Some of the top players at the 2008 Moscow Open:

1 Akopian Vladimir GM ARM 2700
2 Malakhov Vladimir GM RUS 2689
3 Inarkiev Ernesto GM RUS 2681
4 Zviaginnsev Vadim GM RUS 2677
5 Timofeev Artyom GM RUS 2664
6 Tiviakov Sergei GM NED 2649
7 Amonatov Farrukh GM TJK 2649
8 Miroshnichenko Evgenij GM UKR 2647
9 Areshcenko Alexander GM UKR 2645
10 Motylev Alexander GM RUS 2644
11 Jobava Baadur GM GEO 2643
12 Moiseenko Alexander GM UKR 2643
13 Sutovsky Emil GM ISR 2642
14 Naiditsch Arkadij GM GER 2638
15 Efimenko Zahar GM UKR 2638
16 Tregubov Pavel GM RUS 2636
17 Najer Evgeniy GM RUS 2634
18 Dreev Alexey GM RUS 2633
19 Riazantsev Alexander GM RUS 2628
20 Kobalia Michael GM RUS 2623

Official website: http://moscowchessopen.ru/eng/index.shtml (English)

Former World Champion Boris Spassky is the Chief Arbiter of this event. He has promised to be a strict arbiter, and punish without remorse for mobile calls during a game.

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