Here are the current leaders of the Aeroflot Open:
1 GM Novikov, Stanislav 5.0 RUS
2-5 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 4.5 RUS, GM Alekseev, Evgeny RUS, GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS, GM Minasian, Artashes ARM
Here is the full standings.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Pulling here for Tomashevsky.
Chess Blog
what happened to yifan hou- first, susan claims she’s awesome and then she loses 3 straight games – it was a little premature to get that excited about her, especially since sutovsky lost that game on his own
Did you know that GMLiChao who is playing in the main tournament is blind!! I bet he would have the advantage if he played in Melody Amber.