GM Kurnosov continues to lead the 2009 Aeroflot Open in Moscow. There is no sign of Mamedyarov. It seems that he really withdrew from the event. There is no additional word on the outcome of the cheating allegation.

Here are the top board results of round 7:

1
 GM Kurnosov, Igor
5.0 RUS 2602 GM Zhou, Jianchao
4.5 CHN 2612 ½-½
2 GM Moiseenko, Alexander
4.5 UKR 2676 GM Pashikian, Arman
4.5 ARM 2621 ½-½
3 GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim
4.0 RUS 2636 GM Bacrot, Etienne
4.0 FRA 2722 ½-½
4 GM Sargissian, Gabriel
4.0 ARM 2677 GM Potkin, Vladimir
4.0 RUS 2613 ½-½
5 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny
4.0 RUS 2664 GM Grigoriants, Sergey
4.0 RUS 2565 1-0
6 GM Zhigalko, Andrey
4.0 BLR 2572 GM Predojevic, Borki
4.0 BIH 2650 0-1
7 GM Vitiugov, Nikita
3.5 RUS 2687 GM Zhigalko, Sergei
4.0 BLR 2587 0-1

IM Tatiana Kosintseva won again! She is now performing at 2720 and virtually assured of a GM norm.

1 33 33 GM Potkin, Vladimir
RUS 2613 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 +0.00 +0.16 b
½
2 25 29 GM Petrosian, Tigran L.
ARM 2623 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.25 2613 +0.16 +0.17 w
½
3 22 25 GM So, Wesley j PHI 2627 1.0 1.0 2.5 1.25 2618 +0.33 -0.32 b
0
4 32 40 GM Bartel, Mateusz
POL 2594 1.0 1.0 6.0 2.0 2496 +0.01 +0.63 b
1
5 27 8 GM Milov, Vadim
SUI 2669 1.5 2.0 8.0 3.25 2614 +0.64 +0.73 w v 1
6 14 27 GM Landa, Konstantin
RUS 2626 3.0 3.0 11.0 5.75 2697 +1.37 +0.17 w
½
7 16 45 GM Romanov, Evgeny
RUS 2576 3.5 3.5 18.5 10.0 2682 +1.54 +0.61 b
1

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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar February 23, 2009 Daily News, Major Tournaments 1 Comment
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