Aeroflot Chess: So bags top junior award02/26/2009 02:02 PM MANILA Philippines – Filipino Grandmaster Wesley So continued to reach new heights on the international chess stage when he emerged as the top junior player at the end of the...
Aeroflot final standings
Final standings of all plus scores: Rank Name Flags Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We Col.Bal. Rat-HiLo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 GM Bacrot, Etienne 6.5 FRA M 2722 2775 +0.62 -1 2607.3 ½...
Spectacular performance for T. Kosintseva
Rnd Table Pno Name Flags Fed. Rating Scoreopponent Scoreplayer BH SB TPR W-Wetotal W-Weper game Colour Float Result 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...
Bacrot and Moiseenko win Aeroflot
Final round top boards results: 1 GM Pashikian, Arman 6.0 ARM 2621 0-1 GM Bacrot, Etienne 5.5 FRA 2722 2 GM Moiseenko, Alexander 5.5 UKR 2676 1-0 GM Zhou, Weiqi 5.5 CHN 2542 3 GM Kurnosov, Igor 5.5 RUS...
So on course for top junior priize
Aeroflot chess: GM Wesley So on course for top junior honors02/25/2009 06:11 PM MANILA, Philippines -Grandmaster Wesley So agreed to another draw, this time against GM Yuriy Ajrapetjan of Ukraine, to remain in a tie for 17th to 36th...
A spectacular result
Official website: www.aeroflotchess.com IM Tatiana Kosintseva, hailed as the best Russian female player by Kasparov, has secured herself a GM norm with one round to go. Her performance is 2715 after 8 rounds. The only game she lost was...
Pashikian takes over sole lead at Aeroflot
Round 9 top board pairings: 1 GM Pashikian, Arman 6.0 ARM 2621 GM Bacrot, Etienne 5.5 FRA 2722 2 GM Moiseenko, Alexander 5.5 UKR 2676 GM Zhou, Weiqi 5.5 CHN 2542 3 GM Kurnosov, Igor 5.5 RUS 2602 GM...
Aeroflot round 8
Round 8 top board matchups: 1 GM Pashikian, Arman 5.0 ARM 2621 GM Kurnosov, Igor 5.5 RUS 2602 2 GM Predojevic, Borki 5.0 BIH 2650 GM Moiseenko, Alexander 5.0 UKR 2676 3 GM Zhou, Jianchao 5.0 CHN 2612 GM...
Strict rules are needed NOW!
Photo by Sergey Sorotkin I received countless emails and messages about the cheating accusation scandal at the Aeroflot Open in Moscow. According to some of the eyewitnesses, Kurnosov did not go to the bathroom. He went to the hall...
Aeroflot update
Round 6 top boards results: 1 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 4.0 AZE 2724 GM Kurnosov, Igor 4.0 RUS 2602 0-1 2 GM Sargissian, Gabriel 3.5 ARM 2677 GM Moiseenko, Alexander 4.0 UKR 2676 ½-½ 3 GM Bacrot, Etienne 3.5 FRA...