Caruana and Le Quang start with wins, Tomashevsky held to a draw
The rating favorite Evgeny Tomashevsky was held to a draw at the start of the 2012 Aeroflot chess tournament. Tomashevsky did not continue his game against Aleksandrov and signed one of the shortest draws of the day in just 15 moves.
The young talents Caruana and Le Quang Liem started with victories by defeating Dmitry Bocharov and Boris Savchenko.
Scroll sown for full results, replay some of the most interesting games of the day. You can find all games with computer analysis here.
Aeroflot Chess 2012, R1 results
| Adhiban, B. | Ragger, Markus | 1-0 | |||
| Akopian, Vladimir | Bosiocic, Marin | 1-0 | |||
| Al-Modiahki, Mohamad | Bartel, Mateusz | 0-1 | |||
| Aleksandrov, Aleksej | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | ½-½ | |||
| Alekseev, Evgeny | Jumabayev, Rinat | 1-0 | |||
| Andreikin, Dmitry | Ipatov, Alexander | 1-0 | |||
| Balogh, Csaba | Grigoriants, Sergey | ½-½ | |||
| Caruana, Fabiano | Bocharov, Dmitry | 1-0 | |||
| Cori, Jorge | Melkumyan, Hrant | 1-0 | |||
| Dubov, Daniil | Sandipan, Chanda | ½-½ | |||
| Eljanov, Pavel | Rakhmanov, Aleksandr | 1-0 | |||
| Esen, Baris | Ni, Hua | ½-½ | |||
| Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan | Bu, Xiangzhi | ½-½ | |||
| Gupta, Abhijeet | Pridorozhni, Aleksei | 1-0 | |||
| Harika, Dronavalli | Guseinov, Gadir | ½-½ | |||
| Iturrizaga, Eduardo | Szabo, Krisztian | 1-0 | |||
| Jobava, Baadur | Robson, Ray | 1-0 | |||
| Ju, Wenjun | Iordachescu, Viorel | 0-1 | |||
| Korobov, Anton | Jankovic, Alojzije | 1-0 | |||
| Le, Quang Liem | Savchenko, Boris | 1-0 | |||
| Morovic Fernandez, Ivan | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | ½-½ | |||
| Negi, Parimarjan | Alsina Leal, Daniel | ½-½ | |||
| Ponkratov, Pavel | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½-½ | |||
| Popov, Ivan | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ½-½ | |||
| Rodshtein, Maxim | Lu, Shanglei | 1-0 | |||
| Safarli, Eltaj | Fedoseev, Vladimir | ½-½ | |||
| Sethuraman, S.P. | Khairullin, Ildar | ½-½ | |||
| Shomoev, Anton | Khismatullin, Denis | 0-1 | |||
| Sjugirov, Sanan | Gundavaa, Bayarsaikhan | ½-½ | |||
| Socko, Bartosz | Bukavshin, Ivan | 1-0 | |||
| Sokolov, Ivan | Pap, Gyula | 1-0 | |||
| Tukhaev, Adam | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 0-1 | |||
| Ulibin, Mikhail | Inarkiev, Ernesto | 1-0 | |||
| Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | Khalifman, Alexander | ½-½ | |||
| Yilmaz, Mustafa | Mamedov, Rauf | ½-½ | |||
| Yu,Yangyi | Venkatesh, M.R. | 1-0 | |||
| Zherebukh, Yaroslav | Sasikiran, Krishnan | ½-½ | |||
| Zhigalko, Andrey | Kobalia, Mikhail | ½-½ | |||
| Zhigalko, Sergei | Gopal G.N. | 1-0 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
What a tough 1st round.