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Aeroflot Open 2002. Rounds 1-9 ResultsRound 9, February 10Kaidanov, G - Shabalov, A 1/2. A quick draw in the Bogo-Indian. Grischuk, A - Dreev, A 1/2. Caro-Kann. White had a small edge. Aleksandrov, A - Izoria, Z 1-0. Nimzo-Indian Milov, V - Tkachiev, V 1-0 Standings after round 8 1-3. Grischuk, A., Shabalov, A, Kaidanov, G. - 6; etc. Round 8, February 9 Shabalov, A - Grischuk, A 1/2. Queen's Gambit Accepted Vescovi, G - Aleksandrov, A 1/2. Berlin Defence in the Ruy Lopez Tkachiev, V - Fedorov, A 1/2. Kings Indian Round 7, February 9 Shabalov, A - Yemelin, V 1-0. Queen's Indian Defence Grischuk, A - Sargissian, G 1-0. Caro-Kann Moiseenko, A - Tkachiev, V 1/2. Nimzo-Indian Standings after round 6 1. Yemelin, V. - 5; 2-9. Grischuk, A.; Tkachiev, V.; Kaidanov, G.; Sargissian, G.; Fedorov, A.; Moiseenko, A.; Tregubov, P.; Shabalov, A. - 4.5; etc. Round 6, February 8 Yemelin, V - Grischuk, A 1/2. Black equalized in the Spanish. Tkachiev, V - Kaidanov, G 1/2. Semi-Slav Defence. Sargissian, G - Fedorov, A 1/2. Kings Indian Defence. White had an extra pawn. Interesting is 21. exf5. Round 5, February 7 Aleksandrov, A - Yemelin, V 0-1. Nimzo-Indian with rare move 8. Qb3. Better is 23. Qf5 or 26. Ng3. Kaidanov, G - Sargissian, G 1/2. Queen's Indian Defence. Volkov, S - Tkachiev, V 0-1. Queen's Gambit Accepted. Standings after round 4 1-5. Aleksandrov, A.; Volkov, S.; Yemelin, V.; Sargissian, G.; Kaidanov, G. - 3.5; etc. Round 4, February 7 Vaganian, R - Aleksandrov, A 1/2. Ragozin Defence. Black had an extra pawn. Rychagov, A - Grischuk, A 1/2. Queen's Gambit Accepted. Onischuk, A - Volkov, S 0-1. Slav Defence. Black sacrificed a piece and attacked powerfully. Round 3, February 6 Najer, E - Onischuk, A 1/2. A quick draw in the Four Knights. Rublevsky, S - Bu 1/2. White had some edge. Aleksandrov, A - Sulskis, S 1-0. Nimzo-Indian. Black made a mistake 15...cxd6?!. More precise is 15...Nxd6. Grischuk, A. (2670) - Dvoirys, S. (2560) [B80], Aeroflot Open, Moscow (3) 2002 Round 2, February 5 Akopian, V - Lerner, K 1/2 Jobava, B - Grischuk, A 1/2 Vaganian, R - Volkov, S 1/2 Round 1, February 5 Smirin, Ilia - Markowski, Tomasz 0-1. Black obtained a small edge in the Paulsen Sicilian and attacked on the queenside. However ending was even. Better was 37. a6 with equality. Vasiukov, Evgeni - Van Wely, Loek 1-0. White beautifully sacrificed a bishop and had a strong attack on the black king in the Sicilian. Vasiukov, E. (2524) - Van Wely, L. (2697) [B53], Aeroflot Open, Moscow (1) 2002 Dreev, Alexey - Yemelin, Vasily 0-1. Black had better pawn structure in the endgame. © 2000-2002 Boris Schipkov |