Final round top board pairings:
| 1 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 7 | 6.5 | GM | Tiviakov Sergei |
| 2 | GM | Iordachescu Viorel | 6.5 | 6.5 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto |
| 3 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | 6.5 | 6.5 | GM | Korotylev Alexey |
| 4 | GM | Sakaev Konstantin | 6 | 6 | GM | Lastin Alexander |
| 5 | GM | Andreikin Dmitry | 6 | 6 | GM | Riazantsev Alexander |
| 6 | GM | Belov Vladimir | 6 | 6 | IM | Yudin Sergei |
| 7 | GM | Kurnosov Igor | 6 | 6 | GM | Lysyj Igor |
| 8 | GM | Dreev Alexey | 5.5 | 6 | GM | Kim Alexey |
Official website: http://www.moscowchessopen.ru/eng/index.php
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
This Onischuk guy plays much more out of the United States than in the United States.
He’s very respected in the circuit. That’s why he gets plenty of invitations.
Go’Bama!
(The reference is to this.)
“Go’Bama!”
Feh.
Are there any tournaments in US as hard as the Moscow Open?
okay