Moscow Open 2012
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SonofPearl on Thu, 01/26/2012 at 11:56am.
The International RSSU Chess Cup, featuring the Moscow Open 2012 will run from 28 January - 5 February.
The chess festival has eight different events, including two round-robin competitions for 10 young men and women players.
There are also two separate 9-round Swiss competitions for men and women, and many other events.
The round-robin event for men includes young US star Ray Robson (pictured).
The full line-up:
| Name |
Nat |
Elo |
| Maxim Matlakov |
RUS |
2625 |
| Avetik Grigoryan |
ARM |
2621 |
| Ray Robson |
USA |
2596 |
| Yaroslav Zherebukh |
UKR |
2594 |
| Alexander Ipatov |
ESP |
2586 |
| Dariusz Sviercz |
POL |
2583 |
| Vladimir Belous |
RUS |
2522 |
| Mustafa Yilmaz |
TUR |
2521 |
| Alexey Reshetnikov |
RUS |
2514 |
| Andrey Stukopin |
RUS |
2460 |
The top 50 entrants for the main Open event look like this:
|
Name |
Nat |
Elo |
|
|
Name |
Nat |
Elo |
| 1 |
Inarkiev Ernesto |
RUS |
2689 |
|
26 |
Lintchevski Daniil |
RUS |
2575 |
| 2 |
Andreikin Dmitry |
RUS |
2688 |
|
27 |
Grigoriants Sergey |
RUS |
2570 |
| 3 |
Bu Xiangzhi |
CHN |
2670 |
|
28 |
Evdokimov Alexander A. |
RUS |
2569 |
| 4 |
Khismatullin Denis |
RUS |
2660 |
|
29 |
Zontakh Andrey |
UKR |
2566 |
| 5 |
Timofeev Artyom |
RUS |
2659 |
|
30 |
Kovchan Alexander |
UKR |
2565 |
| 6 |
Bartel Mateusz |
POL |
2658 |
|
31 |
Geller Jakov |
RUS |
2563 |
| 7 |
Iordachescu Viorel |
MDA |
2651 |
|
32 |
Chadaev Nikolai |
RUS |
2556 |
| 8 |
Kurnosov Igor |
RUS |
2648 |
|
33 |
Frolyanov Dmitry |
RUS |
2555 |
| 9 |
Socko Bartosz |
POL |
2636 |
|
34 |
Gabrielian Artur |
RUS |
2545 |
| 10 |
Volkov Sergey |
RUS |
2633 |
|
35 |
Lastin Alexander |
RUS |
2538 |
| 11 |
Lysyj Igor |
RUS |
2633 |
|
36 |
Tukhaev Adam |
UKR |
2537 |
| 12 |
Romanov Evgeny |
RUS |
2628 |
|
37 |
Kornev Alexei |
RUS |
2530 |
| 13 |
Sjugirov Sanan |
RUS |
2622 |
|
38 |
Tarlev Konstantin |
UKR |
2523 |
| 14 |
Kokarev Dmitry |
RUS |
2618 |
|
39 |
Bukavshin Ivan |
RUS |
2517 |
| 15 |
Ponkratov Pavel |
RUS |
2611 |
|
40 |
Bogdanovich Stanislav |
UKR |
2513 |
| 16 |
Bocharov Dmitry |
RUS |
2609 |
|
41 |
Krivoborodov Egor |
RUS |
2513 |
| 17 |
Savchenko Boris |
RUS |
2609 |
|
42 |
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi |
IND |
2513 |
| 18 |
Popov Ivan |
RUS |
2599 |
|
43 |
Obolenskikh Dmitry |
RUS |
2510 |
| 19 |
Svetushkin Dmitry |
MDA |
2598 |
|
44 |
Gunina Valentina |
RUS |
2510 |
| 20 |
Rakhmanov Aleksandr |
RUS |
2593 |
|
45 |
Bezgodov Alexei |
RUS |
2500 |
| 21 |
Vorobiov Evgeny |
RUS |
2589 |
|
46 |
Bezgodov Alexei |
RUS |
2500 |
| 22 |
Kovalenko Igor |
UKR |
2584 |
|
47 |
Chernobay Artem |
RUS |
2500 |
| 23 |
Korotylev, Alexey |
RUS |
2580 |
|
48 |
Dubov Daniil |
RUS |
2498 |
| 24 |
Demchenko Anton |
RUS |
2578 |
|
49 |
Gavrilov Alexei |
RUS |
2498 |
| 25 |
Maletin Pavel |
RUS |
2575 |
|
50 |
Looshnikov Nikolai |
RUS |
2497 |
All rounds start at 16:00 local time (12:00 UTC) except the last round which kicks off at the earlier time of 11:00 (07:00 UTC).
The total prize fund across all competitions is 3,210,000 roubles (approx 100,000 USD).
More information can be found at the official website.
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