Aeroflot Open (2010)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Gata Kamsky, Evgeny Bareev, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Etienne Bacrot, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Alexander Moiseenko, Evgeny Najer, Andrei Volokitin, Krishnan Sasikiran, Le Quang Liem, Arkadi Naiditsch, Loek Van Wely, Bu Xiangzhi, Luke McShane, Ivan Cheparinov, Sergei Zhigalko, Alexey Dreev, Alexander Motylev, Zahar Efimenko, Anton Korobov, Boris Grachev, Alexander Khalifman, Ilya Smirin, Sergey Volkov, Gabriel Sargissian, Vadim Zvjaginsev, Vladimir Potkin, Wesley So, Artyom Timofeev, Rauf Mamedov, Mikhail Kobalia, Markus Ragger, Alexander Shabalov, Vasily Papin, Zhou Jianchao, Sebastien Feller, Hrant Melkumyan, Arman Pashikian, Ngoc Truongson Nguyen, Giovanni Vescovi, Ildar Khairullin, Pavel Tregubov, Sanan Sjugirov, Eduardo Patricio Iturrizaga Bonelli, Boris Savchenko, Maxim Rodshtein, Borki Predojevic, Eltaj Safarli, Farrukh Amonatov, Dmitry Bocharov, Zaven Andriasian, Luka Lenic, Vladimir Belov, Jaan Ehlvest, Evgeny Romanov, Yifan Hou, Ivan Salgado Lopez, Pavel Maletin, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Zhou Weiqi, Dmitry Svetushkin, Aleksandr Rakhmanov, Ivan Morovic-Fernandez, Sergei Yudin, Alexandre Danin, Sergey Grigoriants, Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez, Anton Shomoev, Tatiana Kosintseva, Nadezhda Kosintseva, Renier Vazquez Igarza, Stanislav Novikov, Alexei Iljushin, Darwin Laylo, A R Saleh Salem, Yuriy Ajrapetjan, Marie Sebag, Mikhail Krylov, Rustam Khusnutdinov, Lela Javakhishvili

page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 355  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Ngoc Truongson Nguyen vs A R Saleh Salem ½-½ 24 2010 Aeroflot Open D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 2. D Laylo vs R Mamedov 0-1 26 2010 Aeroflot Open A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 3. Van Wely vs S Novikov ½-½ 77 2010 Aeroflot Open A40 Queen's Pawn Game 4. A Shomoev vs V Zvjaginsev ½-½ 68 2010 Aeroflot Open C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 5. B Predojevic vs Grigoriants   ½-½ 23 2010 Aeroflot Open B42 Sicilian, Kan 6. I Morovic vs Bareev   ½-½ 20 2010 Aeroflot Open D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 7. A Pashikian vs R Vazquez 1-0 33 2010 Aeroflot Open D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 8. M Ragger vs Le Quang Liem 0-1 33 2010 Aeroflot Open A35 English, Symmetrical 9. A Korobov vs S Yudin   ½-½ 46 2010 Aeroflot Open D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 10. B Savchenko vs A Iljushin   1-0 37 2010 Aeroflot Open B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2 11. V Papin vs M Kobalia   ½-½ 33 2010 Aeroflot Open D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 12. L Javakhishvili vs McShane   ½-½ 40 2010 Aeroflot Open E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 13. Khalifman vs M Sebag 1-0 28 2010 Aeroflot Open D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 14. M Krylov vs E Iturrizaga   1-0 54 2010 Aeroflot Open A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 15. M Rodshtein vs R Khusnutdinov   1-0 31 2010 Aeroflot Open D80 Grunfeld 16. T Kosintseva vs S Volkov 1-0 57 2010 Aeroflot Open C11 French 17. P Tregubov vs A Danin   ½-½ 41 2010 Aeroflot Open D85 Grunfeld 18. Y Ajrapetjan vs Zhou Jianchao   ½-½ 30 2010 Aeroflot Open D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 19. F Amonatov vs N Kosintseva 0-1 36 2010 Aeroflot Open C45 Scotch Game 20. A Timofeev vs S Feller 1-0 45 2010 Aeroflot Open D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 21. H Melkumyan vs Sasikiran   ½-½ 38 2010 Aeroflot Open D85 Grunfeld 22. B Grachev vs I Salgado Lopez   1-0 24 2010 Aeroflot Open E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 23. Zhou Weiqi vs G Sargissian ½-½ 19 2010 Aeroflot Open D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 24. Naiditsch vs Ehlvest ½-½ 28 2010 Aeroflot Open C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 25. I Khairullin vs A Volokitin   ½-½ 22 2010 Aeroflot Open A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation  page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 355    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 7 OF 12 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-14-10    unsound: I see Cheparinov sac'ed a piece on move 13 too, against Timofeev, but his compensation took the more concrete form of 3 pawns. Feb-14-10    unsound: <trimind> Nguyen found that too, and now it's not obvious to me how white continues the attack. Feb-14-10    Strongest Force: It may be difficult to defend against that Nepo sac. My history with computers tell me that they (just like humans) can over-look attack-resources. Feb-14-10    unsound: Well, OK, it is obvious: he can stick his queen on h6 and conjure up some rapid mating threats. But I'm not sure that will lead to anything concrete. Feb-14-10    trimind: click for larger view Here is the position. It looks quite sharp and white can launch a dangerous attack( an assault, maybe) against black king but black can still hold the game( and even win back). Feb-14-10    unsound: Um, did Nguyen just blunder back the piece? Feb-14-10    unsound: After 24...Ne4? 25. Bb6, and suddenly the knight on c7 has no reasonable square. Feb-14-10    nuwanda: maybe he can play 25...Nd5 ... Feb-14-10    trimind: What the...! click for larger view After that, black Nf3 would give black the advantage!!! Black's 24th move was a clear mistake. Feb-14-10    wordfunph: rybka didn't like Ngoc's 24...Ne4 and white has the chance the overturn the game. go Vietnam! Feb-14-10    trimind: GM Nguyen seems to down the fight! Feb-14-10    wordfunph: <trimind: GM Nguyen seems to down the fight!> i still trust GM Ngoc's ability to rise.. 26...Bb7 played. Feb-14-10    trimind: <wordfunph>I agree with you. GM Nguyen is now equalised the game. Very interesting. I guess wordfunph is a Vietnamese, right? Feb-14-10    wordfunph: <trimind: <wordfunph>I agree with you. GM Nguyen is now equalised the game. Very interesting. I guess wordfunph is a Vietnamese, right?> i'm from Philippines, i met and talked with GM Ngoc during one of Philippine tourneys and he's very modest. Yes it's pretty equal now.. <trimind> are you from Vietnam? Feb-14-10    Strongest Force: I think Nepo is fighting for the draw while Le is fighting for more than a draw. Feb-14-10    unsound: Le took a draw, however. Meanwhile Bareev took a poisoned pawn and had to resign immediately afterward against Bacrot. Feb-14-10    notyetagm: Bacrot just won a miniature against Bareev. A <PINNING MASTERPIECE> by Bacrot. 19 d1-e1 click for larger view 19 ... d8xd4 20 c4xf7+! 1-0 click for larger view 20 c4xf7+! is a beautiful <DECOY FOR TEMPO>, <DRAGGING> the Black g8-king onto the f7-square so that e1xe7+ will be done with <CHECK>. All these <PINS> are very reminiscent of his fellow countryman Vachier-Lagrave's win over Mchedlishvili in the Bundesliga last weekend. [Event "ICC 100 30 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.02.14"] [Round "-"] [White "*GM_Bacrot"] [Black "*GM_Bareev"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2713"] [BlackElo "2643"] [Opening "QGD Slav: Czech defense"] [ECO "D17"] [NIC "SL.04"] [Time "10:12:52"] [TimeControl "6000+30"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8 7. e3 e5 8. Bxc4 exd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Na6 12. Bg5 Nc7 13. Qb3 a6 14. a5 Rb8 15. Rad1 Ncd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxe7 Nxe7 18. Qa3 Re8 19. Re1 Qxd4 20. Bxf7+ 1-0 Feb-14-10    xtotoy: can anybody help where to find the live games? Feb-14-10    notyetagm: <xtotoy: can anybody help where to find the live games?> http://www.aeroflotchess.com/online/ Feb-14-10    Libispusher: Rd.6 So-Pashikian Position after 29...Kd7 click for larger view here White played 30.Nd5! and was a pawn up after the time control Feb-14-10    tamar: Kamsky Rook AND Bishop pieces down, but appears he can survive with Ne5+ click for larger view Feb-14-10    PhilFeeley: The Kamsky game is wild. Feb-14-10    ROADDOG: <notyetagm: Bacrot just won a miniature against Bareev> Sacrebleu! 20 moves. With the win, Bacrot joins a large group at 4, just a 1/2 point behind the leaders. Vachier-Lagrave won also. Great day for the two Frenchmen at Aeroflot Feb-14-10    redwhitechess: I wish there is a player standing in CG for swiss tournament. Review of last night round, Loek van Wely is nice player to watch Live, Hou won to Salem, Naidistch won Mame and Nguyen survive that 'kill the Sicilian sac'. Round 7 interesting pairings to see : Nguyen - Grachev Naiditsch - Le van Wely - MVL Feb-14-10    djmercury: <I wish there is a player standing in CG for swiss tournament.> Replace the last number of the page link on your browser from 2 to 1. With crosstable=1 you can see the player standing. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 12) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 7 OF 12 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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