Final position GM Le, Quang (2540) – GM Nepomniachtchi (2600) [D43]21.02.2008 – Aeroflot 2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0–0 Nbd7 11.Ne5 h5 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Be5...
Sebag, Hou on pace for GM norms
Picture by GM Fontaine of Europe Echecs IM Sebag of France and WGM Hou of China, two of the top female players in the world with ratings over 2500, are on pace for a GM norm after 7 rounds...
Amonatov 1/2 Nepomniachtchi
Final position GM Amonatov (2649) – GM Nepomniachtchi (2600) [C12]Aeroflot, 20.02.2008 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Be3 Ne4 7.Qg4 g6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nxc3 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.h4 Ne7 12.h5 g5 13.f3 c5 14.dxc5 Nc6...
Leaders draw at Aeroflot
Final position GM Rodshtein (2614) – GM Dreev (2633) [D43]Aeroflot, 20.02.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.0–0–0 Nb6 11.h3 Nf6 12.Bd3 Be6 13.Kb1 0–0–0 14.Ka1 Ne8...
Aeroflot round 6 action
Round 6 key matchups: 1 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 4.5 2600 1/2 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 4.5 26142 GM Timofeev, Artyom 4.0 2664 0-1 GM Dreev, Alexey 4.0 26333 GM Volokitin, Andrei 3.5 2674 1/2 GM Asrian, Karen 3.5 26214 GM...
Nepomniachtchi and Rodshtein tie for lead at Aeroflot
Final position GM Nepomniachtchi (2600) – GM Grachev (2601) [B48]18.02.2008 – Aeroflot 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Ndb5 Qb8 8.f4 a6 9.e5 axb5 10.exf6 b4 11.Nb5 b6 12.fxg7 Bxg7 13.Bd3 Na7 14.Qg4...
Nepomniachtchi leads Aeroflot with perfect 3-0
Yusupov vs Sebag (Picture by GM Fontaine of Europe Echecs) 2008 Aeroflot Open Standings after 3 rounds: 1. Nepomniachtchi 32-9 Motylev, Najer, Rodshtein, Grachev, G. Guseinov, Bocharov, Grigoriants and Feller 2½, etc. Official site: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/ Chess Daily News from...
Aeroflot update
Picture by our friends at Europe Echecs – Can you name the players? Here are the leaders after 2 rounds: 1-3 GM Dreev, Alexey 2633, GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2600, GM Feller, Sebastien 2522 4-25 GM Timofeev, Artyom 2664, GM...
Fabiano at Aeroflot
Final position GM Pavlovic (2522) – GM Caruana (2598) [D11]15.02.2008Aeroflot – Round 2 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.0–0 Bd6 9.Nc3 0–0 10.Qd1 Qe7 11.Bd2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.Bb3 Rad8...
Guess who?
This was sent to me by GM Fontaine from the second round of the Aeroflot Open. Can you name these 2 players? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar