Aeroflot Open 2010
The prestigious Aeroflot Open that featured 75 Grandmasters and five International Masters in the main Group A concluded on Wednesday with Vietnamese GM Le Quang Liem claiming the clear first place by collecting 7 points from nine games. On the final day he defeated the 2008 Aeroflot winner Ian Nepomniachtchi, rounding up an impressive performance on the Russian tour as earlier he shared first place at the equally tough Moscow Open.
Among the women players at Aeroflot GM Yifan Hou, GM Tatiana Kosintseva, and IM Nadezhda Kosintseva shared places 45-64 with 4,0/9. IM Javakhishvili and GM Sebag were a point behind with 3,0/9.
In group B, IM Pridorozhni, GM Glek, GM Dvoirys, IM Pavlov, and GM Panarin finished with 6,5/9 and shared the first position, with the gold going to IM Pridorozhni on better tiebreak.
Group A final standings:
1 GM Le Quang Liem – 7.0 VIE 2647
2 GM Korobov Anton – 6.5 UKR 2648
3 GM Motylev Alexander – 6.0 RUS 2697
4 GM Zhou Jianchao – 6.0 CHN 2632
5 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son – 6.0 VIE 2616
6 GM Grachev Boris – 6.0 RUS 2653
7 GM Cheparinov Ivan – 5.5 BUL 2660
8 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime – 5.5 FRA 2730
9 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian – 5.5 RUS 2658
10 GM Bu Xiangzhi – 5.5 CHN 2673
11 GM So Wesley – 5.5 PHI 2656
12 GM Sargissian Gabriel – 5.5 ARM 2680
13 GM Savchenko Boris – 5.5 RUS 2638
14 GM Bacrot Etienne – 5.5 FRA 2713
15 GM Timofeev Artyom – 5.5 RUS 2652
16 GM Bareev Evgeny – 5.5 RUS 2643
17 GM Najer Evgeniy – 5.5 RUS 2665
18 GM Iturrizaga Eduardo – 5.5 VEN 2616
19 GM Dreev Alexey – 5.5 RUS 2650 etc
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