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Aeroflot Open (2007) The 6th Aeroflot Open was an 88-player 9-round Swiss held in the Izmailovo Hotel Gamma-Delta in Moscow from 14-22 February 2007. The A1 group, for players rated above 2549, saw 84 GMs and four IM's fighting for the $30,000 first prize and a place in the Dortmund tournament in June/July. Total prize fund (including groups A2, B and C): $200,000. Time control: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves and 60 more minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 more minutes to the end of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 61. The organizers were Aeroflot, the Association of Chess Federations and the Russian Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Committee on Tourism of the Municipality of Moscow. Tournament director: Alexander Bakh. Chief arbiter: Geurt Gijssen. Evgeny Alekseev won with 7/9, and qualified for participation in Dortmund Sparkassen (2007). Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Alekseev 2661 =69 =64 +76 +52 +63 =02 +19 =03 +12 7 2 Tomashevsky 2624 +81 +88 +39 +13 -19 =01 +10 =07 =03 6½ 3 Jakovenko 2691 +80 =52 +74 =10 +22 =19 +11 =01 =02 6½ 4 Wang Yue 2644 +38 -20 =56 =27 +43 +45 +28 =08 +19 6½ 5 Ni Hua 2632 +70 =50 =37 =39 +40 =26 +38 =19 +10 6½ 6 Almasi 2669 +60 =63 =46 +25 =10 =28 =29 =21 +26 6 7 Jobava 2650 =83 +66 -54 =55 +75 +63 +46 =02 =08 6 8 Sutovsky 2629 +56 -74 -40 +41 +27 +37 +26 =04 =07 6 9 Volkov 2636 +41 -39 +77 -38 =21 =57 +40 +43 +29 6 10 Minasian 2595 +78 +68 =19 =03 =06 +24 -02 +32 -05 5½ 11 Akopian 2700 =62 +67 =63 =26 +54 =23 -03 +52 =18 5½ 12 Sargissian 2658 -55 +87 +64 =18 +62 =46 =23 +22 -01 5½ 13 Areshchenko 2644 +65 +55 =20 -02 -18 +61 =51 +46 =24 5½ 14 Khalifman 2619 =75 +71 =62 +50 =46 =18 =20 =23 =21 5½ 15 Vallejo Pons 2679 -20 -38 +78 +76 +64 =55 -22 +49 +51 5½ 16 Asrian 2634 =73 =61 =55 =75 +50 =22 =49 +45 =20 5½ 17 Riazantsev 2629 +48 -19 =61 =49 +74 +33 =18 =20 =23 5½ 18 Laznicka 2593 +85 =53 =33 =12 +13 =14 =17 =29 =11 5½ 19 Novikov 2535 +28 +17 =10 +54 +02 =03 -01 =05 -04 5½ 20 Predojevic 2587 +15 +04 =13 =22 =28 =29 =14 =17 =16 5½ 21 Zhou Jianchao 2551 =24 -22 +80 =36 =09 +54 +53 =06 =14 5½ 22 Bocharov 2602 =40 +21 +58 =20 -03 =16 +15 -12 +37 5½ 23 Efimenko 2616 =79 =40 +88 +57 =38 =11 =12 =14 =17 5½ 24 Wang Hao 2619 =21 +79 =57 =40 +39 -10 =25 +38 =13 5½ 25 Yusupov 2599 =87 +75 =32 -06 =53 +73 =24 =34 =33 5 26 Sadvakasov 2615 +77 =57 =50 =11 +35 =05 -08 +66 -06 5 27 Nguyen 2528 -52 =80 +69 =04 -08 =64 =54 +68 +62 5 28 Korotylev 2615 -19 +70 +67 +74 =20 =06 -04 =51 =34 5 29 Balogh 2616 -50 +65 +73 =62 +47 =20 =06 =18 -09 5 30 Grigoriants 2592 -67 +81 =49 =61 =34 =47 +48 =33 =32 5 31 Moiseenko 2627 =71 =73 -47 =48 +84 -49 =50 +75 +65 5 32 Timofeev 2663 +44 =46 =25 =45 =37 =38 +55 -10 =30 5 Regulations: https://web.archive.org/web/2007022... 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Next: Aeroflot Open (2008)  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 174  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Popov vs V Akopian   ½-½ 19 2007 Aeroflot Open D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 2. Sasikiran vs D Svetushkin   ½-½ 61 2007 Aeroflot Open D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 3. Nepomniachtchi vs Harikrishna ½-½ 26 2007 Aeroflot Open C22 Center Game 4. S Halkias vs E Alekseev   ½-½ 43 2007 Aeroflot Open E12 Queen's Indian 5. T Luther vs Dreev   ½-½ 51 2007 Aeroflot Open B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2 6. Smirin vs I Lysyj   ½-½ 31 2007 Aeroflot Open C18 French, Winawer 7. B Savchenko vs K Asrian   ½-½ 48 2007 Aeroflot Open B01 Scandinavian 8. T Gareyev vs Khalifman   ½-½ 24 2007 Aeroflot Open D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 9. H Wang vs J Zhou   ½-½ 31 2007 Aeroflot Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. Efimenko vs Negi   ½-½ 49 2007 Aeroflot Open C53 Giuoco Piano 11. D Bocharov vs Z Andriasian   ½-½ 33 2007 Aeroflot Open D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 12. T Kosintseva vs A Yusupov   ½-½ 58 2007 Aeroflot Open C60 Ruy Lopez 13. Kotronias vs Jobava   ½-½ 58 2007 Aeroflot Open B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 14. E Vorobiov vs Movsesian   ½-½ 19 2007 Aeroflot Open D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 15. Kuzubov vs A Moiseenko ½-½ 64 2007 Aeroflot Open A90 Dutch 16. Jakovenko vs E Najer ½-½ 53 2007 Aeroflot Open C10 French 17. Ehlvest vs Z Almasi   ½-½ 36 2007 Aeroflot Open E15 Queen's Indian 18. Naiditsch vs V Belov ½-½ 41 2007 Aeroflot Open B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 19. A Aleksandrov vs A Timofeev   ½-½ 18 2007 Aeroflot Open E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 20. V Laznicka vs V Gashimov   ½-½ 57 2007 Aeroflot Open B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 21. K Maslak vs H Ni   ½-½ 10 2007 Aeroflot Open D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 22. H Dronavalli vs Sadvakasov   ½-½ 35 2007 Aeroflot Open E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 23. E Alekseev vs Nepomniachtchi   ½-½ 34 2007 Aeroflot Open D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 24. K Asrian vs E Vorobiov   ½-½ 16 2007 Aeroflot Open B58 Sicilian 25. A Moiseenko vs B Savchenko   ½-½ 64 2007 Aeroflot Open D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 174    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 15 OF 16 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-21-07    Strelz: Doesn't Aeroflot have the wins with Black tiebreak system or something similar? Feb-21-07    sisyphus: <percyblakeney: The official site rankes them in the order 1. Jakovenko 2. Alekseev 3. Tomashevsky according to some tiebreak system> I believe the score groups are ranked in order of rating, characteristic of the Swiss system. Feb-22-07    VishyFan: Harika in A1 group and Rohit in A2 group need a draw in the last round to get their GM Norms.... creditable performance by both... Feb-22-07    tarlan13: Congratulations to all Azeris. B tournament was won by Vasif Durarbeyli. Ona urekden tebrik edirem. Feb-22-07    Plato: Jakovenko wins Aeroflot. I called this one from the start :) My Linares predictions, by contrast, don't seem to be turning out too well (unless Leko starts winning and Carlsen starts losing). Feb-22-07    ahmadov: <tarlan13> "ona", yoxsa "onu" ;) Feb-22-07    percyblakeney: Tomashevsky-Jakovenko was drawn in 14 moves. Feb-22-07    percyblakeney: ...so regardless of tiebreaks Alekseev has the chance to secure a Dortmund ticket if he can beat Sargissian. Feb-22-07    ahmadov: Eltaj Safarli wins Tigran Petrosian with one move: e4... Feb-22-07    gmgomes: Aleksev x Sargissian: after move 31, engines evaluates Aleksev with comfortable 2 pawns up, but both players are in time trouble - let´s see how they will get up to move 40. Feb-22-07    percyblakeney: Looks like Alekseev is going to Dortmund. Feb-22-07    gmgomes: Sargissian had better resign now. Feb-22-07    percyblakeney: ...and so he did. Feb-22-07    percyblakeney: Berg finished without draws after 4 wins and 5 losses. Feb-22-07    Strongest Force: Tigran Petrosian overslept? Maybe he was playing blitz somewhere & forgot? :-D Feb-22-07    angslo: Alekseev won Feb-22-07    Raskolnikov: Ni Hua won nicely against Minasian in Advanced Caro-Cann. Feb-22-07    stanleys: Conratulations to Alekseev! Another great win after the title of Russian champion Feb-22-07    Raskolnikov: There are some really good games in the last round: e.g. Volkov-Balogh, Almasi-Sadvakasov etc. Feb-22-07    doremi: WFM Hou won against (male) GM Kotronias! God bless everybody but especially Hou and doremi too Feb-22-07    PhilFeeley: <Plato: Jakovenko wins Aeroflot. I called this one from the start :)> A little early with the results? Alekseev won. Feb-22-07    Plato: <PhilFeeley> My mistake! For some reason I thought yestereday's round was the last one, and Jakovenko had the best tiebreaks. Feb-23-07    tarlan13: E.Safarli - T.Petrosian 1.e4 1-0 A great win. Feb-23-07    samik: Why you are so exited,Tarlan00 ? Feb-23-07    PhilFeeley: <Plato> An easy mistake to make. The last round shows how "GM draws" work against you if you want to win a tournament. Alekseev earned the win. 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