Thursday, February 09, 2006

Aeroflot Open has started

One of the strongest open tournaments in the world will be held on February 8th-17th in Moskow. Players rated 2550+ are participating in A1 Group. There are also A2, B and C groups.


As in the three previous tournaments, the organizers of AEROFLOT OPEN 2006 and the super tournament in Dortmund have agreed that the winner of A1 tournament in Moscow will be invited to play in Dortmund from 23 July to 5 August 2006. This year a two-round round-robin tournament of six players (category XIX) will be held.

GM Nikola Sedlak drew GM Michael Roiz from Israel, while GM Robert Markus drew IM Nadezhda Kosintseva. Bosnian GM Borki Predojevic drew GM Alexander Galkin.

Pinoy GM Mark Paragua got zero points by forfeit. Perhaps TCG can tell us what happened to his favorite player.



Valerij Popov - Alexey Dreev
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. c3 a6 8. Nbd2 Nh6 9. g3 Nf5 10. Ne1 c5 11. Ndf3 Qb6 12. h3 Ne7 13. a3 Nc6 14. b4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Be7 16. Be3 O-O 17. Nd3 Be4 18. Nf4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 a5 20. Bg4 Rfd8 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Nxe6 Re8 23. bxa5 Nxa5 24. Qg4 Bf8 25. Nxg7 Bxg7 26. Qxd7 Qe6 27. Qxe6+ Rxe6 28. Rfb1 Nc4 29. Bc1 b6 30. f4 Bf8 31. f5 Rc6 32. a4 Rc7 33. Rb5 Rca7 34. Rxd5 Rxa4 35. Rxa4 Rxa4 36. Bf4 Na5 37. e6 Nc6 38. f6 Rxd4 39. Rg5+ Kh8 40. e7 Rd1+ 41. Kg2 1-0

Krishnan Sasikiran - Namig Guliyev
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rac1 Ba7 13. Ng5 Na5 14. Nd5 Nxb3 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. axb3 Bd7 17. Bb4 h6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Rxd7 Rfd8 20. Rxb7 Bc5 21. g3 Nd6 22. Rc7 Bxb4 23. Nc6 a5 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Kg8 26. Kf1 Rb8 27. Ke2 g5 28. Rc6 Ne4 29. Rd4 Nf6 30. h4 Kg7 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Rd3 Rb5 33. Rc4 g4 34. Rd1 Kg6 35. Rd3 Rb7 36. Rd1 e5 37. Rd3 Kf5 38. Rd1 Ne4 39. Rd5 Ke6 40. Rd8 0-1


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