Aerosvit International GM tournament

The Aerosvit International GM tournament is taking place in from June 16 to 29, 2006, in Foros/Yalta, the southern-most part of the Crimean peninsula of Ukraine. It is a category 18 event with 12 GMs rated 2600 or higher.

Time control is 120 minutes for the entire game with an increment of 30 sec. per move. In case of a tie, the final places are determined by the result of the direct encounter; then Sonneborn-Berger; and finally the number of won games.

Standings after round 6 of 11

1 4.5 GM Sergei Rublevsky(RUS, 2687)
2 4.0 GM Viorel Bologan(MDA, 2666)
3- 5 3.5 GM Alexander Grischuk(RUS, 2719), GM Vasiliy Ivanchuk(UKR, 2731), GM Andrei Volokitin(UKR, 2660)
6- 7 3.0 GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov(AZE, 2699), GM Alexei Shirov(ESP, 2699)
8- 9 2.5 GM Pentala Harikrishna(IND, 2680), GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu(ROM, 2695)
10-12 2.0 GM Alexander Areshchenko(UKR, 2660), GM Sergey Karjakin(UKR, 2661), GM Ruslan Ponomariov(UKR, 2738)