgina-Sterliagova, Zoja Severiukhina, Evgenia Kuzevanova, Anastasia Kalmykova, Elena Kuzmenko, Julia Yakovich, Maria Kiseljova, Elina Danelian

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 159  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. I Khairullin vs A Aleksandrov ½-½ 61 2008 Moscow Open C60 Ruy Lopez 2. Motylev vs A Timofeev ½-½ 41 2008 Moscow Open B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 3. E Inarkiev vs I Popov 1-0 42 2008 Moscow Open D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 4. A Zabotin vs I Lysyj   ½-½ 40 2008 Moscow Open A13 English 5. S Yudin vs P Smirnov   0-1 40 2008 Moscow Open B06 Robatsch 6. Le Quang Liem vs Y Kuzubov   ½-½ 33 2008 Moscow Open D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 7. S Volkov vs D Svetushkin   1-0 37 2008 Moscow Open D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 8. A Deviatkin vs Potkin   ½-½ 30 2008 Moscow Open D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. S Yudin vs A Lastin 0-1 42 2008 Moscow Open C55 Two Knights Defense 10. Ngoc Truongson Nguyen vs M Kobalia   0-1 56 2008 Moscow Open D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. Jobava vs S Volkov   ½-½ 35 2008 Moscow Open A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 12. E Vorobiov vs Miroshnichenko ½-½ 16 2008 Moscow Open B57 Sicilian 13. Naiditsch vs A Lastin   0-1 33 2008 Moscow Open B12 Caro-Kann Defense 14. K Asrian vs S Novikov   1-0 55 2008 Moscow Open B83 Sicilian 15. A Rychagov vs A Riazantsev 0-1 41 2008 Moscow Open E15 Queen's Indian 16. Glek vs E Najer   1-0 60 2008 Moscow Open C24 Bishop's Opening 17. D Khismatullin vs Efimenko   0-1 43 2008 Moscow Open D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 18. D Svetushkin vs Miroshnichenko   ½-½ 40 2008 Moscow Open E12 Queen's Indian 19. V Malakhov vs A Evdokimov   1-0 59 2008 Moscow Open A10 English 20. I Kurnosov vs M Kobalia   ½-½ 25 2008 Moscow Open B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 21. Potkin vs Le Quang Liem   1-0 60 2008 Moscow Open D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 22. P Smirnov vs A Moiseenko   ½-½ 67 2008 Moscow Open B32 Sicilian 23. E Najer vs A Rychagov   ½-½ 42 2008 Moscow Open C11 French 24. P Tregubov vs D Svetushkin   ½-½ 65 2008 Moscow Open D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 25. V Yemelin vs Naiditsch 0-1 89 2008 Moscow Open B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 159    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 12 OF 12 ·  Later Kibitzing > Feb-10-08    Boomie: GM Timofeev,Artyom(RUS) (2664) - GM Inarkiev,Ernesto(RUS) (2681) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.c3 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 Be7 16.Ne3 g6 17.Nh2 Nc6 18.Bb3 click for larger view Feb-10-08    Boomie: Ushenina Anna - Krush Irina 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 c4 7.Bc2 Qc7 8.Qe2 g5 9.e6 dxe6 10.Nxg5 Qe5 11.d4 cxd3 12.Bxd3 Qxe2+ 13.Bxe2 Bg7 click for larger view Feb-10-08    percyblakeney: I think it's the first time that the transmission of the women's section seems to be working, but they only follow other games than the one that decides the winner, Muzychuk-Harika. Feb-10-08    researchj: Muzychuk wins the tournament even with a loss in the last round, acording to the additional criteria. Feb-10-08    percyblakeney: <researchj> OK, she has had a very good tournament and is a deserving winner. Still a bit strange that the first board is the one not being followed. Feb-10-08    Boomie: GM Timofeev,Artyom(RUS) (2664) - GM Inarkiev,Ernesto(RUS) (2681) [C92] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.c3 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 Be7 16.Ne3 g6 17.Nh2 Nc6 18.Bb3 Nh7 19.Bxe7 Nxe7 20.Neg4 Kg7 21.Qd2 Ng8 22.Ne3 Ngf6 23.Rad1 h5 24.Nf3 Bc8 25.Nf1 Ra7 26.Bc2 d5 click for larger view Amusing position. Fritz has white ahead by about a pawn...go figure. Feb-10-08    percyblakeney: Some photos from round 8: Muzychuk: http://moscowchessopen.ru/images/k6... Lahno and Charochkina: http://moscowchessopen.ru/images/k6... Pogonina: http://moscowchessopen.ru/images/k6... Feb-10-08    percyblakeney: Volkov and Efimenko can't finish lower than shared third after their wins today. Feb-10-08    percyblakeney: After Lastin's draw it's clear that he will share second with Volkov, Efimenko, Timofeev/Inarkiev and probably several other players as well. Feb-10-08    SwitchingQuylthulg: Timofeev seems to be winning now, which would put him alone at 7.5/9. click for larger view Timofeev-Inarkiev after 90....Be2 Feb-10-08    percyblakeney: Inarkiev had a draw with 78. ... f4 but now it seems pointless to keep playing. Feb-10-08    Karpova: Timofeev-Inarkiev after 117.Rd8 click for larger view Black resigned. Feb-10-08    percyblakeney: 14 decisive results on the top 17 boards in the final round of a tournament must be some kind of record. Feb-10-08    hovik2003: Round IX was such a terrible day for Armenian men, they all got routed and lost horribly! (Asrian, Akopian and the rest), and hails to and viva for Armenian women! (Danielian, Ambartsumova, Airapetian) when they all won and tried hard to gain back some of the lost waters into the main river. Feb-10-08    PhilFeeley: <brankat> Nope. She's married to our Canadian champion, so I like to follow their progress. Feb-10-08    PhilFeeley: Some of the women were playing in the "A" tournament, so I expected to see all the results and pairings there. I finally found them in the "C" tournament. I see Sutovsky and Nyzhnyk both ended with 4. Bad for Sutovsky, but was it good for Nyzhnyk? Feb-10-08    Eyal: Congratulations to the winner Timofeev, who finished with a +6 score and no losses - winning some very nice attacking games (such as A Timofeev vs V Iordachescu, 2008), as well as some marathonic endgames (such as V Belov vs A Timofeev, 2008 and the last-round game with Inarkiev)... Feb-10-08    tamar: Yes, Timofeev showed the best confidence, beating Inarkiev and Efimenko, and drawing Riazantsev. Question for anyone: Does the Moscow Open carry any invitation to a Super Tournament for its winner? Feb-10-08    Eyal: <tamar> The winner of the Aeroflot Open, which starts very soon in Moscow, gets an invitation to Dortmund - but I never saw anything similar mentioned with regard to the Moscow open. Feb-10-08    tamar: thanks <Eyal> I didn't think so. Pity because Timofeev looks ready to move up. Feb-10-08    BIDMONFA: Moscow Open (2008) Champion - ARTYOM TIMOFEEV http://www.bidmonfa.com/timofeev_ar... http://www.bidmonfa.com/informacio_... _ Feb-11-08    hitman84: Congratulations to Timofeev. Feb-11-08    Ezzy: Well done to Timofeev!. What a big confidence booster this must be. Finishing last in the Russian championships superfinal 2007, and then hitting back to win the strong Moscow open. That takes some character. Feb-13-08    percyblakeney: Several games are commented at Chesspro, some not uploaded here since they weren't played at the top boards. Elshad Mamedov (2099)-Valery Grechinin (2306) started with 1. c3 f5 2. h3 Nf6 3. g4 fxg4 4. hxg4 Nxg4: click for larger view Golubev explains what white should play (and did in a game from 1991) to immediately bring home the point in case of 5. Qc2 Nf6: http://chesspro.ru/_events/2008/mop... Mamedov played 5. Qa4 and won quickly anyway. (If 5. Qc2 Nf6 the winning move is 6. Rxh7.) Feb-15-08    stanleys: Very nice video from the women's section: http://www.64.ru/?/ru/articles/item... Jump directly to page #    (enter number from 1 to 12) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 12 OF 12 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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