Mamedyarov top seed at Aeroflot 2009

18 February 2009, 10.40 CET | By Peter Doggers  | Filed under: Reports | Tags:

Yet another huge chess event started yesterday: the 2009 Aeroflot Open. Top seeded player is Shakhryiar Mamedyarov (2724), who had to be satisfied with a draw against Mateusz Bartel (2594) in the first round.

The 8th International Chess Festival “Aeroflot Open 2009″ is held in Moscow February 16th to 27th. This major event is open to chess players of different levels: from unrated to having a 2700 rating! As always, the big sponsor is the Russian airline Aeroflot.

For the fourth year running, the festival takes place in the major tourist complex “Izmailovo” Рhotel “Gamma – Delta”. Four Open Tournaments (A1, A2, B and C), all 9-round Swisses, are made up according to the rating of the participants. This time, within the festival the Qualification Tournament for the World Blitz Championship will be held in addition to the four open tournaments.

This time the festival has the largest prize fund in the entire history of the Aeroflot Open Festival Р€ 180,000 (taking into account the prizes for the World Blitz Qualification Tournament). Tournament A1 is for chessplayers with a FIDE rating higher than 2549 and has a total prize fundof € 70,000. Tournament A2 is for chessplayers with a FIDE rating less than 2550, but higher than 2399 and has a total prize fund of € 36,000. Tournament B is for chessplayers with a FIDE rating less than 2400, but higher than 2199 and has a total prize fund of € 19,500. Tournament C is for chessplayers with a FIDE rating lower than 2200.

Naturally, the most interest is aroused by the A1 tournament, requiring from a participant a rating above 2550 (!) and usually boasting a number of world class players. The results of the first round can serve as a list of participants:

Aeroflot 2009 | Group A1 | Round 1 Results

Board	White	Fed.	Rating	Black	Fed.	Rating	Result
1	GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2724	GM Bartel, Mateusz	POL	2594	½-½
2	GM Zhigalko, Sergei	BLR	2587	GM Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	2722	½-½
3	GM Naiditsch, Arkadij	GER	2693	GM Gajewski, Grzegorz	POL	2581	1-0
4	GM Smirnov, Pavel	RUS	2579	GM Dreev, Alexey	RUS	2688	1-0
5	GM Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	2687	GM Maze, Sebastien	FRA	2578	1-0
6	GM Romanov, Evgeny	RUS	2576	GM Sargissian, Gabriel	ARM	2677	½-½
7	GM Moiseenko, Alexander	UKR	2676	GM Khairullin, Ildar	RUS	2574	1-0
8	GM Zhigalko, Andrey	BLR	2572	GM Milov, Vadim	SUI	2669	½-½
9	GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny	RUS	2664	GM Chuprov, Dmitry	RUS	2571	1-0
10	GM Kotanjian, Tigran	ARM	2568	GM Onischuk, Alexander	USA	2659	0-1
11	GM Grachev, Boris	RUS	2655	IM Chadaev, Nikolai	RUS	2568	½-½
12	GM Shomoev, Anton	RUS	2567	GM Predojevic, Borki	BIH	2650	1-0
13	GM Rodshtein, Maxim	ISR	2650	GM Grigoriants, Sergey	RUS	2565	½-½
14	GM Andriasian, Zaven	ARM	2564	GM Amonatov, Farrukh	TJK	2647	½-½
15	GM Bocharov, Dmitry	RUS	2647	GM Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	2564	½-½
16	GM Kotsur, Pavel	KAZ	2563	GM Smirin, Ilia	ISR	2647	½-½
17	GM Bareev, Evgeny	RUS	2645	GM Sjugirov, Sanan	RUS	2562	½-½
18	IM Yudin, Sergei	RUS	2562	GM Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	2638	½-½
19	GM Aleksandrov, Aleksej	BLR	2636	GM Li, Shilong	CHN	2559	1-0
20	GM Vazquez Igarza, Renier	ESP	2558	GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim	RUS	2636	0-1
21	GM Riazantsev, Alexander	RUS	2634	GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav	UKR	2558	½-½
22	GM Minasian, Artashes	ARM	2557	GM Kazhgaleyev, Murtas	KAZ	2630	½-½
23	GM Li, Chao b	CHN	2628	IM Ponkratov, Pavel	RUS	2557	0-1
24	GM Dziuba, Marcin	POL	2556	GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	2628	½-½
25	GM So, Wesley	PHI	2627	GM Filippov, Anton	UZB	2556	1-0
26	GM Dyachkov, Sergej	RUS	2553	GM Volkov, Sergey	RUS	2627	0-1
27	GM Landa, Konstantin	RUS	2626	GM Zhou, Weiqi	CHN	2542	1-0
28	GM Maslak, Konstantin	RUS	2541	GM Van Wely, Loek	NED	2625	½-½
29	GM Petrosian, Tigran L.	ARM	2623	GM Ragger, Markus	AUT	2540	½-½
30	GM Melkumyan, Hrant	ARM	2519	GM Pashikian, Arman	ARM	2621	½-½
31	GM Lysyj, Igor	RUS	2620	GM Grigoryan, Avetik	ARM	2506	1-0
32	GM Wen, Yang	CHN	2504	GM Akobian, Varuzhan	USA	2619	½-½
33	GM Potkin, Vladimir	RUS	2613	IM Kosintseva, Tatiana	RUS	2497	½-½
34	IM Ipatov, Alexander	ESP	2493	GM Zhou, Jianchao	CHN	2612	0-1
35	GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	IRI	2604	GM Ajrapetjan, Yuriy	UKR	2490	1-0
36	IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda	RUS	2486	GM Huzman, Alexander	ISR	2602	½-½
37	GM Kurnosov, Igor	RUS	2602	IM Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2473	1-0
38	IM Robson, Ray	USA	2455	GM Vaganian, Rafael A	ARM	2596	0-1
39	GM Ehlvest, Jaan	USA	2595	WGM Shen, Yang	CHN	2448	1-0

Round 1 games for replay

Links:

• Official website
• Games in PGN

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