Rd. 8 - Bluvshtein - In Progress
Bd. 29 GM Alsina Leal, Daniel 3.0 ESP 2531 - GM Bluvshtein, Mark 3.0 CAN 2590
Move 27- material equality; each now has an isolated P
Stockfish - has Alsina Leal's advantage down slightly fron 1 1/4 P to a P.
Bob
Rd. 8 - Bluvshtein - In Progress
Bd. 29 GM Alsina Leal, Daniel 3.0 ESP 2531 - GM Bluvshtein, Mark 3.0 CAN 2590
Move 27- material equality; each now has an isolated P
Stockfish - has Alsina Leal's advantage down slightly fron 1 1/4 P to a P.
Bob
Rd. 8 - Bluvshtein - In Progress
Bd. 29 GM Alsina Leal, Daniel 3.0 ESP 2531 - GM Bluvshtein, Mark 3.0 CAN 2590
Move 35- Alsina Leal is up a passed cP, but there are opposite coloured B's
Stockfish - has Alsina Leal's advantage maintaining at a P.
Bob
Rd. 8 - Le - In Progress
Bd. 1 GM Le, Quang Liem 6.0 VIE 2664 - GM Cheparinov, Ivan 5.0 BUL 2665
Move 32 - Cheparinov is up the exchange, but Le has a P compensation
Stockfish - Cheparinov has moved up from 1/4 P advantage to 2 1/2 P's advantage,
Looks llike a loss for the leader, Le !
Bob
Rd. 8 - Le - Result
Bd. 1 GM Le, Quang Liem 6.0 VIE 2664 0 - 1 - GM Cheparinov, Ivan 5.0 BUL 2665
Move 45 - Cheparinov won . He moves into a tie for first now, with Le.
!
Bob
Rd. 8 - Bluvshtein - In Progress
Bd. 29 GM Alsina Leal, Daniel 3.0 ESP 2531 - GM Bluvshtein, Mark 3.0 CAN 2590
Move 86- Alsina Leal is still up a passed P, but since my last report at move 35, his passed cP has not moved - still on c3 ! He is making no progress, partly because there are opposite coloured B's.
Stockfish - has Alsina Leal's advantage decreasing from a P to about 1/4 P.
My prediction is that Daniel will soon offer a draw to Mark.
Bob
Rd. 8 - Bluvshtein - Result
Bd. 29 GM Alsina Leal, Daniel 3.0 ESP 2531 .5 - .5 - GM Bluvshtein, Mark 3.0 CAN 2590
Move 88- Alsina Leal was still up a passed P when a draw was agreed. From my report at move 35, his passed cP had not moved - still on c3 ! He was making no progress, partly because there were opposite coloured B's. My prediction at move 86 was that Daniel would soon offer a draw to Mark, which he did 2 moves later.
Stockfish - had Alsina Leal's advantage decreased from a 1/4 P to 0.
Mark has 3.5/8 pts..
Bob
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Bob
Aeroflot - Open A
- Moscow, Russia.
A Section:
There are 86 players , 69 above 2550 ELO, and 75 GM's.
Here are the top 5 seeds ( all over 2700 ):
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Kamsky, Gata GM USA 2730 2000024
2 Movsesian, Sergei GM ARM 2721 310204
3 Jakovenko, Dmitry GM RUS 2718 4122356
4 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM FRA 2715 623539
5 Vitiugov, Nikita GM RUS 2709 4152956
Two Canadian GM's are playing in this top section:
1. GM Mark Bluvshtein , top FIDE-rated Canadian ( playing for Canada ), with a 2590 rating. He is ranked # 53 ( out of 87 ).
2. GM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon, rated 2500, and ranked # 79.
Round 8 Results ( Tuesday, Feb. 15 )
After 8 rounds, here are the top standings:
Rank Name Flags Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We Col.Bal. Rat-HiLo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 GM Le, Quang Liem 6.0 VIE M 2664 2834 +1.74 0 2647.7 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0
2 GM Cheparinov, Ivan 6.0 BUL M 2665 2770 +1.06 0 2574.2 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1
3 GM Khismatullin, Denis 5.5 RUS M 2649 2799 +1.60 0 2666.2 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½
4 GM Yu, Yangyi j 5.5 CHN M 2607 2772 +1.77 0 2638.0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 ½
5 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 5.5 RUS M 2709 2775 +0.67 0 2634.2 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½
6 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 5.5 RUS M 2695 2773 +0.82 0 2631.3 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½
7 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 5.5 ISR M 2625 2745 +1.29 0 2609.0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1
8 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 5.5 UZB M 2681 2742 +0.66 0 2607.0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
9 GM Mamedov, Rauf 5.5 AZE M 2660 2728 +0.73 0 2586.3 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½
10 GM Sjugirov, Sanan j 5.5 RUS M 2626 2752 +1.36 2 2619.3 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1
Rd. 8 Canadian Results:
Bd. 29 GM Alsina Leal, Daniel 3.0 ESP 2531 .5 - .5 - GM Bluvshtein, Mark 3.0 CAN 2590
Bd. 38 IM Sethuraman, S.P. j 2.5 IND 2545 1 - 0- GM Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas 2.5 CAN 2500
Mark has 3.5/8 pts. ( # 60/86 - originally ranked # 53 )
Thomas has 2.5/8 pts. ( # 79/86 - originally ranked # 79 )
Round 9 Pairings ( Wednesday, Feb. 16 )
Top Boards:
Table White Flags Score Fed. Rating Black Flags Score Fed. Rating Result
1 GM Cheparinov, Ivan 6.0 BUL 2665 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 5.5 RUS 2709
2 GM Mamedov, Rauf 5.5 AZE 2660 GM Le, Quang Liem 6.0 VIE 2664
3 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 5.5 RUS 2695 GM Sjugirov, Sanan j 5.5 RUS 2626
4 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 5.5 UZB 2681 GM Yu, Yangyi j 5.5 CHN 2607
5 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 5.5 ISR 2625 GM Khismatullin, Denis 5.5 RUS 2649
Canadians:
Bd. 33 GM Bluvshtein, Mark 3.5 CAN 2590 - IM Sethuraman, S.P. j 3.5 IND 2545
Bd. 40 GM Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas 2.5 CAN 2500 - GM Vocaturo, Daniele 2.5 ITA 2570 ( won the Tata Steel C Group; won his individual game against Mark )
B Section
Rd. 8 Canadian Results
Antoine Berube ( 2146 ) has 2/8 pts. ( # 105/106 ) - Rd. 8 won by default
C Section
Rd. 8 Canadian Results
Victor Plotkin ( 2238 ) has 4.5/8 pts.. ( # 37/ 106 )
Doug Sly ( no FIDE rating ) has 1.5/8 pts..( # 104/106 )
Official Website: http://www.aeroflotchess.com/ ( A section live games available to Bd. 36 - starting shortly after 7:00 AM, EST ).
Some A Section Annotated Games , including Mark's and Thomas' : Chess5 - http://chess5.com - Use " Public Games " link
Bob
Rd. 9 - Bluvshtein - In Progress
Bd. 33 GM Bluvshtein, Mark 3.5 CAN 2590 - IM Sethuraman, S.P. j 3.5 IND 2545
Move 14 - material equality
Stockfish - gives Mark 3//4 P advantage
Bob
Rd. 9 - Cheparinov - In Progress
1 GM Cheparinov, Ivan 6.0 BUL 2665 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 5.5 RUS 2709
Move 17 - material equality
Stockfish - equal
Bob