Aeroflot Open 2012

Aeroflot Open, one of the strongest Open of the world has started in Moscow. Divided in 3 groups , the winners will share 150,000€ and one invitation to Dortmund Super tournament in the summer.

Top results Round 1

1 GM Aleksandrov, Aleksej BLR 2612 – GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS 2740 ½-½
2 GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2736 – GM Bocharov, Dmitry RUS 2611 1-0
3 GM Ponkratov, Pavel RUS 2611 – GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS 2735 ½-½
4 GM Le, Quang Liem VIE 2714 – GM Savchenko, Boris RUS 2609 1-0
5 GM Popov, Ivan RUS 2599 – GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2705 ½-½
6 GM Jobava, Baadur GEO 2704 – GM Robson, Ray USA 2596 1-0
7 GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav UKR 2594 – GM Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2700 ½-½
8 GM Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2690 – GM Rakhmanov, Aleksandr RUS 2593 1-0
9 GM Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS 2689 – GM Ulibin, Mikhail RUS 2587 0-1 (ff)
10 GM Andreikin, Dmitry RUS 2688 – GM Ipatov, Alexander TUR 2586 1-0

Top results Round 2

1 GM Iordachescu, Viorel MDA 2651 – GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2736 ½-½
2 GM Iturrizaga, Eduardo 1.0 VEN 2649 – GM Le, Quang Liem VIE 2714 ½-½
3 GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1.0 ROU – 2647 GM Jobava, Baadur 1.0 GEO 2704 ½-½
4 GM Sokolov, Ivan 1.0 NED 2641 – GM Eljanov, Pavel 1.0 UKR 2690 ½-½
5 GM Socko, Bartosz 1.0 POL 2636 – GM Andreikin, Dmitry 1.0 RUS 2688 ½-½
6 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 1.0 ISR 2634 – GM Akopian, Vladimir 1.0 ARM 2685 1-0
7 GM Yu, Yangyi j 1.0 CHN 2631 – GM Alekseev, Evgeny 1.0 RUS 2670 0-1
8 GM Khismatullin, Denis 1.0 RUS 2664 – GM Zhou, Jianchao 1.0 CHN 2619 1-0
9 GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 1.0 ESP 2618 – GM Korobov, Anton 1.0 UKR 2660 ½-½
10 GM Bartel, Mateusz 1.0 POL 2658 – GM Gajewski, Grzegorz 1.0 POL 2616 ½-½

Top results Round 3

1 GM Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2670 – GM Rodshtein, Maxim ISR 2634 ½-½
2 GM Zhigalko, Sergei BLR – 2658 GM Khismatullin, Denis RUS 2664 ½-½
3 GM Gupta, Abhijeet IND – 2652 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2705 ½-½
4 GM Bartel, Mateusz POL 2658 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS 2740 ½-½
5 GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2736 – GM Iturrizaga, Eduardo VEN 2649 1-0
6 GM Le, Quang Liem VIE 2714 – GM Iordachescu, Viorel MDA 2651 ½-½
7 GM Jobava, Baadur GEO – 2704 GM Sokolov, Ivan NED 2641 ½-½
8 GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU 2647 GM Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2700 ½-½
9 GM Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2690 – GM Socko, Bartosz POL 2636 ½-½
10 GM Andreikin, Dmitry RUS 2688 – GM Khalifman, Alexander RUS 2632 ½-½

Ranking after Round 3

1-8 GM Caruana, Fabiano  ITA M 2736, GM Alekseev, Evgeny RUS M 2670, GM Balogh, Csaba HUN M 2665, GM Khismatullin, Denis RUS M 2664, GM Korobov, Anton UKR M 2660, GM Zhigalko, Sergei BLR M 2658, GM Gupta, Abhijeet IND M 2652, GM Rodshtein, Maxim ISR M 2634 2,5, 9-36 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS M 2740, GM Le, Quang Liem 2…