Ian Nepomniachtchi wins Aeroflot Open
Apr 6, 2015

Ian Nepomniachtchi shared the first place in the Aeroflot Open A with Daniil Dubov and won the event due to better tie-break score. Both players collected 7 points.

In addition to winning the prize money, Nepomniachtchi qualified for the traditional tournament in Dortmund.

Another Russian player Ivan Bukavshin finished clear third with 6.5. Replay games with analysis.

On the next day Nepomniachtchi dominated in the large blitz tournament, scoring 14.5/18 to take a clear first place, 1.5 points ahead of his main contenders. Reigning World Junior Champion Lu Shanglei (China), Alexander Grischuk (Russia), and Maxim Matlakov (Russia) collected 13 points, eight more players finished with 12.5 points.



Ian Nepomniachtchi

Open A final standings:

1 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2714 – 7
2 GM Dubov Daniil RUS 2627 – 7
3 GM Bukavshin Ivan RUS 2618 – 6.5
4 GM Lu Shanglei CHN 2570 – 6
5 GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2572 – 6
6 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2614 – 6
7 GM Khairullin Ildar RUS 2630 – 6
8 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2650 – 6
9 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2603 – 6
10 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2694 – 5.5
11 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2658 – 5.5
12 GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2573 – 5.5
13 GM Adhiban B. IND 2646 – 5.5
14 GM Idani Pouya IRI 2496 – 5.5
15 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2674 – 5.5
16 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2623 – 5.5
17 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2693 – 5.5
18 GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 2553 – 5
19 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2658 – 5
20 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2708 – 5
21 IM Sanal Vahap TUR 2487 – 5
22 GM Grachev Boris RUS 2673 – 5
23 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2653 – 5
24 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2669 – 5
25 GM Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2562 – 5
26 GM Khalifman Alexander RUS 2613 – 5
27 IM Van Foreest Jorden NED 2493 – 5
28 GM Potkin Vladimir RUS 2605 – 5
29 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2682 – 5
30 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2625 – 5
31 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2756 – 5
32 GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2598 – 5
33 IM Svane Rasmus GER 2509 – 4.5
34 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2529 – 4.5
35 GM Bok Benjamin NED 2587 – 4.5
36 IM Wagner Dennis GER 2549 – 4.5
37 GM Mozharov Mikhail RUS 2555 – 4.5
38 GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2594 – 4.5
39 GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2671 – 4.5
40 GM Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2632 – 4.5
41 GM Esen Baris TUR 2571 – 4.5
42 IM Bluebaum Matthias GER 2576 – 4
43 IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina RUS 2438 – 4
44 GM Kovalenko Igor LAT 2661 – 4
45 GM Ponkratov Pavel RUS 2613 – 4
46 IM Kuderinov Kirill KAZ 2465 – 4
47 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2592 – 4
48 GM Rapport Richard HUN 2709 – 4
49 IM Swayams Mishra IND 2440 – 4
50 IM Bogdanovich Stanislav UKR 2581 – 4
51 GM Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan MGL 2505 – 4
52 GM Yilmaz Mustafa TUR 2570 – 4
53 Asgarizadeh Ahmad IRI 2412 – 4
54 GM Vishnu Prasanna. V IND 2477 – 3.5
55 GM Stupak Kirill BLR 2567 – 3.5
56 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2581 – 3.5
57 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2706 – 3.5
58 FM Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2448 – 3.5
59 Predke Alexandr RUS 2530 – 3.5
60 GM Can Emre TUR 2555 – 3.5
61 GM Ernst Sipke NED 2530 – 3
62 GM Batchuluun Tsegmed MGL 2499 – 3
63 IM Tran Tuan Minh VIE 2455 – 3
64 GM Ankit R. Rajpara IND 2477 – 3
65 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2569 – 3
66 GM Kotronias Vasilios GRE 2565 – 3
67 Korobkov Piotr UKR 2423 – 3
68 WGM Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ 2379 – 2.5
69 GM Tregubov Pavel V. RUS 2617 – 2.5
70 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2630 – 2.5
71 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan ESP 2627 – 2.5
72 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed QAT 2511 – 0.5

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