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🏆 Moscow Open-A (2008)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Le Quang Liem, Arkadij Naiditsch, Dmitry Andreikin, Baadur Jobava, Ernesto Inarkiev, Vladimir Malakhov, Alexander Moiseenko, Anton Korobov, Alexander Riazantsev, Alexander Areshchenko, Denis Khismatullin, Vladimir Akopian, Alexander Motylev, Zahar Efimenko, Evgeny Najer, Emil Sutovsky, Igor Lysyj, Sergei Tiviakov, Yuriy Kuzubov, Evgenij Miroshnichenko, Sergey Volkov, Vadim Zvjaginsev, Vladimir Potkin, Artyom Timofeev, Anton Demchenko, Mikhail Kobalia, Aleksej Aleksandrov, Hrant Melkumyan, Igor Kurnosov, Aleksandr Rakhmanov, Vasily Papin, Igor Glek, Gadir Guseinov, Ildar Khairullin, Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen, Ivan Popov, Alexander Lastin, Pavel Tregubov, Boris Savchenko, Murtas Kazhgaleyev, Viorel Iordachescu, Farrukh Amonatov, Karen Asrian, Zaven Andriasian, Mikhailo Oleksienko, Yaroslav Zherebukh, Pavel Smirnov, Vladimir Belov, Yuri Vovk, Pavel Ponkratov, Vladimir Burmakin, Dmitry Svetushkin, Evgeny E Vorobiov, Andrei Deviatkin, Alexandre Danin, Anna Muzychuk, Sergei Yudin, Konstantin Tarlev, Artur Gabrielian, Vasily Yemelin, Andrey Rychagov, Evgeny Sveshnikov, Anton Shomoev, Jakov Geller, Andrei V Kharitonov, Alexander Evdokimov, Stanislav Novikov, Alexei Iljushin, Kateryna Lagno, Joshua E Friedel, Eldar Gasanov, Egor Krivoborodov, Alexander Moskalenko, Harika Dronavalli, Shukhrat Safin, Oleg Nikolenko, Abdullah Al-Rakib, Sergei Iskusnyh, Enamul Hossain, Mikhail Krylov, Valeri Yandemirov, Elina Danielian, Alexey Reshetnikov, Artem Chernobay, Alexander Zabotin, Igor Naumkin, Dzhakay Dzhakaev, Victor L Ivanov, Natalija Pogonina, Olga Girya, Irina Krush, Anna Ushenina, Jaroslav Ulko, Pavel Potapov, Pavel S Dvalishvili, Natalia Zhukova, Salome Melia, Alexei Gubajdullin, Anastasia Bodnaruk, Batkhuyag Munguntuul plus 28 more players.

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Moscow Open-A (2008)

The 4th International Chess Festival Moscow Open 2008 took place 2nd-10th February 2008. Artyom Timofeev took first alone place after winning a marathon game ( A Timofeev vs E Inarkiev, 2008 ) against the leader Ernesto Inarkiev (who had just won 7 in a row).

 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 164  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Akopian vs A Moskalenko  ½-½442008Moscow Open-AE66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno
2. A Okara vs E Inarkiev 1-0552008Moscow Open-AB83 Sicilian
3. Zvjaginsev vs S Slugin 1-0322008Moscow Open-AB12 Caro-Kann Defense
4. A Chernobay vs A Timofeev  0-1292008Moscow Open-AB83 Sicilian
5. F Amonatov vs I Zemtsov 1-0272008Moscow Open-AB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
6. O Aleshin vs Tiviakov  0-1402008Moscow Open-AE17 Queen's Indian
7. Miroshnichenko vs N Peregudov 1-0362008Moscow Open-AA53 Old Indian
8. A Tonoian vs Areshchenko 0-1712008Moscow Open-AE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
9. Motylev vs P Potapov  1-0372008Moscow Open-AB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
10. E Krivoborodov vs Jobava 0-1272008Moscow Open-AB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
11. A Moiseenko vs A Polivanov 1-0322008Moscow Open-AE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
12. P Kotenko vs Sutovsky ½-½872008Moscow Open-AB91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation
13. Efimenko vs B Onoprijchuk 1-0452008Moscow Open-AB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
14. A Chudinovskikh vs Naiditsch 0-1442008Moscow Open-AB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
15. E Najer vs A Kostin 1-0332008Moscow Open-AB42 Sicilian, Kan
16. Lagno vs A Kalmykova  1-0562008Moscow Open-AB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
17. M Kiseljova vs N Pogonina  0-1352008Moscow Open-AA58 Benko Gambit
18. E Kuzmenko vs I Krush 0-1302008Moscow Open-AB21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
19. E Danielian vs Y Yakovich 1-0332008Moscow Open-AD27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
20. A Reshetnikov vs A Riazantsev  0-1362008Moscow Open-AB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
21. A Kargin vs S Volkov  0-1262008Moscow Open-AC12 French, McCutcheon
22. V L Ivanov vs Zvjaginsev  ½-½222008Moscow Open-AC53 Giuoco Piano
23. A Timofeev vs K Tarlev  1-0512008Moscow Open-AE20 Nimzo-Indian
24. S Safin vs F Amonatov  ½-½622008Moscow Open-AE42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
25. Tiviakov vs J Friedel  1-0352008Moscow Open-AC77 Ruy Lopez
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Feb-10-08  Boomie: GM Timofeev,Artyom(RUS) (2664) - GM Inarkiev,Ernesto(RUS) (2681)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.c3 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 Be7 16.Ne3 g6 17.Nh2 Nc6 18.Bb3


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Feb-10-08  Boomie: Ushenina Anna - Krush Irina

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 c4 7.Bc2 Qc7 8.Qe2 g5 9.e6 dxe6 10.Nxg5 Qe5 11.d4 cxd3 12.Bxd3 Qxe2+ 13.Bxe2 Bg7


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Feb-10-08  percyblakeney: I think it's the first time that the transmission of the women's section seems to be working, but they only follow other games than the one that decides the winner, Muzychuk-Harika.
Feb-10-08  researchj: Muzychuk wins the tournament even with a loss in the last round, acording to the additional criteria.
Feb-10-08  percyblakeney: <researchj> OK, she has had a very good tournament and is a deserving winner. Still a bit strange that the first board is the one not being followed.
Feb-10-08  Boomie: GM Timofeev,Artyom(RUS) (2664) - GM Inarkiev,Ernesto(RUS) (2681) [C92]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.c3 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 Be7 16.Ne3 g6 17.Nh2 Nc6 18.Bb3 Nh7 19.Bxe7 Nxe7 20.Neg4 Kg7 21.Qd2 Ng8 22.Ne3 Ngf6 23.Rad1 h5 24.Nf3 Bc8 25.Nf1 Ra7 26.Bc2 d5


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Amusing position. Fritz has white ahead by about a pawn...go figure.

Feb-10-08  percyblakeney: Some photos from round 8:

Muzychuk: http://moscowchessopen.ru/images/k6...

Lahno and Charochkina: http://moscowchessopen.ru/images/k6...

Pogonina: http://moscowchessopen.ru/images/k6...

Feb-10-08  percyblakeney: Volkov and Efimenko can't finish lower than shared third after their wins today.
Feb-10-08  percyblakeney: After Lastin's draw it's clear that he will share second with Volkov, Efimenko, Timofeev/Inarkiev and probably several other players as well.
Feb-10-08
Premium Chessgames Member		  SwitchingQuylthulg: Timofeev seems to be winning now, which would put him alone at 7.5/9.


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Timofeev-Inarkiev after 90....Be2

Feb-10-08  percyblakeney: Inarkiev had a draw with 78. ... f4 but now it seems pointless to keep playing.
Feb-10-08  Karpova: Timofeev-Inarkiev after 117.Rd8


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Black resigned.

Feb-10-08  percyblakeney: 14 decisive results on the top 17 boards in the final round of a tournament must be some kind of record.
Feb-10-08  hovik2003: Round IX was such a terrible day for Armenian men, they all got routed and lost horribly! (Asrian, Akopian and the rest), and hails to and viva for Armenian women! (Danielian, Ambartsumova, Airapetian) when they all won and tried hard to gain back some of the lost waters into the main river.
Feb-10-08  PhilFeeley: <brankat> Nope. She's married to our Canadian champion, so I like to follow their progress.
Feb-10-08  PhilFeeley: Some of the women were playing in the "A" tournament, so I expected to see all the results and pairings there. I finally found them in the "C" tournament.

I see Sutovsky and Nyzhnyk both ended with 4. Bad for Sutovsky, but was it good for Nyzhnyk?

Feb-10-08  Eyal: Congratulations to the winner Timofeev, who finished with a +6 score and no losses - winning some very nice attacking games (such as A Timofeev vs V Iordachescu, 2008), as well as some marathonic endgames (such as V Belov vs A Timofeev, 2008 and the last-round game with Inarkiev)...
Feb-10-08
Premium Chessgames Member		  tamar: Yes, Timofeev showed the best confidence, beating Inarkiev and Efimenko, and drawing Riazantsev.

Question for anyone:

Does the Moscow Open carry any invitation to a Super Tournament for its winner?

Feb-10-08  Eyal: <tamar> The winner of the Aeroflot Open, which starts very soon in Moscow, gets an invitation to Dortmund - but I never saw anything similar mentioned with regard to the Moscow open.
Feb-10-08
Premium Chessgames Member		  tamar: thanks <Eyal> I didn't think so. Pity because Timofeev looks ready to move up.
Feb-10-08  BIDMONFA: Moscow Open (2008)

Champion - ARTYOM TIMOFEEV
http://www.bidmonfa.com/timofeev_ar...

http://www.bidmonfa.com/informacio_...
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Feb-11-08  hitman84: Congratulations to Timofeev.
Feb-11-08  Ezzy: Well done to Timofeev!. What a big confidence booster this must be. Finishing last in the Russian championships superfinal 2007, and then hitting back to win the strong Moscow open. That takes some character.
Feb-13-08  percyblakeney: Several games are commented at Chesspro, some not uploaded here since they weren't played at the top boards. Elshad Mamedov (2099)-Valery Grechinin (2306) started with 1. c3 f5 2. h3 Nf6 3. g4 fxg4 4. hxg4 Nxg4:


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Golubev explains what white should play (and did in a game from 1991) to immediately bring home the point in case of 5. Qc2 Nf6:

http://chesspro.ru/_events/2008/mop...

Mamedov played 5. Qa4 and won quickly anyway. (If 5. Qc2 Nf6 the winning move is 6. Rxh7.)

Feb-15-08  stanleys: Very nice video from the women's section:
http://www.64.ru/?/ru/articles/item...
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