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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 2 of 7; games 26-50 of 174  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. Z Andriasian vs Efimenko   ½-½ 58 2007 Aeroflot Open B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 27. Y Drozdovskij vs A Volokitin   ½-½ 31 2007 Aeroflot Open E60 King's Indian Defense 28. Vitiugov vs A Shomoev   ½-½ 64 2007 Aeroflot Open E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 29. N Nguyen vs A Anastasian   ½-½ 28 2007 Aeroflot Open E12 Queen's Indian 30. N Kosintseva vs I Khairullin   ½-½ 23 2007 Aeroflot Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 31. I Kurnosov vs Lagno   ½-½ 60 2007 Aeroflot Open C26 Vienna 32. Predojevic vs Areshchenko   ½-½ 14 2007 Aeroflot Open E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 33. S Novikov vs Minasian   ½-½ 64 2007 Aeroflot Open B12 Caro-Kann Defense 34. Ehlvest vs V Akopian   ½-½ 64 2007 Aeroflot Open D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 35. Z Almasi vs A Aleksandrov   ½-½ 36 2007 Aeroflot Open C67 Ruy Lopez 36. E Najer vs Naiditsch   ½-½ 31 2007 Aeroflot Open C45 Scotch Game 37. A Timofeev vs A Yusupov   ½-½ 49 2007 Aeroflot Open C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 38. V Gashimov vs D Svetushkin   ½-½ 60 2007 Aeroflot Open C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 39. Movsesian vs V Laznicka   ½-½ 13 2007 Aeroflot Open D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 40. H Ni vs I Lysyj   ½-½ 24 2007 Aeroflot Open C18 French, Winawer 41. V Popov vs Khalifman   ½-½ 25 2007 Aeroflot Open C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 42. H Wang vs H Dronavalli   ½-½ 39 2007 Aeroflot Open B30 Sicilian 43. Sadvakasov vs K Maslak   ½-½ 27 2007 Aeroflot Open C10 French 44. Y Wang vs S Dyachkov   ½-½ 34 2007 Aeroflot Open E81 King's Indian, Samisch 45. Yakovich vs K Asrian   ½-½ 29 2007 Aeroflot Open C01 French, Exchange 46. E Vorobiov vs A Riazantsev ½-½ 9 2007 Aeroflot Open A15 English 47. C Li vs S Grigoriants   ½-½ 32 2007 Aeroflot Open B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 48. A Shomoev vs Harikrishna ½-½ 60 2007 Aeroflot Open C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 49. Smirin vs Y Drozdovskij   ½-½ 25 2007 Aeroflot Open C10 French 50. I Khairullin vs Negi   ½-½ 48 2007 Aeroflot Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 2 of 7; games 26-50 of 174    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 16 OF 16 ·  Later Kibitzing> 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. Feb-23-07    Mameluk: Alekseev, Jakovenko, Tomashevsky and their latest results call for dismantling the ceiling of the toilet. Feb-23-07    Plato: <PhilFeeley> He certainly did. Congratulations to Alekseev. The talent pool of young players these days is enormous. Feb-24-07    Mameluk: http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt... See the discussion here. Perhaps somebody already started dismantling the ceiling. Chess starts to remind cycling, delaying the transmission should be duty very quickly. 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