Moscow Festival 2012, the open sections

The Moscow Chess Festival will take place 27 January – 9 February, 2012. It will have a closed GM group for men and women (see participants list here) and two open sections.

Chessdom will have daily coverage of the event with computer analysis, photo reports, and news from the venue. See more at the photo preview of the competition and the official website.

Participants (top seeds) Moscow Open 2012

1 GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2688
2 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2660
3 GM Timofeev Artyom RUS 2659
4 GM Kurnosov Igor RUS 2648
5 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2633
6 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2622
7 GM Kokarev Dmitry RUS 2618
8 GM Ponkratov Pavel RUS 2611
9 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2609
10 GM Bocharov Dmitry RUS 2609
11 GM Kovalenko Igor UKR 2584
12 GM Maletin Pavel RUS 2575
13 GM Zontakh Andrey UKR 2566
14 GM Kovchan Alexander UKR 2565
15 GM Geller Jakov RUS 2563
16 GM Chadaev Nikolai RUS 2556
17 GM Frolyanov Dmitry RUS 2555
18 GM Gabrielian Artur RUS 2545
19 GM Tukhaev Adam UKR 2537
20 GM Bukavshin Ivan RUS 2517
21 IM Bogdanovich Stanislav UKR 2513
22 IM Gunina Valentina RUS 2510
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