After 7 rounds, here are the leaders at the Aeroflot Open in Moscow, Russia:
1-3 GM Alekseev, Evgeny 2661 RUS, GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 2691 RUS, GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 2624 RUS 5.5
4-8 GM Jobava, Baadur 2650 GEO, GM Novikov, Stanislav 2535 RUS, GM Wang, Yue 2644 CHN, GM Ni, Hua 2632 CHN, GM Sutovsky, Emil 2629 ISR 5.0
Here is the full crosstable.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I was hoping Stanislav would have kept up his great pace but the big guns are coming on strong now.
Looks like Jakovenko will have a hard time to beat Alexeev, who quickly becomes his tournament shadow.
Also, it is surprising to see Sasikiran, Pentala and Negi to loose game after game.
They’ve never been in Russian school or what?