Aeroflot Open (Info by ChessToday.net)
The first round of this super-open will be played today. It seems that a few players entered at the last minute, so the Elo-favourite is now Azeri GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2724).
Round 1 top pairings:
Mamedyarov (2724) – Bartel (2594)
S. Zhigalko (2587) – Bacrot (2722)
Naiditsch (2693) – Gajewski (2581)
Smirnov (2579) – Dreev (2688)
Vitiugov (2687) – Maze (2578)
Official website: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Go Onischuk!
Smirnov played an excelent game versus Dreev.
okay
Wesley So – 1 Filippov – 0
When you are good you are lucky too.
http://games.chessdom.com/aeroflot/round-1-live