- Aeroflot Open Update

The Kosintseva sisters, both have been ranked #1 in Russia among women ahead of Kosteniuk (Nadezhda is still currently ranked #1), won their first round games in group A. Tatiana defeated GM Volkov (2623) with the White pieces while Nadezhda defeated GM Amonatov (2634) with the Black.

Round 1 top board results:

Table	White	Fed.	Rating	Black	Flags	Fed.	Rating	Result
1	GM Andriasian, Zaven	ARM	2613	GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime		FRA	2730	½-½
2	GM Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	2713	GM Potkin, Vladimir		RUS	2611	1-0
3	GM Shabalov, Alexander	USA	2611	GM Motylev, Alexander		RUS	2697	0-1
4	GM Kamsky, Gata	USA	2693	GM Sjugirov, Sanan		RUS	2610	½-½
5	GM Khairullin, Ildar	RUS	2605	GM Volokitin, Andrei		UKR	2692	½-½
6	GM Naiditsch, Arkadij	GER	2687	GM Ehlvest, Jaan		USA	2600	½-½
7	GM Zhou, Weiqi	CHN	2600	GM Sargissian, Gabriel		ARM	2680	½-½
8	GM Moiseenko, Alexander	UKR	2677	GM Romanov, Evgeny		RUS	2599	½-½
9	GM Belov, Vladimir	RUS	2595	GM Bu, Xiangzhi		CHN	2673	0-1
10	GM Smirin, Ilia	ISR	2668	GM Lenic, Luka		SLO	2595	½-½
11	GM Bocharov, Dmitry	RUS	2594	GM Zhigalko, Sergei		BLR	2668	½-½
12	GM Najer, Evgeniy	RUS	2665	GM Safarli, Eltaj		AZE	2594	1-0
13	GM Lopez Martinez, Josep Manu	ESP	2593	GM Cheparinov, Ivan		BUL	2660	0-1
14	GM Vescovi, Giovanni	BRA	2660	GM Maletin, Pavel		RUS	2591	1-0
15	GM Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	RUS	2591	GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian		RUS	2658	1-0
16	GM Efimenko, Zahar	UKR	2657	GM Hou, Yifan	w	CHN	2590	1-0
17	GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	IRI	2589	GM So, Wesley		PHI	2656	½-½
18	GM Grachev, Boris	RUS	2653	GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan		ESP	2584	1-0
19	GM Melkumyan, Hrant	ARM	2583	GM Sasikiran, Krishnan		IND	2653	½-½
20	GM Timofeev, Artyom	RUS	2652	GM Feller, Sebastien		FRA	2579	1-0
21	GM Svetushkin, Dmitry	MDA	2573	GM Dreev, Alexey		RUS	2650	½-½
22	GM Korobov, Anton	UKR	2648	GM Yudin, Sergei		RUS	2573	½-½
23	GM Ragger, Markus	AUT	2568	GM Le, Quang Liem		VIE	2647	0-1
24	GM Pashikian, Arman	ARM	2647	GM Vazquez Igarza, Renier		ESP	2563	1-0
25	GM Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	CHI	2561	GM Bareev, Evgeny		RUS	2643	½-½

Round 2 top board pairings:

Table	White	Flags	Score	Fed.	Rating	Black	Score	Fed.	Rating
1	GM Le, Quang Liem		1.0	VIE	2647	GM Bacrot, Etienne	1.0	FRA	2713
2	GM Motylev, Alexander		1.0	RUS	2697	GM Pashikian, Arman	1.0	ARM	2647
3	GM Bu, Xiangzhi		1.0	CHN	2673	GM Savchenko, Boris	1.0	RUS	2638
4	GM Mamedov, Rauf		1.0	AZE	2640	GM Najer, Evgeniy	1.0	RUS	2665
5	GM Cheparinov, Ivan		1.0	BUL	2660	GM Rodshtein, Maxim	1.0	ISR	2622
6	GM Khalifman, Alexander		1.0	RUS	2616	GM Vescovi, Giovanni	1.0	BRA	2660
7	GM Rakhmanov, Aleksandr		1.0	RUS	2591	GM Efimenko, Zahar	1.0	UKR	2657
8	IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda	w	1.0	RUS	2533	GM Grachev, Boris	1.0	RUS	2653
9	GM Kosintseva, Tatiana	w	1.0	RUS	2515	GM Timofeev, Artyom	1.0	RUS	2652
10	GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime		0.5	FRA	2730	IM Krylov, Mikhail	1.0	RUS	2511
11	GM Ehlvest, Jaan		0.5	USA	2600	GM Kamsky, Gata	0.5	USA	2693
12	GM Volokitin, Andrei		0.5	UKR	2692	GM Andriasian, Zaven	0.5	ARM	2613
13	GM Sjugirov, Sanan		0.5	RUS	2610	GM Naiditsch, Arkadij	0.5	GER	2687
14	GM Sargissian, Gabriel		0.5	ARM	2680	GM Khairullin, Ildar	0.5	RUS	2605
15	GM Lenic, Luka		0.5	SLO	2595	GM Moiseenko, Alexander	0.5	UKR	2677
16	GM Romanov, Evgeny		0.5	RUS	2599	GM Smirin, Ilia	0.5	ISR	2668
17	GM Zhigalko, Sergei		0.5	BLR	2668	GM Zhou, Weiqi	0.5	CHN	2600
18	GM So, Wesley		0.5	PHI	2656	GM Bocharov, Dmitry	0.5	RUS	2594
19	GM Sasikiran, Krishnan		0.5	IND	2653	GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	0.5	IRI	2589
20	GM Dreev, Alexey		0.5	RUS	2650	GM Melkumyan, Hrant	0.5	ARM	2583
21	GM Grigoriants, Sergey		0.5	RUS	2560	GM Korobov, Anton	0.5	UKR	2648
22	GM Bareev, Evgeny		0.5	RUS	2643	GM Svetushkin, Dmitry	0.5	MDA	2573
23	GM Yudin, Sergei		0.5	RUS	2573	GM Predojevic, Borki	0.5	BIH	2642
24	GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim		0.5	RUS	2642	GM Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	0.5	CHI	2561
25	IM Danin, Alexandre		0.5	RUS	2519	GM Van Wely, Loek	0.5	NED	2641

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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar

Susan Polgar February 10, 2010 Daily News, Major Tournaments 2 Comments

Tags: Aeroflot, Moscow, Russia

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Anonymous says:

February 10, 2010 at 4:26 am

Kamsky will win, of course.

William says:

February 10, 2010 at 9:54 am

The top board will be exciting to watch. Second seed Bacrot versus the rapidly-rising Le Quang Liem, who has performed at a 2700 level since 2009 (and his rating may soon reflect that).

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