Etienne Bacrot Wins Aeroflot Open

Submitted by SonofPearl on Fri, 02/27/2009 at 10:17am.

Frenchman Etienne Bacrot (pictured) won the Aeroflot Open in Moscow and so earned €70,000 and an invite to the Dortmund super-GM tournament in July this year. He did it the hard way, beating Armenian GM Arman Pashikian who was the leader going into the last round, with the black pieces.

That meant Bacrot tied for first place on 6.5/9 with Ukranian GM Alexander Moiseenko, but Bacrot was declared winner on a superior tiebreak score to claim the title and Dortmund invite.

The top placed woman was Tatiana Kosintseva of Russia on 5.5/9, and the top Junior was Wesley So who finished on 5/9. Tatiana's earned a GM norm with her impressive score; her only loss was to So in round 3.

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by macaoui - 9 months ago
HK Hong Kong

Member Since: Jan 2009
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bien joue Etienne!

by rfs - 9 months ago
mandaluyong city Philippines

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The top French SuperGM Bacrot played with a fire in the rook endgame to overtake the leader Pashikian. Kid GM Wesley So still having a hang over after his Corus triumph.But the young lad still deserve an applause by proving that He is the best junior in this strong tournament. Congratulations also to Kosintseva.