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Aeroflot Open (2011) The 10th Aeroflot Open was held in the Izmailovo Hotel Gamma-Delta in Moscow, Russia, 8-16 February 2011. The A Open, normally for players rated 2550 and above, saw Gata Kamsky as top-seed fighting for the EUR 20,000 first prize and a place in the Dortmund supertournament, while the total prize fund for the three opens and blitz tournament on 17 February was EUR 160,000. Time control: 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 50 more minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 more minutes till the end of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. The tournament was organised by Aeroflot, the Russian Chess Federation and the Association of Chess Federations. Chief organizer: Alexander Bakh. Chief arbiter: Geurt Gijssen. Le Quang Liem won again, on tiebreak ahead of Vitiugov and Tomashevsky, and qualified for Dortmund Sparkassen (2011). Chess Moscow: http://www.chessmoscow.ru/index.php... Regulations: https://web.archive.org/web/2011021... Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/le-... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/aerof... Crosstable: https://www.kilmarnockchessclub.co.... Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92e... Ruchess: https://ruchess.ru/championship/det... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Previous: Aeroflot Open (2010). Next (and for the first time in Cosmos Hotel): Aeroflot Open (2012)  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 193  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Movsesian vs Y Yu   ½-½ 35 2011 Aeroflot Open B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 2. E Romanov vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 45 2011 Aeroflot Open D02 Queen's Pawn Game 3. Vachier-Lagrave vs D Bocharov   ½-½ 24 2011 Aeroflot Open C41 Philidor Defense 4. Sutovsky vs Kotronias   ½-½ 31 2011 Aeroflot Open B30 Sicilian 5. J Zhao vs Tomashevsky   ½-½ 34 2011 Aeroflot Open E10 Queen's Pawn Game 6. Bologan vs A Grigoryan ½-½ 99 2011 Aeroflot Open D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 7. N Mamedov vs Motylev   ½-½ 24 2011 Aeroflot Open B72 Sicilian, Dragon 8. W Zhou vs A Timofeev   ½-½ 27 2011 Aeroflot Open D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 9. A Volokitin vs R Hess   ½-½ 54 2011 Aeroflot Open B32 Sicilian 10. A Fier vs So ½-½ 21 2011 Aeroflot Open D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. I Kurnosov vs P Kotsur ½-½ 39 2011 Aeroflot Open C11 French 12. A Shomoev vs B Grachev   ½-½ 39 2011 Aeroflot Open B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 13. R Jumabayev vs Zvjaginsev   ½-½ 32 2011 Aeroflot Open E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 14. J L Hammer vs S P Sethuraman ½-½ 74 2011 Aeroflot Open E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 15. J Geller vs H Ni   ½-½ 21 2011 Aeroflot Open C11 French 16. S Chanda vs A Danin   ½-½ 42 2011 Aeroflot Open D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 17. D Alsina Leal vs I Khairullin   ½-½ 52 2011 Aeroflot Open B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 18. Khalifman vs K Mekhitarian ½-½ 18 2011 Aeroflot Open D71 Neo-Grunfeld 19. I Lysyj vs W Ju   ½-½ 34 2011 Aeroflot Open E90 King's Indian 20. T Roussel-Roozmon vs S Mareco   ½-½ 32 2011 Aeroflot Open A14 English 21. Predojevic vs F de Cresce El Debs   ½-½ 19 2011 Aeroflot Open A07 King's Indian Attack 22. Dubov vs M Rodshtein ½-½ 46 2011 Aeroflot Open E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 23. B Vuckovic vs I Bukavshin   ½-½ 81 2011 Aeroflot Open D80 Grunfeld 24. N Paikidze vs P Maletin   ½-½ 47 2011 Aeroflot Open D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 25. M Ragger vs N Huschenbeth   ½-½ 55 2011 Aeroflot Open A06 Reti Opening  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 193    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 9 OF 9 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-17-11    gmhammer: I chose the baseball myself! It's so cool, and round. I thought the "Premium member"-thingy was a touch too boring. Anyhow, I am playing - but with a major cold I got before/during the 8th round. I'll make the best of it - should be a lot of fun at least! Best wishes, Jon Ludvig Feb-17-11    parmetd: Here is a much better way to see ICC blitz ratings then getting on the server: http://staff.cs.utu.fi/~juhkivij/ch... Feb-17-11    Appaz: <<gmhammer> Anyhow, I am playing - but with a major cold I got before/during the 8th round. I'll make the best of it - should be a lot of fun at least!> Well, it was after you caught the cold you started winning, so I wouldn't be too worried :) Very nice win in the 9th round, btw. Best of luck! Feb-17-11    siamesedream: Results: http://online.aeroflotchess.org/ Feb-17-11    ketchuplover: GMHAMMER did you ever play at Mainz? Sounds like it's ending. Thoughts? Feb-17-11    crazybird: http://online.aeroflotchess.org/fin... With one round left, 6 qualifier spots for World Blitz 2011, the current top 10 (in order) are: Andreikin, Ponomariov, Mamedyarov, So, Pridorozhni, MVL, Sasha, Mamedov, Gata, Vitigov Feb-17-11    crazybird: World Blitz qualifiers and top 6 after 9 rounds are Mamedyarov, Ponomariov, Andreikin, Tomashevsky, So, Vitiugov http://online.aeroflotchess.org/fin... Feb-17-11    wordfunph: <crazybird> thanks for the heads up.. Feb-17-11    Ezzy: Stunning performance by Wesley So in the blitz, considering he was suffering in the 'open' and made a difficult decsion to withdraw. What a courageous fightback! Another great performance from Tomashevsky and Vitiugov who also tied for first in the 'open.' Nice payday for those two. Feb-17-11    fisayo123: <ezzy> how did it go in the blitz.Please tell. Feb-17-11    Ezzy: <fisayo123:> Top 6 qualify for the World blitz championship. http://online.aeroflotchess.org/fin... Feb-17-11    Shams: <Ezzy> A lot of big names didn't make the cut. How are the other WBC spots allocated? Feb-17-11    crazybird: These 6 + 10 from Tal memorial + 4 nominees= World Blitz Championship Feb-17-11    HeMateMe: Does the blitz begin on Friday? Feb-17-11    Kinghunt: <HeMateMe: Does the blitz begin on Friday?> The blitz is already over. Look down about half a page. Feb-17-11    Jim Bartle: "<HeMateMe: Does the blitz begin on Friday?> The blitz is already over. Look down about half a page." The heck with bullet! This blitz was over before it started. Feb-17-11    crazybird: A nice collection of pics from Aeroflot Blitz. Doesn't seem like they used DGT boards http://chess-news.ru/node/1781 Feb-18-11    Don Cossacks: Well it's just blitz... Feb-18-11    parmetd: crazybird is that completely correct? Cause last year some people from Tal Memorial turned down blitz and some people from Tal Memorial already qualified (so in essence a double spot)... Feb-18-11    crazybird: <parmetd> you are right, there were some replacements last year (one i think was Andreikin). I've read at another place that the participants would be Top 6 Aeroflot Blitz + Top 10 on FIDE rating list + 4 organizer nominees. I am not sure which is correct, perhaps someone else can clarify. Feb-18-11    Ezzy: <crazybird: perhaps someone else can clarify.> I think you are correct in this - <crazybird: These 6 + 10 from Tal memorial + 4 nominees= World Blitz Championship> If anybody withdraws, then they just invite somebody else. The qualifiers for the 2010 tournament are mentioned here - I don't think anything has changed. http://reports.chessdom.com/news-20... Feb-18-11    AuN1: after the tal memorial this past year, i believe the organizers said that they did not plan on holding the blitz championship immediately after the super-tournament. they said it was making less and less sense to have both events back to back. Feb-18-11    Don Cossacks: About Blitz chess: "A player who plays 100 games at G/90 or slower during the year is likely to improve at a much greater rate than one who plays half of that or almost all games at 30 minutes or faster." - Dan Heisman Feb-20-11    Penguincw: < Feb-09-11 Penguincw: If only one round has been played and there are 36 games,imagine how many games there would be when the tournament is finished! > It looks like there are 384 games. Feb-21-11    notyetagm: Game Collection: LE QUANG LIEM RELOADS AT AEROFLOT 2011 ROUND 2: Le Quang Liem vs D Xiu, 2011 39 ? click for larger view 39 ♘d7-f6! <reload: f6> click for larger view (VARIATION) 39 ... g7x♘f6?? 40 ♕d4xf6+ <fork: d8,h8> click for larger view click for larger view --- ROUND 3: L Lenic vs Le Quang Liem, 2011 38 ... ? click for larger view 38 ... ♘h5-g3! click for larger view (VARIATION) 39 h2x♘g3?? h4xg3 <reload: g3> click for larger view click for larger view --- ROUND 4: Le Quang Liem vs Kamsky, 2011 16 ? click for larger view 16 ♗e4xc6+!! click for larger view 16 ... b7x♗c6 17 ♕c2xc6+ <reload: c6> click for larger view click for larger view Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 9) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 9 OF 9 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! 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