Thursday, February 17, 2011

Le Quang Liem Declared Aeroflot Open Champ!

lequangliem150 17 February 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Chessvibes.com reported that despite a spectacular loss against Ivan Cheparinov in the penultimate round, Le Quang Liem won the Aeroflot Open for the second time in a row. The Vietnamese grandmaster edged out Nikita Vitiugov and Evgeny Tomashevsky on tie-break after the three finished on 6.5/9.



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Here is the last 9th round game between Le Quang Liem, the winner of the Aeroflot Open 2011 and Mamedov Rauf which ended in a draw.

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Here is the 9th round game between Tomashevsky and Sjugirov which gave Tomashevsky a share of the leadership with an important win. The Semi-Slav [D46] opening transpired during the game.

[Event "Aeroflot Open A"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2011.02.16"] [Round "9"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2626"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2011.02.08"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. Bg5 Rfe8 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Qd2 Qb8 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 b4 19. Bxf6 bxc3 20. Rxc3 Ng6 21. Bg5 f6 22. f5 Rcd8 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Ne5 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Bf4 Qc7 27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. Qe3 c5 29. Bb5 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Qxc5 h6 32. Qxe5 Qb6+ 33. Kh1 Bxe4 34. f6 gxf6 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kh8 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Bc4 Bxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Qxb2+ 40. Qe2 Qb7+ 41. Qf3 1-0
 

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