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Aeroflot 2008: Two players lead with 4.5/5 points
19.02.2008 – They are Maxim Rodshtein from Israel and Ian Nepomniachtchi from Russia. Behind them are two further Russian GMs, Artyom Timofeev and Alexey Dreev. The Aeroflot Open 2008 has completed five rounds in the "Gamma-Delta" Hotel in Moscow. We bring you standings, games, pictures and videos.

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The Aeroflot Open 2008 is taking place from February 13th to 22nd. The venue and official hotel the "Gamma-Delta" Hotel, which can accomodate 3,500 guests. The festival consists of four tournaments, each a nine rounds Swiss Tournament. The total prize fund of the four tournaments is US $200,000 – $30,000 first place and $100,000 total in the top group.

Top standings after five rounds

# Player Ti. FED Rtng Pts. Perf.

1 Rodshtein, Maxim GM ISR 2614 4.5 2932

2 Nepomniachtchi, Ian GM RUS 2600 4.5 2954

3 Timofeev, Artyom GM RUS 2664 4.0 2820

4 Dreev, Alexey GM RUS 2633 4.0 2814

5 Volokitin, Andrei GM UKR 2674 3.5 2702

6 Motylev, Alexander GM RUS 2644 3.5 2741

7 Jobava, Baadur GM GEO 2643 3.5 2716

8 Asrian, Karen GM ARM 2621 3.5 2697

9 Guseinov, Gadir GM AZE 2617 3.5 2728

10 Grachev, Boris GM RUS 2601 3.5 2720

11 Bologan, Viktor GM MDA 2663 3.0 2640

12 Amonatov, Farrukh GM TJK 2649 3.0 2648

13 Sutovsky, Emil GM ISR 2642 3.0 2645

14 Predojevic, Borki GM BIH 2641 3.0 2627

15 Najer, Evgeniy GM RUS 2634 3.0 2646

16 Bocharov, Dmitry GM RUS 2600 3.0 2647

17 Grigoriants, Sergey GM RUS 2583 3.0 2680

18 Mamedov, Rauf GM AZE 2583 3.0 2707

19 Khismatullin, Denis GM RUS 2564 3.0 2690

20 Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son GM VIE 2551 3.0 2701

21 Romanov, Evgeny GM RUS 2543 3.0 2691

22 Le, Quang Liem GM VIE 2540 3.0 2662

23 Safarli, Eltaj IM AZE 2496 3.0 2611

24 Akopian, Vladimir GM ARM 2700 2.5 2570

25 Khalifman, Alexander GM RUS 2638 2.5 2555

26 Naiditsch, Arkadij GM GER 2638 2.5 2564

27 Riazantsev, Alexander GM RUS 2628 2.5 2541

28 Aleksandrov, Aleksej GM BLR 2618 2.5 2578

29 Azarov, Sergei GM BLR 2594 2.5 2525

30 Lysyj, Igor GM RUS 2593 2.5 2520

31 Iordachescu, Viorel GM MDA 2586 2.5 2591

32 Jussupow, Artur GM GER 2585 2.5 2594

33 Minasian, Artashes GM ARM 2578 2.5 2594

34 Parligras, Mircea GM ROU 2574 2.5 2581

35 Maletin, Pavel GM RUS 2573 2.5 2623

36 Evdokimov, Alexander GM RUS 2569 2.5 2630

37 Shomoev, Anton GM RUS 2562 2.5 2635

38 Zhou, Jianchao GM CHN 2551 2.5 2635

39 Frolyanov, Dmitry GM RUS 2544 2.5 2623

40 Hou, Yifan WGM CHN 2527 2.5 2603

41 Feller, Sebastien GM FRA 2522 2.5 2618

42 Pavlovic, Milos GM SRB 2522 2.5 2598

43 Sebag, Marie IM FRA 2510 2.5 2607

44 Bindrich, Falko GM GER 2497 2.5 2589

Picture Gallery by ChessPro

The following pictures have been provided by our colleagues over at ChessPro. The Russian language site has extensive commentary of games from the Aeroflot and other tournaments.

The playing hall of the 2008 Aeroflot tournament in Moscow