Fresh off his 1st place tie at the 2010 Moscow Open, Le continues his hot streak by beating one of the top seeds GM Bacrot in the 2nd round of the 2010 Aeroflot Open.
Le (2647) – Bacrot (2713) [D11]
Aeroflot (2), 10.02.2010
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e5 9.dxe5 Bb4 10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Ne4 12.Bb4 bxc4 13.Qg4 c5 14.f3 cxb4 15.fxe4 0–0 16.exd5 Nd7 17.Qd4 cxb3 18.axb3 Qg5 19.Qf4 Qg6 20.Rd1 Qc2 21.Bc4 Qc3+ 22.Ke2 Nxe5 23.d6 Rad8 24.Rd5 Rfe8 25.Rhd1 h6 26.Qd4 Qc2+ 27.Rd2 Qf5 28.Rc5 Qg5 29.Kd1 Qf6 30.Bxa6 Re6 31.Rc8 Rxc8 32.Bxc8 Qf1+ 33.Kc2 Re8 34.d7 Nxd7 35.Bxd7 Ra8 36.Qxb4 Ra2+ 37.Kc3 Qe1 38.Kd3 Ra1 39.Qb8+ Kh7 40.Qf4 Qb1+ 41.Kc3 Qc1+ 42.Rc2 Qe1+ 43.Kc4 Kg8 44.Qe4 Qa5 45.b4 Qa6+ 46.Bb5 Qf6 47.Qd4 Qe6+ 48.Kc3 Re1 49.Be2 Qc6+ 50.Bc4 Qa4 51.Qd8+ Kh7 52.Qd3+ Kg8 53.Ra2 Qc6 54.b5 Qf6+ 55.Kb3 White wins 1–0
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He beat Bacrot bad.
What has this boy been eating?
Le of Viet is the main winner of Moscow 2010 because he had less white pieces than all other shared winners. Unlucky for Le the tournament organizers did not take this honorable view.