[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vavulin, Maksim"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Kaufmann attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4169530"]
[BlackFideId "24130737"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Be2 Bd6 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. dxc3 Qxd1+ 10. Bxd1 O-O 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Bc2 h6 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Kb1
a5 15. h3 Rae8 16. Rhe1 Re7 17. Rd2 f5 18. Rdd1 f4 19. Bc1 Rfe8 20. Rxe6 Rxe6
21. Bb3 Kf8 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Re1 Rg6 24. Nh4 Rf6 25. Nf3 Kf7 26. Kc2 Rg6 27.
Nh4 Re6 28. Rxe6 Kxe6 29. Kd3 Ne5+ 30. Ke4 Nf7 31. Nf3 g5 32. Nd4+ Kf6 33. Nf5
Bc5 34. g3 Bxf2 35. gxf4 h5 36. Be3 Bxe3 37. Nxe3 Nd6+ 38. Kf3 c6 39. b3 Kg6 40.
Nd1 Nb5 41. Kg3 Kf6 42. fxg5+ Kxg5 43. h4+ Kf5 44. Kf3 Ke5 45. Nb2 Nxc3 46. Nc4+
Kd5 47. Nxa5 b6 48. Nc4 b5 49. Nb6+ Kc5 50. Nd7+ Kd6 51. Nf6 Nxa2 52. Nxh5 Nc1
53. b4 Nd3 54. Ke4 Nxb4 55. Ng3 Nd5 56. h5 Nf6+ 57. Kd3 Ng4 58. Ke4 Nh6 59. Ne2
Kc5 60. Nd4 Nf7 61. Kd3 Kd5 62. Nc2 c5 63. Kc3 Nh6 64. Kb3 Nf5 65. Kc3 Ke6 66.
Kd3 Kd6 67. Na3 Kc6 68. Nc2 Kd5 69. Kc3 Ke5 70. Kd3 Ke6 71. Na3 b4 72. Nc4 Kd5
73. Nd2 Nh6 74. Nc4 Ng4 75. Nb6+ Kc6 76. Nc4 Kb5 77. Nd6+ Kb6 78. Kc4 Kc6 79.
Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "5058422"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qa4 Qxc5 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Nh3 d6 10. Nf4 Bd7 11. Nfd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qd8 13. Qa3 Nc6 14. O-O Nd4
15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Rfd1 Bg7 17. Rac1 Bc6 18. Bh3 Re8 19. b4 e6 20. Nc3 a6 21. Qb3
b5 22. Bg2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 bxc4 24. Qxc4 Qb6 25. a3 Rec8 26. Qd3 a5 27. bxa5 Qxa5
28. Nb5 d5 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Rb1 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "4158814"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Bd3 h6
15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Qb4 Qc7 17. Rac1 Qf4 18. Qd2 Qxd2 19. Nxd2 Rfd8 20. Nb3 a5 21.
f3 Ne8 22. Kf2 Rac8 23. Ke3 Bc6 24. Ra1 Nd6 25. Reb1 Be8 26. Nd2 Rb8 27. g4 f6
28. f4 e5 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. dxe5 Nf7 31. Bc4 Kf8 32. Nf3 Rdc8 33. Rc1 Bxa4 34.
Rxa4 b5 35. Rxa5 bxc4 36. Nd4 c3 37. Kd3 Ra8 38. Rd5 Ra3 39. Rc2 Re8 40. Nf3 Ra6
41. Rxc3 Rg6 42. h3 h5 43. Nh4 Rh6 44. gxh5 Rxh5 45. Ng6+ Kg8 46. Kd4 Ng5 47.
Nf4 Rh4 48. Rg3 Rxf4 49. Rxg5 Rh4 50. Rd7 Kh8 51. Rg3 Ra8 52. Rc3 Kg8 53. e6
Ra4+ 54. Rc4 Rxc4+ 55. Kxc4 Kf8 56. Kd5 Rxh3 57. Rf7+ Ke8 58. Rxg7 Rd3+ 59. Ke5
Ra3 60. Rg8+ Ke7 61. Rg7+ Ke8 62. Rc7 Ra1 63. Rc5 Ke7 64. Rd5 Ra2 65. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "13300857"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. Bc4 Be7 10. a4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bg3 Bg4 13. a5 Bg5 14. Qb3 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Nce7 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Rxe5 c6 18. Na3 Ng6 19. Bxd5 Rxe5 20. Be4 Nf4 21. Kh1
Rxa5 22. d4 Re8 23. Rg1 Nh3 24. Re1 Bf4 25. Nc4 Rh5 26. Ne5 Nxf2+ 27. Kg2 Bxe5
28. dxe5 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Qd2+ 30. Kg1 Rd8 31. Qxb7 Qd1+ 32. Re1 Qxf3 33. Rf1 Qe3+
34. Kh1 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, 9.h3"]
[WhiteFideId "4108116"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a3 h6 15. Ba2
Qd7 16. Qc2 a5 17. b3 Nh5 18. Nf1 Ne7 19. d5 c6 20. c4 cxd5 21. cxd5 f5 22. exf5
b4 23. Bb1 Nxd5 24. axb4 axb4 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Qc4 Rc8 27. Qg4 Nhf6 28. Qh4 Nc3
29. Bc2 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Nb5 31. Bb1 Nd4 32. Nd2 Nxf5 33. Qxb4 Nd4 34. Kh2 d5 35.
Qa4 Qb7 36. Rxe5 Bb4 37. Ba3 Nc6 38. Bxb4 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qe2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Nd7
9. c4 b5 10. cxb5 Na5 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bf4 axb5 13. Nxb5 Ba6 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. h4
Qb6 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. Rfd1 Nd4 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. Na4 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3
Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Reb8 23. Bg2 Rb4 24. Rdd1 Bb5 25. Nc3 Bc6 26. Rc2 g6 27. Ne2 Bb5
28. Nc1 Ba6 29. Be3 Nxe5 30. Bxc5 Rbb8 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. d4 Nd7 33. Bf1 Rb4 34.
Rc6 Bb7 35. Rc7 Ke8 36. Nd3 Rb6 37. Nc5 Bc8 38. Rd2 Kd8 39. Nxd7 Bxd7 40. Rc5 h6
41. f4 Ke7 42. Kf2 g5 43. Ke3 Kd6 44. Rcc2 Rg8 45. Rg2 Rb4 46. Bd3 f6 47. Rcf2
e5 48. hxg5 exd4+ 49. Kd2 hxg5 50. fxg5 fxg5 51. Rf6+ Kc7 52. Rh2 Rbb8 53. Rf7
Rbf8 54. Rfh7 Kd6 55. R7h6+ Kc7 56. Be2 Ra8 57. a4 Rgb8 58. Bd1 Bf5 59. Rf6 Be4
60. Rhh6 Rf8 61. Rc6+ Kb7 62. Rb6+ Ka7 63. Ra6+ Kb7 64. Rhb6+ Kc7 65. Rc6+ Kb7
66. Rab6+ Ka7 67. a5 Rfc8 68. Re6 Re8 69. Ra6+ Kb7 70. Reb6+ Kc7 71. Rc6+ Kd7
72. Bg4+ Ke7 73. Rc7+ Kf8 74. Rf6+ Kg8 75. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Flohr-Zaitsev system (Lenzerheide variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 Qc7 14. Ne3 c4 15. d4
Nxe4 16. Nf5 Nf6 17. Bg5 Bd8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nd6 Re6 20. Nxb7 Nxb7 21. a4 Rb8
22. axb5 axb5 23. Bh4 Nd7 24. Bg3 Nbc5 25. Bf5 Re8 26. Qd5 Bf6 27. Nd4 Qb7 28.
Nc6 Rbc8 29. Nb4 Rc7 30. Ra5 Bd8 31. Ra8 Qxd5 32. Nxd5 Rb7 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Nc6
Bf6 35. Rea1 Na4 36. Ra7 Rxa7 37. Nxa7 Ndc5 38. Nxb5 g6 39. Bc2 Nxb2 40. Ra2
Ncd3 41. Bxd3 Nxd3 42. Nd6 Re6 43. Nxc4 Rc6 44. Ra4 Kg7 45. Kf1 g5 46. Ke2 Nc5
47. Rb4 Na6 48. Ra4 Nc5 49. Rb4 Nd7 50. Kd3 e4+ 51. Kxe4 Bxc3 52. Rb7 Rxc4+ 53.
Kd3 Rd4+ 54. Kxc3 Rd5 55. Rb4 Nf6 56. Rd4 Ra5 57. Kd3 Kg6 58. Bd6 h5 59. g4 h4
60. Bb4 Rb5 61. Kc4 Rb6 62. f3 Ne8 63. f4 gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "4118987"]
[BlackFideId "8608288"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Be6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Nf3 a5 12. O-O a4 13. a3 Ra5 14. Nh4 Kd8 15.
Ne2 Nb6 16. Rac1 Nc8 17. Ng3 Nd6 18. Rc3 Nc4 19. Rc2 Rb5 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. e4 c3
22. Rxc3 Rxb2 23. d5 Bd7 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. Nhf5 Rb3 26. Rxb3 axb3 27. Rb1 Bxa3
28. Rxb3 Bc5 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Rd3 Kc7 31. Rxd4 Ra8 32. Kf1 Kb6 33. Rd1 Kc5 34.
Rc1+ Kb4 35. Ke2 Ra3 36. Kd2 Ra2+ 37. Ke3 Ra3+ 38. Kd4 Bb5 39. Rb1+ Ka5 40. Kc5
b6+ 41. Kd6 Bd3 42. Rb2 b5 43. f3 b4 44. Nf5 Kb5 45. Ke7 Kc5 46. Kxf7 b3 47.
Kxf6 Kc4 48. e5 Kc3 49. Rxb3+ Rxb3 50. e6 Rb6 51. f4 Bc4 52. Ng7 Kd4 53. f5 Ke4
54. g4 Kf4 55. h3 Kg3 56. Ke5 Kxh3 57. f6 Bxe6 58. Nxe6 Kxg4 59. f7 Rb5+ 60. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14129574"]
[BlackFideId "2000024"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Qd3 c6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qxe5 13. Bc3 Qh5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. O-O Rd8 16. Qb3 f5 17. Nc3 Bf6 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Qxb7 Bxc3 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. bxc3 Qe2 22. Qe7 Rd1 23. h4 h6 24. Qxa7 Rd2 25. Ra1 Qxc4 26. Qe3 Re2
27. Bf1 Rxe3 28. Bxc4 Re5 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. a4 Ra5 31. f3 Kf7 32. g4 Kf6 33. Kf2
Ke5 34. Ke3 f4+ 35. Kd3 Kd5 36. Ra2 e5 37. Ra1 c5 38. c4+ Ke6 39. Ra2 Ra8 40. a5
Rd8+ 41. Ke2 e4 42. a6 Ke5 43. a7 Ra8 44. Ra6 Kd4 45. g5 hxg5 46. hxg5 Kxc4 47.
g6 exf3+ 48. Kxf3 Kb5 49. Ra1 c4 50. g7 c3 51. Rb1+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Xu, Yinglun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "13300881"]
[BlackFideId "8604940"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. a4
a6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. d3 O-O 12. e4 h6 13. h3 Rc8 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. Be3
c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 Qc6 18. Qb1 cxb4 19. Na2 e5 20. Nxb4 Qe6 21. Ra7 Rb8 22.
Qb2 Qd6 23. Rb1 Rfc8 24. d4 Bxe4 25. dxe5 Qxb4 26. Qxb4 Bxb4 27. Rxb4 Bxf3 28.
exf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "5004985"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Qxc4
Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. e3 Ne4 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Qc2 Bc4 15.
Re1 Rac8 16. a4 c5 17. Bd2 b6 18. f4 e6 19. Nf3 Qa6 20. Qb1 Rfd8 21. g4 Bd3 22.
Bf1 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 cxd4 24. cxd4 Nf6 25. g5 Ne8 26. Kf2 Nd6 27. Bb4 Nf5 28. Qb3
Qb7 29. Qd3 Qc6 30. Bd2 Nd6 31. Rfc1 Qd5 32. Ke2 h6 33. h4 Ne4 34. Qb5 Qb7 35.
Qd3 Ng3+ 36. Kf2 Ne4+ 37. Ke2 Nc5 38. Qb5 a6 39. Qb1 Ne4 40. Qd3 Ng3+ 41. Kf2
Ne4+ 42. Ke2 h5 43. Rab1 Ng3+ 44. Kf2 Ne4+ 45. Ke2 Bf8 46. Be1 Bd6 47. Rc4 Rxc4
48. Qxc4 Rb8 49. Rc1 Ba3 50. Rc2 b5 51. Qc6 b4 52. Qxb7 Rxb7 53. Rc8+ Kg7 54.
Nd2 Nxd2 55. Bxd2 f5 56. Bc1 Bxc1 57. Rxc1 b3 58. Kd3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Lomasov, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 7.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "14105730"]
[BlackFideId "24164879"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Rc1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. d5 e5 12. h4 Nd7 13. Bh3 a5 14. e4 Nc5 15. Kg2
Bc8 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Qe2 Qg4 18. b3 Bd8 19. Rh1 h5 20. Qe3 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22.
Nd2 g5 23. f3 Qd4 24. Qxd4 exd4 25. Nb5 d3 26. hxg5 Bxg5 27. f4 Re8 28. Rce1
Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Bd8 30. Kf3 Rf8 31. Ne4 h4 32. Nxc5 bxc5 33. gxh4 d2 34. Rg1+ Kh8
35. Rd1 Bxh4 36. Rxd2 Bg5 37. Kg4 Bh6 38. Rf2 Rf7 39. Na7 Rg7+ 40. Kf5 Kg8 41.
Nc6 Rf7+ 42. Ke6 Kf8 43. f5 Ke8 44. f6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Triapishko, Alexandr"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14122286"]
[BlackFideId "1130420"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O
9. Nc3 h6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Bd7 12. c3 Rb8 13. b4 Bf6 14. Be3 Qe8 15. d4 Ne7
16. Bb3 Ng6 17. Re1 Be6 18. Rc1 a5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Nd4 Bxb3 21. Qxb3 c5 22.
Nf5 Qe6 23. Qb1 axb4 24. axb4 Rfc8 25. g3 Bf6 26. f4 cxb4 27. cxb4 Rxc1 28. Rxc1
Re8 29. Qd3 Qxe4 30. Qxb5 d5 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Qd3 Qxb4 33. Rb1 Qa4 34. Bb6 Rb8
35. Qxd5 Bd8 36. Qd6 Bxb6+ 37. Rxb6 Rxb6 38. Nxh6+ Kh7 39. Qxb6 Qd1+ 40. Kg2
Qd5+ 41. Kg1 Kxh6 42. Qe3 Kh7 43. Qe2 Nf8 44. Qe7 Kg8 45. Qe8 g6 46. Qc8 Qd4+
47. Kg2 Kg7 48. Qb8 Nd7 49. Qd8 Qe4+ 50. Kg1 Nc5 51. Qa5 Qd4+ 52. Kg2 Nd3 53.
Kf3 Qf2+ 54. Ke4 Nc5+ 55. Kd5 Nd7 56. Kd6 Nf6 57. Qe5 Qb6+ 58. Ke7 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Chigorin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4189302"]
[BlackFideId "5900212"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8.
c4 Qd8 9. d5 Ne7 10. Bb2 c6 11. Bxe5 Ne4 12. Nf3 Qa5+ 13. Nd2 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bd4 Bf5 17. f3 Ndc3 18. Qc1 Rc8 19. fxe4 Bxe4 20. Qb2 Rxg2 21.
Bxg2 Bxg2 22. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Moeller defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4114060"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Ba7
9. a4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 exd4 12. axb5 axb5 13. cxd4 g5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15.
Bxg5 Bg4 16. Qd3 Bxd4 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qg3 Nxe4 19. Qxg4 Nxg5 20. Qxg5+ Bg7 21.
Nc3 Qd8 22. Qxb5 Nd4 23. Qc4 c6 24. Bd1 Qb8 25. Na4 Re8 26. b3 d5 27. Qc5 Qf4
28. g3 Qd2 29. Kg2 Re1 30. Rxe1 Qxe1 31. Bg4 Qe4+ 32. Kh3 Qb1 33. Qd6 Qf1+ 34.
Kh4 Qxf2 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Qf4 Qxh2+ 37. Bh3 f5 38. Qf1 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "12401820"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nd4 Rc8 12. Rd1 a6 13. f3 Nd7 14. Qe2 Nc5 15.
Be3 Na4 16. Nxa4 Bxa4 17. b3 Bd7 18. Rac1 Qa5 19. a4 Rc7 20. Qf2 Qb4 21. Rd3
Rcc8 22. Nc2 Qa5 23. Bb6 Qg5 24. f4 Qf6 25. e5 Qf5 26. Rcd1 Bc6 27. Ne3 Qh5 28.
exd6 exd6 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Rfe8 31. Rxd6 Rc7 32. h3 Qc5 33. Ng4 Qxf2+ 34.
Kxf2 Kg7 35. Nf6 Ree7 36. g4 b5 37. g5 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Schlechter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24131423"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Be7 7. Nbc3 Qa5 8.
Bd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qe5+ 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 a6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. g4 Rd8 14. g5 Ne8
15. Qe2 Bd7 16. h4 Nc6 17. h5 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bc6 19. Rg4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rac8 21.
g6 Bf6 22. Bg5 Bxg5+ 23. Rxg5 h6 24. Re5 Nf6 25. Rhe1 Rd6 26. a3 Rc6 27. Kb1 Rd8
28. R5e2 Rcd6 29. Re5 Rf8 30. Qg3 Rd2 31. Qe3 Rd6 32. Qg3 Rd2 33. Qe3 Rd6 34.
Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "112275"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O a6 6. Qc2 b5 7. Ne1 Nd5 8. d3
cxd3 9. Nxd3 Bb7 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Rd1 Bd6 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Rac1 O-O
15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Qc7 Rab8 17. Bh3 f5 18. Bg2 Rfe8 19. Nf4 Nf6 20. e3 Qxc7 21.
Rxc7 Rec8 22. Rdc1 Ne8 23. Bxd5+ Kh8 24. R7c3 b4 25. Rc4 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 Bxd5 27.
Nxd5 a5 28. Kf1 g6 29. Ke2 Rb5 30. Nf4 Kg8 31. Rc8 Kf7 32. Kd3 Nf6 33. Rc7+ Kg8
34. f3 Re5 35. Rc6 g5 36. Ne2 Nd5 37. Rxd6 Nxe3 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Re8 40. Ng3
Ng2 41. Rd4 Re3+ 42. Kc4 Rf3 43. Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Repka, Christopher"]
[Black "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14918781"]
[BlackFideId "24112798"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. a4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 a5 13. Bf4 c6 14. Bc7 Nd7
15. Bh3 f5 16. e4 O-O 17. exf5 Nf6 18. Be5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Rab1 b5 21.
axb5 cxb5 22. Rxb5 a4 23. Rb7 Kf7 24. c4 a3 25. c5 Rfc8 26. Bxf6 Kxf6 27. Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4113403"]
[BlackFideId "24176460"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. e4 g6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. c3 Nge7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
O-O 9. Be3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Na3 Be6 12. Nac2 Qd7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bc5 b6
15. Ba3 Rfe8 16. c4 Rad8 17. Re1 Kh8 18. Qe2 Ne5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Rad1 Nc6 21.
Qb5 Qc8 22. Rc1 a6 23. Qf1 Qb7 24. Ne3 Nd4 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Qd3 a5 27. b3 Qd7
28. Bb2 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qf5 30. Qe3 Nf3+ 31. Qxf3 Bxb2 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Bf1 f4
34. Kg2 fxg3 35. hxg3 Ba3 36. Bd3 Rd7 37. Rh1 Bc5 38. Rh5 Rf7 39. f4 d4 40. Kf3
Re7 41. Be4 Rd7 42. Bd3 Re7 43. Kg4 Rg7+ 44. Kh3 Re7 45. Kh4 Bb4 46. Rd5 Be1 47.
Rd8+ Kg7 48. Rxd4 Re3 49. Kg5 Rxg3+ 50. Kf5 Kf8 51. Bb5 Bb4 52. Rd8+ Kg7 53. Bc4
Rg6 54. Rd7+ Kh8 55. Be6 Bc3 56. Rd6 b5 57. Ke4 Kg7 58. Rd7+ Kf6 59. Rxh7 Rg2
60. Bd7 b4 61. Rh6+ Ke7 62. Ba4 Rxa2 63. Ra6 Re2+ 64. Kf5 Rh2 65. Kg4 Bd2 66.
Rxa5 Rf2 67. Rf5 Rg2+ 68. Kf3 Rh2 69. Rd5 Ke6 70. Rd8 Bc3 71. Bb5 Rd2 72. Bc4+
Ke7 73. Rb8 Rd6 74. Rb7+ Rd7 75. Rb5 Rd6 76. Rh5 Kf6 77. Rh6+ Ke7 78. Rh7+ Kf6
79. Kg4 Rd4 80. Rh6+ Ke7 81. Re6+ Kf8 82. Re3 Bd2 83. Rf3 Ke7 84. Kf5 Kd6 85.
Rf1 Kc5 86. Ke5 Bc3 87. Ke6 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Potter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5084423"]
[BlackFideId "13502956"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 d6 9. f3 g5 10. Bg3 Be6 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Qe2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Qd3 Be5
15. O-O-O c6 16. Bc4 Qe7 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qe3 Kh7 20. Rd2 g4 21.
Rhd1 Rf7 22. Ne2 gxf3 23. gxf3 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4148843"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 a5 7. d3 a4 8. N3d2 d5
9. Nc3 exd3 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O Be7 12. exd3 Qa5 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Nf3 O-O 15.
Bd2 Qa6 16. Bf4 Be6 17. d4 Bb4 18. a3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne4 20. Ng5 Nxg5 21. Bxg5
Qc4 22. Re3 Na5 23. Qh5 Qc8 24. Be7 Re8 25. Bb4 Nc4 26. Re2 Rd8 27. h3 h6 28. g4
Qc7 29. g5 Qf4 30. g6 fxg6 31. Qxg6 Bf7 32. Qg4 Qxg4 33. hxg4 Rd7 34. Rae1 g5
35. Kh2 Kg7 36. Kg3 Rc8 37. f4 gxf4+ 38. Kxf4 Rc6 39. Re7 Rcc7 40. Rxd7 Rxd7 41.
g5 hxg5+ 42. Kxg5 Rc7 43. Kf4 Nb2 44. Kf5 Nc4 45. Bh3 Bg6+ 46. Kg5 Nd2 47. Re7+
Rxe7 48. Bxe7 Kf7 49. Bb4 Bc2 50. Bf5 Bxf5 51. Kxf5 Nc4 52. Bc5 Ne3+ 53. Ke5 Ke8
54. Kd6 Kd8 55. Bb4 Kc8 56. Kc5 Kc7 57. Kb5 Nc4 58. Kc5 Ne3 59. Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Salomon, Johan"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "1509500"]
[BlackFideId "13500139"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Re2 a4 13. Ng3 Qa5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nh4
Kh7 16. Nhf5 Ng8 17. d4 Bb6 18. Qd3 g6 19. Ne3 Qb5 20. c4 Qa6 21. d5 cxd5 22.
exd5 Bd7 23. h4 h5 24. Ne4 Kg7 25. Nc2 Bf5 26. Bg5 Rab8 27. b4 axb3 28. axb3 Qb7
29. b4 Ra8 30. Rae1 Ra2 31. Qc3 f6 32. Bc1 Rfa8 33. Kf1 Qa6 34. f3 Qa4 35. Be3
Bxe3 36. Nxe3 Rxe2 37. Rxe2 Ne7 38. c5 Qa6 39. Kf2 Ra7 40. Rc2 Bd7 41. Qd2 Nf5
42. Nxf5+ Bxf5 43. cxd6 cxd6 44. Rc6 Qa1 45. Nxd6 Ra2 46. Nxf5+ gxf5 47. Rc2
Qd4+ 48. Ke2 Rxc2 49. Qxc2 Qxd5 50. Qxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Debashis, Das"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "4150120"]
[BlackFideId "5024854"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. e4
Qe7 9. Bg2 Qxe4+ 10. Qxe4+ Nxe4 11. O-O Bxd5 12. Re1 f5 13. Nc3 Bc6 14. Nh4 Kf7
15. Bf4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nc6 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Bc7 Re8 20. Rxd7+ Re7
21. Rdxe7+ Bxe7 22. Nxf5 Re8 23. Re4 Bf8 24. Kf3 Rc8 25. Bf4 Rd8 26. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13306677"]
[BlackFideId "5072786"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
Nd7 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 c6 11. b4 Re8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. b5 Nb6 14. bxc6 bxc6
15. Be2 Bg4 16. O-O Rac8 17. h3 Bh5 18. Qd2 Nc4 19. Qd1 Nb2 20. Qc2 Nc4 21. Qd1
Nb2 22. Qc2 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "E39"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Pirc variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "5037883"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. e3 Nh5 11. Bd6 Bxd6 12. Rxd6 Qe7 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. Be2 Rfd8 15.
b4 e5 16. c5 bxc5 17. bxc5 Ne8 18. Rd5 Nf6 19. Rd6 Ne8 20. Rd5 Nf6 21. Rd6 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4147103"]
[BlackFideId "4100115"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nc6 12. a3 Qg5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bd6
15. Nf3 Qe7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bc7 18. O-O Bb6 19. Rad1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21.
Ba6 e5 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Qc7 O-O 24. Bc6 Rfd8 25. Bxd7 Rxb2 26. Qc1 Qxd7 27. Rd2
Rxd2 28. Qxd2 h6 29. Qe2 Bb6 30. Qh5 f5 31. Nc3 Qd3 32. Nd1 f4 33. gxf4 exf4 34.
a4 Kh7 35. a5 Rd5 36. Qg4 Rxa5 37. Qxf4 Ra1 38. Qg4 Bd4 39. Ne3 Rxf1+ 40. Nxf1
a5 41. Ng3 Be5 42. Nf1 g6 43. Qa4 Qc3 44. g4 Qa1 45. Qd7+ Bg7 46. g5 h5 47. Kg2
Qd4 48. Qe7 Qd5+ 49. Kh3 Qe5 50. Qd8 a4 51. Ng3 a3 52. f4 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "911925"]
[BlackFideId "24176729"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nf3 Nbd7
9. Bb2 O-O 10. O-O bxc4 11. bxc4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. d5 Nb6 14. Be2 Bf5 15. Qc1
Nbxd5 16. Rd1 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Qb6 18. Nd2 Rfd8 19. Nc4 Qe6 20. f3 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1
Nd5 22. Bxg7 Nxe3 23. Qc1 Nc2 24. Be5 Nxa1 25. Qxa1 Rd8 26. Qf1 Qd5 27. Kf2 Bd3
28. Bxd3 Qxd3 29. Qxd3 Rxd3 30. Ke2 Rd8 31. Nb6 f6 32. Bc3 Kf7 33. Na4 Rd5 34.
Nb6 Rd6 35. Na4 c4 36. Bb4 Rd5 37. Nb2 Ke6 38. a3 Re5+ 39. Kd2 Kd5 40. Nd1 Kc6
41. a4 Rd5+ 42. Kc2 Re5 43. Kd2 Rd5+ 44. Ke2 Rd7 45. Ne3 h5 46. h4 e5 47. g3 Rb7
48. Ba3 Rb3 49. Be7 Rb2+ 50. Ke1 f5 51. Bf6 Rb4 52. Bxe5 Rxa4 53. Nc2 Ra5 54.
Bc3 Rc5 55. Kd2 a5 56. Ne3 a4 57. Bb4 Rb5 58. Nc2 Re5 59. Nd4+ Kd7 60. Ba3 Re8
61. Bb4 Re5 62. Ba3 c3+ 63. Kxc3 Re3+ 64. Kb2 Rd3 65. Bc5 Rd2+ 66. Ka3 Rg2 67.
Kxa4 Rxg3 68. Kb5 g5 69. hxg5 Rxg5 70. Ba7 Rg8 71. Ne2 h4 72. Ng1 Rg3 73. Bf2
Rg2 74. Bd4 Rh2 75. Kc4 Ke6 76. Kd3 h3 77. Ke3 Rh1 78. Nxh3 Rxh3 79. Bb6 Rh4 80.
Bc7 Rc4 81. Bf4 Kf6 82. Bd6 Kg5 83. Be7+ Kh5 84. Kf2 f4 85. Kf1 Rc2 86. Bd8 Kg6
87. Bb6 Kf5 88. Bd4 Ke6 89. Ba7 Rb2 90. Bd4 Rb1+ 91. Ke2 Kd5 92. Ba7 Kc4 93. Kd2
Rb7 94. Bg1 Rb2+ 95. Kc1 Rg2 96. Bb6 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Xu, Yi"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "modern Scheveningen, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "8605564"]
[BlackFideId "4135539"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. f4 a6 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qg3 Bc6 14. Rae1 Qb8 15.
Bd3 g6 16. f5 e5 17. Be3 b4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. b3 Qd4+
22. Kh1 Kh8 23. Bc4 a5 24. Rd1 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Qxe4 26. Rf7 Bf8 27. Bg5 Bg7 28.
Re1 Qxc2 29. Rf2 Qxf2 30. Qxf2 d5 31. Be2 d4 32. Qh4 e4 33. Bc4 e3 34. Bf6 Re4
35. Bxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qg3 Ra7 37. Qd6 Ba8 38. Rf1 Rae7 39. Qf6+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Gholami, Aryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind, 6.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "8602956"]
[BlackFideId "12513342"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2
f5 9. exf5 Bxd4 10. Bxh6 Rxf5 11. O-O d6 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Be3 Qe5 14. Bxd4 Qxd4
15. Rad1 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Be6 17. f4 Raf8 18. g3 Bc8 19. b3 Kg7 20. Bf3 h5 21. Re1
e5 22. Be4 R5f6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Ne4 Re6 25. Ng5 Ref6 26. c5 exf4 27. cxd6 fxg3
28. Re7+ Kg8 29. hxg3 Rf5 30. Ne4 Rf1+ 31. Kg2 Bg4 32. Nf2 Rc1 33. Nxg4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "13304852"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Bd2 f5 10. Ne5 Bf6 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Bc3 d5 13. f4 exf3 14. exf3 dxc4 15.
Qa4 Qd5 16. Qxc4 Bxe5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxe5 Bxf3 19. Bf1 Nb8 20. Bc4 Kh8 21.
Rxe6 Nd7 22. Rf1 Bg4 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Re7 Rc8 25. d5 Nf6 26. Kf2 h5 27. Ke3 c6
28. d6 Rd8 29. Be5 b5 30. Bb3 c5 31. Be6 Bxe6 32. Rxe6 Nd7 33. Ke4 Nf8 34. Kd5
Nxe6 35. Kxe6 Re8+ 36. Kd5 Rd8 37. Kc6 Rc8+ 38. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Makagonov system (5.h3)"]
[WhiteFideId "4194985"]
[BlackFideId "24104795"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
b6 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. f3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Qb8 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. h4 a6 15.
Bh6 Bh8 16. h5 b5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. g4 Be8 19. Nd5 Qb7 20. e5 dxe5 21. Qb4 Nxd5
22. cxd5 Bf7 23. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Bellaiche, Anthony"]
[Black "Bologan, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "615668"]
[BlackFideId "13900048"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Nbd7 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. e3 b6 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. f3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qf6 15.
Qa4 a6 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Nc3 e5 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. Nb4 Nb8 20. Bd3 f4 21. dxe5
dxe5 22. g4 e4 23. fxe4 fxe3 24. Nd5 Nd7 25. Rhf1 Qe6 26. Qc2 Nc5 27. Rfe1 Kb8
28. Rxe3 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Rxd5 30. exd5 Qxe3+ 31. Kb1 Rd8 32. Qe2 Qg3 33. Bxa6 Nxa6
34. Qxa6 Qxg4 35. Rd2 Qf5+ 36. Ka2 Rxd5 37. g4 Qd7 38. Rf2 Qe6 39. Qc4 Re5 40.
Qxe6 Rxe6 41. b4 b5 42. Rf5 c6 43. Rf7 Kc8 44. Rh7 Re2+ 45. Kb3 Re3+ 46. Kc2 Rh3
47. Kd2 Rxa3 48. Rxh6 Kc7 49. Rh7+ Kb6 50. Kc2 Re3 51. Rg7 Re5 52. Rf7 Rd5 53.
Rg7 c5 54. Rg6+ Kc7 55. bxc5 Rxc5+ 56. Kd3 b4 57. Kd4 Rb5 58. Rf6 b3 59. Rf1 b2
60. Rb1 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Black "Pavlov, Sergey2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4119150"]
[BlackFideId "14114330"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. a4 b4 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nb3 Bf5 12. h3 h6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bxd5 Bxb2 19. Ra2 Bc3 20. Bd2 Nb6 21. Bg2 c4
22. dxc4 Bxd2 23. Nxd2 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Qxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxc4 26. Rb2 a5 27. Rd5 Rxc2
28. Rb3 Rc3 29. Rb2 Rc2 30. Rb3 Rc3 31. Rb2 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc2 33. Rb3 Rxf2 34.
Re3 b3 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Krause attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13306766"]
[BlackFideId "4107012"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. e3
e6 9. a5 Nxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd6 11. f3 Bg6 12. e4 Bc7 13. b4 Qe7 14. b5 Qb4 15. Qd3
Nd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Ba3 Qb3 18. O-O Bxa5 19. Rfc1 b6 20. Bd6 Rc8 21. Ra3 dxe4
22. fxe4 Qc4 23. Qe3 Kd7 24. Rxa5 bxa5 25. Bc5 Rhd8 26. Nd5 Qxb5 27. Qf4 Qb8 28.
Qh4 Re8 29. Ne3 Qb2 30. Rd1 Qe2 31. Qg3 Rc7 32. Re1 Qd3 33. Rd1 Qe2 34. Re1 Qb5
35. Rc1 Rd8 36. Nc4 Kc8 37. Nd6+ Rxd6 38. Qxd6 Bxe4 39. Qf8+ Kb7 40. Qxg7 f5 41.
Qg3 Qb2 42. Rf1 a4 43. h3 Qb3 44. Qe1 Rg7 45. Rf2 Qxh3 46. Qf1 Ka8 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.36"]
[White "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "5010608"]
[BlackFideId "4147855"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5
Be7 9. Nd3 Na6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b3 Nb4 12. Ne5 c5 13. Bb2 a5 14. a3 Nc6 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. a4 Rac8 21. e3
h6 22. Bc3 Ba6 23. Rb1 Be2 24. Re1 Bh5 25. Bh3 Bg6 26. Bf5 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 Qa7 28.
Rbc1 Rb8 29. Qc2 Rbc8 30. e4 Nxe4 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Qxe4 Bf8 33. Qc4 Rb8 34. Re3
Qb6 35. Be5 Rb7 36. Rce1 Re8 37. Qg4 Re6 38. Bb2 Qxb3 39. Rxe6 fxe6 40. Bc1 Rb4
41. Qg6 Rb6 42. Bd2 Rd6 43. Bxa5 Qxa4 44. Bc7 Ra6 45. Be5 Qd7 46. h4 c4 47. h5
Rc6 48. Bc3 Rd6 49. Qg4 Rc6 50. Rd1 Qc8 51. Rb1 Rc5 52. Qf4 Rf5 53. Rb8 Qd7 54.
Qg4 Qc7 55. Re8 Qd7 56. Rb8 Qa7 57. Rb2 Qa1+ 58. Kg2 Qa8+ 59. Kg1 Qa1+ 60. Kg2
Qa8+ 61. Kg1 Qc8 62. Re2 Qa6 63. Qe4 Rxh5 64. Qxe6+ Qxe6 65. Rxe6 Rf5 66. Kg2
Bc5 67. f4 Rd5 68. Re4 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.37"]
[White "Liu, Yan"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "8608962"]
[BlackFideId "1510045"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5 c5
9. f4 Nc6 10. Bf3 Rc8 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nc3 d4 14. Bxc6 dxc3 15.
Be4 cxd2 16. Qxd2 Rfd8 17. Qc2 g6 18. Rad1 Bf8 19. g3 Bg7 20. Kg2 Qb2 21. Qxb2
Bxb2 22. Kf2 Kf8 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 h5 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. h3 Ke7
28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 f5 30. gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.38"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "24107581"]
[BlackFideId "14203987"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. Bxb4 cxb4 8.
Nbd2 Bb7 9. e4 d6 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Na6 14. Rd1
Nac5 15. Qe3 Qc7 16. Bg2 Rc8 17. O-O O-O 18. Rfe1 Nb8 19. Nd4 Rfd8 20. Nb5 Rxd1
21. Rxd1 Qe7 22. Qd2 a5 23. f4 f6 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Qd4 Qxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Nbd7 27.
Nd6 Rc7 28. Nb5 Rc8 29. Rd6 Kf8 30. Na7 Rc7 31. Nc6 Kf7 32. Kf2 Na4 33. f5 exf5
34. Bd5+ Ke8 35. Re6+ Kf8 36. Re7 Rxc6 37. Rxd7 Rf6 38. Ke3 Nxb2 39. Kd4 Na4 40.
Ke5 Nc5 41. Ra7 f4 42. gxf4 Nd3+ 43. Ke4 Nxf4 44. c5 Nxd5 45. Kxd5 bxc5 46. Rxa5
Rf5+ 47. Ke6 g6 48. Ra7 Kg8 49. Rc7 Rf2 50. h4 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.39"]
[White "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1634852"]
[BlackFideId "12539929"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. h3 Nd7 10. Nc4 a5 11. Bd2 a4 12. Qc1 c5 13. c3 Ba6 14. Ne3 Bd3 15.
Ng4 h5 16. Ngh2 cxd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. Bh6 cxd4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nxd4 e5 21. Nc6
Qf6 22. Nb4 Nc5 23. f3 Rac8 24. Qd2 Bc4 25. Nf1 Ne6 26. Ne3 Nf4 27. Rac1 Be6 28.
Ned5 Bxd5 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. exd5 Rb8 31. Re4 Rb5 32. Rxa4 e4 33. b3 exf3 34. Rf1
Qe5 35. Rxf3 Rxd5 36. Qf4 Rd1+ 37. Rf1 Rxf1+ 38. Qxf1 Rc8 39. Qf4 Rc2 40. a3 Rb2
41. Qxe5+ dxe5 42. Rb4 f5 43. h4 f4 44. a4 Ra2 45. Rb6 e4 46. Rb4 Ra1+ 47. Kf2
e3+ 48. Ke2 Ra2+ 49. Ke1 g5 50. hxg5 Ra1+ 51. Ke2 Ra2+ 52. Kd3 Rd2+ 53. Kc3 Rd1
54. Re4 h4 55. Kc2 Rd2+ 56. Kc3 Rxg2 57. Rxf4 h3 58. Rh4 h2 59. Kd3 e2 60. Kd2
Kg6 61. Rh8 Rg1 62. Kxe2 h1=Q 63. Rxh1 Rxh1 64. Kd3 Kxg5 65. Kc4 Kf6 66. Kd5 Ke7
67. Kc6 Kd8 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.40"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Gallego Alcaraz, Andres Felipe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "London system"]
[WhiteFideId "13301616"]
[BlackFideId "4402669"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. c3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. h3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. a4 a5 10. Bh2 Re8 11. Na3 e5 12. Nb5 Ne4 13. Re1 c6 14. Na3 Qe7 15. Nc4
Ba6 16. Qc2 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 d5 18. Bf1 Nd6 19. Qb3 Rab8 20. Rac1 h6 21. Qa2 Ra8
22. b4 Qe6 23. Qb3 Rec8 24. Red1 e4 25. Nd2 Bf8 26. bxa5 bxa5 27. c4 Rcb8 28.
Qa2 Rb4 29. Rc2 Nf5 30. cxd5 cxd5 31. Bb5 Ne7 32. Rdc1 Nf6 33. Nb3 Ne8 34. Nc5
Qb6 35. Nd7 Qe6 36. Bc7 Nxc7 37. Rxc7 Rd8 38. Ne5 Qb6 39. Qe2 h5 40. Qa2 Kg7 41.
Nd7 Qd6 42. Nc5 Ra8 43. Rd7 Qf6 44. Rf1 h4 45. Qe2 Qf5 46. Qg4 Qxg4 47. hxg4 Rb2
48. Kh2 Rc8 49. g5 Nf5 50. Rxd5 h3 51. Nxe4 hxg2 52. Rg1 Bb4 53. Rd7 Nh4 54. Kg3
Rh8 55. Bc4 Be7 56. Rxg2 Rb4 57. Bd5 Rxa4 58. Rh2 Nf5+ 59. Kg2 Rd8 60. Nf6 Rh8
61. Rxh8 Kxh8 62. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.41"]
[White "Iniyan, P"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Fischer variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25002767"]
[BlackFideId "13306553"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Qe7 8. Na4
Bd6 9. Nd2 c5 10. b3 Nc6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Be2 Rac8 13. Ba3 Nb4 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15.
Nxf3 Bb8 16. Bb2 Rfd8 17. a3 Nc6 18. Qd3 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.42"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4657101"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. a3 Nc7 10. Qf3 Be7 11. Bd3 Ncd5 12. Nde4 O-O 13. O-O b6 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Ne4 Be5 16. Re1 Qc7 17. c4 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. g3 Bh6 20. Nc3 Ba6 21.
Nb5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Rad8 23. Rad1 Rd5 24. Be4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.43"]
[White "Shinkevich, Vitaly"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical main line"]
[WhiteFideId "4122690"]
[BlackFideId "5074452"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 c6
9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 a6 11. Be3 Bf8 12. Qc2 b5 13. c5 exd4 14. Nxd4 dxc5 15. Nxc6
Qc7 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. e5 Bb7 18. exf6 Bxc6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rad8 21. b3 Qxf6
22. Rad1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bd6 24. Be3 Be5 25. Kg2 Nb6 26. Bf3 Bd4 27. Bc1 Nd5 28.
a3 Nc7 29. h4 Ne6 30. Rd1 Re8 31. Qe4 Ng7 32. Qd5 Rd8 33. Qb7 Ne6 34. Bh6 c4 35.
b4 c3 36. Qc6 Qf5 37. Qxa6 c2 38. Rf1 Bg7 39. Be3 Nd4 40. Bb7 Qd3 41. a4 Qc4 42.
axb5 Nf5 43. Bc1 Nxh4+ 44. gxh4 Qg4+ 45. Kh2 Be5+ 46. f4 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.44"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, three knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "4500261"]
[BlackFideId "13703544"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8.
Kf1 Nd3 9. Qe2 Nxc1 10. Rxc1 e6 11. h4 Nc6 12. e5 a6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Rh3 Qc7 15.
Rg3 g6 16. Qe3 Bd7 17. a3 b5 18. Rg4 c4 19. Be2 Rc8 20. h5 gxh5 21. Rg7 h6 22.
Qf4 f5 23. d4 cxd3 24. Bxd3 Bf6 25. Nd5 exd5 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. exf6 Rd8 28. Bxf5
Qd6 29. Qe3+ Ne7 30. Rc6 Kf7 31. Rxd6 Nxf5 32. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.45"]
[White "Raja, Harshit"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "5089000"]
[BlackFideId "24133795"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8. Bh4
g6 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Nb3 b5 13. Rxd7 Nxd7 14. Nd5 Qb8 15.
Bf6 Nxf6 16. Nxf6+ Ke7 17. Nd5+ Ke8 18. Nf6+ Ke7 19. Nd5+ Ke8 20. Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.20"]
[Round "1.46"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Black "Karavade, Eesha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "12521213"]
[BlackFideId "5012600"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. h3 h6 8. Nbd2 O-O
9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bc2 Ba7 12. Nf1 d5 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Ng3 Rad8 15. d4
exd4 16. e5 Ne4 17. Qd3 Bf5 18. Nxf5 Qxf5 19. g4 Qg6 20. cxd4 Nb4 21. Qb3 Nxc2
22. Qxc2 Ng5 23. Qe2 Nxh3+ 24. Kh2 Qxg4 25. Bxh6 Nf4 26. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 27. Kh1 Re6
28. Rg1 Bxd4 29. Rg5 Bxe5 30. Qd3 Bxb2 31. Rag1 Rh6+ 32. Kg2 c6 33. Qb3 Bf6 34.
Rg3 b5 35. Qa3 Bh4 36. Rh3 Qg4+ 37. Kh2 Qxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "12539929"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Na6 8. O-O
c5 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 Bxd5 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. e4 Nc7 14. Nh4 O-O 15.
Rad1 Nfe8 16. e5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f6 18. f4 fxe5 19. fxe5 Rxf1 20. Rxf1 Ne6 21. Nf5
Nd4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Nc7 24. Rd1 Qe8 25. Qxd7 Qxe5 26. Rd6 Na6 27. Re6 Nc5
28. Qxa7 Qd5+ 29. Nxd5 Rxa7 30. Rxb6 Rxa2 31. Nc3 Ra8 32. b4 Na4 33. Nxa4 Rxa4
34. Kf3 Ra2 35. h4 h5 36. Rc6 Ra3+ 37. Kf4 Rb3 38. Rc4 Kh7 39. g4 hxg4 40. Kxg4
Kg6 41. Rc6+ Kf7 42. Rb6 g6 43. b5 Rb1 44. Rb8 Kf6 45. b6 Rb4+ 46. Kg3 Kg7 47.
Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5074452"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bf5 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. d4 Qd5 8.
c4 Qe4 9. Qxe4 Bxe4 10. Nh4 Na6 11. f3 Bc2 12. Be3 e5 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Rc1 Bg6
15. a3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 Ne6 18. c5 a5 19. Bc4 Ke7 20. O-O axb4 21. axb4
Rhd8 22. f4 Nxf4 23. Rce1 Kf8 24. Nxg6+ hxg6 25. Rxe5 Rd4 26. Bxf7 Kxf7 27. g3
Kf6 28. gxf4 Rxb4 29. Rg5 Rh8 30. Rg2 Rh5 31. Rd1 Rxc5 32. Rd6+ Ke7 33. Rgxg6
Rxf4 34. Kg2 Rg5+ 35. Rxg5 Kxd6 36. Rg8 b5 37. Kg3 Rf1 38. Ra8 b4 39. h4 c5 40.
Rb8 Kd5 41. h5 Rh1 42. Kg4 Kc4 43. Kg5 b3 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "13300857"]
[BlackFideId "14105730"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qc7 8. Nh4 Bg6
9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. g3 e5 12. Bg2 Be7 13. O-O Kf8 14. Qc2 g5 15. b4
Kg8 16. Rae1 g4 17. e4 exd4 18. exd5 dxc3 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Bxc6 Bf8
22. Qxc3 a5 23. Bxa8 axb4 24. Qc4 Qxa8 25. c6 Nb6 26. Qb5 Nfd5 27. Be3 Qa4 28.
Qxa4 Nxa4 29. Bd2 Nab6 30. Re8 f6 31. Rb8 Kh7 32. Re1 Bd6 33. Rxh8+ Kxh8 34. Be3
Na4 35. Bd4 Kg8 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Rd8 Ke6 38. Re8+ Be7 39. Rb8 Kd6 40. a3 Kc7 41.
Ra8 Nac3 42. Bxf6 Bxf6 43. axb4 Nxb4 44. f3 gxf3 45. Kf2 Nxc6 46. Kxf3 Kd6 47.
Kg4 Ne4 48. Kf5 Kd5 49. Kg6 Ng5 50. Ra6 Ne7+ 51. Kh5 Nf3 52. h3 Ne5 53. g4 Nf7
54. Ra5+ Ke4 55. Ra4+ Kf3 56. Ra3+ Kg2 57. g5 Nxg5 58. h4 Nf3 59. Ra4 Nxh4 60.
Rg4+ Kf3 61. Rg6 Ng2 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, classical, Grigoriev variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1130420"]
[BlackFideId "13301616"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. f3 Qa5 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. h4 a5 13. a3 b5 14. Nxb5 Qb7 15. a4
Rfc8 16. Kb1 Ne5 17. h5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. e5 Ne8 21. Na3 Rb4
22. Nc5 Rxb2+ 23. Ka1 dxc5 24. Qxd7 Qxd7 25. Rxd7 Bxe5 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Rb4
28. Rc4 Nd6 29. Rxc5 Rxa4 30. Ka2 Rb8 31. Re1 Kf7 32. Ree5 Kf6 33. Red5 Ra8 34.
g3 h5 35. c3 Rb8 36. Rxa5 Rxa5 37. Rxa5 g5 38. Nc2 Nc4 39. Ra6+ Rb6 40. Rxb6+
Nxb6 41. Ne3 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. c4 Ke5 44. c5 Nd5 45. c6 Nb4+ 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D93"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld with Bf4    e3"]
[WhiteFideId "24176729"]
[BlackFideId "4189302"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Qa4
Qxc5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bc4 Qc6 12. Qb3 Na6 13. Rc1 Be6 14. O-O Rac8
15. Bxe6 Qxc1 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, 7...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "4500261"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. Bb3 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15.
Nde2 Qa5 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Nxe7+ Kh7 18. Rxd2 Re8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Bc6 21.
Rd3 d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. b3 Rb4 24. Bd2 Rb6 25. Nf4 Bc4 26. Rd7 Kg8 27. Re1
Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Bf1 29. Bf2 Ra6 30. g3 Bb5 31. Rxb7 Rd6 32. Kc1 Bc6 33. Rxa7 Bxf3
34. Nd3 Be4 35. Kd2 Rf6 36. Nf4 Rc6 37. c4 Rd6+ 38. Ke2 Bf5 39. Nd5 Bg4+ 40. Kd2
Re6 41. Re7 Bh6+ 42. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Pavlov, Sergey2"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Uhlmann (Szabo) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14114330"]
[BlackFideId "13504398"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. b3 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 a6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Rfd1 Be6 15.
Ba7 Ra8 16. Bd4 Rb8 17. Qb2 Rg8 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Rxg7 20. Nd5 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4100115"]
[BlackFideId "14129574"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. d4 Nc6 10. Bd3 Be4 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qd7 14. Bg5
Be7 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. f4 g6 17. f5 Nxf5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Rxf5 Rc8 20. Raf1 Rg8
21. Rxf7 Qxf7 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Qf5+ Ke7 24. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "14203987"]
[BlackFideId "8602956"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. O-O
c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rfd1 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7
15. e3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 c5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qe4 Qxe4
21. Nxe4 cxd4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxd4 Rc7 24. b3 h5 25. f4 f5 26. exf6 gxf6 27.
Rc4 Rd7 28. Rd4 Rxd4 29. exd4 Kf7 30. Kf2 Ba3 31. Nc3 Bb2 32. Ne2 Kg6 33. Kf3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Bologan, Victor"]
[Black "Xu, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13900048"]
[BlackFideId "8605564"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. a4 a5 8. Qb3 O-O
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. h3 c6 13. d4 d5 14. Bd3 Qe7 15. Rae1
Be6 16. Qd1 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. Bc2 e4 20. Nd2 Nh4 21. Rf2 Rf6
22. Kh2 Rg6 23. Rg1 Qg5 24. Qe1 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Rg5 26. Re2 Qxe1 27. Rexe1 Ng6 28.
Bd1 Ne7 29. g4 Nd5 30. Kh2 Rf8 31. h4 Rg6 32. gxf5 Rxg1 33. Kxg1 Bxf5 34. Bc2 b6
35. Kg2 Bh7 36. Bxe4 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Bxh7+ Kxh7 39. Nf3 Re8 40. e4 Nf4+ 41.
Kg3 Nd3 42. Re2 Kg6 43. Rd2 Nf4 44. Ne5+ Kf6 45. Rh2 c5 46. Nd7+ Kg6 47. dxc5
bxc5 48. Nxc5 Re5 49. b4 Ne6 50. Nxe6 Rxe6 51. Rb2 Rxe4 52. Rb3 Kf5 53. b5 Rxa4
54. b6 Rg4+ 55. Kf3 Rf4+ 56. Ke3 Re4+ 57. Kd3 Re8 58. Kc4 a4 59. Ra3 g4 60. Kb4
g3 61. Rxa4 Re1 62. Ra2 Ke4 63. c4 Rb1+ 64. Kc5 Kf3 65. Kc6 g2 66. Rxg2 Kxg2 67.
c5 Kf3 68. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4107012"]
[BlackFideId "13304852"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Qd2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e4 a6 8. f3 e6 9.
Rd1 Qa5 10. Bh6 exd5 11. cxd5 b5 12. a3 Nbd7 13. h4 Re8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. h5 Ne5
16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Rc1 Rb8 18. Nd1 b4 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. Ng3 Qa4 21. axb4 Rxb4 22.
Be2 Rd4 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. O-O Nf7 25. Qh4 Nxd5 26. Nc3 Nxc3 27. bxc3 Rd2 28. Qf4
Qa2 29. Qe3 Rb2 30. Ra1 Qb3 31. Rxa6 h5 32. Rc1 h4 33. Nf1 Qe6 34. Rd1 Kg7 35.
Rd2 Reb8 36. f4 R2b6 37. Rxb6 Rxb6 38. Kh2 Bc6 39. Bf3 Rb1 40. Rf2 Rb8 41. Nd2
Nh6 42. Kg1 Nf5 43. Qd3 Ng3 44. f5 Qe5 45. fxg6 Ra8 46. Bd1 Bxe4 47. Nxe4 Qxe4
48. Qd2 Ra2 49. Rf7+ Kxg6 50. Qxd6+ Kxf7 51. Bb3+ c4 52. Qd7+ Kg6 53. Qd6+ Kh5
54. Qc5+ Kg4 55. Qc8+ Kf4 56. Qc7+ Ke3 57. Bxa2 Kd2 58. Kh2 Nf1+ 59. Kh3 Ne3 60.
Qd7+ Kc2 61. Bxc4 Qxc4 62. Qh7+ Kd2 63. Qxh4 Qe6+ 64. Kh2 Qe5+ 65. Kg1 Nf5 66.
Qf2+ Kxc3 67. Qf3+ Kc4 68. Qf1+ Kc5 69. Qc1+ Kd6 70. Qa3+ Ke6 71. Qa6+ Kf7 72.
Qb6 Nd4 73. Qh6 Qf5 74. Qe3 Qg4 75. Qd3 Kf6 76. Qe3 Qd1+ 77. Kh2 Nf5 78. Qf4 Qe2
79. Kg1 Kg6 80. Kh2 Qd1 81. Qb8 Qd4 82. Qg8+ Ng7 83. Qb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Karavade, Eesha"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav, Marshall gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "5012600"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Bb4 5. e5 c5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Bxd4 b6 11. Rc1 Ne7 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Ne2 Nbc6
15. f3 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bb5 17. Bc3 Nbc6 18. Kf2 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 Nd5 20. Be4 Rad8 21.
Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rhd1 Rfd8 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. f4 h5 25. Be1 Nd4+ 26. Kf1 Nf5 27. Ke2
Rd7 28. Bf2 Kh7 29. h3 h4 30. Rc8 Kg6 31. Rc2 Nd4+ 32. Bxd4 Rxd4 33. Ke3 Rb4 34.
b3 a5 35. Rc6 Kf5 36. Rc7 Re4+ 37. Kd3 Rxf4 38. Rxf7+ Kxe5 39. Rxg7 Rf2 40. a4
Kd5 41. Rg4 e5 42. Rxh4 Rxg2 43. b4 Rg3+ 44. Kd2 Rb3 45. bxa5 bxa5 46. Rh8 Rb4
47. h4 Rxa4 48. h5 Rh4 49. Ra8 Rxh5 50. Rxa5+ Ke4 51. Ra3 Kf4 52. Ke2 Rh2+ 53.
Ke1 Rg2 54. Ra4+ Kf5 55. Kf1 Rg4 56. Rxg4 Kxg4 57. Ke2 Kf4 58. Kf2 e4 59. Ke2 e3
60. Ke1 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24130737"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2
e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. a4 b6 15.
Qd1 Qb7 16. h4 Rfd8 17. g3 a6 18. Bg5 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. b4 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Ra8
22. Qc1 Ra2 23. Qb1 Qa6 24. Nb3 Ne4 25. Bxe7 Nxe7 26. Nc5 Qa8 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28.
Qxe4 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Nd5 30. Ne5 Nxc3 31. Re1 Kf8 32. Kg2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Vavulin, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E36"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, 5.a3"]
[WhiteFideId "4158814"]
[BlackFideId "4169530"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 8.
Bg5 Ba6 9. Qc3 Qd5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f3 Nd7 12. Rc1 c5 13. e4 Qb7 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Ne2 Rg8 17. Kf2 Rb8 18. Rc2 Ne5 19. Rd1 c4 20. Qd4 Kf8 21. Nf4
Qb6 22. Kf1 Ke7 23. Qxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4162722"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a5 8. Bb3
h6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nf1 Qe8 12. Ng3 a4 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Qf7 15.
h3 Nh5 16. Nxh5 Qxh5 17. d4 Rf4 18. Qe2 Raf8 19. Rd1 exd4 20. cxd4 Qg6 21. Rd2
d5 22. exd5 exd5 23. Qd1 Re4 24. Rxe4 Qxe4 25. Re2 Qg6 26. Kf1 a3 27. bxa3 Qd6
28. Qb3 b6 29. Qb5 Kh8 30. Rc2 Rf6 31. Rc3 Re6 32. Qa6 Kh7 33. Qb7 Rf6 34. a4
Re6 35. a3 Qd7 36. h4 Qe8 37. Rc1 Qd7 38. Rc2 Qe8 39. Rc1 Qd7 40. Kg1 Qd6 41. h5
Kg8 42. a5 bxa5 43. Qb5 Kh8 44. Rc3 Kg8 45. Kf1 Rf6 46. Rc5 Kh7 47. Qd3+ Kg8 48.
Qe3 Qd7 49. Qb3 Kh8 50. Qxd5 Rd6 51. Qe4 Re6 52. Qf4 Rf6 53. Qe3 Rd6 54. Kg1 Rd5
55. Rxd5 Qxd5 56. Qe8+ Kh7 57. Qg6+ Kg8 58. Qe8+ Kh7 59. Ne5 Nxe5 60. dxe5 Qe4
61. g3 Qe1+ 62. Kg2 Qe4+ 63. Kh2 Qf5 64. Kg1 Qb1+ 65. Kg2 Qe4+ 66. Kh2 Qf5 67.
f4 c5 68. Qb5 Qc2+ 69. Kg1 c4 70. Qd5 c3 71. e6 Qe2 72. e7 Qe1+ 73. Kg2 Qxe7 74.
Qd3+ Kh8 75. Qxc3 Qe2+ 76. Kg1 Qxh5 77. Kf2 Qd5 78. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5058422"]
[BlackFideId "4118987"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 a5 8. O-O
a4 9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. Bxa4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxc4
15. Bb3 Qb5 16. Qc2 Bd6 17. a4 Qe8 18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Be3 Nb8 20. Nh4 Nc6 21. Nf5
Bxf5 22. exf5 e4 23. g3 Qe5 24. Rad1 Ra5 25. f6 g6 26. Rd2 Re8 27. Qc3 Qf5 28.
Bd4 Qh3 29. Qc4 Re6 30. Bd1 Rf5 31. Bc3 h5 32. Re2 h4 33. Rfe1 hxg3 34. fxg3
Bc5+ 35. Re3 Ba7 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "8608288"]
[BlackFideId "13300881"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Nc3 a6 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Qc7 13. Qe3 Rfe8 14. h3 Rac8
15. Nd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bf8 17. Rd2 Qb7+ 18. Qf3 d5 19. Kg1 Ne5 20. Qe3 Ng6 21.
cxd5 exd5 22. Qf3 Ne5 23. Qf4 Ng6 24. Qf3 Ne5 25. Qf4 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "5004985"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qd2 b4
15. Ne2 Qc5 16. Nf4 a5 17. g4 h6 18. Rh2 Rb8 19. Nh5 Bc6 20. Qf2 Bd8 21. Qg3 Be7
22. Qf2 Bd8 23. Qg3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Repka, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "14918781"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Ne7 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 Nd7 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Bxc4
h6 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. Bd3 Nd5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rac1 Nf4 14. Qe4 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 Bd7 16. d5 Rfd8 17. Qe3 a6 18. Rfd1 Qf8 19. h4 exd5 20. Nxd5 Bc6 21.
Qb3 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 c6 24. Qd7 Qc8 25. Rd1 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 Rb8 27. g3
c5 28. b3 b6 29. Ra7 a5 30. Kg2 Re8 31. Rb7 Re6 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Rb7 Kg8 34.
Rb8+ Kh7 35. Kf1 Bh8 36. Rb7 Kg8 37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. a4 Bg7 39. Rb7 Kg8 40. Rb8+
Kh7 41. Rb7 Kg8 42. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Xu, Yinglun"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "8604940"]
[BlackFideId "112275"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nc6 9. Bb5 Ne7 10. a3 Ba5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Nd5 13. Bd2 Ne7 14. Be3 Nd5 15.
Bd2 Ne7 16. Be3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "24112798"]
[BlackFideId "24131423"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. Ne5 Be6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nf3 c5 8. Nc3
Bc6 9. O-O e6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. e4 e5 12. d3 Be7 13. a4 O-O 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Nc4
Nb6 16. a5 Nxc4 17. dxc4 Rfd8 18. Qc2 h6 19. b3 Qd7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 b5 22.
a6 Rdc8 23. Bb2 Bd6 24. f4 Qc7 25. Kh1 h5 26. Rad1 Re8 27. Bf3 Rac8 28. Qg2 c4
29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Bc3 Rb8 31. Rc1 Rb3 32. Rg1 Qc8 33. Be2 Ng4 34. fxe5 Bxe5 35.
Bxg4 hxg4 36. Bxe5 Rxe5 37. Qe2 c3 38. Rgd1 Rb4 39. Qf2 Qxa6 40. d6 Rb2 41. Rc2
Rb8 42. Rxc3 Qb7 43. Kg1 Rd8 44. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "4...e6"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "4113403"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. a4 c5 8. Nc3
Qc7 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bd3 b6 13. Rac1 a5 14. Ng5 Bb7 15.
Nge4 Qe5 16. f4 Qh5 17. Qxh5 Nxh5 18. g4 Nhf6 19. g5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Ng3
g6 22. Rfe1 Bb4 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. b3 Nc5 25. Bc2 Rfe8 26. Kf2 Ba6 27. Rcd1 Bc4
28. bxc4 dxc4 29. Rd4 b3 30. Ne4 bxc2 31. Nxc5 bxc5 32. Rxc4 Reb8 33. Rc1 Rb2
34. Kf3 Kg7 35. Rxc5 Rxa4 36. R1xc2 Raa2 37. Rxb2 Rxb2 38. Kg3 Re2 39. Re5 h6
40. gxh6+ Kxh6 41. Re8 f5 42. h3 Kg7 43. Re6 Kf7 44. Re5 Kf6 45. h4 Re1 46. Kg2
Re2+ 47. Kg3 Re1 48. Kg2 Re2+ 49. Kg3 Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Salomon, Johan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13502956"]
[BlackFideId "1509500"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bd6 7. h3 Be6 8.
Nc3 h6 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. a3 Nd7 11. d4 O-O 12. g4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nb6 14. f4 Rad8 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. O-O Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Qf2 Qd4 19. Qxd4 Rxd4 20. b3 Rd2 21.
Rac1 g6 22. a4 a5 23. Rf3 Kg7 24. Nb1 Re2 25. Nc3 Rd2 26. Nb1 Re2 27. Nc3 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24176460"]
[BlackFideId "4148843"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 b6 8. b4
Bb7 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qf4 a5 11. b5 Ne7 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. O-O O-O 14. Bb2 Ng6 15.
Qd4 Rc5 16. Rac1 e5 17. Qe3 d5 18. cxd5 Rxb5 19. Bxe5 Bxd5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Rfd1 Qe7 22. Nd4 Rc5 23. Qxe7 Nxe7 24. Rxc5 bxc5 25. Nf5 Nxf5 26. Rxd5 Nd4 27.
Rxc5 Rb8 28. Rxa5 Nxe2+ 29. Kf1 Rb2 30. Bf3 Nc3 31. a4 Kg7 32. Ra7 f5 33. Bh5
Kh6 34. Bf3 Kg7 35. Ra5 Ra2 36. Bc6 Kf6 37. Bd7 f4 38. Rf5+ Ke7 39. Bc6 fxg3 40.
hxg3 Nxa4 41. Bd5 Ra1+ 42. Kg2 f6 43. Rh5 Kd6 44. Be4 Nc3 45. Bxh7 Nd5 46. Bc2
Ra3 47. Be4 Ne7 48. Rb5 Rc3 49. f3 Rc5 50. Rb6+ Ke5 51. Rb2 Nd5 52. Bxd5 Rxd5
53. Kh3 Kf5 54. Rb4 Rd3 55. f4 Ra3 56. Rb6 Kg6 57. Kh4 Ra4 58. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Kramer system"]
[WhiteFideId "13500139"]
[BlackFideId "5084423"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be2 Na6
9. a3 Nc5 10. Be3 Bd7 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Nb3 14. Qb2 Nd4 15. O-O
h5 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Qd2 Nh7 18. Bh6 h4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nh1 Nf6 21. Bd1 b5 22.
c5 dxc5 23. bxc5 b4 24. Ne2 Nxe4 25. Qxb4 Qb8 26. Qe1 Qb2 27. c6 Bf5 28. Nxd4
Qxd4 29. Qa5 Nc3 30. Bf3 e4 31. Rc1 Rb8 32. h3 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Spanish, classical defence"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "4150120"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bd6 7. f4 Nc6 8. e5
Bb4 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 d5 12. O-O Bf5 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14. Bd3 Rhe8
15. a4 g6 16. Ba3 Re3 17. Bc1 Re6 18. Ba3 Na5 19. Rb5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Re5
Rxe5 22. fxe5 Qa6 23. Qe2 Qxa4 24. Bb4 a5 25. Bc5 b6 26. Be7 Rd7 27. Qf3 Kb8 28.
Bg5 Qxc2 29. Rc1 Qe4 30. Qf2 h5 31. Qa2 Qc6 32. Rf1 Kb7 33. h3 Rd5 34. Kh2 Rb5
35. Rf3 Rb3 36. Qe2 a4 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Liu, Yan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "5072786"]
[BlackFideId "8608962"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 c5 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. d5 e5 15. Be3
Nd7 16. Nd2 a6 17. b4 Qc7 18. Rdb1 Rdb8 19. a4 cxb4 20. Rxb4 a5 21. Rb5 Qd8 22.
Nf3 Qf8 23. Rab1 Bd8 24. Nd2 Bc7 25. h4 h5 26. Qe2 g6 27. g3 Qe8 28. Kg2 Qe7 29.
Bg5 f6 30. Be3 Kg7 31. Rh1 Rh8 32. Nb1 Qf7 33. Nc3 Rae8 34. Rbb1 Qe7 35. Qc2 Rc8
36. Ne2 Rce8 37. f3 Ref8 38. g4 Kf7 39. Ng3 Rfg8 40. Kf2 hxg4 41. fxg4 Qd8 42.
Qe2 Qf8 43. h5 Ke8 44. hxg6 Rxg6 45. Nf5 Rgg8 46. Rh5 Kd8 47. Rbh1 Qe8 48. Nh6
Rxh6 49. Rxh6 Kc8 50. Qf3 Kb7 51. Qf5 Nb8 52. Rh7 Na6 53. Qe6 Qxe6 54. dxe6 Re8
55. R1h6 Kc6 56. Rxf6 Bd8 57. Rff7 Rxe6 58. g5 Nc5 59. Rh8 Be7 60. Bxc5 Kxc5 61.
Rh6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Debashis, Das"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "5024854"]
[BlackFideId "13702661"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. e3 c5 8. Nd2
Qa5 9. d5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. Qb3 Nd7 13. f3 Bg6 14. Be2 b5 15. cxb5
c4 16. Qxc4 Bxb2 17. Rd1 Bc3 18. e4 O-O 19. Qd3 Rac8 20. O-O Qxa2 21. Bf2 Rc7
22. Nc4 Rfc8 23. Ne3 Ne5 24. Qc2 Qa3 25. Qb1 Ba5 26. Qa1 Qxa1 27. Rxa1 Bb6 28.
Rfe1 Kf8 29. Bf1 h5 30. Nd1 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Rxc1 32. Bxb6 axb6 33. Kf2 Nc4 34. Bd3
g4 35. Rf1 Nd2 36. Re1 gxf3 37. gxf3 h4 38. Be2 Nc4 39. Bxc4 Rxc4 40. Re2 Rc1
41. Ne3 Rb1 42. Ng2 h3 43. Nf4 Rxb5 44. Nxh3 e5 45. dxe6 fxe6 46. Nf4 Bf7 47.
Nd3 Rb3 48. Ke3 e5 49. Rb2 Ra3 50. Rxb6 Bc4 51. Rxd6 Ke7 52. Rd5 Bxd5 53. exd5
Kd6 54. Ke4 Ra2 55. Ke3 Ra4 56. f4 e4 57. Nb2 Rb4 58. Nd1 Rc4 59. f5 Ke5 60. f6
Ra4 61. Nf2 Ra3+ 62. Ke2 Kxd5 63. Ng4 Rf3 64. h4 Rf4 65. Ne3+ Kd4 66. h5 Rxf6
67. h6 Rf3 68. Ng4 Rg3 69. h7 Rh3 70. Nf6 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "D76"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6"]
[WhiteFideId "5037883"]
[BlackFideId "4194985"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nb6 8. Bf4
Nc6 9. e3 h6 10. h4 f6 11. e4 e5 12. Qb3+ Kh8 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Be3 Nd4 15. Bxd4
exd4 16. Nbd2 Qe7 17. a4 Be6 18. Qd3 c5 19. b3 Rae8 20. Rfc1 Nd7 21. Ra2 Rf7 22.
e5 Bf5 23. Qb5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxc5 d3 26. Rd5 a6 27. Qb6 Bg7 28. Kh2 Rf6
29. Qa7 Re6 30. Nc4 Re2 31. Rd2 Rf8 32. Bf3 Be4 33. Bxe2 Bxd5 34. Rxd3 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24104795"]
[BlackFideId "5010608"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 a6 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Bf6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nc6
15. f4 Nd4 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. a4 Qc6+ 18. Kh3 Rd8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rfd1 Rg8 21.
Qf1 Rg6 22. g4 fxg4+ 23. Kg3 Qf3+ 24. Qxf3 gxf3+ 25. Kf2 Rg2+ 26. Ke3 c5 27.
Rxd4 cxd4+ 28. Kxf3 dxc3 29. Kxg2 cxb2 30. Rb1 Rd2+ 31. Kf3 Rxc2 32. h3 b4 33.
Kg4 Kd7 34. Kg5 Rg2+ 35. Kf6 Ke8 36. f5 Rf2 37. Kg7 exf5 38. Kf6 f4 39. Kf5 Ke7
40. h4 f3 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "C74"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Siesta, Kopayev variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1510045"]
[BlackFideId "13306677"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1
Be7 9. Bc2 Bxc2 10. Qxc2 Nf6 11. Ng5 Qd7 12. d4 exd4 13. Ne6 d3 14. Qb3 d5 15.
Qxb7 Kf7 16. Qxc7 Qxc7 17. Nxc7 Rac8 18. Ne6 d4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Rc2 21.
Rd1 Nd5 22. Be3 Rhc8 23. Nd2 Rxb2 24. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Raja, Harshit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "13306553"]
[BlackFideId "5089000"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rac1 Rd8 12. Rfd1 Nd7 13. e4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 15.
d5 Nb6 16. Bb3 Bg4 17. Qe2 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. h3
Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Rc7 23. Bb3 b6 24. g3 Bf6 25. h4 h5 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. Qd3 Rc8 28.
Qa6 Rc7 29. Qb5 Rc5 30. Qa4 Rc7 31. Rd3 Qc5 32. Rd5 Qc1 33. Rd7 Qc5 34. Rd3 Kf8
35. Rf3 Kg7 36. Bd5 Qc2 37. Qe8 Qc5 38. b4 Qe7 39. Qb5 Qd7 40. Qd3 Qg4 41. Kh2
g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4147855"]
[BlackFideId "4657101"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bb3 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. a3 Bc7 13. Rd1 e4 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Nf1
Nb6 16. Ba2 Nfd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bd2 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Rac8 21. Rdc1
Qh5 22. Qd1 Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 Re6 24. Rxc7 Rg6+ 25. Ng3 Rxc7 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Qxc1
h5 28. Qf1 Qg4 29. Kh2 Qf3 30. Bb3 Nc4 31. Bxc4 dxc4 32. Ne2 Rg4 33. Nf4 Rh4+
34. Nh3 g5 35. Qg2 g4 36. Qxf3 exf3 37. Kg1 Rxh3 38. e4 h4 39. d5 g3 40. Bf4
Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Gligoric-Taimanov system"]
[WhiteFideId "24133795"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6
9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. f3 g5 13. Bf2 f5 14. Qc2 Ng6 15. O-O-O
fxe4 16. Ndxe4 Nf5 17. Kb1 a6 18. Qd2 Bh6 19. Qc2 Bg7 20. Qd2 Bh6 21. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. Nc3 Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. Bf4 f5 14. Rac1 Bd7 15.
Bd6 Bh6 16. e3 Rf7 17. h3 Nf6 18. Ne5 Rg7 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Be5 Rf7 21. Ne2 Nd7
22. Rc3 Bf8 23. Rc2 Ba4 24. b3 Bb5 25. a4 Bxe2 26. Qxe2 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Ba3 28.
Ra1 Qe7 29. h4 Rff8 30. Rca2 Bc5 31. Rc1 a5 32. Kh2 b6 33. Rac2 Kg7 34. Rc3 h6
35. Kg1 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Qb5 g4 38. R3c2 Rfc8 39. Rd1 Ra7 40. Rcd2 Bb4 41.
Rd3 Rb7 42. Qa6 Rc5 43. Qa8 Rbc7 44. e4 fxe4 45. Bxe4 Ra7 46. Qb8 Rb7 47. Qa8
dxe4 48. Rd8 Qf7 49. Rg8+ Qxg8 50. Qxb7+ Kh6 51. Qe7 Qg5 52. Qf8+ Qg7 53. Qf4+
Qg5 54. Qf8+ Kg6 55. Kg2 Rc2 56. Qe8+ Kf5 57. Rd7 Qh6 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.36"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2000024"]
[BlackFideId "4114060"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Rb1
Nxe5 9. Be2 a5 10. b5 Nbd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Bxc4 Nb6
15. Bd5 Qf6 16. c4 Re8 17. Rc1 Ra7 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Nd4 Na4 20. f4 Nc5 21. f5 g5
22. Ne6+ fxe6 23. fxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. e4 Kg6 26. e5 dxe5 27. Qe3 b6 28.
Qxe5 Rf5 29. Qh8 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.37"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Keres (...Nd7) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5900212"]
[BlackFideId "911925"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
a4 Rb8 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Ng6 18. Nf3 Bh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. f5 Ne5 21. Rf1 b4
22. Bf4 Qe7 23. Bd3 f6 24. Rf2 a5 25. Bb5 Nf7 26. Qc2 Bd7 27. Bc4 Rfe8 28. Re2
b3 29. Qc3 Rb4 30. Ra3 Bxa4 31. Re3 Reb8 32. Bg3 h6 33. Qc1 Ne5 34. Be2 Bb5 35.
Rxa5 Bxe2 36. Rxe2 Nf7 37. Qe3 Ng5 38. Qd3 Rd4 39. Qa6 Nxe4 40. Kh2 Qd7 41. Qa7
Qxa7 42. Rxa7 Re8 43. Re3 c4 44. Ra4 Rd3 45. Re1 Kf7 46. Bf4 Rd4 47. Rc1 Nc5 48.
Raxc4 Rxd5 49. Bxd6 Nd3 50. Rc7+ Kg8 51. Rc8 Nxc1 52. Rxe8+ Kh7 53. Bf8 Rxf5 54.
Re7 Rg5 55. Rb7 Kg8 56. Bb4 Rd5 57. Rb8+ Kh7 58. Rb7 h5 59. Bf8 Rg5 60. Bb4 Rd5
61. Bf8 Rg5 62. Bb4 Ne2 63. Bd2 Rd5 64. Bc3 Rd6 65. Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.38"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4135539"]
[BlackFideId "4147103"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Ne7 12. Nc5 Qc7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rc1 Be7
15. g4 Bg6 16. f4 h5 17. f5 Bxc5 18. fxg6 Bxd4+ 19. cxd4 O-O 20. Qd3 Qb6 21.
gxf7+ Rxf7 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. gxh5 Qxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Nxd4 25. Rc7+ Kg8 26. Bg4 Rf8
27. Rxb7 Rf7 28. Rb8+ Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Ke3 Nc6 32. Kf4 Nb4 33.
Be2 Nxa2 34. Ke3 Nb4 35. Bb5 Nc2+ 36. Kd3 Ne1+ 37. Ke2 Ng2 38. Kf3 Nh4+ 39. Kf4
Nf5 40. Bd3 Nd4 41. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.39"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Bellaiche, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "615668"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. O-O e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Qxa5 11. Nbd2 Qa4 12. Rb1 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bc8 14. Nb3 Re8
15. Rd2 Ra4 16. Rc2 Na6 17. h3 Nd7 18. Nfd4 Ndc5 19. Bf1 Nxb3 20. Nxb3 h5 21. e3
h4 22. g4 f5 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Nd4 Bc8 25. Kg2 Bf6 26. Bb2 Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Rxa3
28. Be2 Re7 29. Rb6 Bf5 30. Rd2 Bg6 31. Rdb2 c5 32. Rxg6 cxd4 33. exd4 Ra4 34.
Rg4 Nb4 35. Rxh4 Ra2 36. Rxb4 Rexe2 37. Rf4 Reb2 38. Rxb2 Rxb2 39. Rf5 Rb3 40.
Rxd5 Rxd3 41. h4 b5 42. Kf1 Rd2 43. Ke1 Rb2 44. h5 Kf7 45. Rd6 Ke7 46. Rg6 Kf7
47. d5 Rb4 48. Rb6 Re4+ 49. Kf1 b4 50. Rb7+ Kf6 51. d6 Rd4 52. d7 b3 53. Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.40"]
[White "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Opening "Dutch with c4 & Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "12401820"]
[BlackFideId "4119150"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Nge2 e5 8. f3 Bg7
9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 c6 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. b4 Re8 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Bc2 Nb6 15. d5 a5
16. bxa5 Nbd7 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Ba6 19. Rfe1 Qe6 20. Qb4 c5 21. Qd2 Bf8 22.
Bb3 Rab8 23. Bxf6+ Nxf6 24. Nb6 Red8 25. Nc3 e4 26. f4 h6 27. Rf1 Rb7 28. Qf2
Ra7 29. Qd2 g5 30. Ncd5 Rf7 31. h3 Bg7 32. Qf2 g4 33. Nxf6 Bxf6 34. hxg4 Rg7 35.
gxf5 Qf7 36. Bc2 Qh5 37. Bxe4 Bh4 38. Qf3 Rg4 39. Qh3 Rg3 40. Bf3 Rxh3 41. Bxh5
Rxe3 42. Rf3 Re4 43. Bf7 Bf6 44. Kh2 Re2 45. a4 Bd4 46. Rh3 Kh7 47. Bh5 Re4 48.
Bf3 Rxf4 49. Nd5 Rxf3 50. Rxf3 Bxc4 51. Rxd4 cxd4 52. Nb6 Ba6 53. Rf4 d3 54. Rd4
Rf8 55. Rd5 Rf7 56. g4 Re7 57. Kg3 Re2 58. Rxd6 d2 59. Rd7+ Kh8 60. Rd8+ Kg7 61.
Rd7+ Kf6 62. Nd5+ Ke5 63. Nb4 Re3+ 64. Kf2 Re2+ 65. Kf3 Bc4 66. a6 Kf6 67. a7
Re7 68. Rd6+ Ke5 69. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.41"]
[White "Gholami, Aryan"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "12513342"]
[BlackFideId "24107581"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nh5 8. Be5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 g6 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. h4 Qc7 12. g4 Ng7 13. h5 gxh5 14. gxh5 h6 15.
Rg1 Bf8 16. O-O-O Nxh5 17. Rg2 Ng7 18. Rdg1 Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Nf1 O-O-O 21.
Ng3 Qc6 22. Nxf5 d4 23. N3h4 dxc3 24. Qxc3 Be6 25. f4 Qa6 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Kxd2
Qc4 28. e4 Qa6 29. Ke3 Qb6 30. Nd6+ Bxd6 31. exd6 Re8 32. e5 Bd7 33. Kf2 Qc6 34.
Rc1 b6 35. b4 Qe4 36. Qc4 Qxc4 37. Rxc4 Kb7 38. bxc5 Rc8 39. f5 bxc5 40. Rg4 Re8
41. e6 fxe6 42. fxe6 Rxe6 43. Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.42"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13306766"]
[BlackFideId "12521213"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 g6 6. Nbc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 f5 10. f3 fxe4 11. fxe4 Rxf1+ 12. Qxf1 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e5 Qd7 15.
g3 Na5 16. Nf4 c5 17. Rd1 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nac6 19. Bb5 Rf8 20. Qg2 a6 21. e6 Bxd4+
22. Rxd4 Qd6 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. h4 Nf5 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Qe7 27. Qe5 Nxg3
28. Ncd5 Qc5+ 29. Kg2 Nh5 30. Qe4 Nxf4+ 31. Nxf4 Qf5 32. Kf3 Qh3+ 33. Ke2 Qg4+
34. Ke3 Qg3+ 35. Qf3 Qxh4 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.43"]
[White "Gallego Alcaraz, Andres Felipe"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "4402669"]
[BlackFideId "4108116"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6
gxf6 15. d5 Ne5 16. Be2 Rac8 17. a3 Bf8 18. Rac1 f5 19. g3 Rc7 20. Nc3 a6 21.
Na4 Rb8 22. Rfd1 Ra7 23. Nc3 Rc7 24. Na4 Kg7 25. b4 d6 26. h3 Nd7 27. Nc3 Nf6
28. Bd3 Nd7 29. f4 Be7 30. Re1 Nf8 31. dxe6 fxe6 32. g4 fxg4 33. f5 Bg5 34. Rcd1
exf5 35. Bxf5 Rxc4 36. Ne4 Bh4 37. Nxd6 Rc3 38. Re4 Rg3+ 39. Kf1 Rf3+ 40. Ke2
Rf2+ 41. Ke3 Rf3+ 42. Ke2 Rf2+ 43. Kd3 Rd8 44. Rxg4+ Bg5 45. Kc3 Ng6 46. Bc2
Rdf8 47. Rc4 Ne5 48. Rc7+ Kh8 49. h4 Bf6 50. Kb3 Nf3 51. Nf7+ Rxf7 52. Rxf7 Nd4+
53. Rxd4 Bxd4 54. Rh7+ Kg8 55. Rxh6 Bf6 56. Rg6+ Kf7 57. Rg4 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.44"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "1634852"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O
9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. h3 Nc6 15. d4 exd4
16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb7 18. Bf4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Rc8 20. Bb3 Rc7 21. a4 Rd7 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Rad1 Bc6 24. Rc1 Ba8 25. Qd3 Qb6 26. Kh2 Rdd8 27. Be3 Qb7 28. Bd4
Nd7 29. Nh5 Rxe4 30. Bc2 f5 31. f3 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 g6 33. Re6 gxh5 34. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.45"]
[White "Lomasov, Semen"]
[Black "Shinkevich, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "4.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "24164879"]
[BlackFideId "4122690"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 c6 6. h3 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bd3 Nxc3
9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. a4 Bf5 14. Be3 Be4 15.
Rc1 Rc8 16. Ng5 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Rc5 Qa2 19. Qb1 Qxb1 20. Rxb1 h6 21. Ne4
b6 22. Rc3 Na5 23. Rbc1 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 f5 25. exf6 exf6 26. Nd6 f5 27. g3 g5 28.
f4 gxf4 29. gxf4 Rf6 30. Rc8+ Bf8 31. Nb5 a6 32. Nc7 Nc4 33. Nd5 Rg6+ 34. Kf2
Nd6 35. Rb8 Ne4+ 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Rb7+ Ke6 38. Nxb6 Rg2+ 39. Kd3 Nf6 40. Ra7 Rg3
41. Rxa6 Rxh3 42. Nd5+ Kxd5 43. Rxf6 Bd6 44. a5 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.21"]
[Round "2.46"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Triapishko, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, 6.h4"]
[WhiteFideId "13703544"]
[BlackFideId "14122286"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. c3 Nd7 10. f4 Ngf6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. Be3 Nd5 15.
Bxd5 exd5 16. Nh5 f5 17. Qh3 Kh8 18. Rae1 Nf6 19. Ng3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Rd1
Rad8 22. Qg3 Bf6 23. Qf2 Rfe8 24. c4 Bg8 25. b3 b6 26. Rd2 Bf7 27. a4 Bh5 28. b4
Rc8 29. Rb1 Qe7 30. g3 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Red8 32. c5 Rxd2 33. Bxd2 Rd8 34. Be3 Rd3
35. Kh2 Bf3 36. cxb6 axb6 37. Bxb6 Qd7 38. Be3 Ra3 39. Bd4 Rxa4 40. Qb2 c5 41.
Bxc5 Qd5 42. Qd4 Ra2+ 43. Rb2 e3 44. Kh3 Bg4+ 45. Kh2 Rxb2+ 46. Qxb2 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Cozio (Lasker) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "4100115"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxe2+
8. Bxe2 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Rhg1 a6 12. g4 Re8 13. h4 Be6 14. Ng5
Bd7 15. Kb1 Ne5 16. h5 Bb5 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Nh3 c6 19. Nf4 d5 20. Nd3 Bd6 21.
Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Rde1 Re6 23. Bd2 Rae8 24. Re3 Bd6 25. Rf3 f6 26. a3 h6 27. Kc1 Bc5
28. Kd1 Re4 29. Rg2 R4e6 30. Rd3 Kf7 31. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Bologan, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "14105730"]
[BlackFideId "13900048"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Bg2 Qc8 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nh4
Nc6 9. Nxf5 Qxf5 10. e3 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. Qa4 b6 13. e4 Qc8 14. b4 Nb7 15. Qa6
Nd7 16. Bd2 f5 17. h4 Nb8 18. Qa4 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. Qxa8 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Nc5 22.
O-O Nxe4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rae1 Qh3 25. Rxe4 Nd7 26. Qa4 Rf3 27. Qc2 Nf6 28. Bb4
Nh5 29. Qb1 Bh6 30. a4 Nf4 31. Rxf4 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13301616"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Bxf4 8. exf4
Qb6 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Rd1 g6 12. g3 Bd7 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Bb1 Rac8 15.
h4 Nc6 16. Kg2 a6 17. a3 Na5 18. Bd3 Qd6 19. Rh1 Nh5 20. Rac1 f6 21. Rhe1 Nc4
22. Nd1 b5 23. Ne3 Rfe8 24. Rcd1 Bc6 25. Qc2 Bb7 26. Qb1 Re7 27. Re2 Nxf4+ 28.
gxf4 Qxf4 29. b3 e5 30. bxc4 dxc4 31. Bxc4+ Rxc4 32. d5 Rd4 33. Qb3 Rd7 34. Rxd4
exd4 35. Qb4 Bxd5 36. Nxd5 Qg4+ 37. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "4118987"]
[BlackFideId "4107012"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2 Nd7
9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Ndf6 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Be3 e6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd5 15. Bc4
Nhf6 16. O-O Bg7 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Rfe1 a5 19. Na4 Qc7 20. Bd2 Rfe8 21. Qb3 Nd7
22. Qd3 b5 23. cxb6 N5xb6 24. Nxb6 Nxb6 25. Rc1 Red8 26. Be3 Qb7 27. Bxe6 fxe6
28. Qxg6 Qf7 29. Qg3 Kh8 30. Rxc6 Nd5 31. Bd2 Re8 32. Re4 a4 33. Kh2 Qf6 34. Be3
Nxe3 35. fxe3 Rac8 36. Ra6 Rc2 37. Ra7 Rg8 38. Rf4 Qd8 39. Rff7 Qg5 40. Qxg5
hxg5 41. Rxa4 Rxb2 42. Kg3 Rb5 43. Raa7 Kh7 44. Rfe7 Rb6 45. a4 Kg6 46. a5 Rd6
47. Kf3 Bf6 48. Reb7 e5 49. dxe5 Bxe5 50. Rb6 Rf8+ 51. Ke4 Re8 52. Kf3 Rf8+ 53.
Ke4 Re8 54. Rxd6+ Bxd6+ 55. Kd5 Bg3 56. e4 Re5+ 57. Kd4 Rb5 58. Ra6+ Kh5 59. Ra8
Bf2+ 60. Kc4 Re5 61. Kd3 Bg1 62. Rh8+ Kg6 63. Ra8 Kf6 64. Rf8+ Kg6 65. Rf1 Ba7
66. Ra1 Kf6 67. a6 Ke6 68. Ra4 Rb5 69. Ke2 Rb3 70. Ra5 Kf6 71. Rf5+ Kg6 72. Re5
Re3+ 73. Kf1 Ra3 74. Re6+ Kf7 75. Rd6 Bb8 76. Rc6 Ra2 77. Rc5 Kf6 78. Rc6+ Ke5
79. h4 g4 80. h5 Kd4 81. h6 Ke3 82. Rc3+ Kd2 83. h7 Be5 84. Rb3 g3 85. Rb1 Rxa6 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12539929"]
[BlackFideId "4189302"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Qe1 e5 7. e4 Bd6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nh4 O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. g5 Nh5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bxd5 Nf4
15. Bxf4 exf4 16. h4 Qc8 17. Qe4 Qxc2 18. Na3 Bxa3 19. bxa3 Nc5 20. Qxg6 Rad8
21. Qf5 Qxd3 22. Qxd3 Nxd3 23. Bxb7 Nc5 24. Bf3 Rd3 25. Kg2 Rxa3 26. Bd5 Rd8 27.
Rfd1 Kf8 28. Rab1 g6 29. Rb4 Ne6 30. Rb3 Rxb3 31. Bxb3 Rxd1 32. Bxd1 Ke7 33. Kf3
f6 34. Kg4 fxg5 35. hxg5 Kf8 36. Bc2 Kg7 37. Bb3 Kf7 38. Bxe6+ Kxe6 39. Kxf4 Kd5
40. Ke3 a5 41. a4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "4657101"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. O-O Bh5 8. f4
e6 9. Qe1 Bd6 10. Ng3 Nf6 11. Nxh5 Nxh5 12. g3 Nf6 13. Nd2 h5 14. Nf3 Kf8 15.
Bd2 g6 16. Qe2 Kg7 17. Rae1 Rad8 18. Ne5 Ne7 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Qxe6+ Kg7 21. f5
Qd7 22. fxg6 Qxe6 23. Rxe6 Rhf8 24. Bf4 Nc8 25. Bg5 Be7 26. Rfe1 Bd6 27. Bf5 a6
28. a4 Ng4 29. Bxg4 hxg4 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. Re8 Rxe8 32. Rxe8 Nb6 33. b3 a5 34.
Kf2 Nd7 35. Ra8 Nf6 36. Rxa5 Bc7 37. Ra7 Ne4+ 38. Ke3 Nd6 39. Kd3 Kxg6 40. c4
Bb6 41. Ra8 Bc7 42. c5 Nf7 43. b4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "4150120"]
[BlackFideId "24176729"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4
Bd7 15. g3 Ne6 16. Rd1 Rfc8 17. Bg2 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Rc2 19. Rd2 Rac8 20. Bxd5 Bg4
21. f3 Rc1+ 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Rd8 24. fxg4 Rxd5+ 25. Ke2 Kf8 26. Rc1 Rd7
27. Rc8+ Ke7 28. g5 h6 29. gxh6 gxh6 30. Rc5 a6 31. b4 Kf6 32. a4 Rd6 33. h4 Re6
34. Kf3 Kg7 35. g4 Rf6+ 36. Ke2 Rg6 37. Rc4 Rd6 38. Rd4 Rc6 39. Kd3 Rc1 40. a5
Rc6 41. Rd5 b5 42. Ke4 Rc4+ 43. Rd4 Rc3 44. Kf4 Rc6 45. e4 Kf8 46. Kf5 Kg7 47.
e5 Rc1 48. e6 Rf1+ 49. Ke5 Re1+ 50. Re4 f6+ 51. Kd5 Rd1+ 52. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Potter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5084423"]
[BlackFideId "5072786"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Qf3 Ne5 9. Qf4 Ng6 10. Qf3 Ne5 11. Qf4 Ng6 12. Bxf6 Nxf4 13. Bxd8 Rxd8 14. g3
Ne6 15. Nd5 c6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Bg2 d6 18. a3 Nc5 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. O-O-O Be6
21. f4 f6 22. Kd2 Kf8 23. Ke3 Ke7 24. h4 Ra4 25. Rd2 b5 26. Rhd1 Bg4 27. Bf3
Bxf3 28. Kxf3 h5 29. f5 Rd7 30. Ke3 Ra8 31. Kf4 Rg8 32. Rg2 g5+ 33. fxg6 Rxg6
34. g4 Ke6 35. g5 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Pavlov, Sergey2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "14114330"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nge2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Ng3 O-O 8. Be2 d5
9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. e4 Nbd7 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Bd4 Nd3+
15. Bxd3 cxd3 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Kd2 Kf8 18. Rhb1 Ke7 19. Rb5 Rd7 20. Nh5 Rc7 21.
Rab1 a6 22. Rb6 Rxc5 23. g4 Rb5 24. R6xb5 axb5 25. Rb3 Ra4 26. Kxd3 f5 27. f3
fxe4+ 28. fxe4 Bd7 29. g5 Bc6 30. Rb4 Rxa3 31. Nf6 Ra2 32. h4 Rh2 33. e5 Rh3+
34. Kd2 Rh2+ 35. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Karavade, Eesha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8602956"]
[BlackFideId "5012600"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qd3 Qc7 10. Bd2 Be6 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5
15. c4 Bd6 16. Bc3 Rad8 17. Qf5 Qd7 18. Bd3 Qxf5 19. Bxf5 Rfe8 20. Ba5 Rb8 21.
Bb6 g6 22. Bh3 Ne4 23. f3 Ng5 24. Bd7 Re7 25. Ba4 f6 26. b4 Rc8 27. bxc5 Rxc5
28. Rac1 Nf7 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. g3 Rec7 31. Bb3 Ke7 32. Ke2 Rc8 33. a4 a5 34. Ba2
R5c7 35. Rb1 Bb4 36. Kd3 Nd6 37. Bxc7 Rxc7 38. Rxb4 axb4 39. Rb1 Rc5 40. Rxb4
Kd7 41. Kc3 Ra5 42. Rb2 Kc7 43. Bb3 b6 44. Re2 Ra8 45. Bc2 Nb7 46. Re1 Nc5 47.
Ra1 Kd6 48. g4 Nb7 49. h4 Kc5 50. h5 Nd6 51. Bd3 f5 52. gxf5 gxf5 53. h6 e4 54.
fxe4 fxe4 55. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4194985"]
[BlackFideId "14203987"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d4 e6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nc3 d5
9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bf4 c6 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 12. b4 Qe7 13. Rab1 Rfe8 14. Qb3 h6 15. h4
Rad8 16. Rbc1 a6 17. a4 b5 18. a5 Nh5 19. Bd2 f5 20. e3 Nhf6 21. Ne2 Ne4 22. Nf4
g5 23. Nd3 Bf6 24. Be1 Kh7 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rc2 Qd6 27. Qb2 Re7 28. Qc1 Rh8 29.
Kf1 Kg8 30. Nfe5 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Nxe5 32. Nxe5 Rxe5 33. f3 Nf6 34. Bc3 Re6 35. e4
fxe4 36. Qxg5+ Kf7 37. fxe4 Rg8 38. Qf5 Qxg3 39. e5 Qg4 40. Qf3 Qxf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Doery defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13304852"]
[BlackFideId "24130737"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Ne4 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6
8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. Rac1 Nd7 11. c5 Nf6 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Rc2 Bd7 14. Rfc1
h6 15. Ne1 Qb6 16. e3 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Rc5 e4 19. Qc3 Be6 20. a3 Rfd8 21.
Bf1 Rd6 22. Rb5 Qd8 23. Qe5 b6 24. Ng2 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Qc3 Ba6 27. Re5 Rd1
28. Ne1 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "13300857"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3
O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Be3 a5 11. Na4 e4 12. Ne1 exd3 13. Nxd3 Nd5 14. Bc5 b6 15.
Bxe7 Ndxe7 16. Rc1 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Nc3 Qc4 19. b3 Qg4 20. e3 Qd7 21. Nf4
Rad8 22. Qh5 Ng6 23. Nfd5 Nce7 24. Rfd1 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Qd6 26. a4 c5 27. Rd2 Ne7
28. Rcd1 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Qf6 30. e4 g6 31. Qe2 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Re8 33. Qd3 h5 34. h4
Kg7 35. Kg2 Re6 36. Qc2 Re5 37. Rd1 Qc6 38. f3 Qf6 39. Qc3 Re6 40. Qe3 Qe5 41.
Qd3 Qb2+ 42. Rd2 Qe5 43. Kf2 Qa1 44. Rd1 Qe5 45. Kg2 Qb2+ 46. Rd2 Qe5 47. Kh2
Kg8 48. Kh3 Kg7 49. Kg2 Kg8 50. Qd8+ Kg7 51. Qg5 Qa1 52. Qd5 Qc3 53. Re2 b5 54.
axb5 Qb4 55. Rc2 Qxb5 56. Qxc5 Qxc5 57. Rxc5 Rb6 58. Rc3 Rb4 59. Kf2 a4 60. bxa4
Rxa4 61. Ke3 Ra5 62. Kf4 Ra6 63. Rc7 Rf6+ 64. Ke3 Re6 65. Rd7 Ra6 66. Rd5 Rb6
67. Ra5 Rc6 68. Kd4 Rb6 69. Ke3 Rb3+ 70. Kf4 Rb6 71. Rd5 Rf6+ 72. Ke3 Rb6 73.
Rd3 Rb5 74. Rd6 Ra5 75. Kf4 Rb5 76. Rd5 Rb6 77. g4 hxg4 78. Kxg4 Rb1 79. h5 f5+
80. exf5 Rg1+ 81. Kf4 gxh5 82. Rd6 h4 83. Rg6+ Rxg6 84. fxg6 Kxg6 85. Kg4 h3 86.
Kxh3 Kf5 87. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, 5.a3"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "4158814"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. a4 Ne7 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bd3 Kg8 12. Ba3 Nbc6 13. a6 bxa6 14. O-O Nf5 15.
Rab1 Bd7 16. Bxa6 Kh7 17. Bd3 Re8 18. Rb3 d4 19. Qe4 g6 20. g4 Na5 21. Rb5 Bxb5
22. axb5 Ne7 23. Nxd4 Rc8 24. Qf4 Kg8 25. Nf3 Kg7 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Qf4 Kg7 28.
Qf6+ Kg8 29. Qf4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. c4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bf6 11. Qd2 b6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. f3 Qe7 14. Rad1 Rfd8
15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Be5 17. Rd2 Nf4 18. Bd4 Bxd4+ 19. Rxd4 e5 20. Rd2 Kf8 21.
Rfd1 Bc6 22. Bf1 a5 23. b3 Ke7 24. Re1 d6 25. Rc1 Ne6 26. Kf2 g6 27. Ke3 h5 28.
g3 h4 29. f4 Nd4 30. g4 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Bg2 fxg4 33. Bxc6 Nxc6 34. Nd5+ Kf7
35. Rf1 e4 36. Rg1 Rg8 37. Nxb6 Rae8 38. Nd5 Rg6 39. Rdg2 Reg8 40. Kxe4 g3 41.
hxg3 h3 42. Rh2 Rxg3 43. Rxg3 Rxg3 44. Ne3 Kf6 45. Nf5 Rg2 46. Rxh3 Re2+ 47. Ne3
Rxa2 48. Rh6+ Ke7 49. Nf5+ Kd7 50. Rxd6+ Kc7 51. Rh6 Rb2 52. c5 Re2+ 53. Kd3 Rf2
54. Rh7+ Kb8 55. Rh4 Rb2 56. Kc4 Rc2+ 57. Kb5 Na7+ 58. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Vavulin, Maksim"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Exchange variation doubly deferred (DERLD)"]
[WhiteFideId "4169530"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Nc5 11. Ne3 g6 12. Nf3 a5 13. a4 b6 14. Nc4 Ne6 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. Nfd2 Qd7 17. Kh1 Bb7 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bf8 20. Be3 Qd8 21. Qg4 c5
22. Rf2 Bg7 23. Raf1 Nd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. h4 Bc8 26. Qg3 Be6 27. h5 Bf7 28. h6
Bxh6 29. Rxf6 Bxc4 30. Nxc4 Bg7 31. Rf7 Re7 32. R7f3 Qe8 33. b3 Rd8 34. Kg1 Rdd7
35. Qg5 h6 36. Qg4 Kh7 37. Kf2 Qg8 38. Ke2 Qe6 39. Qg3 Rd5 40. Rh1 Kg8 41. Qh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "2000024"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Bd3 b5
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O e6 12. Qd1 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. b3 Nb4 15. Bb1
Rc7 16. Bb2 Bb7 17. a3 Nc6 18. Ne1 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Lomasov, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13300881"]
[BlackFideId "24164879"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O d5 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. c4
d4 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Re1 Qxb2 14. Nd2 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Bb4 16. Re2 Bg4 17. f3 Bf5 18. Nb3 Qa3 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qxd4 Kg7 21. f4
Rfe8 22. Qf2 Bd3 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Bf1 Be4 25. Bg2 Qa6 26. Rc1 Qd6 27. Bxe4 Rxe4
28. Qf3 f5 29. Rc2 a5 30. Kg2 a4 31. Nc1 Bc5 32. Qd3 Qc6 33. Qf3 Qe6 34. Qd3 Rd4
35. Qe2 Qc6+ 36. Qf3 Qd7 37. Qh5 h6 38. Qe2 Ba3 39. Kh3 Bxc1 40. Rxc1 Rd2 41.
Qe5+ f6 42. Qb5 Qc6 43. Qxc6 bxc6 44. Rb1 Rc2 45. Rb7+ Kg6 46. Rc7 Rxc4 47. a3
Rc3 48. Kg2 Rxa3 49. Rxc6 Ra2+ 50. Kh3 a3 51. Ra6 Kf7 52. g4 Kg6 53. Ra5 fxg4+
54. Kxg4 h5+ 55. Kg3 Kh6 56. Ra6 Kg7 57. Ra7+ Kg6 58. Ra5 Ra1 59. Kf3 a2 60. Kg2
Kf7 61. f5 Ke7 62. Ra6 Kd7 63. Kh3 Kc7 64. Kh4 Kb7 65. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "14129574"]
[BlackFideId "5004985"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. g3 Be7 10. Bg2 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nbd7 12. Bd2 a6 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. O-O O-O 15.
Rfd1 Qb8 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. Be1 Bf8 18. Rb1 Bd6 19. b4 e5 20. d5 c5 21. b5 a5 22.
b6 e4 23. Qc2 Qc8 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Ne5 26. Bg2 Qg4 27. h3 Nf3+ 28. Kh1
Nxe1 29. Rxe1 Qh5 30. Rb5 g5 31. Qe2 Qg6 32. Rxa5 f5 33. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "1130420"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 b5 4. a4 b4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2
O-O 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Ba6 Bxa6 12. Qxa6 c5 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5
15. Qe2 Rc8 16. e4 Qb6 17. Rac1 Qb7 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Qe3 Qa6 20. Nc4 Nb7 21. Kh1
Bc5 22. Rfd1 Na5 23. Nxa5 Qxa5 24. Qe2 Qb6 25. Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Triapishko, Alexandr"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14122286"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Rc1 Qd8 12. e3 Rb8 13. Nb5 Nb6 14. a3 Bd7 15.
axb4 axb4 16. Na7 Ba4 17. Qd2 Ra8 18. Qxb4 Rxa7 19. Nd2 Qd6 20. Qc3 Bb5 21. Ne4
Qe7 22. Rfe1 Ra2 23. Nc5 c6 24. b3 Nd5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Qb4 Bc6 27. bxc4 Qf6
28. Rf1 dxc4 29. Qxc4 Bd5 30. Qc3 Qf3 31. e4 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Qxe4 33. Rce1 Qd5 34.
Re5 Qd7 35. d5 exd5 36. Rd1 Qc6 37. Qf3 Ra5 38. Rexd5 Rxd5 39. Qxd5 Qxd5 40.
Rxd5 Rb8 41. Rb5 Kf8 42. Kf1 Ke7 43. Ke2 Kd6 44. Rf5 f6 45. Kd3 b5 46. Kc3 Rc8+
47. Kb4 Ke6 48. Rf3 Rb8 49. h3 Rb7 50. Kc5 b4 51. Re3+ Kf5 52. Rf3+ Kg5 53. Rb3
h5 54. Kc6 Rb8 55. Kc7 Re8 56. Rxb4 Re2 57. Rf4 Rd2 58. Kc6 Kg6 59. Kc5 Kf7 60.
Kc4 g5 61. Rf3 Kg6 62. Kc3 Rd1 63. g4 hxg4 64. hxg4 Rg1 65. Rg3 Rf1 66. Rf3 Rg1
67. Rg3 Ra1 68. Kd2 f5 69. gxf5+ Kxf5 70. Ke2 g4 71. f3 Ra2+ 72. Ke3 Ra3+ 73.
Kf2 Ra2+ 74. Ke3 Ra3+ 75. Kf2 Ra4 76. Rxg4 Rxg4 77. fxg4+ Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "London system"]
[WhiteFideId "112275"]
[BlackFideId "8608288"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. h3 c5 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. Be2 Nd5 10. Bh2 e5 11. O-O Re8 12. Nc4 Bf5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qb3 e4 15.
Rad1 exf3 16. Bxf3 Be6 17. Qxb7 Nce7 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qa4 Ra7 20. Nd6 Rf8 21. c4
Nb6 22. Qa3 Rd7 23. b3 Nbc8 24. c5 Nxd6 25. cxd6 Nf5 26. Bc6 Qb6 27. Bxd7 Bxd7
28. Rc1 Bd4 29. Rc7 Rd8 30. g4 Nh4 31. Bg3 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Bc6 33. Rc1 Bd5 34. R1c5
Be4 35. Rc1 Ng5+ 36. Kf1 Qb5+ 37. Kg1 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Salomon, Johan"]
[Black "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Maroczy bind (Reti variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "1509500"]
[BlackFideId "24112798"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be2 Bb4 8. Nc2
Be7 9. Be3 d6 10. Qd2 b6 11. f3 Bb7 12. g4 Nc6 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 Rc8 15. b3 Qb8
16. h5 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Bf4 Nde5 21. Kf1 O-O 22.
a4 Ba8 23. Rd1 Rcd8 24. Ncd4 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 f6 26. Rc1 Rd7 27. g6 Bd8 28. gxh7+
Kh8 29. Be3 Re8 30. Qf4 d4 31. Bxd4 Qb7 32. Rc3 Ba5 33. b4 Bb6 34. Bc5 Red8 35.
h6 Bxc5 36. bxc5 Rf8 37. hxg7+ Rxg7 38. Rh5 Qf7 39. Rh6 Qa2 40. Rc1 Bxf3 41. Nc3
Bxe2+ 42. Nxe2 Qd5 43. Ng3 Qd3+ 44. Ne2 Ng4 45. Qd6 Ne3+ 46. Ke1 Ng2+ 47. Kf1
Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Xu, Yinglun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4113403"]
[BlackFideId "8604940"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Rd1 b5
9. c3 Bd7 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Nbd2 Ng4 13. Nb3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb6 15.
exd5 exd5 16. d4 c4 17. Nc5 Rad8 18. b4 cxb3 19. axb3 Rfe8 20. b4 Bc8 21. Re1 a5
22. Qd2 Bf6 23. h3 h6 24. Bf1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Bf5 26. g4 Bg6 27. bxa5 Nxa5 28. Qe2
Nc4 29. Nd7 Qc6 30. Qe8+ Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Kh7 32. Nf8+ Kg8 33. Nd7+ Kh7 34. Nf8+
Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "24131423"]
[BlackFideId "13502956"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Qf5 Nf6 12. e4 g6 13. Qf4 O-O 14. e5 Nh5 15. Qg4
Qb8 16. Nc3 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxg2 18. Nxd7 Qb7 19. Nxf8 Nf6 20. Qh4 Bh1 21. f3 Qxf3
22. Rd2 c4 23. Nd7 Re8 24. Rf2 Bc5 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Nxf6+ Kf8 27. Nd7+ Kg8 28.
Nf6+ Kf8 29. Nd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4148843"]
[BlackFideId "12401820"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nd4 Qb6 12. Rd1 Nd7 13. b3 Nc5 14. Qe3 a5 15.
Rb1 a4 16. b4 Ne6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Nd5 Rfe8 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 a3 21. Rc2
Nc7 22. h4 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Qa4 24. Qc3 Rec8 25. h5 Rc7 26. Rcd2 Rac8 27. c5 b6 28.
e5 dxc5 29. hxg6 Qxb4 30. gxf7+ Kxf7 31. e6+ Kxe6 32. Qh3+ Kf6 33. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Repka, Christopher"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14918781"]
[BlackFideId "1510045"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. b4 cxb4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxb4 Nc6 8. Qb2
e5 9. O-O Bc5 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nb3 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Nfxd2 b6 15.
e3 Rad8 16. exd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Rfe1 Bf5 19. Ne4 Nd7 20. Qb5 Nc5 21.
Nxc5 bxc5 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Qa3 Rb4 24. Re2 Bg4 25. Re4 Bf5 26. Re2 Bg4 27. Re4
Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Petrosian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13306677"]
[BlackFideId "13306553"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Qb3 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 cxd5 15.
Nxd5 Be6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Iniyan, P"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "25002767"]
[BlackFideId "5074452"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 O-O 6. Ne2 e5 7. Nbc3 Nbd7 8. Qd2
Nb6 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 c6 11. Be2 Qe7 12. O-O Re8 13. Rfe1 d5 14. cxd5 Nfxd5
15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Rac1 dxe4 17. Nb5 Rd8 18. Qc2 Nd5 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Bxc5 b6 21.
Bd6 Ba6 22. fxe4 Bxb5 23. Bxb5 Nc3 24. Bc4 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, three knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "4500261"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd7 8.
O-O a6 9. Be2 e5 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 exd4 12. exd4 Bd6 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bb2 O-O
15. Ne5 Ng6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. g3 Be5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Qd4 Rfe8 20. Rfd1 Rac8
21. Rac1 Qd6 22. Rc3 g6 23. a4 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Nd7 25. Bf1 Nf6 26. a5 Rd8 27. Qb2
Rd7 28. Bg2 Ne8 29. Qd4 Qc7 30. Bh3 Rd8 31. Qd2 Nd6 32. Rc1 Qe7 33. Qf4 Kg7 34.
Bg4 Qf6 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. f4 h5 37. Bh3 Re8 38. Kf1 Re3 39. Rc7 Rb3 40. Rd7 Nc4
41. d6 Nxa5 42. Bg2 Rb1+ 43. Kf2 Rb2+ 44. Kg1 Rd2 45. Bxb7 Nxb7 46. Rxb7 Rxd6
47. Kg2 Ke6 48. Kf3 f5 49. Ke3 Kd5 50. Rb1 Kc4 51. Ra1 Kc3 52. Ra4 Re6+ 53. Kf3
Kb3 54. Ra1 Kb4 55. Rb1+ Kc5 56. Rc1+ Kb6 57. Rb1+ Ka7 58. Ra1 Rd6 59. Kg2 Rd5
60. Re1 Rb5 61. Re6 Rb6 62. Re7+ Kb8 63. Re5 Rc6 64. Ra5 Kb7 65. Ra1 Rc5 66. Kh3
a5 67. Kh4 Ka6 68. Kg5 Rc6 69. h3 Kb5 70. Rb1+ Kc4 71. Rc1+ Kd5 72. Rd1+ Ke4 73.
Re1+ Kf3 74. Ra1 Ra6 75. Ra3+ Ke4 76. Ra4+ Kd5 77. g4 hxg4 78. hxg4 fxg4 79.
Kxg4 Kc5 80. Kg5 Kb5 81. Ra1 a4 82. Rb1+ Kc4 83. Rc1+ Kb3 84. Rb1+ Kc2 85. Ra1
Kb2 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Xu, Yi"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "8605564"]
[BlackFideId "24133795"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 8.
O-O Qc5 9. Bd5 e6 10. Re1 Ne5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Re3 h5 13. b4 Qa7 14. Bb3 Bd7
15. Nce2 Rc8 16. c3 b5 17. a4 Qb7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra5 Be7 20. h3 Ra8 21. Rxa8+
Qxa8 22. Nf4 h4 23. Re1 Bf8 24. Qe2 Qb7 25. Kh1 Ke7 26. Nh5 Qc7 27. Rc1 Nc6 28.
Nxb5 Qb8 29. Rd1 Na5 30. Nxd6 Nxb3 31. e5 f5 32. Nf6 Bc6 33. Qa6 Bg7 34. Qxc6
Rd8 35. Qc4 Bxf6 36. exf6+ Kxf6 37. Qxh4+ Kg6 38. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Black "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "12521213"]
[BlackFideId "24176460"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 d5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. Bf4 Bc8 14. Qh5 g6 15.
Nh6+ Kg7 16. Qf3 d4 17. Rad1 Ne6 18. e5 Bg5 19. Ng4 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Qh4 21. Ne2
Ba6 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxf1 24. Bxf1 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. e6 h5 27. Qc3+ f6
28. Ne3 a5 29. f5 g5 30. h4 gxh4 31. Ng2 Qd5 32. Nxh4 Qe4 33. Ng2 h4 34. Bd3 Qg4
35. e7 h3 36. e8=N+ Kf8 37. Qxf6+ Kxe8 38. Qe6+ Kd8 39. Qf6+ Kc7 40. Qe5+ Kd8
41. Qf6+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.34"]
[White "Raja, Harshit"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5089000"]
[BlackFideId "13500139"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.35"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Pilnik variation"]
[WhiteFideId "911925"]
[BlackFideId "5037883"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O
9. Re1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. h3 h6 15. Nh2 Rc8
16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nd7 18. Nh5 Nde5 19. Nf3 g6 20. Ng3 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Bg5 22.
Ne2 d5 23. d4 cxd4 24. Rad1 Qb6 25. Kh1 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxa2 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28.
cxd4 Bc4 29. Ng3 Nxd4 30. Qe3 Rcd8 31. b3 Bxb3 32. Rxd4 Qxd4 33. Qxb3 Qc4 34.
Qf3 Rd4 35. Qe3 Qc5 36. Qf2 Qe5 37. Rf1 f5 38. Bf3 Kg7 39. Rc1 Re7 40. Rc6 Qe1+
41. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 42. Kh2 Ra4 43. Rc7+ Kf6 44. Rc6+ Re6 45. Rc1 Ra3 46. Nf1 b4 47.
Rb1 a5 48. Nd2 Rc3 49. Rb2 Rd6 50. Kg3 Rb6 51. Ra2 Rb5 52. Kh2 b3 53. Ra3 a4 54.
Rxa4 b2 55. Ra6+ Ke5 56. Rxg6 Rc2 57. Nb1 Rb4 58. Bh5 Rh4 59. Rb6 Rxh5 60. Na3
Rc3 61. Nb1 Rc2 62. Na3 Re2 63. Nc4+ Kd4 64. Nxb2 g4 65. Kg3 gxh3 66. gxh3 Re3+
67. Kf4 Rexh3 68. Rd6+ Kc5 69. Rd8 R3h4+ 70. Kf3 Re4 71. Nd3+ Kc6 72. Nf2 Ra4
73. Rd3 Rh6 74. Rb3 Rd4 75. Ra3 Kd5 76. Ke3 Re6+ 77. Kf3 Ke5 78. Nd3+ Kf6 79.
Nf4 Rc6 80. Rb3 Rdc4 81. Ne2 Kg5 82. Rb8 Ra4 83. Rg8+ Rg6 84. Rb8 Ra3+ 85. Kf2
Re6 86. Nd4 Re4 87. Nf3+ Kg4 88. Ng1 Ra2+ 89. Kf1 Rf4+ 90. Ke1 Ra1+ 91. Kd2 Rxg1
92. Rg8+ Kf3 93. Rxg1 Kf2 94. Rg5 Rd4+ 95. Kc3 Rd5 96. Kc4 Ra5 97. Kd3 Ra3+ 98.
Kd2 f4 99. Rf5 f3 100. Rg5 Ra8 101. Rg7 Rd8+ 102. Kc1 Ke2 103. Re7+ Kf1 104. Rf7
f2 105. Rg7 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.36"]
[White "Gholami, Aryan"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "12513342"]
[BlackFideId "4135539"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Na6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Nd4 Bg6 10. e4 Nc5 11. exd5 O-O 12. Nde2 Nxd3 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Nf4 Rb8
15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qe2 c5 17. b3 Qd4 18. Bd2 Rfe8 19. Bc6 Bf8 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21.
Qd1 Ng4 22. Nb5 Qd7 23. Bc3 Qf5 24. Qc2 Qf3 25. Rae1 Rb8 26. Nxa7 c4 27. Bd4 Rd8
28. Qxc4 Nf4 29. gxf4 Qh3 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.37"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Kmoch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4147103"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Be2 Bg4 12. O-O Nbd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 Qe7
15. Bg5 Rae8 16. Qd2 Qe5 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Bg5 Qe5 19. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.38"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "24107581"]
[BlackFideId "24104795"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O a6 6. a4 d6 7. a5 Nc6 8. d5 Nb8
9. c4 c5 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. e4 b5 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. h3 Rb8 14. Kh2 Ne8 15. Ra3 Ne5
16. Nd2 Qc7 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Nb3 Nb6 19. Na5 Bd7 20. Bd2 e6 21. Nd1 Nf6 22. Ne3
Rfe8 23. Qd3 exd5 24. exd5 Nc8 25. Bc3 Ne7 26. g4 h6 27. f4 Qc8 28. f5 g5 29.
Nd1 Qc7 30. Qg3 Nc8 31. h4 Nb6 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. b3 Re2 34. Rf2 Rxf2 35. Nxf2
Re8 36. Ra2 Bc8 37. Qd3 Qe7 38. Nc6 Qe3 39. Qxe3 Rxe3 40. Bxf6 Bxf6 41. Ne4 Kg7
42. Nxd6 Bd7 43. Ne4 Rxb3 44. Nxc5 Rb2 45. Rxb2 Bxb2 46. Na5 Be5+ 47. Kh3 Bc7
48. Ncb7 Na4 49. d6 Bxa5 50. Nxa5 Kf6 51. Nb7 Ke5 52. c5 Bc8 53. c6 Nb6 54. Kg3
f6 55. Bf3 Kd4 56. Bd1 Ke5 57. Ba4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.39"]
[White "Bellaiche, Anthony"]
[Black "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "615668"]
[BlackFideId "5058422"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. d5 Nf6 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bh6 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. f4 Bf6 17. Be2 Bf5 18. O-O Rd8 19. Bf3 c4 20. Kh1 e6 21. Qb2
exd5 22. Qxb7 Qc5 23. Rfe1 Bd3 24. a4 a5 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. axb5 a4 27. Be2 Bxe2
28. Rxe2 Rb8 29. Rb1 Bxc3 30. Ra2 Ke7 31. b6 Kd6 32. g3 Kc5 33. Rxa4 Rxb6 34.
Rxb6 Kxb6 35. Kg2 Kb5 36. Ra7 Ba5 37. Kf3 c3 38. Rb7+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.40"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4108116"]
[BlackFideId "4147855"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 f6 9. c4 Ba6 10. Rh3 O-O-O 11. Ra3 Nb4 12. Ra4 Bb7 13. a3 Na6 14. b4 Qf7 15.
Be3 Re8 16. c5 Nb8 17. Rxa7 Rxe5 18. Nd2 d5 19. Nb3 d4 20. Nxd4 f5 21. O-O-O Be7
22. Rxb7 Kxb7 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. Qb5+ Ka7 25. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.41"]
[White "Liu, Yan"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "8608962"]
[BlackFideId "5900212"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1
Qe7 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. b3 a6 14. h3 b5 15. c5
dxc5 16. Bxe5 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Be6 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4 Rac8 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. g4 Bxe4
22. Qxe4 g5 23. e6 Nc5 24. exf7+ Qxf7 25. Qf5 Qxf5 26. gxf5 Re1+ 27. Rxe1 Bxd4+
28. Kh2 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 gxf4 30. Rf1 Nd3 31. Be4 Ne5 32. Rxf4 Rd8 33. Kg3 Rd6 34.
Rh4 Nd7 35. Kf4 c5 36. Rg4+ Kf7 37. Rg2 Rd4 38. Ke3 Nf6 39. Bb7 Rh4 40. Rc2
Rxh3+ 41. Kf4 c4 42. bxc4 bxc4 43. Bxa6 c3 44. Ke5 Ng4+ 45. Kd4 Ne3 46. Rxc3
Nxf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.42"]
[White "Gallego Alcaraz, Andres Felipe"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4402669"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Ne4 9. Bc1 Qe7 10. Nfd2 f5 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. f3 exf3 13. exf3 Bd7 14. Re1 Be8
15. Bh3 Bf7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nc3 Qf6 18. Nb5 Bb4 19. Bd2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Nc6 21.
Rad1 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nd4 Nxf3+ 24. Nxf3 Qxf3 25. Bg2 Qf6 26. Bxd5 Rad8 27.
Bxf7+ Qxf7 28. Qxd8 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Qf2+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.43"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Debashis, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "5024854"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. O-O c6 7. a4 a5 8. Qc2 b5
9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. axb5 cxb5 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bxd5 Ra7
15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Qxc4 Bxe3 18. Qxc8+ Qd8 19. Qxd8+ Kxd8 20. fxe3
Ke7 21. Ra2 Rb8 22. Rfa1 Ke6 23. Kf2 Rb5 24. Ra4 Rxb2 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Rxa5 Rb4
27. Kf3 Rc4 28. h4 h6 29. h5 Rb4 30. g4 Rb1 31. Kf4 Rf1+ 32. Ke4 Rg1 33. Ra6+
Ke7 34. Kf3 Rf1+ 35. Kg2 Re1 36. Kf2 Rh1 37. Ra8 g6 38. Ra7+ Ke6 39. Ra6+ Kxe5
40. hxg6 fxg6 41. Rxg6 Rh2+ 42. Kg3 Rh1 43. Ra6 Rg1+ 44. Kf3 Rh1 45. Ra5+ Kf6
46. Rf5+ Kg6 47. e4 Rh3+ 48. Kf4 Rh2 49. e3 Rf2+ 50. Kg3 Ra2 51. e5 Ra7 52. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.44"]
[White "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Black "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4119150"]
[BlackFideId "1634852"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Be7 9. e4 Rb8 10. Be3 Na5 11. Qc2 b6 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. f4 Nxe5 15.
fxe5 Qe8 16. d5 Rd8 17. Qe2 Kh8 18. Kh1 Bc8 19. a4 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nb5 exd5
22. Nxc7 Qxa4 23. exd5 Qb4 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. dxe6 Qe7 26. Bf4 Rd3 27. b3 Qb4 28.
Rxd3 cxd3 29. Qxd3 Qe7 30. Bd6 Qd8 31. Be4 Re8 32. Qd5 Nc4 33. Qh5 g6 34. Bxg6
Qa8+ 35. Rf3 Qb7 36. Be4 Qxe4 37. Qxe8+ Kg7 38. Bf8+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.45"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4114060"]
[BlackFideId "13703544"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 a5 9. c4 Nb6 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. b3 Qe6 12. Bb2 a4 13. O-O-O Bb4 14. Rh3 axb3 15.
axb3 Bb7 16. Rg3 Qh6+ 17. Kb1 O-O-O 18. Ne4 c5 19. Qg4 f6 20. exf6 Bxe4+ 21.
Qxe4 gxf6 22. Qf5 Rhf8 23. Bc1 Qxh4 24. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.22"]
[Round "3.46"]
[White "Shinkevich, Vitaly"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4122690"]
[BlackFideId "13306766"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Rb8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 b5 12. e4 Ne7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nh4 Ng6 15.
Qh5 Kg7 16. f4 f5 17. Rae1 Qf6 18. Nf3 c5 19. Ne5 cxd4 20. Nc6 fxe4 21. Nxb8 a6
22. Bxe4 dxc3 23. Qc5 Rd8 24. Nc6 Rd2 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Qd8 27. Kh1 c2 28.
Qe3 Qg5 29. Qf3 Qe7 30. h4 a5 31. Qe3 Rd8 32. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bologan, Victor"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[WhiteFideId "13900048"]
[BlackFideId "13301616"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 Bg4 13. Qe1 Be6 14. Qe2 Nd7
15. d4 f6 16. Nc4 Nb6 17. Na5 Qf7 18. Rfd1 Bc4 19. Qe1 Bb5 20. h4 exd4 21. hxg5
hxg5 22. cxd4 Rae8 23. Qe3 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Bxc4 25. Re1 Re7 26. f3 Rfe8 27. a4 Qg6
28. Qc3 d5 29. Kf2 f5 30. exf5 Re2+ 31. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 32. Kg1 Qxf5 33. Re1 Qxc2 34.
Qxc2 Rxc2 35. Re8+ Kf7 36. Rc8 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Bf1 38. Rxc7+ Kg6 39. Bf2 a6 40. Rc8
Rc2 41. Kg1 Be2 42. Be3 Rc3 43. Kf2 Bd1 44. a5 Rc2+ 45. Ke1 Be2 46. Rg8+ Kf7 47.
Rxg5 Bb5 48. Bd2 Rc4 49. Rg4 c5 50. Rf4+ Ke6 51. dxc5 Rxc5 52. g4 Rc4 53. Rxc4
dxc4 54. Kf2 Kf6 55. Ke3 Bd7 56. Bc3+ Kg5 57. Bb4 Kf6 58. Bd2 Bc8 59. Bb4 Bd7
60. Bc3+ Kg5 61. Bd4 Bc8 62. Bb2 Bd7 63. Bc1 Bc6 64. Bd2 Bb7 65. Bb4 Bc8 66. Bd2
Kf6 67. Kf4 Bb7 68. Be1 Bc6 69. Ke3 Bd7 70. Bh4+ Kf7 71. Be1 Kf6 72. Bd2 Bc8 73.
Kf2 Bd7 74. Ke2 Bc8 75. Bb4 Bd7 76. Bc5 Bc8 77. Ke3 Bd7 78. Bb6 Bc8 79. Bd8+ Kf7
80. Bb6 c3 81. Bd4 c2 82. Bb2 Bd7 83. Kf4 Bc6 84. Bc1 Bb7 85. Ke3 Bc8 86. Kf2
Kg6 87. Ke3 Kf7 88. Bd2 Bd7 89. Kd4 Bc6 90. Ke3 Bd7 91. Kf2 Kg6 92. Kg3 Bc8 93.
f4 Bd7 94. Kf3 Bc8 95. Bc1 Bd7 96. f5+ Bxf5 97. gxf5+ Kxf5 98. Bf4 c1=N 99. Bxc1
Ke5 100. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "4100115"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 a6 12. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "4107012"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bg2 f5 14. f3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Qg5 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 O-O 18. Rf1 dxe4 19. Bh3 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Nf6
21. Be6+ Kh7 22. Kg1 Re8 23. Bf7 Re7 24. Bb3 Nd5 25. Rf1 Nxc3 26. Qg2 Qh5 27.
Rf8 Nd5 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Qc2 Qg4 30. Qc8 Qxc8 31. Rxc8 Re6 32. Rc7 Rb6 33. Rd7
Rb2 34. h4 Rxa2 35. Rxb7 a5 36. Rb5 a4 37. Rxd5 a3 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12539929"]
[BlackFideId "13504398"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d5 7. c4 O-O 8. Na3
e5 9. Nb3 d4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. c5 Nc6 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Nd6 Qe7 15. Qd2
f5 16. e3 dxe3 17. Qxe3 e4 18. f3 a5 19. Rad1 a4 20. Nc1 Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22.
fxe4 f4 23. gxf4 gxf4 24. e5 Bg4 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rde1 Be6 27. Nd3 g5 28. h4
gxh4 29. Nxf4 Bxa2 30. Re4 a3 31. bxa3 Rxa3 32. e6 Rg3+ 33. Kh2 Bxe6 34. Rxe6
Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "4150120"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
Qe2 f6 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Nh4 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Nc5 12. g3 Ne6 13. O-O-O a5 14. Kb1 a4
15. c3 g6 16. Nhg2 Nc5 17. h4 Be6 18. f4 Qf7 19. c4 Qd7 20. h5 g5 21. Ne1 gxf4
22. gxf4 exf4 23. N3c2 Kh8 24. Rh4 Rad8 25. d4 f5 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Nf3 Bg8 28.
Ne5 Qe6 29. Re1 f3 30. Qf2 Rxe5 31. dxe5 Nd3 32. Qxf3 Nxe1 33. Nxe1 Qxe5 34. Re4
Qg5 35. Rg4 Qe5 36. Re4 Qg5 37. Rg4 Qe5 38. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24130737"]
[BlackFideId "4194985"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bd7
9. Bg2 Ne7 10. O-O Nf5 11. Rb1 O-O-O 12. Re1 Be7 13. Qc2 Kb8 14. Nf1 Qb3 15. Qe2
Ba4 16. Bg5 Rhe8 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qc2 19. Qf1 Qf5 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Nh4 Qd3
22. Re2 g5 23. Nf3 Nb3 24. Rbe1 Qg6 25. e4 dxe4 26. Nd2 Nxd2 27. Rxd2 Bc6 28.
Qxc4 f5 29. exf6 Qxf6 30. Rf2 Qg7 31. Bxe4 Bd5 32. Qe2 Rde8 33. Ref1 a6 34. Rf6
g4 35. Qe3 Ka7 36. Bg2 h5 37. Qe5 Rd8 38. Qxh5 Bxg2 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "5074452"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 f6 11. Nbd2 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qb6 14. Nf3 Nf5
15. Qc2 c5 16. b3 Bb7 17. Ba3 Rac8 18. Rab1 Ng7 19. e6 Nxe6 20. Ne5 Qd6 21. Rbc1
d4 22. f3 Rf5 23. Nc4 Qd7 24. Qe2 Bd5 25. Rcd1 Rcf8 26. Bc1 Qc7 27. Ne5 a5 28.
Ng4 Rh5 29. Qf2 Ng7 30. Re2 Be6 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Qg3 Qxg3 33. hxg3 Rd5 34. Rde1
Rf6 35. Re5 a4 36. Bg5 axb3 37. axb3 d3 38. Rxd5 Bxd5 39. Bxf6 exf6 40. Rd1 c4
41. bxc4 Bxc4 42. Ng4 Nf5 43. Kf2 Kg7 44. Rc1 Bb5 45. Rc7+ Kf8 46. Rc5 Ba4 47.
Rd5 Kf7 48. Rxd3 h5 49. Ra3 hxg4 50. Rxa4 gxf3 51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. gxf3 g5 53. Ra5
Ne7 54. Kg2 Ng6 55. Ra6+ Kf5 56. Kf2 Ne5 57. Ra5 Kg6 58. Rd5 Kf5 59. Ke3 Ke6 60.
Rb5 Nf7 61. Kd4 Nh6 62. Ke4 Kf7 63. Rb7+ Kg6 64. g4 Nf7 65. Re7 Nh6 66. Kd5 Nf7
67. Re1 Nh6 68. Re2 Nf7 69. Ke6 Nh8 70. Rd2 Nf7 71. Rd5 Nh6 72. Rf5 Ng8 73. Ra5
Nh6 74. Ke7 Kg7 75. Ke8 Kg8 76. Ra7 f5 77. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav, Marshall gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "8608288"]
[BlackFideId "14105730"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nf6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 b6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nh7
15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18. Qxa7 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qc6 20. Kg2 Rb7 21.
Rd6 Qxd6 22. Qxb7 Qd3 23. Qxb6 Qxc4 24. Be3 Qxc3 25. Rc1 Qxa3 26. Qxc5 Qa8 27.
Qa7 Qd5 28. Qc5 Qd8 29. Rc4 Re8 30. Rd4 Qa8 31. Qc7 Qc8 32. Rc4 Qxc7 33. Rxc7
Nf8 34. Kg3 Ng6 35. f4 Ne7 36. Rb7 Nf5+ 37. Kf3 Rc8 38. Ra7 Rc3 39. Rb7 Ra3 40.
Rc7 Rb3 41. Ra7 Rb1 42. Kg2 Rb2 43. Kf3 Nxe3 44. Kxe3 Rb3+ 45. Ke4 Rh3 46. Ra8+
Kh7 47. Ra7 Kg6 48. Ra6 Rh5 49. Rb6 Kh7 50. Rb7 Rf5 51. h4 Kg6 52. Kf3 Kh5 53.
Kg3 g5 54. hxg5 hxg5 55. fxg5 Rxg5+ 56. Kf4 Rf5+ 57. Kg3 Rg5+ 58. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Black "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, bayonet attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24112798"]
[BlackFideId "5084423"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. b4 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. b5 fxg3 14. hxg3 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6
16. dxe6 Qc8 17. Nd5 Qxe6 18. Nxc7 Qh3 19. Rf2 Nxe4 20. Rh2 Qd7 21. fxe4 Qxc7
22. Be3 Kh7 23. a4 a6 24. Qd2 Ng8 25. a5 Rac8 26. bxa6 bxa6 27. Rb1 Rf6 28. Rb6
Rb8 29. c5 Rd8 30. c6 h5 31. g4 d5 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. Rxh5+ Nh6 34. Bxh6 Rxh6 35.
Qg5 Rg8 36. Bg4 Qd6 37. c7 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "4148843"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 c5
15. bxc5 bxc5 16. dxc5 Ndxc5 17. Be2 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Ne4 19. Rb3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6
21. Qd4 h6 22. Rd3 Ra5 23. Qe5 Re8 24. Qf4 Qc8 25. Qh4 Qa6 26. Rdd1 Nc3 27. Rde1
Ra4 28. Qh5 Ra2 29. Nd4 Qd3 30. Qf5 Qxf5 31. Nxf5 Ne2+ 32. Kh1 g6 33. Nh4 d4 34.
exd4 Rd8 35. Nf3 Nxd4 36. Nxd4 Rxd4 37. g3 Kg7 38. Kg2 h5 39. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Xu, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5072786"]
[BlackFideId "8605564"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qb3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Qg6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Rac1 Na5 14. Qd3 Qxd3
15. Bxd3 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Be2 Be8 18. Nd2 Nb4 19. Nde4 Bf8 20. a3 Nd5 21.
Nxd5 exd5 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 c6 24. f3 f6 25. Kf2 a5 26. Bd3 Kf8 27. h4 a4
28. g4 Ke7 29. Re1 Bf7 30. Ke2 Be6 31. Kd2 Kd6 32. Bf5 Bf7 33. Bd3 Be6 34. Rg1
b6 35. Rcc1 c5 36. Rg2 Rdc8 37. Rgg1 Rc7 38. Rc2 Rac8 39. Rgc1 Bd7 40. Rc3 cxd4
41. exd4 Rxc3 42. Rxc3 Rh8 43. Bg6 f5 44. gxf5 Rf8 45. Rc1 Bxf5 46. Rg1 Ke6 47.
Ke3 Rg8 48. Kf4 Rf8 49. Ke3 Rc8 50. Bxf5+ Kxf5 51. Rxg7 Rc2 52. Rd7 Ke6 53. Rh7
Rxb2 54. Kf4 Rb3 55. h5 Rd3 56. Rxh6+ Kf7 57. Rxb6 Rxd4+ 58. Kf5 Rd3 59. Rf6+
Kg7 60. Kg5 Rc3 61. h6+ Kh7 62. Rf7+ Kh8 63. Rf6 Kh7 64. Rf7+ Kh8 65. Kg6 Rc6+
66. Kf5 Rc3 67. Kg6 Rc6+ 68. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Karavade, Eesha"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5012600"]
[BlackFideId "13702661"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qd5 8.
Nf3 Qe4+ 9. Kf1 Nf6 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. d3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qe2 Nd5 14. Ne4 f6
15. Nfd2 e5 16. Ba3 Nf4 17. Qf3 Qd7 18. Qe3 Qg4 19. Qf3 Qd7 20. Qe3 Ne6 21. Rc1
Qd5 22. Nc3 Qd8 23. Na4 f5 24. h4 Qc7 25. Nc4 e4 26. dxe4 f4 27. Qc3 f3 28. g3
Ba6 29. Re1 Rad8 30. h5 h6 31. Kg1 Nd4 32. Nxc5 Bc8 33. Ne3 Kh8 34. Qc4 Qe5 35.
Nd3 Qxe4 36. Bxe7 Qxe7 37. Rh4 Ne2+ 38. Kh2 Qg5 39. Qc5 Bf5 40. Ne5 Nxg3 41.
Nxf3 Ne4 42. Rxe4 Qxh5+ 43. Nh4 Rf6 44. Nxf5 Rd5 45. Qe7 Rdxf5 46. Qe8+ Kh7 47.
Qxh5 Rxh5 48. Kg2 Ra5 49. a4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Pavlov, Sergey2"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, 4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "14114330"]
[BlackFideId "8602956"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 Re8 11. Bf3 c6 12. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14203987"]
[BlackFideId "4118987"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. Be3 Qe7 12. b4 f5 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. exf5 gxf5
15. f4 e4 16. Be2 Qf7 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Qc2 Be6 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. c4 Nd7 21. Nxd7
Bxd7 22. Bd4 Rg8 23. Qc3 Be6 24. Rd2 Qg6 25. g3 h5 26. Rfd1 h4 27. Bxg7+ Qxg7
28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Kf2 hxg3+ 30. hxg3 Kf6 31. Rh1 Rh8 32. Rdd1 b6 33. Rdg1 a5
34. b5 Rag8 35. Rc1 Ke7 36. Rxh8 Rxh8 37. c5 Rh2+ 38. Ke3 Rg2 39. cxb6 cxb6 40.
Rc7+ Bd7 41. g4 fxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Xu, Yinglun"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D81"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Russian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8604940"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Nf3
e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 c6 12. Qd1 cxd5 13. exd5 b5 14. O-O b4 15.
Na4 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. Nc5 Rac8 20. Bg5 Rd6 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 Rc6 24. Kf1 a5 25. Bf4 Rc4 26. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4158814"]
[BlackFideId "4108116"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. d5
Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Bf6 10. Rc1 d6 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. f4 Nd7 15.
f5 a5 16. b3 Nf6 17. Ne4 h6 18. g4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 f6 20. h4 Kf7 21. Qd2 Rh8 22.
Kf2 Ke7 23. Rg1 Kd7 24. a3 Qe7 25. Qb2 c5 26. dxc6+ Bxc6 27. Bxc6+ Kxc6 28. Qd2
Kc7 29. Qd5 Qd7 30. Rd1 Rhd8 31. Qe4 Qc6 32. Rd5 Rd7 33. Rcd3 Rc8 34. b4 axb4
35. axb4 Kb8 36. Qe3 Qxc4 37. Qxb6+ Rb7 38. Qxd6+ Rcc7 39. Qd8+ Rc8 40. Qd6+
Rcc7 41. Rc5 Qf4+ 42. Rf3 Qxb4 43. Qd8+ Ka7 44. Rxc7 Qb6+ 45. Kg2 Qxc7 46. Ra3+
Kb6 47. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4162722"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Rd8 11. Rxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nc3 Ng6 13. Be3 Ngxe5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Be2 Be7 16. f4 Nc6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Rd1+ Kc8 19. a3 Bc2 20. Rd2 Bb3 21.
Kf2 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. g5 e5 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Nb5 a6 26. Nd4 Bd5 27. Nf5
Bf8 28. b4 f6 29. Bd4 a5 30. Bc3 axb4 31. axb4 Kc7 32. Ne3 Bc6 33. Bd4 Be7 34.
Kg3 Kd7 35. h4 Ke6 36. Bd1 Nd3 37. Bb3+ Kd7 38. gxf6 Bxf6 39. Bxf6 gxf6 40. Bc2
Nxb4 41. Bxh7 Na6 42. h5 Nxc5 43. h6 Ke7 44. Bg8 Ne4+ 45. Kf4 Ng5 46. Nd5+ Bxd5
47. Bxd5 Nf7 48. h7 Kf8 49. Bxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "London system"]
[WhiteFideId "2000024"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Bh2 Nd7 8. b4 a6
9. Be2 e5 10. a4 Qe7 11. O-O Kh8 12. Na3 a5 13. b5 Nd8 14. Nc4 b6 15. e4 Bb7 16.
Re1 Bxe4 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bd3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rb8 20. Qe3 Re8 21. Rad1 f5 22. Qd2
Nf7 23. Bxf5 Nc5 24. Bc2 Rbd8 25. Qe3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 e4 27. Bf4 Bf6 28. Qg3 Ne6
29. Re1 Bh4 30. Qe3 Bg5 31. Bxg5 Qxg5 32. Qxg5 Nfxg5 33. h4 Nf7 34. Rxe4 Ng7 35.
Rd4 Re7 36. Kf1 Ne8 37. Ne3 Kg7 38. Bb3 Nfd6 39. Nd5 Rd7 40. Nf4 Re7 41. g4 Nb7
42. Ne6+ Kf6 43. g5+ Kf5 44. Nf8 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "5058422"]
[BlackFideId "13300881"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1
Qa5 9. Nd2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nb8 11. c5 Nc6 12. Nb3 Qd8 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. O-O a6 15.
Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rfe1 b6 17. Rd3 a5 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Rh3 Ne4 20. Nc5 Rfc8 21.
N3xe4 dxe4 22. Rc3 Bd5 23. Rc1 Re8 24. h3 a4 25. Be3 Qb5 26. a3 f5 27. Bf4 Bf6
28. Qd2 Ra7 29. R3c2 h6 30. Be5 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Kh7 32. Qd4 Raa8 33. Qe3 Rf8 34.
h4 Qe8 35. Qf4 Qf7 36. Rc3 Rfb8 37. R1c2 Ra7 38. Rd2 Qh5 39. Qe3 Rf7 40. Qf4 g5
41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Qe3 Kg6 43. f4 exf3 44. gxf3 Rh7 45. Kf1 Qh1+ 46. Qg1 Bc4+ 47.
Rxc4 Qxf3+ 48. Rf2 Qd1+ 49. Kg2 Qd5+ 50. Re4 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Triapishko, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5004985"]
[BlackFideId "14122286"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 a6 6. Be2 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qd3 Nb4 10. Qd1 g6 11. a3 Nc6 12. Be3 Bg7 13. Qd2 Be6 14. O-O O-O
15. Rae1 Qd7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne7 18. Bd4 Nf5 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Qb4 a5 21.
Qc3 Rfe8 22. h3 h5 23. Bd3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 b6 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Re8 27. Ra1 Qe7
28. Bb5 Qe5 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Rf8 Rxd5 32. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1130420"]
[BlackFideId "14129574"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. a3 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nxe4 14. dxe5 d5 15.
Ba2 Bb7 16. Nc3 Ndc5 17. Rb1 Re8 18. Be3 Bf8 19. Qc2 a5 20. Red1 Rc8 21. Rd4
Nxc3 22. bxc3 Ba6 23. c4 Ne6 24. Rdd1 Qe7 25. a4 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Qxc4
Red8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Bb6 Qd5 30. Qxd5 cxd5 31. Rb5 d4 32. Rxa5 Rc1+ 33. Kh2
Rc4 34. Ra8 d3 35. a5 Rb4 36. Be3 Ra4 37. Ng5 Nd4 38. a6 f6 39. e6 Nf5 40. Bc5
g6 41. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "4189302"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8.
Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne3 e6 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. b3 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Ke7 14. Rc1
Rac8 15. Bxb4+ Nxb4 16. a3 Nd5 17. f4 c5 18. Kf2 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Nb6 20. Rc2 c4
21. b4 Rc7 22. Rhc1 Rhc8 23. Bf1 f6 24. e3 Rc6 25. h4 R6c7 26. Kf3 Rc6 27. Be2
R6c7 28. Bd3 h6 29. Bf1 Rc6 30. Be2 R8c7 31. Bf1 Rc8 32. Ke4 R6c7 33. g4 Rc6 34.
Be2 R6c7 35. Bf1 Rc6 36. Be2 R6c7 37. Kf3 Kf7 38. Bf1 Ke7 39. h5 Rc6 40. Ke4
R6c7 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. Ra1 Na4 43. Rb1 Nb6 44. Rbc1 Rc6 45. Ra1 Na4 46. Rb1 Nb6
47. Rbc1 R6c7 48. Be2 Rc6 49. Rg1 Rd8 50. Ra1 Rdc8 51. a4 a6 52. e4 R8c7 53. Ke3
e5 54. Rac1 Nxa4 55. Rxc4 Rxc4 56. Rxc4 Rxc4 57. Bxc4+ Ke7 58. Bxa6 Nb6 59. Bb5
Nc8 60. Bc4 Nb6 61. Bg8 Kd6 62. fxe5+ fxe5 63. Kd3 Kd7 64. Kc3 Kd6 65. Bf7 Ke7
66. Bg6 Kd6 67. Kb3 Kc6 68. Be8+ Kd6 69. Ba4 Kc7 70. Bb5 Kd6 71. Be8 Ke7 72. Bg6
Kd6 73. b5 Kc5 74. Be8 Nc4 75. Ka4 Nd6 76. Bc6 Nc4 77. Be8 Nd6 78. Bc6 Nc4 79.
Be8 Nd6 80. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "13306677"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 g6 6. Nbc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qd2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e5 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Rae1 Qd7 14. Bg5 Bh8 15.
Bb5 Nf5 16. Ba4 Rf7 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Bg5 Qd6 21. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300857"]
[BlackFideId "4113403"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3
Bd6 9. Bd3 Qb8 10. Bf4 c5 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O O-O 14. Rc1 Qb6
15. b3 Rac8 16. Bb1 Nce4 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Nfxd4 Nd2 20. Rfd1 Nxb1
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxb1 b6 23. f3 Kf8 24. Kf2 Ke7 25. Rc1 Rc5 26. h4 Kd6 27. Ke1
Ng8 28. Kd2 Ne7 29. Nf4 h6 30. Rc3 Ra5 31. a4 Rc5 32. Nd3 Rxc3 33. Kxc3 Ng6 34.
g3 Ne7 35. Nb4 a5 36. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Repka, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13502956"]
[BlackFideId "14918781"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O b6 11. Kb1 Bb7 12. Qe1 Qc8 13. Nd4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. g3 Nb4 16. a3 Nd5 17. Bc1 Rd8 18. c4 Nc7 19. Bg2 Na6 20. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 21. Qxe4
Qxc4 22. b3 Qc8 23. Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4135539"]
[BlackFideId "24131423"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Ngf3 e6 7. Be2 h6 8. O-O
Qb6 9. Qa4 Rc8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Nd4 Bg4 14. Bxg4 Nxg4
15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qd4 Qb6 17. Qd1 Nf6 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Be5 Nd7 20. Bg3 Rc4 21.
Rfd1 Qc6 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. f3 Qa6 24. e4 Nb6 25. Bf2 dxe4 26. fxe4 Qxa2 27. Ra1
Qb3 28. Bd4 R4c6 29. Rf1 Nc4 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Qg4+ Kh8 32. Rxf7 Rg8 33. Qh4
Rxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Qxb2+ 35. Rf2 Ne3+ 36. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "C89"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Marshall, main line, 14...Qh3"]
[WhiteFideId "1510045"]
[BlackFideId "13304852"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 f5 18. Bd1 Qh6 19. Re1 f4 20. Ne4 Bc7 21. Bd2 Bf5 22.
Nc5 Rf7 23. Bf3 fxg3 24. fxg3 Raf8 25. Qe2 Bh3 26. Bh1 Rf2 27. Qxf2 Rxf2 28.
Kxf2 Qg6 29. Be4 Bf5 30. Kg1 h5 31. Bxf5 Qxf5 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Rf1 Qc2 34. Ne4
Kg7 35. Bxg5 Qxb2 36. Re6 Bd8 37. Bh6+ Kg8 38. Rf8+ Kh7 39. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Lomasov, Semen"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24164879"]
[BlackFideId "24107581"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. Nf3 c6 8.
Nc3 Nbd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. a4 a5 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Qf4 Qxf4 14. gxf4
Nd5 15. e3 N7b6 16. Ra1 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Rdc1 b5 19. Nd2 f5 20. Nf3 Bd7 21.
Ne5 Re7 22. Rab1 Be8 23. Kf1 Raa7 24. Ke1 Rec7 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rb2 Rcb7 27.
Rcb1 Rb6 28. Kd2 Rab7 29. h4 Kf8 30. Ra2 b4 31. Rab2 Rb8 32. Kc2 Ke7 33. Rg1 Kf6
34. Rgb1 R6b7 35. Nf3 Ke7 36. Ra1 Kd6 37. Rbb1 Bh5 38. Ne5 c5 39. dxc5+ Kxc5 40.
cxb4+ axb4 41. a5 Ra7 42. a6 Be8 43. Ra5+ Bb5 44. h5 Rd8 45. h6 gxh6 46. Rh1 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13306553"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 e5 9. Be3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Bd6 11. h4 Qe7 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Bxc5
Qxc5 15. Qe3 Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 Ke7 17. Rg1 g6 18. b4 Rhd8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. a4 a6
21. Kc2 Nbd7 22. f4 Ne8 23. h5 Ndf6 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Be2 Ng7 26. Rh1 Ne6 27.
Bf3 g5 28. e5 Nd7 29. Ne2 gxf4 30. exf4 a5 31. Rb1 axb4 32. Rxb4 Ndc5 33. Bg4 f6
34. Bxe6 Kxe6 35. Nd4+ Kd5 36. exf6 Rf8 37. Nb3 Nxb3 38. Kxb3 b5 39. axb5 cxb5
40. Rxb5+ Ke4 41. Rb4+ Ke3 42. Kc4 Rxf6 43. Kd5 Rxf4 44. Rxf4 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Raja, Harshit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "4657101"]
[BlackFideId "5089000"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 a5 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 O-O 13. Rbc1 Re8 14. a3 Bf8
15. Rc3 Nb4 16. Qb5 c6 17. Qb6 Qb8 18. axb4 axb4 19. Rc5 Ra6 20. Qxb4 b6 21.
Nxe5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxe5 23. Be3 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Ra2 25. Qxb6 Rxb2 26. Qxc6 Rxe2
27. Kg1 Ra2 28. d4 Qe6 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 30. Rc1 f6 31. h4 Kf7 32. Rc5 Ra7 33. Kg2
Rd7 34. Kf3 h6 35. g4 Red6 36. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5037883"]
[BlackFideId "12521213"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxf3 6. exf3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nf6 8.
Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qc3 Nc6 12. Bc4 Qa5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Ba6
Kd7 15. Rc1 Kd6 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bd3 Nc6 18. Rxc6+ Kxc6 19. Be4+ Kd6 20. Bxa8 Rxa8
21. Kd2 a5 22. f4 a4 23. Rc1 Ra5 24. Rc4 c6 25. h4 Kd5 26. Rc2 Rb5 27. Kc3 Ke4
28. b3 axb3 29. axb3 Ra5 30. Kb2 Kd5 31. Rc1 h5 32. Rc2 g6 33. Rc1 Ra7 34. Rc3
Ra6 35. f3 Kxd4 36. Rxc6 Ra7 37. g4 Ke3 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. f5 e5 40. Rc3+ Kf4 41.
f6 Rd7 42. b4 Rd6 43. b5 Rxf6 44. Rc6 Rg6 45. Rc7 f5 46. Rc6 Rg2+ 47. Kc3 Kxf3
48. Rxb6 e4 49. Re6 e3 50. b6 Rg7 51. Kd4 e2 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Vavulin, Maksim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24176460"]
[BlackFideId "4169530"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Ng5 Bd7 6. e4 e5 7. d5 a5 8. f4 exf4
9. Be2 h6 10. Nf3 g5 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. g3 g4 14. Nh4 Nh5 15. Nf5 Bxf5
16. Rxh5 Bg6 17. Rh4 f3 18. Bd3 Bg7 19. Be3 Rh8 20. Rxh8+ Bxh8 21. c5 Be5 22.
Kf2 Nd7 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Bb5 Kf8 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Bd4 Qe7 27. Qd2 Kg7 28. Rh1
Rh8 29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. Qd3 Kg8 31. Qc4 Qg5 32. Be3 Bxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Qxe3 34. Qc8+
Kg7 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "24176729"]
[BlackFideId "112275"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Rfd8
15. a4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qc2 17. Re1 Bb4 18. Qe2 Rac8 19. Bd2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Qxd2 21.
Nxd2 Rc2 22. Nb3 Rc3 23. Re3 Rdc8 24. a5 b5 25. d5 a6 26. Nd4 Rc1+ 27. Re1 Rxa1
28. Rxa1 exd5 29. exd5 Nf6 30. d6 Rc5 31. f3 g6 32. Nb3 Rd5 33. Rc1 Rxd6 34.
Rc8+ Kg7 35. Nc5 Rd1+ 36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37. Kg1 Ra2 38. Nxa6 Rxa5 39. Nb4 Ra4 40. Nd3
Rd4 41. Ne5 Rd5 42. f4 Ne4 43. g3 Nd6 44. Rb8 g5 45. Kf2 f6 46. Nc6 Rd2+ 47. Kf3
h5 48. fxg5 fxg5 49. h4 Rd3+ 50. Ke2 Rxg3 51. Nd4 Rg4 52. Ne6+ Kf6 53. Nxg5 Rxh4
54. Nf3 Rb4 55. Rh8 Nf5 56. Kf2 Rb2+ 57. Ke1 Ng3 58. Rg8 Ne4 59. Rh8 b4 60. Rf8+
Kg7 61. Rf4 Nc3 62. Nd4 Kg6 63. Rh4 Rg2 64. Rh3 Kg5 65. Kf1 Rd2 66. Nb3 Rd1+ 67.
Kf2 h4 68. Rh2 Ne4+ 69. Ke3 Ng3 70. Ra2 h3 71. Nd2 Nf1+ 72. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.34"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "13500139"]
[BlackFideId "4147103"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. a3 Be7 10. b3 g5 11. Be2 Nf8 12. Bb2 Ng6 13. g3 Qd7 14. Qc2 a6 15. O-O-O
b5 16. Bd3 bxc4 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kf8 20. Qxg5 Rh5 21. Qg6
Ra5 22. Qc2 Rb8 23. Kd2 Rb3 24. Ke2 Qb7 25. Rb1 Bxa3 26. Bxa3+ Raxa3 27. Ne4 Ra2
28. Qxa2 Nxe4 29. Rxb3 cxb3 30. Qb2 Qb5+ 31. Kf3 Qd5 32. Re1 Ng5+ 33. Ke2 Qc4+
34. Kd1 Qd3+ 35. Kc1 Ne4 36. f3 Nc3 37. Qxb3 Ne2+ 38. Kb2 Qd2+ 39. Ka3 Qa5+ 40.
Kb2 Qxe1 41. Qxe6 Qc3+ 42. Kb1 Qc1+ 43. Ka2 Nc3+ 44. Kb3 Nd5 45. Qf5+ Kg8 46.
Qe6+ Kh7 47. Qf5+ Kh6 48. g4 Qxe3+ 49. Ka2 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.35"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Salomon, Johan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "1509500"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Nbd2 d6 8. c3
a6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. O-O Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. d4 b5 13. Bb3 Nf4 14. Re1 Na5 15.
Nf1 Nxb3 16. axb3 c5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Ne3 Bb7 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Qd6 Rad8 21. Qc7
Rd7 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Rd2 24. Red1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bxe4 26. Ne3 Re8 27. Nd7
Nd3 28. Rd2 a5 29. h4 Re6 30. h5 f6 31. f3 Bh7 32. Nd5 c4 33. bxc4 bxc4 34. N7b6
Re5 35. g4 f5 36. gxf5 Bxf5 37. Nxc4 Rxd5 38. Ne3 Rb5 39. Nxf5 Nxb2 40. Rd8+ Kh7
41. Ng3 Rc5 42. Rd7 Kg8 43. Ra7 Rg5 44. Kh2 Nd3 45. Kh3 Rc5 46. Kh4 Nf2 47. Ne2
Nd1 48. Nf4 Rxc3 49. Ne6 a4 50. Rxg7+ Kh8 51. Rg6 a3 52. Rxh6+ Kg8 53. Rg6+ Kh8
54. Ng5 Rc4+ 55. Kh3 a2 56. Nf7+ Kh7 57. Ng5+ Kh8 58. Nf7+ Kh7 59. Ng5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.36"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "modern Scheveningen, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "4119150"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. f4 a6 10. a4 Bd7 11. Nb3 Na5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. a5
d5 16. Nd2 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Kh1 Nc7 19. Nb3 Qe7 20. Nd4 f6 21. Qd2 fxe5
22. fxe5 Bb5 23. c3 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Qg5 25. Kg1 Qh6 26. Kh1 Qg5 27. Kg1 Qh6 28.
Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.37"]
[White "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12401820"]
[BlackFideId "4500261"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8.
Qa3 O-O 9. Nf3 e5 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. d5 f5 12. Bd3 Bb5 13. Bc2 Nd7 14. Qb4 Ba6 15.
Be3 Rf6 16. c4 f4 17. Bc1 Rb6 18. Qc3 c6 19. c5 Rb5 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Bd3 Kh8
22. Ba3 Nxc5 23. Bxb5 Nxe4 24. Qc2 Bxb5 25. Qxe4 Bd3 26. Qxd3 e4 27. Qc4 exf3+
28. Kf1 Bxa1 29. gxf3 Qe5 30. Kg2 Qg5+ 31. Kh3 Qf5+ 32. Kg2 Qg5+ 33. Kh3 Qf5+
34. Kg2 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.38"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Liu, Yan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24133795"]
[BlackFideId "8608962"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. e3 e5 7. d5 Nb8 8. Nc3
O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 d6 11. e4 a5 12. b3 Nbd7 13. Ne2 Nc5 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. O-O
b5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Na4 18. Bd2 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Qe8 21. Bg5 Bb5
22. Qc2 Nd7 23. Be3 c6 24. dxc6 Rxc6 25. Qd2 Ndb6 26. Bxb6 Rxb6 27. Bf3 g6 28.
h4 h5 29. Rc7 Rc6 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Rc1 Qd7 32. Qg5 Qd8 33. g4 Qxg5 34. hxg5 h4
35. Kh2 Rb8 36. Rc7 Be8 37. Nc3 Nxc3 38. Rxc3 Rxb4 39. Kh3 Rb2 40. Bd1 Bb5 41.
Bc2 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.39"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Gallego Alcaraz, Andres Felipe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "4402669"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5 Ne7 14. Re1 g5 15.
b4 a6 16. Bf1 Nd7 17. h3 h5 18. Qe2 g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Nh2 Ne5 21. Rab1 N7g6
22. c4 Qg5 23. g3 Bd7 24. Bg2 Bc6 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Rb3 dxc4 27. Nxc4 Bb5 28.
Qe3 Qxe3 29. Nxe3 Nd3 30. Rf1 Ne5 31. Rc1 Nd3 32. Rc2 Ne1 33. Rd2 Nxg2 34. Kxg2
Rad8 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Nhxg4 Rd2 37. a3 Bc6+ 38. Kh3 Ra2 39. Rd3 Bb5 40. Rd8+
Kh7 41. Rd6 Rxa3 42. Rxe6 Bf8 43. Rb6 Bc6 44. Ne5 Be4 45. Kg4 Rb3 46. Nd7 Kg7
47. Nxf8 Kxf8 48. Nc4 Rc3 49. Nd6 Bf3+ 50. Kf4 Bc6 51. Kg4 Bf3+ 52. Kg5 Rc2 53.
Nf5 Bc6 54. f3 Rd2 55. g4 Kf7 56. f4 Rd5 57. Kh6 Rxf5 58. gxf5 Kf6 59. Kh5 Kxf5
60. Kh4 Kxf4 61. Kh3 Ke5 62. Kg3 Kd6 63. Kf2 Kc7 64. Rxa6 bxa6 65. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.40"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[WhiteFideId "5900212"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qe2
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Be7 12. Bh4 Nc5 13. Bg2 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Nxf4 15.
Qf2 Qxe7 16. Qxf4 e5 17. Qe3 exd4 18. Qxd4 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 Rd8 20. Rhf1 O-O 21. Rf5
Qh4 22. h3 g6 23. Nd5 gxf5 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. gxf5 Qg3 26. e5 Bxg2 27. Rg1 Na4 28.
e6 fxe6 29. fxe6 Qe5 30. Qxe5 dxe5 31. e7 Rde8 32. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.41"]
[White "Shinkevich, Vitaly"]
[Black "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4122690"]
[BlackFideId "4114060"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. e4 c6 12. Re1 cxd5 13. exd5 Nac4 14. Qe2 e5 15.
dxe6 Rxe6 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Bf4 Bc6 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. b3 Ne5 21. Nd4
Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 Bxf3 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Rd3 Be4 25. Nxe4 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Qxe4 27.
Rd8+ Bf8 28. Bh6 Qe1+ 29. Kg2 Qe4+ 30. Kg1 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qe4+ 32. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.42"]
[White "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24104795"]
[BlackFideId "911925"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O Nb6 7. Be2 exd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. a4 a5 10. f4 Re8 11. Bf3 Bf8 12. Re1 c6 13. h3 g6 14. Kh1 h5 15. b3
Nbd7 16. Be3 Ra6 17. Bf2 Bh6 18. Bg3 Nc5 19. Qd2 Bg4 20. Bh4 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Ne6
22. g3 Bg7 23. Rad1 Qc8 24. Kg2 d5 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. exd5 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 cxd5 28.
Qxc8 Rxc8 29. Re2 Rac6 30. Rdd2 Kg7 31. Kf2 b6 32. Ne5 Rc3 33. h4 d4 34. Nd7
R8c6 35. Ne5 Rc7 36. Nd3 Kf6 37. Ne5 Kf5 38. Kg2 f6 39. Nf3 Rd7 40. Ne1 Nc5 41.
Kh3 d3 42. Nxd3 Nxd3 43. Rxd3 Rdxd3 44. cxd3 Rxb3 45. d4 b5 46. d5 bxa4 47. Rd2
Rb7 48. Rc2 a3 49. Rc5 Ra7 50. Rc3 a2 51. Ra3 a4 52. Rxa2 a3 53. Kg2 Kg4 54. d6
Rd7 55. f5 Kxf5 56. Rxa3 Rxd6 57. Kf3 Rd5 58. Rb3 Ra5 59. Rc3 g5 60. hxg5 Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.43"]
[White "Debashis, Das"]
[Black "Bellaiche, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Meran variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5024854"]
[BlackFideId "615668"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3 a5 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Ng5 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15.
Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rac8 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8
21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 b3 23. Bc3 f6 24. f4 Rfd8 25. e4 Ba6 26. Re1 Bd3 27. Ba5
Re8 28. Re3 Bc2 29. Kf2 Ra8 30. h4 Reb8 31. Bc3 Ra6 32. g4 Rb5 33. Rc4 c5 34. g5
e5 35. f5 Ra1 36. Rg3 Kf7 37. h5 Rh1 38. h6 fxg5 39. hxg7 Kxg7 40. Rxg5+ Kh6 41.
Rg6+ Kh7 42. Ra4 Rb7 43. Bxe5 Re7 44. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.44"]
[White "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Black "Gholami, Aryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4147855"]
[BlackFideId "12513342"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. Rfd1 N8d7 13. a4 Rb8 14. e4 Qc7 15.
Bg5 Ne5 16. Nb5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qe5 18. Bf4 Bxe4 19. Bxe5 Bxf3 20. Bxg7 Bxe2 21.
Bxf8 Bxd1 22. Bxe7 Bc2 23. Nc3 Nd7 24. Nd5 Rxb2 25. Nf6+ Nxf6 26. Bxf6 Rb6 27.
Be7 c4 28. a5 Re6 29. Bb4 f5 30. Re1 Kf7 31. f3 Rc6 32. Kf2 Bd3 33. Ke3 g5 34.
Kd4 Rc7 35. g3 Rb7 36. Kc3 h5 37. h4 f4 38. gxf4 gxh4 39. Rh1 Kg6 40. Rxh4 Rh7
41. Bc5 Kf5 42. Be3 a6 43. Bd2 Be2 44. Rh3 Bf1 45. Rh4 Kg6 46. Be3 Be2 47. Rh3
Kf6 48. Bf2 Kf5 49. Be3 Bf1 50. Rh4 Bg2 51. Kxc4 Bxf3 52. Kc5 Ke4 53. Bd2 Bg4
54. Kb6 Rh6+ 55. Ka7 Bf5 56. Bb4 Kf3 57. Bf8 Rh8 58. Kxa6 Rxf8 59. Rxh5 Bd3+ 60.
Kb6 Rf6+ 61. Kc7 Kxf4 62. Rd5 Ke4 63. Rd6 Rf7+ 64. Kb6 Rf1 65. a6 Rb1+ 66. Kc7
Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.23"]
[Round "4.45"]
[White "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1634852"]
[BlackFideId "13306766"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. O-O Be7 14. Rad1
Bc6 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Qe3 Rd5 18. c4 Ra5 19. a3 h6 20. Bf4 Qb6 21.
Qe2 Ba4 22. Rc1 Qd4 23. Qd2 Qd8 24. b4 Ra6 25. c5 Rc6 26. Bxh6 Nd5 27. Rc4 Bf6
28. Rg4 Ne7 29. Nd7 Qxd7 30. Bh7+ Kxh7 31. Qxd7 gxh6 32. Qd3+ Ng6 33. b5 Rxc5
34. Rxa4 Rd5 35. Qf3 Bd4 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Qxb7 Ra4 38. Rxe6 Rxa3 39. Ra6 Rb3
40. g3 h5 41. h4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Bologan, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "13900048"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 e4 6. Nd2 d5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. Qb3 Bc7
9. g4 h6 10. h4 a6 11. Rg1 g5 12. cxd5 gxh4 13. Ndxe4 h3 14. Bd2 h2 15. Nxf6+
Qxf6 16. Rh1 Rg8 17. O-O-O b5 18. f4 Qh4 19. Be1 Qe7 20. dxc6 Nxc6 21. Nd5 Qd6
22. Rxh2 Bd8 23. e4 Bxg4 24. Bxg4 Rxg4 25. Qh3 Qe6 26. Qf3 Rg1 27. Bc3 Rxd1+ 28.
Kxd1 Ne7 29. Nxe7 Bxe7 30. d5 Qb6 31. Rg2 O-O-O 32. Qh3+ Kb8 33. Be5+ Ka8 34.
Qc3 b4 35. Qc4 Qb7 36. f5 Rc8 37. Qd3 Bg5 38. Rc2 Re8 39. Bg3 Qb6 40. Rc6 Qg1+
41. Kc2 Qc1+ 42. Kb3 Qe3 43. Qxe3 Bxe3 44. d6 Rxe4 45. d7 Bg5 46. f6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "13301616"]
[BlackFideId "24112798"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 e5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nc6 8. c3 Rb8
9. a4 Re8 10. h3 Bf8 11. Na3 a6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nc4 b5 15. axb5
axb5 16. Ne3 Qd8 17. Nd5 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "4100115"]
[BlackFideId "24130737"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "5074452"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qb4 Rc8 14. O-O Re8
15. Rad1 Nce4 16. Nd4 Bh7 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Qe7 19. Qb3 g5 20. Bg3 a6 21. a4
h5 22. h3 Nxg3 23. fxg3 Qxe3+ 24. Kh2 Qxb3 25. Bxb3 Kg7 26. Nf5+ Bxf5 27. Rxf5
Kg6 28. Rdf1 Rc6 29. Ba2 g4 30. h4 Kg7 31. Bd5 Nxd5 32. Rxd5 f6 33. Rxh5 Re4 34.
a5 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Karavade, Eesha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "5012600"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nc5 14. f3 Ne6 15.
Be3 Bd7 16. Rac1 a6 17. Nb3 b5 18. cxb5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 axb5 20. f4 Rc4 21. f5 Ng7
22. f6 exf6 23. Rxd6 Qc7 24. Rcd1 Be6 25. Bb6 Qb8 26. Qe3 Qa8 27. Rd8 Rc8 28.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Bd4 Qxa2 30. Nc5 Rd8 31. h3 Ne8 32. Rf1 Qc4 33. Rb1 Ra8 34. Qf3
Ra3 35. Kh2 Bc8 36. Qg3 Ra8 37. e5 Bf5 38. Qf3 Nc7 39. Re1 Qd5 40. Qxd5 Nxd5 41.
exf6 h5 42. Re5 Nc7 43. Nb7 Bd3 44. Re7 Ne8 45. Kg3 Bc4 46. Kf4 Bd5 47. g4 hxg4
48. hxg4 Bc4 49. Ke5 Rc8 50. g5 Kf8 51. Bc5 Kg8 52. Bb4 Ra8 53. Na5 Rc8 54. Nb7
Ra8 55. Ba5 Kf8 56. Rd7 Be6 57. Rd8 Rxd8 58. Nxd8 Bc4 59. Bb4+ Kg8 60. Bd6 Nxd6
61. Kxd6 Kf8 62. Kd7 Bd5 63. Nc6 Be4 64. Ne5 Bd5 65. Kd8 Bb3 66. Nd7+ Kg8 67.
Ke7 Bc4 68. Ne5 Bb3 69. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4150120"]
[BlackFideId "12539929"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxf3 6. exf3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nf6 8.
Bg2 d5 9. f4 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nc3 Nce7 13. Rac1 c6 14. Ne4 Rc8
15. Ng5 Qd6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qe2 h6 18. Nf3 Nf5 19. Rc4 Rc7 20. a3 c5 21. Qe5
f6 22. Qe1 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxc4 24. Nxe6 Nfe3 25. Bxd5 Nxd1 26. Bxc4 Nxb2 27.
Nxd8+ Nxc4 28. Qe8+ Qf8 29. Qd7 Kh8 30. Ne6 Qg8 31. f5 a5 32. a4 Ne5 33. Qb7 h5
34. Qxb6 Qa8 35. f4 Nf3+ 36. Kf2 Nxh2 37. Qd8+ Qxd8 38. Nxd8 Ng4+ 39. Kf3 Nh6
40. Ke4 Kh7 41. Nc6 g5 42. fxg6+ Kxg6 43. Nxa5 Nf5 44. Kf3 Nd4+ 45. Ke3 Nf5+ 46.
Kf2 Kf7 47. Nb7 Ke6 48. a5 Kd5 49. a6 Kc6 50. Nc5 Kb6 51. Nd7+ Kxa6 52. Nxf6 h4
53. g4 Ne7 54. Kg2 Kb6 55. Kh3 Kc6 56. Kxh4 Kd6 57. Kg5 Ke6 58. f5+ Kf7 59. Ne4
Nc6 60. Kf4 Nb4 61. g5 Nd3+ 62. Kg4 Ne5+ 63. Kh5 Kg7 64. Nd6 Kg8 65. g6 Nf3 66.
f6 Ne5 67. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4107012"]
[BlackFideId "4158814"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 Ng4 7. Re2 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxd4 9. h3 Nf6 10. Nd2 d6 11. Nf3 Bb6 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Ng5 Bxb3
15. axb3 Nd7 16. Nf3 Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "fianchetto (Smyslov/Barnes) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1510045"]
[BlackFideId "2000024"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. O-O Bg7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. h3 h6 12. a4 a6 13. Bc4 b6 14. b4 Qc8 15. a5
bxa5 16. bxa5 Be6 17. Bf1 Bf8 18. Qa4 Bd7 19. Qc2 Be6 20. Qa4 Bd7 21. Qc2 Be6
22. Nc4 Rb8 23. Reb1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13300881"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3
Bd6 9. Bd3 c6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 Rfc8 14. Re1 h6 15.
Re2 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bb1 Rd8 18. Rd2 Qe7 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. Rdc2 Bd7 21. Qf3
g6 22. Rd1 Qe5 23. Nce2 Ba4 24. b3 Bd7 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26. Nxf4 Nce4 27. Nfe2 Rxc2
28. Bxc2 Rc8 29. f3 Nc3 30. Nxc3 Rxc3 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. g4 Ke7 33. Bb1 Rc8 34. h4
Ne8 35. Ne2 Nc7 36. Nf4 Bc6 37. h5 g5 38. Bf5 Rd8 39. Ne2 Nb5 40. a4 Nd6 41. Nd4
Bd7 42. Bxd7 Rxd7 43. Rc1 Kf6 44. Ke2 Ke5 45. Kd3 f5 46. gxf5 Nxf5 47. Nxf5 Kxf5
48. Rc8 Rd6 49. Kd4 g4 50. f4 Rf6 51. Rd8 Rf7 52. Rxd5+ Ke6 53. Ke4 Rg7 54. Rd2
Ke7 55. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Pavlov, Sergey2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14105730"]
[BlackFideId "14114330"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 a5 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bg5 Nde7 10. Ne4 f5 11. Nc5 e4 12. dxe4 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bxb2 14. exf5
Bxf5 15. a4 Bc2 16. Rd2 Bc3 17. Bf6 Bxf6 18. Rxc2 b6 19. Ne6 Ra7 20. O-O Kf7 21.
Nfg5+ Bxg5 22. Nxg5+ Kf6 23. Nxh7+ Rxh7 24. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "24107581"]
[BlackFideId "1130420"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. d3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 h6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nh4 Re8 15. Ng6
bxa4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bb1 c4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. dxc4 Rec8 20. Bc2 Rxc4 21. Bxa4
Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Rxa4 23. Qxa4 Qb7 24. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Xu, Yi"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Chigorin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8605564"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Nbd2 Nb7 15. a4
g6 16. Nf1 Nh5 17. Bh6 Reb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qd2 Nd8 20. b4 f6 21. Be3 Nf7 22.
N3h2 Qc8 23. Bd3 Ra6 24. Be2 Ng7 25. c4 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 bxc4 27. bxc5 dxc5 28.
Bxc4 Nd6 29. Ba6 Qc7 30. Qc2 c4 31. Rc1 c3 32. Qxc3 Qxc3 33. Rxc3 Nxe4 34. Rc7
Rd8 35. f3 Nd6 36. Bb6 Kf8 37. Ra7 Rb8 38. Bc7 Nc8 39. d6 Bd8 40. Bxb8 Bb6+ 41.
Kh1 Nxa7 42. Ng4 Ne8 43. Nfe3 Bc5 44. Nc4 Kf7 45. Ncxe5+ fxe5 46. Bc4+ Kf8 47.
Nxe5 Nf6 48. Bc7 Bd4 49. f4 Bb5 50. Bxb5 Nxb5 51. Bd8 Kg7 52. Be7 Ne4 53. d7
Ng3+ 54. Kh2 Nf1+ 55. Kh1 Ng3+ 56. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "E07"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 6...Nbd7"]
[WhiteFideId "4148843"]
[BlackFideId "14203987"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. a4
a5 9. e4 Nb6 10. Qe2 Bb4 11. e5 Nfd5 12. Ne4 Bd7 13. Nfg5 h6 14. Nh3 Be7 15. g4
f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Nc5 e5 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. dxe5 Qxg4 20. f3 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 Nfd5
22. f4 Qd3 23. Qg4 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12521213"]
[BlackFideId "5072786"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 Qf5 12. Ng3 Qa5 13. exd4 Rd8 14. Qe2 Nd7
15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. f4 Be8 18. f5 exf5 19. Nxf5 Rac8 20. Qf3 Bf8 21.
Nxh6+ gxh6 22. Qxf6 Bg7 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Ng6+ Kh7 25. Nf8+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Vavulin, Maksim"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Exchange variation doubly deferred (DERLD)"]
[WhiteFideId "4169530"]
[BlackFideId "4135539"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Nc5 11. Ne3 g6 12. Nf3 Re8 13. a4 a5 14. b3 Ne6 15.
Nc4 Bf8 16. Be3 b6 17. h4 Ng7 18. Nh2 Be6 19. Qf3 Bb4 20. Bh6 Bc3 21. Rad1 b5
22. Ne3 Rb8 23. g4 bxa4 24. bxa4 Rb4 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. Rg1 Rg8 27. g5 f5 28. Rb1
fxe4 29. dxe4 Rf8 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Nf5+ Rxf5 32. Qxc3 Rxe4 33. Rge1 Qd4 34.
Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Kg1 Rxh4 36. Nf1 Rxg5+ 37. Ng3 Bd5 38. Kf1 Rf4 39. Re3 h5 40. Rb7
Rxa4 41. Rxc7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8602956"]
[BlackFideId "8608288"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3
Nc6 9. Nge2 Bf6 10. b3 Ne7 11. Ne4 Ng6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. O-O Bf5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5
15. d5 Ne5 16. Bb2 Rae8 17. Nd4 Qg6 18. Qd2 Nd3 19. Bc3 Nd7 20. Rad1 N3c5 21. f3
a6 22. Kh1 h5 23. Kh2 Nf6 24. h4 Nfd7 25. Qg5 Qh7 26. Qf5 Re3 27. Ba5 b6 28. Bd2
Re7 29. Qxh7+ Kxh7 30. Bg5 Re5 31. Bf4 Re7 32. Rfe1 Rfe8 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Kg3
Kg8 35. Kf2 Ne5 36. Kf1 Kf8 37. Bg3 Ned3 38. Rd2 g6 39. Nc6 Re3 40. Nd4 Ne4 41.
fxe4 Rxg3 42. Nf3 Nf4 43. e5 dxe5 44. Nxe5 f6 45. d6 cxd6 46. Nd7+ Ke7 47. Nxb6
Ke6 48. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "4657101"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Ndb5 Ba5 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rc1
Qb2 15. Na4 Bxe1 16. Nxb2 Ba5 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nxb7 Bb6 19. Na4 Bd4 20. Na5 Kf8
21. Nc6 Bb6 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Nd4 h5 24. f4 g6 25. Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. e3 c5
9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Ne1 Rfd8 14. f4 Qb8 15. d3
Nb4 16. Nf3 Qa8 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Rd7 19. a3 Nc6 20. g4 Rcd8 21. g5 Ne8 22.
Ne4 Nd6 23. Nf2 Nf5 24. Ng4 a6 25. a4 Nb4 26. Ne1 Qb7 27. Bc3 Bf8 28. Rab1 Qa8
29. Rb2 Qb7 30. Rbb1 Qa8 31. Kf2 Be7 32. Ne5 Rc7 33. N1f3 Qb7 34. e4 Nd6 35. Ng4
Ne8 36. d4 b5 37. axb5 Nd6 38. d5 exd5 39. cxd5 Qxb5 40. Qxb5 Nxb5 41. Be1 Na3
42. Rbc1 c4 43. Ne3 Rb7 44. Nxc4 Na2 45. Ra1 Nxc4 46. Rxa2 Rb3 47. Rc1 Bc5+ 48.
Kg2 Ne3+ 49. Kg3 Nf1+ 50. Kg2 Ne3+ 51. Kh1 Nxd5 52. Rxc5 Rxf3 53. Kg2 Re3 54.
Rxd5 Rxd5 55. exd5 Rxe1 56. Rxa6 g6 57. d6 Rd1 58. Kf3 f5 59. Ra8+ Kf7 60. Ra7+
Ke6 61. Rxh7 Rd3+ 62. Ke2 Rxd6 63. Rg7 Kd5 64. Kf3 Ra6 65. Re7 Ra3+ 66. Re3 Ra6
67. h3 Kc4 68. Re8 Ra3+ 69. Kg2 Kd5 70. Re5+ Kd6 71. Re8 Kd5 72. Re7 Ra2+ 73.
Kf3 Ra3+ 74. Re3 Ra6 75. Kg3 Kd4 76. Rb3 Kc4 77. Rb7 Kd5 78. Rd7+ Ke4 79. Re7+
Kd5 80. h4 Ra3+ 81. Kg2 Kd4 82. Re2 Rb3 83. Kh2 Kd3 84. Re6 Kd4 85. Re2 Kd3 86.
Re6 Kd4 87. Rxg6 Ke4 88. h5 Kxf4 89. h6 Rb2+ 90. Kh3 Rb3+ 91. Kg2 Rg3+ 92. Kf2
Rh3 93. Rg7 Rh2+ 94. Kg1 Kg3 95. Ra7 Rh5 96. h7 f4 97. g6 f3 98. Ra3 Rb5 99.
Rxf3+ Kxf3 100. h8=Q Rg5+ 101. Kh2 Rg2+ 102. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Triapishko, Alexandr"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14122286"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2 d5 13. a4 Bb7 14. h3 dxe4 15. dxe4
Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Na5 17. b3 c5 18. Nd2 h5 19. f3 g6 20. Ndf1 Bc8 21. axb5 axb5 22.
Bg5 Kg7 23. Ra2 Bb7 24. Rda1 Nc6 25. Bxf6+ Kxf6 26. Ne3 b4 27. Nd5+ Kg5 28. Ne2
bxc3 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. Nexc3 Nb4 31. Bd1 Nxd5 32. exd5 f5 33. Be2 e4 34. Bb5 Rb8
35. Bc6 Bxc6 36. dxc6 Bg7 37. Rc1 Rc8 38. fxe4 Bd4+ 39. Kf1 Rxc6 40. Ne2 Rb6 41.
h4+ Kg4 42. e5 Kxh4 43. Nxd4 cxd4 44. Re1 Rxb3 45. e6 Rb8 46. e7 Re8 47. Re6 g5
48. Kf2 Kg4 49. g3 f4 50. Re4 Kf5 51. Rxd4 fxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[WhiteFideId "4118987"]
[BlackFideId "13300857"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Qg6 10. f3 O-O 11. Kh1 Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. Nc2 d5 14. Bd4 Nd7 15.
Nd2 dxe4 16. fxe4 Nc6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Nde5 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. Qb3 Be6 21.
Rad1 Ne7 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qe6 26. Qxb7 Qxe4 27.
Qc6 Rab8 28. Rc5 Qxc6 29. Rxc6 Rxb2 30. h4 Re2 31. Rf4 Re7 32. Ra6 Re5 33. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Repka, Christopher"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14918781"]
[BlackFideId "5004985"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. e4 c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2 d5
9. Bh6 O-O 10. Na3 f6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. O-O Ba6 14. Nd4 Qd7 15.
Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Qc2 b5 19. Nb1 Bb7 20. Nd2 Nb8 21.
Bxb7 Qxb7 22. a4 a6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ne4 Qc6 25. Qb3 Nd7 26. h4 h6 27. Qc2 f5
28. Nd2 Nf6 29. Nf1 Rd6 30. Qe2 Qd7 31. Qf3 h5 32. Nh2 b4 33. Qe3 bxc3 34. bxc3
f4 35. Qf3 fxg3 36. fxg3 Nd5 37. Rb1 Re7 38. Rbc1 Nf6 39. Rcd1 Nd5 40. Rc1 Nf6
41. Rcd1 Rd5 42. Nf1 Qe6 43. Nd2 Qf5 44. Qxf5 gxf5 45. Nc4 Ng4 46. Rd2 Re6 47.
Kf1 Kf6 48. Rb1 Kg6 49. Rb5 f4 50. gxf4 exf4 51. d4 Rf5 52. Rd3 f3 53. Ne5+ Nxe5
54. dxe5 Rexe5 55. Rd6+ Rf6 56. Rxf6+ Kxf6 57. Kf2 Rf5 58. Ra5 Ke6 59. Ra8 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5084423"]
[BlackFideId "4189302"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Ne2 Ng8 12. Qd2 a5 13. f4 h6 14. Ng3 hxg5 15. f5
Bxb3 16. axb3 g4 17. Bc4 Ngf6 18. O-O Be7 19. Qf2 Qb8 20. Rfd1 Bd8 21. Rd3 Bc7
22. Rad1 a4 23. bxa4 Rxa4 24. Qd2 Ke7 25. Rd5 Rc8 26. Rb5 Qa8 27. Bb3 Ra1 28.
Rxb4 Nc5 29. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 30. Kg2 Kf8 31. Bxc5 dxc5 32. Rb7 Qa6 33. Bd5 Kg8 34.
Qd3 Qa5 35. Rb5 Qe1 36. Rxc5 Kh7 37. Qf1 Qe3 38. Rc3 Nxd5 39. exd5 Qd2+ 40. Qe2
Qxd5+ 41. Ne4 Kg8 42. Qxg4 f6 43. Rd3 Qc6 44. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Cambridge Springs defence, Bogoljubow variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nxc4 Qc7 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O Bd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Ne5 cxd4
15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qxb4 dxc3 17. Qxc3 Rac8 18. Qb3 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Riumin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "112275"]
[BlackFideId "13306677"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
c6 9. Rc1 d5 10. Bf4 dxc4 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. Nxc4 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Nd7 14. Qb3 Qc7 15.
e3 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. a4 g6 18. Rd2 Nf6 19. Ne5 c5 20. Bxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "4113403"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 b5 5. O-O Bb7 6. d4 Nd7 7. dxc5 Nxc5 8. e5
e6 9. b4 Nd7 10. exd6 Rc8 11. Bb2 Nb6 12. a4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. b5 Qxd6 15.
Qxd6 Bxd6 16. bxa6 Bxa6 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxg7 Bc6 19. Nd4 Bd5 20. Bxh8 f6 21.
Rad1 Bc5 22. g4 h6 23. h4 Kf7 24. g5 hxg5 25. hxg5 Nh6 26. Bxf6 Ng4 27. Nb5 Nxf6
28. gxf6 Bf3 29. Kh2 Kxf6 30. Kg3 Bc6 31. Rfe1 e5 32. Re3 Bxe3 33. fxe3 Rg8+ 34.
Kf2 Be4 35. Nc3 Rg2+ 36. Ke1 Rg1+ 37. Kd2 Rg2+ 38. Ke1 Rg1+ 39. Ke2 Rg2+ 40. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "13502956"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 a6 17. Rd3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Rd8 20. a4 h6 21.
e3 g6 22. Ne4 Kf8 23. Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Xu, Yinglun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "8604940"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Nxc4
e5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Nb1 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Bf8 15.
Qc2 Nd5 16. Nf3 f6 17. Qb1 Bf7 18. e4 N5b6 19. Ne3 a5 20. d4 a4 21. d5 axb3 22.
axb3 Qd6 23. Nd2 Bg6 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Rfd1 Qe6 26. Bf3 h5 27. Qc2 Ra2 28. Qb1
Ra7 29. Be2 Rc8 30. Ndc4 Bf7 31. Rc2 Nxc4 32. Bxc4 Qe8 33. Qc1 Bxc4 34. Rxc4 Nb6
35. Rc3 Rd7 36. Rxd7 Qxd7 37. Qc2 Qe6 38. Bc1 Nd7 39. Nf5 g6 40. Nh4 Kf7 41. Be3
Rc7 42. Kg2 Kg7 43. h3 Bb4 44. Rc4 Be7 45. b4 c5 46. bxc5 Qc6 47. f4 Nb6 48. Rb4
exf4 49. gxf4 Nd7 50. f5 g5 51. Nf3 Bxc5 52. Rc4 Qd6 53. e5 fxe5 54. Nxg5 Qd5+
55. Kh2 Bxe3 56. Ne6+ Kf6 57. Rxc7 e4 58. Qc3+ Qe5+ 59. Qxe5+ Nxe5 60. Ng7 h4
61. Kg2 Nf3 62. Rd7 Nd2 63. Rb7 Nf3 64. Kf1 Bd4 65. Ne6 Kxf5 66. Nxd4+ Nxd4 67.
Rh7 Kg5 68. Rg7+ Kf6 69. Rg8 Ke5 70. Kf2 Nf5 71. Ke2 Kf4 72. Rf8 Ke5 73. Kd2 Nd4
74. Kc3 Ne2+ 75. Kd2 Nd4 76. Rh8 Nf5 77. Kc3 Kf4 78. Rf8 Ke5 79. Kc4 Nd6+ 80.
Kc3 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Raja, Harshit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4194985"]
[BlackFideId "5089000"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O g6 6. Re1 Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4
e5 9. d5 Ne8 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 a6 12. Bb3 b5 13. a4 c4 14. Bc2 Bb7 15. Nbd2 Nc5
16. axb5 axb5 17. b3 cxb3 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Nxb3 Rf7 20. Nfd2 Rc7 21. c4 Nxb3
22. Bxb3 Bh6 23. cxb5 Qa5 24. Nf3 Qb4 25. Qb1 Qxb5 26. h3 Ba6 27. Qa2 Rc3 28.
Ba4 Qa5 29. Ra1 Rc4 30. Kh2 Nc7 31. Bxf6 Rxe4 32. Bg5 Bxg5 33. Nxg5 Re2 34. Qa3
Qb6 35. Bd1 Rxf2 36. Bf3 Bc4 37. Ne4 Rb2 38. Rc1 Bxd5 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Nxd5 Nxd5
41. Bxd5 Qd4 42. Rc7+ Kh6 43. Qf3 Rf2 44. Qe4 Qxe4 45. Bxe4 Rd2 46. Re7 d5 47.
Rd7 d4 48. h4 Re2 49. Bd5 g5 50. Rd6+ Kg7 51. h5 d3 52. h6+ Kf8 53. Rd7 e4 54.
Rxh7 d2 55. Rf7+ Kg8 56. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4147103"]
[BlackFideId "13306553"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. h3 Nd7 13. Ra2 a5 14. Bd2 b6 15. Ng5
Rd4 16. Nf3 Re4 17. Ng5 Rd4 18. Nf3 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24131423"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Bf5 11. Nh4 Bg4 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Bd2 Qc8 14. Qb3 Bxc3 15.
Qxc3 Bxe2 16. Bh6 Nd7 17. Rxe2 Rxe2 18. Bf3 Re5 19. Bxh5 Nb6 20. Be2 Nxd5 21.
Qd2 Qe8 22. Bf3 Nf6 23. Qxd6 Re1+ 24. Kg2 Ne4 25. Qf4 Rxa1 26. Bxe4 Qb5 27. g4
Qd7 28. Nf3 Re8 29. h3 Qe7 30. Bd5 Rd1 31. Bg5 Qd7 32. Bf6 Qxd5 33. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4119150"]
[BlackFideId "24176460"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be2 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 dxc4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 bxc6 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. O-O Be6 13. Bd2 a5 14.
Rc1 Bb4 15. Bxb4 axb4 16. f3 O-O 17. Re1 Nf4 18. Re4 Bxc4 19. Rcxc4 Rfd8 20. Ne3
Nd3 21. Rxc6 h6 22. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Milner-Barry (Zurich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4500261"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Qc2 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qe7 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. O-O-O b6 14. Be2 Qe6
15. f3 Ba6 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. g4 Bc6 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Rhg1 Nc5 20. Qf5 Nb3+ 21. Kb1
Rae8 22. Ka2 Ba4 23. Rde1 g6 24. Qxe6 Rxe6 25. Bd1 Nc1+ 26. Kb1 Bxd1 27. Kxc1
Bb3 28. c5 bxc5 29. f4 exf4 30. exf4 Rfe8 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Re1 Kf8 33. Rxe6
Bxe6 34. g5 hxg5 35. fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.33"]
[White "Salomon, Johan"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Zagreb (fianchetto) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1509500"]
[BlackFideId "24133795"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. Nec3 Rc8 13. Be3 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Qxd5 Rxc2 16. Qd3 Rxb2 17. Qc3 Re2 18. Qd3 Rb2 19. Qc3 Re2 20. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.34"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13304852"]
[BlackFideId "5058422"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O a6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. f4 Ne4 13. Rf3 Ndf6 14. Ne2 Re8 15.
Qe1 Bf8 16. Rc1 c5 17. g4 Nd7 18. Rh3 Nxe5 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. dxe5 g6 21. Rd1 Qe7
22. Rd6 Rad8 23. Rxb6 Bg7 24. f5 Qc7 25. Qh4 h6 26. Rf6 Rd1+ 27. Kf2 Qd8 28. e6
Rf8 29. exf7+ Rxf7 30. Rxg6 Qd2 31. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.35"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4108116"]
[BlackFideId "12401820"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Qe2 Nxb3 12. axb3 Be6 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Bg5 Rac8
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rd3 Qc6 17. Rad1 Be7 18. Ne1 Rce8 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. Rc3 Qd7 21.
Ne3 Bb6 22. Nf3 Qe7 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 f5 25. Nd2 Qe6 26. Rf3 Bc5 27. c3 a5
28. Qd3 g6 29. Kf1 Rf7 30. Ke2 Ref8 31. h3 Kh8 32. Qc4 b5 33. Qd3 h6 34. Kd1 b4
35. Qc4 Qe7 36. Kc2 Qg5 37. g4 Rf6 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Rg3 Qh5 40. exf5 Bxf2 41.
Qg4 Qxf5+ 42. Qxf5 Rxf5 43. Rg6 Bc5 44. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.36"]
[White "Liu, Yan"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, lesser Simagin (Spassky) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8608962"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. b3 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Qd2 Qc8 13. Ba3 Bh3 14. Rad1 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Nb7 16. Nc2 a5 17. Ne1 Nd7 18. Nd3 Nd8 19. h4 h5 20. Bb2 Qb7 21. Kg1 Ne6
22. Ne4 a4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Ng5 Nxg5 25. Qxg5 axb3 26. axb3 Nf6 27. b4 Qd7 28.
Qe3 Rfb8 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 e5 31. Ra7 Qf5 32. c5 Nd5 33. Qf3 e4 34. Qxf5
gxf5 35. Nf4 Nxf4 36. gxf4 dxc5 37. bxc5 Rb5 38. Rc7 Rxc5 39. Rc8 Rc2 40. e3 c5
41. Rc6 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 c4 43. Kg2 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.37"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Debashis, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "5024854"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. a3 Nc6 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Nb3 b5 13. Qe2 Rb8 14. O-O b4 15. axb4
Nxb4 16. Nd4 O-O 17. Kh1 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Qb7 19. Rab1 Bd7 20. g4 Rfc8 21. Rg1 Bd8
22. Be3 Ba5 23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Nh7 25. g6 fxg6 26. Rxg6 Be8 27. Rxg7+ Qxg7 28.
Rg1 Bxc3 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. bxc3 Nf8 31. Qg4+ Kf7 32. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.38"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "E39"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Pirc variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14129574"]
[BlackFideId "5037883"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. e3 Nh5 11. Bg3 Be7 12. Qd3 Bc8 13. Bd6 Nf6 14. e4 Ne8 15. Bg3
a6 16. Be2 Ra7 17. O-O d6 18. Rc1 Nf6 19. h3 Rd7 20. Qe3 d5 21. cxd5 Bc5 22. Qd3
exd5 23. e5 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Bb7 26. Qc2 Nd4 27. Nxd4 Rxd4 28. Qc3 a5
29. Rcd1 a4 30. Kh2 h6 31. Rfe1 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Qa8 33. Rd7 Bc6 34. Rc7 Rc8 35.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 36. Bg4 Bd7 37. Bf3 Bc6 38. Bg4 Bd7 39. Bd1 Bc6 40. b4 axb3 41. Bxb3
Qd7 42. Ba2 Bd5 43. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.39"]
[White "Gallego Alcaraz, Andres Felipe"]
[Black "Lomasov, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 7.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "4402669"]
[BlackFideId "24164879"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Rc1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Rfe1 g6 13. Rcd1 Bg7 14. h4 c5 15. d5
Bxc3 16. Qxc3 e5 17. Bh3 Nf6 18. Kg2 Bc8 19. Ng5 Nh5 20. Qe3 Qe7 21. Bxc8 Raxc8
22. Nh3 Kg7 23. g4 Nf6 24. f3 h5 25. g5 Nd7 26. Qa3 Kg8 27. Kh2 Rb8 28. Re2 Rb7
29. Rf1 Rfb8 30. b3 Qd8 31. Nf2 Qe7 32. Nd3 Rf8 33. Qc1 Rbb8 34. Rg1 Kh7 35. Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.40"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "St. George (Baker) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4114060"]
[BlackFideId "24176729"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 a6 2. d4 g6 3. h4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O b5 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Bh6 O-O 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qe3 h5 14. Bd3 e6
15. Qg3 Qe8 16. Ne2 Nd5 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Nf6 19. Rh3 Nd5 20. Qd2 Ne7 21. g4
Rh8 22. Rg1 hxg4 23. Rxg4 Rh5 24. Rg5 Qh8 25. Qf4 Nf5 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Nxf7 Qe8
28. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.41"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Shinkevich, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "911925"]
[BlackFideId "4122690"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. c4 a5 8. b5 a4
9. Ba3 Be6 10. Rb1 Nbd7 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bg4 14. Be2 Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 Re8 16. b6 Nxb6 17. c5 e5 18. Nf5 gxf5 19. Rxb6 d4 20. Nc4 d3 21. Qf3 Qd5
22. Nd6 e4 23. Qxf5 Qxf5 24. Nxf5 Nd5 25. Rd6 Nc3 26. Nxg7 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Kxg7 28.
f3 exf3 29. Rxf3 Rad8 30. Bb2+ Kg8 31. e4 Rc8 32. Rdxd3 Rxc5 33. Rd2 Rec8 34.
Rfd3 h6 35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Rxd8+ Kh7 37. Rh8+ Kg6 38. Rg8+ Kh5 39. g4+ Kh4 40.
Kg2 Nf4+ 41. Kf3 Ne6 42. Bf6+ Ng5+ 43. Bxg5+ Rxg5 44. Rh8 Rg6 45. e5 b5 46. h3
b4 47. Rb8 b3 48. axb3 a3 49. Ra8 Kxh3 50. Rxa3 Rxg4 51. Ra7 Rg3+ 52. Ke4 Rxb3
53. Rxf7 Rb4+ 54. Kf5 h5 55. e6 Rb5+ 56. Kg6 h4 57. e7 Re5 58. Kf6 Re1 59. Rf8
Kg2 60. Rg8+ Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.42"]
[White "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C52"]
[Opening "Evans gambit"]
[Variation "Tartakower attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24104795"]
[BlackFideId "13500139"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. O-O
Bb6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Qb1 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 exd4 12. cxd4 Qa4 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Bb2
Ne7 15. Qc1 Qd7 16. d5 O-O 17. Qc3 f6 18. Rfd1 Rf7 19. h3 Ng6 20. Nd4 Qe8 21.
Re1 b5 22. Qg3 Re7 23. f3 Ne5 24. Red1 Nc4 25. Bc3 c5 26. Ne2 Qg6 27. Qf2 b4 28.
Bd2 Nxd2 29. Rxd2 f5 30. Re1 fxe4 31. Nf4 Qf6 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. fxe4 Bd7 34. Nd3
Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Bb5 36. Nc1 Kf7 37. Ke3 Ra3+ 38. Kf4 Kf6 39. e5+ dxe5+ 40. Ke4
Rc3 41. Nb3 Rc4+ 42. Ke3 b6 43. Rf2+ Ke7 44. Rf5 Rc3+ 45. Kf2 Kd6 46. Nd2 Rc2
47. Ke3 Kxd5 48. Rf8 Rxa2 49. Rd8+ Kc6 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.43"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13703544"]
[BlackFideId "5900212"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Rc6 15.
a4 Qc8 16. a5 h5 17. g5 Nh7 18. Kh2 f6 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Rac1 Bh4 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 Rc7 23. c4 Qf5 24. c5 Ng5 25. cxd6 Rd7 26. Rc7 Rxd6 27. Qb4 Qf6 28. Bc5
Rdd8 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. d6 e4 31. Qc4+ Nf7 32. Kh1 Bxf2 33. Qxe4 Bg3 34. Rf1 Qxd6
35. Rcxf7 Rxf7 36. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.44"]
[White "Gholami, Aryan"]
[Black "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Milner-Barry (Zurich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12513342"]
[BlackFideId "1634852"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. g3
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Bg2 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. O-O Qe8 13. Nh4 Nf6 14. f4 e4 15. b3 h6
16. Qd1 Qh5 17. Bh3 g5 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Nxf5 Ng6 20. Qd2 Qxh3 21. Qxg5 Bxf5 22.
Rxf5 Kh7 23. Bb2 Nd7 24. Raf1 Rxf5 25. Rxf5 Rf8 26. Rxf8 Ndxf8 27. Qf6 Qd7 28.
h4 Qe7 29. Qf5 Kg8 30. Bf6 Qd7 31. Qg5 Kf7 32. h5 Ne5 33. Qg7+ Ke8 34. h6 Ng4
35. Bh4 c6 36. Qg5 Ne5 37. c5 Nf7 38. Qh5 dxc5 39. dxc6 Qd4+ 40. Kg2 bxc6 41. h7
Nxh7 42. Qxh7 Qd5 43. g4 c4 44. Qg8+ Kd7 45. Qb8 e3+ 46. Kg3 Qd6+ 47. Qxd6+ Nxd6
48. bxc4 Nxc4 49. a4 a5 50. Kf4 Ke6 51. Be1 Kf6 52. Bc3+ Kg6 53. Bd4 Kf7 54. Ke4
Ke6 55. Kd3 Nd6 56. Bxe3 Kd5 57. Bb6 Ne4 58. Kc2 Ke5 59. Bxa5 Kf4 60. Bb6 Nf6
61. g5 Kxg5 62. Bd8 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "5.45"]
[White "Bellaiche, Anthony"]
[Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "615668"]
[BlackFideId "4147855"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. a3 a5 12. f3 g6 13. Kh1 Ne6 14. Bh4 b5 15.
Bf2 Bb7 16. e4 Rc8 17. e5 Nh5 18. Qd2 b4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. f4 c5 21. f5 Nxd4 22.
Nxd4 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Qh4 24. Qe3 Rc4 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Qf2 Qxf2 28.
Rxf2 Ng7 29. Re2 Ne6 30. Be3 Kg7 31. Kg1 Bc6 32. Rf2 Rb8 33. Ne2 Nc5 34. Rf6 Be8
35. Raf1 Rd8 36. Nd4 Ne4 37. R6f4 Nc5 38. e6 fxe6 39. Nf3 Kg8 40. Ng5 Nd3 41.
Rxc4 Nxb2 42. Rc2 Nd1 43. Bb6 Rb8 44. Bd4 e5 45. Bxe5 Rb5 46. Bf6 Rc5 47. Re2
Bb5 48. Re7 Rxg5 49. Rg7+ Kf8 50. Rxd1 Rf5 51. Ba1 Bc5+ 52. Kh1 Be8 53. Rc7 Bb4
54. g4 Rf2 55. Bd4 Rf4 56. Bg7+ Kg8 57. Be5 Rf7 58. Rxf7 Kxf7 59. Kg2 Ke6 60.
Bf4 a4 61. Bd2 Be7 62. Re1+ Kf7 63. g5 Bd7 64. h4 Bf5 65. Bc3 Bd6 66. Kf3 a3 67.
Be5 Bb4 68. Re3 a2 69. Rb3 Bd6 70. Ba1 Ke6 71. Rb7 Bb1 72. Rb6 Kd5 73. Ra6 Ke6
74. Bh8 Ke7 75. Bg7 Bh2 76. h5 gxh5 77. g6 Bd6 78. Ba1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 g6 7. c3 Bh6 8. a4
Nb8 9. Na3 Nc6 10. h3 O-O 11. Bf1 d5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. Nce5 Nxe5 15.
Rxe5 Qd6 16. d4 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 e6 20. g3 Bd7 21. a5
Rfc8 22. Rd1 Be8 23. f4 Nd5 24. Kf2 Rc7 25. Bg2 Ne7 26. g4 Rd7 27. Rde1 Kf8 28.
h4 Rd6 29. Rc5 Bd7 30. b4 Nc6 31. Nf3 Rc8 32. Ng5 Rd2+ 33. Re2 Rd1 34. Nxh7+ Kg7
35. Ng5 e5 36. fxe5 Bxg4 37. Re1 Rd2+ 38. Kg3 Bf5 39. e6 Rd3+ 40. Kf2 f6 41.
Bxc6 bxc6 42. Nf3 Bg4 43. Nd4 Rh8 44. Re3 Rd1 45. e7 Bd7 46. Nxc6 g5 47. Nd4
gxh4 48. Rd5 Ba4 49. Nf5+ Kg6 50. Rxd1 Kxf5 51. Rd8 Be8 52. b5 h3 53. bxa6 h2
54. Re1 h1=Q 55. Rxh1 Rxh1 56. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "13301616"]
[BlackFideId "4150120"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Be6 13. b3 Re8 14. Rad1 Bxf4
15. Qxf4 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Rfe1 c5 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Qf4 Rad8 20. Nc7 Re7 21.
Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 Qxe6 23. b4 cxb4 24. Qxb4 Qb6 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. c3 Qxb4 27.
cxb4 Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke2 Kd6 30. Kd2 Ne4+ 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. b5 a6 33. a4
axb5 34. axb5 Kc5 35. Ke3 Rxb5 36. Rxb5+ Kxb5 37. Kxe4 Kc6 38. Ke5 Kd7 39. g4
f6+ 40. Kd5 g5 41. f3 h6 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. f4 gxf4 44. Kxf4 h5 45. gxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24130737"]
[BlackFideId "12521213"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Be4 6. f3 Bh7 7. e6 Qd6 8. exf7+ Kxf7
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. h5 e5 12. f4 exd4 13. Qf5+ Ngf6 14. g5 hxg5 15.
fxg5 Qg3+ 16. Kf1 Re8 17. Nf3 Re2 18. Kxe2 Qg2+ 19. Kd3 Qf2 20. Nxd4 Nc5+ 21.
Kc3 Ne4+ 22. Kd3 Nc5+ 23. Kc3 Ne4+ 24. Kb3 Qxd4 25. c3 Qd3 26. Qf1 Nc5+ 27. Ka3
Rxh5 28. Rg1 Qc2 29. b4 a5 30. gxf6 axb4+ 31. cxb4 Qa4+ 32. Kb2 Qxb4+ 33. Kc2
Qa4+ 34. Kb2 Qd4+ 35. Kc2 Qe4+ 36. Kd1 Rf5 37. Qg2 Qa4+ 38. Ke2 Qc2+ 39. Nd2
Re5+ 40. Kf2 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C89"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Marshall counter-attack, 11...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "4135539"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15.
g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfd8 19. a4 h6 20. Kg2 Bf8 21. Re5 Qxf3+
22. Kxf3 b4 23. Rd1 bxc3 24. bxc3 Rab8 25. Ree1 Rxb3 26. Nxb3 Bc2 27. Na5 Bxd1+
28. Rxd1 Nxc3 29. Nxc6 Rd6 30. Rc1 Nxa4 31. Ke4 Re6+ 32. Kd5 Ba3 33. Rc4 Nb2 34.
Rc3 Bf8 35. f4 Nd1 36. Rb3 Rd6+ 37. Kc5 Nf2 38. Rb8 Ne4+ 39. Kb6 Nf6 40. Kb7 Re6
41. Rd8 Ne8 42. Be5 f6 43. f5 Rxe5 44. Nxe5 Nd6+ 45. Rxd6 Bxd6 46. Nc4 Bc5 47.
Kxa6 g6 48. g4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Bologan, Victor"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13900048"]
[BlackFideId "13300881"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. N3h2 Bxb3 13. axb3 d5 14. Qf3 Re6 15.
Ng3 Ne7 16. b4 Qd7 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Rd8 19. Nf5 f6 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5
Rxd5 22. d4 Nxf5 23. gxf5 Rc6 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Kf7 27. Rae1
Kf6 28. Rg3 Rcd6 29. Rge3 Kxf5 30. c4 Rd1 31. Rxe5+ Kf6 32. b5 axb5 33. cxb5
Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Rb6 35. Rc1 Rxb5 36. Rxc7 Rxb2 37. g4 b5 38. Kg2 b4 39. Rc6+ Ke5
40. Rg6 b3 41. Rxg7 Rd2 42. Rb7 b2 43. Kg3 Kd4 44. f4 Kc3 45. Rc7+ Kd3 46. Rb7
Kc2 47. Rc7+ Kd1 48. Rb7 Kc1 49. Kh4 Rf2 50. f5 Rh2+ 51. Kg3 Rh1 52. Kf4 b1=Q
53. Rxb1+ Kxb1 54. f6 Rf1+ 55. Ke5 Kc2 56. Ke6 Kd3 57. f7 Ke4 58. Ke7 Ke5 59.
f8=Q Rxf8 60. Kxf8 Kf6 61. Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "5074452"]
[BlackFideId "14105730"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb4 a5 14. Qxb7 a4
15. Bxd5 a3 16. Bc1 Rb8 17. Qc6 Rc8 18. Qb5 Rb8 19. Qc6 Rc8 20. Qb5 Rb8 21. Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24112798"]
[BlackFideId "4100115"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 b6 5. e4 O-O 6. e5 Ne8 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O c5
9. d4 Nc7 10. c4 e6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Ba3 Nd7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rac1 a5 15. Rfd1
Qb8 16. Qe3 Na6 17. Bb2 Nb4 18. a3 Nc6 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Qf4 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Nxd4
22. Qxd4 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4158814"]
[BlackFideId "4194985"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c5 8. Nc3 d5
9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 Na6 13. e4 Qd6 14. d5 e6 15. Nd2
exd5 16. Nc4 Qf6 17. exd5 Rad8 18. Qd2 Nc7 19. Ne3 h5 20. Rac1 Rd7 21. Rc4 Nxd5
22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rf4 Be6 24. Qc1 Qe5 25. Re1 Qd6 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. h4 Qd2 28.
Qe5 Qxa2 29. Be4 Qxb3 30. Kh2 Rd4 31. Bxg6 Rxf4 32. Bh7+ Kxh7 33. Qxh5+ Kg7 34.
Qg5+ Kh7 35. Qh5+ Kg7 36. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "14203987"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 a6
9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Rb8 11. Rd1 Re8 12. h3 Qe7 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "4162722"]
[BlackFideId "4107012"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 h6 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Ne5 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rfc1 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Na4 b5
15. Nc5 Nb6 16. a4 Nxa4 17. Nxa4 bxa4 18. Qxa4 Bd6 19. b4 Qb8 20. h3 Rb7 21.
Bxa6 Bxb4 22. Bxb7 Bxd2 23. Qc6 Bxc1 24. Ra8 Qxa8 25. Bxa8 Ba3 26. Qb7 Rd8 27.
Qa7 Bd6 28. Bb7 h5 29. h4 Kf8 30. f3 Be7 31. e4 dxe4 32. fxe4 Bg4 33. g3 g6 34.
Bc6 Bf6 35. Qc5+ Kg8 36. d5 exd5 37. exd5 Be5 38. Qe7 Bd4+ 39. Kg2 Rb8 40. Bb7
Kg7 41. d6 Bf6 42. Qc7 Rd8 43. Bd5 Rd7 44. Qc5 Rd8 45. Bc4 Rc8 46. Qb5 Rd8 47.
Qb6 Rd7 48. Qc5 Rd8 49. Kf1 Rc8 50. Qb5 Rd8 51. Qb6 Rc8 52. Qb5 Rd8 53. Qb6 Rc8
54. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2000024"]
[BlackFideId "24107581"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. c3 b6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Qe2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc6 12. O-O Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rae1 Nf4
15. Qe4 Nd5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 d6 18. Nc4 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5004985"]
[BlackFideId "1510045"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Nh4 Be4 8. f3 Bg6
9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. f4 c5 11. c3 Ne7 12. Be3 Nf5 13. Bf2 cxd4 14. cxd4 a5 15. Bd3
a4 16. Nd2 a3 17. Rb1 axb2 18. Rxb2 Ra3 19. Rc2 Rc3 20. O-O Bb4 21. Nf3 O-O 22.
g4 Ne7 23. Be1 Rxc2 24. Bxb4 Rxa2 25. Bxe7 Nxe5 26. Bxf8 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 Qxf4 28.
Bd6 Qxd6 29. Ne5 Qc7 30. Qb3 Re2 31. Qf3 Rd2 32. Qf4 Re2 33. Qxf7+ Qxf7 34. Nxf7
Re4 35. h3 Rxd4 36. Ng5 e5 37. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Xu, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1130420"]
[BlackFideId "8605564"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. exd5 exd5 10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 Bd7 12. Ra1 h6 13. b3 Be6 14. Bb2 Nd7 15.
d4 Bf6 16. Nf1 Qb6 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 a5 21. Ra4
Qc7 22. Re1 Bd7 23. Rd4 a4 24. bxa4 Rxa4 25. Ne3 Qc5 26. Rxa4 Bxa4 27. Qa1 Bd7
28. Rd1 Be6 29. Qd4 Rc8 30. Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, 5...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "5084423"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5
9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 h4 11. Nf1 e6 12. Bg5 h3 13. Ne3 hxg2 14. Rg1 Qa5 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. f4 exd5 17. Nxd5 Bh4+ 18. Kd2 Nc6 19. Rxg2 Bh3 20. Rg1 Kg7 21. Bg4 Bxg4
22. Qxg4 Qd8 23. Rad1 Rh8 24. Kc1 Bf2 25. Rg2 Bd4 26. e5 Qh4 27. Qd7 Qh3 28.
Qxh3 Rxh3 29. exd6 Rd8 30. Ne4 Rh4 31. Re1 f5 32. Ng5 Rxd6 33. Re8 Rg4 34. Rge2
Rg1+ 35. Kd2 Rb1 36. Ne6+ Kf7 37. Rf8# 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "8608288"]
[BlackFideId "4148843"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3
Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nb1 Ne4 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Qa4 Nd7 13. Nc3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Nxc3
15. bxc3 cxd6 16. Rfe1 Nf6 17. Rac1 Re7 18. c4 Rc8 19. Nd2 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "12539929"]
[BlackFideId "8602956"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. g3
Bd6 9. Bg2 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 a5 12. Nc3 Ba3 13. d4 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 h6 15.
Rfe1 Rfd8 16. a3 Ne8 17. c5 e5 18. f4 e4 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 g5 21. Qf2 Ng7 22.
b5 Nf8 23. f5 Nd7 24. g4 Qf6 25. Qb2 b6 26. bxc6 Qxc6 27. Qb3 bxc5 28. Qxd5 Qxd5
29. Nxd5 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 cxd4 31. exd4 Ne8 32. Ne7+ Kf8 33. Nc6 Rc8 34. Bxe4 h5
35. Bf3 hxg4 36. hxg4 Ndf6 37. Ne5 Rc2 38. Ra7 Nd6 39. Ra6 Nde8 40. Kf1 Rd2 41.
Ra4 Nd6 42. Ke1 Rb2 43. Ra6 Nde8 44. Ra8 Rb4 45. Rd8 Rb2 46. Bc6 Ke7 47. Ra8 Nd6
48. Ra7+ Kd8 49. Nxf7+ Nxf7 50. Rxf7 Nxg4 51. f6 Rf2 52. Rd7+ Ke8 53. Ra7+ Kd8
54. f7 Rf4 55. Rd7+ Kc8 56. Re7 Kd8 57. Re8+ Kc7 58. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Karavade, Eesha"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5012600"]
[BlackFideId "4113403"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 b5 8. Nxb5
Nxe4 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd3 a6 11. Na3 f5 12. c3 Ndf6 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15.
Bc4 g5 16. Nc2 g4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qe8 20. Bd2 Qg6 21. Ne3
Rf7 22. Rae1 Raf8 23. f4 exf3 24. Rxf3 Ne4 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Nc4 Ng3 27. Qe3 Qg4
28. Qe6 Qxc4 29. Bxh6 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. g5
Nfd7 9. h4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd4 O-O 14. O-O-O Rb8 15.
h5 Bxg5 16. h6 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 g6 18. Rxd6 Qc7 19. Qf4 b4 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. Bg2
Rfb8 22. Rh3 Rxb2 23. e5 Bxg2 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Qf6 Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qf6+
Ke8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qf6+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Xu, Yinglun"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8604940"]
[BlackFideId "4118987"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. a3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. O-O h6 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Re1 Bd7 15.
Bd2 c6 16. Ne4 Bf8 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Be4 Rac8 20. Bc3 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 Qc6 22. Qxc6 Rxc6 23. e4 Nf4 24. Rad1 f6 25. Rd7 Re7 26. Rd8 Rec7 27. Bb4
Ne6 28. Ra8 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Re2 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 g5 33. g3 Ke7
34. Kg2 h5 35. Nh2 Nd4 36. Rd2 Re1 37. Nf3 Rxe4 38. Nxd4 Rxd4 39. Rc2 Kd7 40.
Kf3 b6 41. Ke2 f5 42. Rc1 h4 43. Rc3 Kd6 44. Rc8 hxg3 45. fxg3 Ke6 46. Rg8 Kf6
47. Rf8+ Kg6 48. Rg8+ Kh6 49. Rh8+ Kg7 50. Re8 e4 51. Re7+ Kf6 52. Rxa7 Rd3 53.
Ra4 Rb3 54. g4 Rxb2+ 55. Ke3 Rb3+ 56. Ke2 fxg4 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Makagonov system (5.h3)"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. g4 c5 8. Nge2
Qa5 9. Qd2 b5 10. cxb5 a6 11. Bg2 axb5 12. e5 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxe5 14. Ncxb5 Bd7
15. a4 Qd8 16. g5 Nh5 17. Qe2 d5 18. b3 e6 19. Rc1 f5 20. Nc7 f4 21. Ndxe6 Bxe6
22. Nxe6 Qd6 23. Nxf8 fxe3 24. fxe3 Rxf8 25. Qb5 Kh8 26. Rf1 Rb8 27. Qxd5 Qe7
28. Qb7 Qe8 29. Qa6 Qd8 30. Bd5 h6 31. gxh6 Qxd5 32. hxg7+ Kh7 33. g8=Q+ Kxg8
34. Rc8+ Rxc8 35. Qxc8+ Kh7 36. Rf8 Kg7 37. Rd8 Qxb3 38. Qc7+ Nf7 39. Qa7 Qb4+
40. Rd2 Qb1+ 41. Rd1 Qf5 42. Rd7 Qb1+ 43. Rd1 Qb4+ 44. Rd2 Qb1+ 45. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Pavlov, Sergey2"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14114330"]
[BlackFideId "112275"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6
9. Bb2 Bb7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Rad1 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bb5 Rfd8 14. Qe2 a6 15. Bd3
Ne4 16. Bb1 Ndf6 17. Ne5 b5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. a4 cxd4 20. exd4 Bd5 21. axb5 axb5
22. Rc1 Qe6 23. Rc3 b4 24. Rh3 Bxb3 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 h6 27. f4 Bd5 28. Qb1
f5 29. Rg3 Be4 30. d5 Qxd5 31. Qe1 Bf8 32. Ng6 Ra2 33. Qe2 Qd4+ 34. Bxd4 Rxe2
35. Nxf8 Rxd4 36. Ne6 Rdd2 37. Rxg7+ Kh8 38. Rc1 Rxg2+ 39. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 40. Kf1 b3 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13502956"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. e4 Ne7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Qc2 c5 6. Na4 d6 7. Be2 Nbc6 8. O-O
e5 9. d3 f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "5072786"]
[BlackFideId "4114060"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Rd8 9. h3 Bf5 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Na6 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. Ra4 Nac7 14. Rfa1 a6 15.
Rb4 Nb5 16. e3 f6 17. g4 Be6 18. Na4 Ra7 19. Nb6 g5 20. Bg3 Nec7 21. Bf1 Bf7 22.
Nd2 Be8 23. Ndc4 Bf8 24. Na3 e5 25. Ra4 Ne6 26. Nxb5 cxb5 27. Ra5 exd4 28. exd4
Nxd4 29. Bc7 Raa8 30. Nxa8 Rxa8 31. b4 Nb3 32. Bg2 Bc6 33. Rd1 Nxa5 34. Bxa5 Kf7
35. Bxd5+ Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Ke6 37. Rd3 Rc8 38. Kg2 Be7 39. Kf3 Rh8 40. Kg3 h5 41.
Rd1 hxg4 42. hxg4 Rh7 43. Bb6 f5 44. Bd8 Bxd8 45. Rxd8 fxg4 46. Kxg4 Rh4+ 47.
Kxg5 Rxb4 48. Rd2 Rc4 49. f4 Rxc5+ 50. Kg6 Rc6 51. f5+ Ke5+ 52. Kg5 Rc8 53. Re2+
Kd5 54. f6 b4 55. f7 Rf8 56. Kf6 Kc4 57. Re3 a5 58. Ke7 Rh8 59. Rh3 Rc8 60. f8=Q
Rxf8 61. Kxf8 a4 62. Ke7 a3 63. bxa3 bxa3 64. Kd6 b5 65. Rxa3 b4 66. Ra8 b3 67.
Rb8 Kc3 68. Rxb3+ Kxb3 69. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "13306677"]
[BlackFideId "13702661"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. e3 Qc7 11. Ba3 b6 12. Qe2 Na5 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Nb3 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Qc6+ 16. Kg1 Qa4 17. Bxc5 Nc6 18. d5 bxc5 19. dxc6 Rac8 20. Nxc5 Qxc6
21. Nb3 Bxc3 22. Rac1 Qb6 23. Rc2 Be5 24. Rfc1 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Rb8 26. Qc6 Bd6 27.
Rc4 Kg7 28. Kg2 h5 29. h3 Rb7 30. Kf3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.25"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "13306553"]
[BlackFideId "24131423"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 Bg4 10. O-O g6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Bg7 13. Ne2 a5 14. Rac1 O-O 15.
Rc2 e6 16. Rfc1 f6 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. Re1 Rae8 19. Rce2 f5 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Rxe6
Rxe6 22. Rxe6 Rf7 23. Re8+ Nf8 24. Qe3 Qd7 25. Ra8 Re7 26. Qd3 Re8 27. Rxa5 Ne6
28. Ra4 Nxf4 29. Qxf5 Qc7 30. h4 Rf8 31. Qg4 Qf7 32. h5 Kh8 33. h6 Bxh6 34. Ra3
Bg7 35. Rf3 Bh6 36. Kh2 Qg7 37. Qh4 Bg5 38. Qg4 Qh6+ 39. Kg1 Re8 40. Kf1 Ne2 41.
Nh5 Qg6 42. Rf5 Bh6 43. Qxg6 hxg6 44. Rf6 Kh7 45. Rf7+ Kg8 46. Rf6 gxh5 47. Rxh6
Nxd4 48. Rxh5 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.26"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "4657101"]
[BlackFideId "4147103"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bg4 4. Qb3 Qb6 5. Ne5 Be6 6. d3 f6 7. Nf3 Qxb3 8. axb3
Bf7 9. Nc3 e5 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bh3 Nc6 13. e4 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Nge7
15. Be6 Rd8 16. Be3 d4 17. Bd2 a6 18. Rhc1 Rd6 19. Bh3 Kd8 20. Ra4 Bxd2 21. Nxd2
Kc7 22. b4 Kb8 23. Rc5 Na7 24. f4 Ng6 25. Kf3 Rc6 26. Bd7 Rc7 27. Be6 Re8 28. f5
Nf8 29. Rxc7 Kxc7 30. Bd5 Nd7 31. Ra1 Nb6 32. Rc1+ Kb8 33. Be6 Nc6 34. Nc4 Nxc4
35. Rxc4 Rd8 36. h4 Rd6 37. Bd5 Ne7 38. Bf7 Rc6 39. Rc5 b6 40. Rxc6 Nxc6 41. b5
axb5 42. Be8 Na7 43. Ke2 Kc7 44. Kd2 Kd8 45. Bf7 Nc6 46. Bg8 h6 47. Bd5 Nb4 48.
Be6 Kc7 49. Bf7 Kd6 50. Be8 Kc5 51. Bd7 Na6 52. Be6 Kb4 53. Kc2 Nc5 54. Bf7 Ka5
55. Bd5 Ka4 56. Bc6 Na6 57. Bd5 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.27"]
[White "Iniyan, P"]
[Black "Vavulin, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Opening "Old Indian"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25002767"]
[BlackFideId "4169530"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. f3 e5 5. e4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Be6 7. b3 c6 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Nge2 a5 10. Nf4 Be7 11. Ncd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. Bd3 Qe8 14. O-O Bd8
15. Kh1 Bb6 16. Qc3 Ne5 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. g4 h6 20. Bf5 Qa7 21. Ng2
Ng6 22. f4 d5 23. g5 d4 24. Qh3 hxg5 25. fxg5 Nh7 26. Nh4 Nxg5 27. Qg4 Nxh4 28.
Qxh4 f6 29. Bg6 Qd7 30. Bc1 Qh3 31. Bxg5 Qxh4 32. Bxh4 a4 33. b4 Rad8 34. Re6 d3
35. Rd1 d2 36. Re2 c5 37. Bf2 Rb8 38. Bxc5 Bxc5 39. bxc5 Rbc8 40. Rexd2 Rxc5 41.
Rd8 Rxc4 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8 43. Re1 Rc8 44. Kg2 Rb8 45. Kf3 Rc8 46. Re4 Ra8 47. a3 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.28"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Wiesbaden variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300857"]
[BlackFideId "13304852"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O 16. Qe5 Rac8 17. Kb3 Nc5+ 18. Ka3 Nxa4 19. Kxa4 b5+ 20. Ka3
bxc4 21. Qc3 Rb8 22. Bxc4 Qc5+ 23. Ka2 Rb4 24. Rac1 Rfb8 25. Rc2 g6 26. Rhc1 Qf5
27. h3 Ra4+ 28. Kb1 Rab4 29. Bd3 Qd5 30. Bc4 Qf5 31. Bd3 Qd5 32. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.29"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4189302"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 b6
9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qe7 15.
Bf3 Rad8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bd4 Ne4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qe3 Qc5 20. Qxc5 bxc5 21.
Nxe4 dxe4 22. Be2 f5 23. Kf2 Kf7 24. Ke3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Ke7 26. h3 e5 27. Bc4 Rf6
28. Rd2 h5 29. a3 a5 30. Rf2 Kd6 31. c3 h4 32. Rd2+ Ke7 33. b4 Rg6 34. fxe5 Rg3+
35. Kf4 Rxc3 36. Rd6 Rxc4 37. Rxc6 axb4 38. axb4 e3+ 39. Kxe3 Re4+ 40. Kf3 cxb4
41. Rb6 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.30"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Repka, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "13500139"]
[BlackFideId "14918781"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Ne7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Qc2 Nbc6 8. Rd1
Nf5 9. e3 dxc4 10. Na3 a5 11. Nxc4 a4 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. Rac1 Rd8 14. Nce5 Bd7 15.
Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Ne1 a3 17. b4 Rad8 18. b5 Ncxd4 19. exd4 Nxd4 20. Qc4 Nxb5 21. Bb4
Nd6 22. Qb3 Bb2 23. Rb1 Qf6 24. Nd3 Bd4 25. Bxa3 e5 26. Bb2 c5 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28.
Qd5 Re7 29. Re1 Rde8 30. Nc5 e4 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Rxe4 b6 33. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.31"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence, Alekhine variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5037883"]
[BlackFideId "4119150"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nb1 Ba6 7. Qc2 Qxd4 8. Nf3
Qb6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 e6 12. Nbd2 Nf6 13. Rc1 Be7 14. O-O O-O
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Nbd7 17. Bg3 Qb7 18. a5 c5 19. e5 Nd5 20. Bh4 Qc7 21. Bxe7
Nxe7 22. Qxb4 Nc6 23. Qf4 Rab8 24. Ne4 Rb4 25. Qe3 Ncxe5 26. Rfd1 Ng4 27. Qd3
Nde5 28. Qd6 Qxd6 29. Nxd6 Rxb2 30. Nxe5 Nxe5 31. Rxc5 Rd8 32. h3 f6 33. Rc8
Rxc8 34. Nxc8 Rb7 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Nd6 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Ra1 38. Nb7 h5 39. Rd6 h4
40. Rxe6 Ra2 41. Kg1 Nd3 42. Re7 Kh6 43. g3 Nxf2 44. gxh4 Nxh3+ 45. Kh1 g6 46.
Nd6 Rxa5 47. Ne8 Re5 48. Nxf6 Rxe7 49. Ng8+ Kh5 50. Nxe7 a5 51. Nd5 a4 52. Nc3
a3 53. Kg2 Kxh4 54. Kf3 g5 55. Ke3 g4 56. Kd2 g3 57. Kc2 g2 58. Ne2 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.32"]
[White "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24176460"]
[BlackFideId "4500261"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 a5 8. b3 e5
9. O-O exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nb5 Ne5 12. Bb2 c6 13. Nd4 Re8 14. Qc2 Bf8 15. Rad1
Qb6 16. Rfe1 g6 17. Bc3 Bg7 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Bg4 20. f3 Bd7 21. Kh1 h5 22.
N2b3 h4 23. c5 dxc5 24. Nxc5 h3 25. f4 hxg2+ 26. Kg1 Bh3 27. fxe5 Rxe5 28. Qd3
Bc8 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.33"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Gholami, Aryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "24133795"]
[BlackFideId "12513342"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Rac1 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Qxe4 c5 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. Qf3 Qxf3+ 20. Kxf3 Nc5 21.
Nb5 a6 22. Nd6 Rcd8 23. Ne4 Nd3 24. Rb1 f5 25. Nc3 Bc5 26. Na4 e5 27. Ke2 e4 28.
Bc1 Bd4 29. Be3 b5 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Nb2 bxc4 32. Nxc4 f4 33. gxf4 Rxf4 34. Ne5
Rd5 35. Nxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.34"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Salomon, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "1509500"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Bxf6
dxc4 9. Qxc4 gxf6 10. Rc1 Qxc5 11. Qh4 Ke7 12. g3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 b6 14. Bg2 Bb7
15. O-O h5 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Nb3 Qe5 18. Qa4 h4 19. Rfd1 hxg3 20. hxg3 Rc7 21.
Qa3+ Ke8 22. Rd6 Qh5 23. Rcd1 Rc8 24. Rd7 Ba8 25. e4 Rd8 26. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.35"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "4108116"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. Ng3
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. c3 c5 11. a4 c4 12. Bc2 e5 13. Re1 Re8 14. h3 Qc7 15. d5 Nc5
16. Nh2 Reb8 17. Qf3 Bc8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bg5 Qd8 20. h4 h6 21. Bd2 h5 22. Bg5
Ncd7 23. Qe3 Qb6 24. Ngf1 Qxe3 25. Bxe3 Nc5 26. Nd2 Nfd7 27. Nhf1 Bf6 28. g3 Be7
29. f3 Nb6 30. Bf2 Bd7 31. Ne3 Bf8 32. Nef1 Nba4 33. Ra2 Ra6 34. Rea1 Rba8 35.
Bxc5 Nxc5 36. Rxa6 Rxa6 37. Rxa6 Nxa6 38. Ne3 Bh6 39. Kf2 Nc5 40. Ke2 Kf8 41. b4
cxb3 42. Nxb3 Na4 43. Nd1 f5 44. Na5 f4 45. gxf4 Bxf4 46. c4 bxc4 47. Nxc4 Bb5
48. Bxa4 Bxc4+ 49. Kf2 Ke7 50. Ne3 Ba6 51. Ng2 Bd2 52. Kg3 Bd3 53. Bc6 Kf6 54.
Be8 Kg7 55. Kf2 Kh6 56. Kg3 g5 57. Kf2 Ba6 58. Bd7 gxh4 59. Nxh4 Kg5 60. Nf5 Bb4
61. Ng7 Bd2 62. Nf5 Bb4 63. Ng7 h4 64. Bg4 Bb5 65. Ne6+ Kf6 66. Bf5 Ba5 67. Bh3
Bb6+ 68. Kg2 Be2 69. Bf5 Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.36"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Shinkevich, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Archangelsk (counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "4122690"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. a4 b4 10. Ne2 h6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. a5 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Be3
Qd7 16. Nfd2 g6 17. Qf3 Rad8 18. Bc5 Nf4 19. g3 Nh3+ 20. Kg2 Ng5 21. Nxg5 Bxg5
22. Ne4 Rb8 23. Be3 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Ba4 Qf5 26. Bxe8 Qxf3+ 27. Kxf3 Rxe8
28. h4 Bd8 29. Kf4 c5 30. Nd2 Bc7+ 31. Kg4 Bg2 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.37"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13703544"]
[BlackFideId "14129574"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
Be6 9. Bg2 b5 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. O-O Be7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Qd2 O-O 14. b3 d5 15. Bxf6
Nxf6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. c3 h4 19. a4 Bg5 20. Qd1 Qb6 21. axb5 axb5
22. gxh4 Bxh4 23. Qd2 Bh7 24. Ra2 f5 25. Qe3 Qd6 26. f4 Bf6 27. fxe5 Bxe5 28.
Nd4 f4 29. Qf3 b4 30. Ne6 Rxc3 31. Qh5 Rfc8 32. Re2 Re3 33. Rxe3 fxe3 34. Qf3
Bd3 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Qh5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.38"]
[White "Lomasov, Semen"]
[Black "Liu, Yan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24164879"]
[BlackFideId "8608962"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d4 e6 7. Qc2 Be4 8. Qb3
Bb7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 O-O 13. Qf3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 dxc6
15. Rd1 c5 16. d5 c6 17. h4 cxd5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bg5 Qc8 20. Rxd5 Bxb2 21.
Rad1 Qc6 22. h5 Rfe8 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. e4 c4 25. Rh1 Bg7 26. Qf4 f5 27. Rd6
Qxe4+ 28. Qxe4 fxe4 29. Rxg6 Kf7 30. Rd6 Re6 31. Rd7+ Kg8 32. Rh4 c3 33. Be3
Rae8 34. Rxa7 R8e7 35. Ra4 b5 36. Rb4 Re5 37. a4 bxa4 38. Rxa4 R5e6 39. Rc4 Kf7
40. Kf1 Bf6 41. Rf4 Kg6 42. Ke2 Re8 43. Rc5 Kg7 44. Rg4+ Kf7 45. Bg5 Bxg5 46.
Rgxg5 e3 47. f4 Ra8 48. Rc7+ Kf8 49. Rh5 Kg8 50. Rg5+ Kh8 51. Rh5+ Kg8 52. Rd5
Ra2+ 53. Ke1 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.39"]
[White "Raja, Harshit"]
[Black "Triapishko, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"]
[WhiteFideId "5089000"]
[BlackFideId "14122286"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 c5 9. Nc6 Qd7 10. Na5 Qa4 11. Bd2 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Re1 Be7 14. Kh1 O-O
15. Nc3 Qd7 16. Ne2 Rab8 17. b3 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. c4 Ba8 20. Bc3 Qxd1 21.
Raxd1 Rbd8 22. Ng3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Re1 Bf8 25. Kg1 Nd7 26. Rd1 f6 27. a3
Kf7 28. b4 cxb4 29. axb4 Ke8 30. Re1+ Kf7 31. Rd1 Ke8 32. Re1+ Kf7 33. Rd1 Be7
34. Nf5 Nb8 35. Re1 Bf8 36. Nd4 c5 37. Ne6 Rd3 38. Nxf8 Rxc3 39. Ne6 cxb4 40.
Nd8+ Kf8 41. Ne6+ Kf7 42. Nd8+ Kg6 43. Rb1 b3 44. Ne6 Nc6 45. Nf4+ Kf7 46. Nd5
Nb8 47. Nf4 Nc6 48. Nd5 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.40"]
[White "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Gallego Alcaraz, Andres Felipe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Stockholm variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12401820"]
[BlackFideId "4402669"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
e3 Bg7 9. Qf3 Qd7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. d5 Na5
15. Rac1 Qa4 16. Be7 Nxc4 17. Qe4 Nb6 18. Qxa4 Nxa4 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Rfd1 Bd6
21. h3 Bd7 22. g4 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Ng3 Nc5 25. Kg2 b5 26. Ne2 b4 27. f4
Ba6 28. Kf3 e4+ 29. Kf2 Nd3+ 30. Kg3 Bc4 31. Rd2 Bxd5 32. Nc1 Bc5 33. Nxd3 exd3
34. Rxd3 Bxa2 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.41"]
[White "Debashis, Das"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A61"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "Nimzovich (knight's tour) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5024854"]
[BlackFideId "911925"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Kh1 Nc7 12. f3 Nfe8 13. Nc4 f5 14. a4 b6 15. Bf4
Ba6 16. Qd2 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Be5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. f4 Qd4 20. Qe2 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Rd8
22. Ng5 Qg7 23. Rae1 Nf6 24. Qd3 Rde8 25. Ne6 Nxe6 26. dxe6 Qe7 27. Qf3 Rd8 28.
b3 d5 29. Bd3 Rc8 30. f5 g5 31. Qe2 Rc7 32. Rf3 g4 33. Rf4 h5 34. Qe5 Rfc8 35.
Ba6 Rd8 36. Bb5 d4 37. Rff1 Rcc8 38. Bd7 Rb8 39. Qc7 a5 40. Qf4 Kh7 41. Bb5 Rg8
42. Qg3 Rbd8 43. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.42"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "24176729"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a6 8. Re1
h6 9. a5 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Ba2 Re8 12. Bf4 Bf8 13. h3 Ng6 14. Bh2 c5 15. Nf3
Be6 16. Nd5 b5 17. axb6 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. b7 Rb8 20. Qxd5 Qb6 21. Nd2 Ne7
22. Qxd6 Qxb7 23. Nc4 Nc6 24. Qd5 Rbd8 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. Bxd6 Re5 27. Bxe5 Rxd5
28. exd5 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 f6 30. Re8+ Kf7 31. Re3 Qxd5 32. Rxa6 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qxc2
34. Ra7+ Kf8 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. Ra7+ Kf8 37. Rg3 Qxf2 38. Raxg7 Qxb2 39. Rg8+ Kf7
40. R8g7+ Kf8 41. Rg8+ Kf7 42. R3g7+ Ke6 43. Re8+ Kd6 44. Rg3 c4 45. Rc8 Kd5 46.
Rd8+ Ke6 47. Re3+ Kf5 48. Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.43"]
[White "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "5058422"]
[BlackFideId "4147855"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Be6 12. Rab1 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. b4 Nxc3 15.
Qxc3 Rc7 16. Rfc1 Rcc8 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Nd2 g6 19. Nb3 Nd7 20. a3 Rab8 21. Rb2
Nf6 22. Qc5 Qd8 23. Qc2 Ne8 24. Nc5 Qe7 25. f3 Ng7 26. Qf2 Bf5 27. Bf1 Re8 28.
Rb3 b6 29. Na6 Rbc8 30. Rbc3 Bd7 31. b5 cxb5 32. Nc7 Red8 33. Nxd5 Qd6 34. Nc7
b4 35. axb4 Qxb4 36. e4 Ne8 37. Nd5 Qd6 38. Qh4 Kg7 39. Bc4 Be6 40. e5 Qd7 41.
Nf6 Nxf6 42. exf6+ Kh8 43. d5 Bf5 44. Qh6 Rg8 45. Bb5 Qd8 46. Rxc8 Bxc8 47. Qg5
Bf5 48. Bc6 b5 49. Re1 Qb6+ 50. Kh2 Qd4 51. Re7 Rb8 52. Bd7 Qxd5 53. Bxf5 Qxf5
54. Qh6 Rg8 55. Rxf7 g5 56. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.44"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Bellaiche, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5900212"]
[BlackFideId "615668"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Ne5 8. Qg3
b5 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. f4 Neg4 11. Bg1 h5 12. e5 b4 13. Na4 Nd5 14. h3 Nh6 15. f5
Bb7 16. Bd3 Be7 17. Kb1 h4 18. Qe1 Qa5 19. b3 Nc3+ 20. Nxc3 bxc3 21. Bh2 Bg5 22.
Ka1 Rc8 23. Qf2 Bd5 24. Bf4 Qa3 25. Rb1 Rc5 26. Nb5 Rxb5 27. Bxb5 axb5 28. Bxg5
O-O 29. Bc1 Qa5 30. Qc5 Nxf5 31. a4 Ra8 32. Ba3 bxa4 33. Qxa5 Rxa5 34. b4 Rb5
35. Rhe1 Nd4 36. Rbc1 Bxg2 37. Re3 Rb8 38. b5 Nxb5 39. Bd6 Rc8 40. Rg1 Bd5 41.
Rg4 a3 42. Be7 a2 43. Rxh4 d6 44. Bxd6 f5 45. Ra4 Rc4 46. Rxc4 Bxc4 47. Be7 Kf7
48. Bg5 Ke8 49. h4 g6 50. Rf3 Bd5 51. Rd3 Kd7 52. Bd2 cxd2 53. c4 Nd6 54. exd6
Bxc4 55. Rxd2 Bd5 56. Rd1 f4 57. Rg1 f3 58. Rxg6 Be4 59. Rg4 e5 60. Rg1 Bd3 61.
Rg7+ Kxd6 62. Rf7 Be4 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.25"]
[Round "6.45"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation (Yugoslav attack / Mar del Plata variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "13306766"]
[BlackFideId "24104795"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. c5 Be6 14. Qa4 g4 15. Bc4
Qe8 16. Nd2 Nd4 17. Qxe8 Raxe8 18. b4 Nf7 19. Rfd1 c6 20. Rab1 Bh6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6
22. Nc4 Bg5 23. Rd3 Re7 24. Kf1 Nd8 25. Ne2 Nxe2 26. Kxe2 Ne6 27. f3 h5 28. Kf1
Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. Rd1 Ne6 31. Bf2 gxf3 32. gxf3 Bf4 33. h4 Bh6 34. a4 a6
35. Ke2 Nf4+ 36. Ke1 Ne6 37. Nd6 Rd7 38. Ne8 Rxd1+ 39. Kxd1 Bg7 40. Kc2 Nd8 41.
Kd3 Kf7 42. Nd6+ Ke6 43. Nf5 Bf8 44. Ng3 Kf7 45. Nxh5 Ne6 46. Kc4 Bh6 47. Ng3
Ng7 48. Kd3 Bf4 49. Ne2 Nh5 50. Nc3 Bg3 51. Bxg3 Nxg3 52. b5 axb5 53. axb5 Nh5
54. b6 Nf4+ 55. Kc4 Ne6 56. h5 Kg7 57. Nd5 Nd8 58. Ne3 Kh6 59. Ng4+ Kxh5 60.
Nxf6+ Kg5 61. Ne8 Kf4 62. Nd6 Kxf3 63. Kd3 Kf2 64. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4150120"]
[BlackFideId "13504398"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Rae1 f5 14. Bd3 Qf7 15.
c5 f4 16. Bf2 Be5 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. b3 Be6 19. Rc1 g5 20. Ne2 c5 21. Bc4 a5 22.
Rfd1 Kh8 23. Nc3 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Re6 25. Nb5 Rg8 26. h3 Nf6 27. Kf1 h5 28. Ke2 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "13301616"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Qxb7 Bd7 8.
Qb3 e5 9. O-O e4 10. Ne1 Rb8 11. Qd1 h5 12. d3 h4 13. Bf4 hxg3 14. Bxg3 Nh5 15.
dxe4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qf6 17. Nc3 Qh6 18. Nf3 Ne5 19. Re1 Bc5 20. e3 Bg4 21. Qa4+
Bd7 22. Qd1 Bg4 23. Qa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Hastings variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12521213"]
[BlackFideId "5004985"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 Nd7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. g3 Qc7 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. c5 Kb8 16. Kb1 e5 17. Qc3 Bg4 18. dxe5 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 Bxf3 20. Rxd8+
Qxd8 21. Rc1 Bd5 22. Qe3 a6 23. Qf4 fxe5 24. Qxe5+ Ka8 25. Re1 f6 26. Qe3 Qg8
27. a3 Qg4 28. Qc3 Rf8 29. Re7 Qh3 30. Bd3 Qh5 31. Kc1 Qf3 32. Qd4 c5 33. Qe3
Qh1+ 34. Kc2 Qxh2 35. Qxc5 Qh5 36. Kc3 Qh1 37. Kb4 Rb8 38. Ka5 Qf3 39. Be2 Qb3
40. Qb6 Qxb6+ 41. Kxb6 Rc8 42. Rc7 Rd8 43. Bg4 Kb8 44. Rd7 Rxd7 45. Bxd7 Bf3 46.
b4 Be4 47. a4 Bf3 48. Bf5 Bg2 49. f4 Bf3 50. b5 axb5 51. axb5 Be2 52. Be4 Bf1
53. Kc5 Ka7 54. f5 h5 55. Kd6 Bxb5 56. Ke7 Bc4 57. Kxf6 b5 58. Ke7 Kb6 59. f6
Kc5 60. f7 Bxf7 61. Kxf7 Kd4 62. Bg6 b4 63. Kf6 Ke3 64. Kg5 Kf2 65. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Bologan, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "13900048"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. d3
e4 9. Nd4 Re8 10. Bf4 d6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 c5 13. d4 Bg4 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15.
Qa5 g5 16. Bc1 Nb6 17. dxc5 Re5 18. Qa6 dxc5 19. Be3 Bc8 20. Qb5 Bd7 21. Qa6 Qe7
22. Qb7 Bc8 23. Qc6 Kg7 24. Rab1 Rb8 25. a4 a6 26. Red1 Bb7 27. Rxb6 Bxc6 28.
Rxb8 Qe6 29. Rdd8 Qxc4 30. Rg8+ Kf6 31. Rh8 Qxa4 32. h4 gxh4 33. Rxh6+ Ke7 34.
gxh4 Bb5 35. Rb7 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qxc3 37. Rxc7+ Kf8 38. Rh7 Rf5 39. Bh6+ Kg8 40.
Rg7+ Qxg7 41. Bxg7 Kxg7 42. Kg3 Bxe2 43. Bxe4 Re5 44. f3 Bc4 45. Kf4 Rh5 46. Kg4
Kh6 47. Bf5 Bd5 48. f4 a5 49. Bc2 a4 50. f5 a3 51. Bb1 a2 52. Bxa2 Bxa2 53. Rc6+
Be6 54. fxe6 Re5 55. exf7+ Kg7 56. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Dutch variation, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "13300881"]
[BlackFideId "4135539"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15.
Bd2 Qa5 16. Qe1 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Qd8 18. Ng5 Bg6 19. Be2 Qe7 20. Rfc1 Rec8 21. Nh3
Qd8 22. a5 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. b4 Nb8 25. b5 a6 26. b6 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 Nc6 28.
Qc3 Qf8 29. Bxa6 Qa8 30. Bxb7 Qxb7 31. Kh1 h6 32. Ng1 f5 33. exf6 gxf6 34. h3
Be8 35. Ne2 Qb8 36. Nc1 Kf7 37. Nb3 Qa8 38. Qd3 f5 39. Qg3 Qd8 40. Qc3 Qa8 41.
Qe1 Nd8 42. Nc5 Qb8 43. b7 Bb5 44. Qb4 Ba6 45. Nxa6 Qxb7 46. Qb6 Qxb6 47. axb6
Ke7 48. Nc5 Kd6 49. b7 Kc7 50. Kh2 f4 51. h4 h5 52. f3 Kb8 53. Kg1 Kc7 54. Kf2
Kb8 55. Ke2 Ka7 56. Kf2 Kb8 57. Nd3 Nc6 58. Nxf4 Nxd4 59. g4 Kxb7 60. gxh5 Nf5
61. Nxe6 Kc8 62. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14105730"]
[BlackFideId "12539929"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bd2 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Bb5
Be6 9. Nf3 Nc4 10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. Qa4 Ba6 12. h4 h6 13. h5 g5 14. Nxg5 c5 15. Nf3
b5 16. Qd1 b4 17. Ne2 Nc6 18. d5 Na5 19. b3 Bxe2 20. Kxe2 Bxa1 21. Qxa1 Qd6 22.
Nh4 f6 23. Nf5 Qa6+ 24. Kf3 e6 25. Nxh6+ Kh7 26. g4 c4 27. Qb1 cxb3 28. axb3
Rac8 29. e5+ f5 30. gxf5 exf5 31. Nxf5 Rc3 32. Rd1 Qc8 33. e6 Rc2 34. Kg4 Nxb3
35. Qxb3 Rc3 36. Qb1 Qc4+ 37. Nd4+ Kh8 38. Qe4 Rg8+ 39. Kh3 Rg5 40. e7 Qc8+ 41.
Kh4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4100115"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 c5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nbd2 b5 11. axb5 Bb7 12. b6 Nbd7 13. Nxc4 Be4 14. Qd1 Nxb6 15.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Nxb6 Bxb6 17. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Nimzovich defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5074452"]
[BlackFideId "24112798"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. O-O-O Qxd2+ 10. Rxd2 a6 11. a3 b6 12. g4 h6 13. g5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 Bb7 15.
Bc4 Rae8 16. h4 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rxd4 b5 19. Ba2 Nh7 20. Rd7 Nxg5 21. hxg5
Be5 22. Nd5 Bc6 23. f4 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Bxf4+ 25. Kb1 Bd6 26. Rf1 Re7 27. Rxe7 Bxe7
28. e5 Kg7 29. e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4148843"]
[BlackFideId "24130737"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 g5 4. d4 Bg7 5. d5 Ne5 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. Nf3 Nf7 8. h4
g4 9. Ng5 Ne5 10. f4 Nc6 11. e3 Nf6 12. Nge4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 d5 14. Qxg4 O-O 15.
Ng5 Qe8 16. Qd1 h6 17. Nf3 Ne7 18. Kf2 c6 19. Bd2 e5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Bc4 Kh8
22. h5 Bg4 23. Rh4 Nf6 24. Bc3 Rd8 25. Qc2 exf4 26. Ne5 Rd2+ 27. Bxd2 fxg3+ 28.
Kg2 Qxe5 29. Rf1 Qg5 30. Rhh1 Rd8 31. Bc3 b5 32. Qg6 Qxg6 33. hxg6 bxc4 34. Rxf6
Kg8 35. Rf7 Bxc3 36. bxc3 h5 37. Kxg3 Rd6 38. Rhf1 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "24107581"]
[BlackFideId "4158814"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Rc8 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 Ne5 12. Qe3 g6 13. Nd5 Bg7 14. Bh6 Nxd5
15. exd5 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qa4 17. Qd2 Rc5 18. Be2 b5 19. b3 Qa3 20. f4 Nd7 21. Bf3
b4 22. Qc1 Qxc1+ 23. Kxc1 Nb6 24. Rd4 a5 25. Rhd1 O-O 26. R1d2 Rfc8 27. Kb2 Rc3
28. Re2 Kf8 29. h4 Nd7 30. h5 Nf6 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Red2 R8c5 33. Bd1 Re3 34.
Bf3 Rec3 35. Bd1 Re3 36. Bf3 Rec3 37. Bd1 Nd7 38. Bf3 Nb6 39. Re2 Rc7 40. Rdd2
Kg7 41. Rd4 Kf6 42. Bg4 R7c5 43. Bf3 Na8 44. Red2 Nc7 45. Be2 Rg3 46. Bc4 Na8
47. Bd3 Nc7 48. Bc4 Na8 49. Bd3 Rg4 50. Rf2 Nb6 51. Be2 Rh4 52. Bf3 Kg7 53. Re2
Rc7 54. Red2 Rh8 55. Re2 Kf6 56. Rf2 Rc5 57. Rfd2 Rhc8 58. Bg4 R8c7 59. Bf3 Rc3
60. Re2 R7c5 61. Be4 Rc7 62. Bf3 Nc8 63. Be4 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "4194985"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 b6 5. e4 d6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. d3 O-O 8. c4 c5
9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O e6 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Rb1 a6 13. a3 Nde5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. b4
Qf6 16. Qd2 g5 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Na4 Rad8 19. Bc1 h6 20. Rxb6 Ba8 21. Rxa6 Qe7
22. Bb2 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Nd4 24. Qb6 Rc8 25. Ra7 Qd8 26. Qxd8 Rfxd8 27. Nb6 Rb8 28.
Nd7 Rbc8 29. Ne5 Nc6 30. Nxc6 Bxc6 31. Rd1 Ra8 32. Rc7 Be8 33. e5 Rxa3 34. Be4
Ba4 35. Rd2 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Rb8 37. Rxc5 Rbb1 38. h3 Rh1 39. Ra5 Rag1+ 40. Kf3 Bd1+
41. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24131423"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 c5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ne4 Nf7
15. O-O Rb8 16. Qd3 b6 17. f4 Bb7 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. e4
dxe4 22. Qxe4 Rfe8 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Kf3 Rbe8 25. Rd3 Nd8 26. Nc4 Nc6 27. Re3
Nd4+ 28. Kf2 Rxe3 29. Nxe3 Kf7 30. Re1 h6 31. h3 Re4 32. Nc2 Rxe1 33. Nxe1 Ke6
34. g4 Kd5 35. Ke3 c4 36. f5 b5 37. Ng2 Ke5 38. Nh4 Nc2+ 39. Kd2 Nb4 40. Ng6+
Kf6 41. Nf4 Nxa2 42. h4 Nb4 43. Kc3 a5 44. Nh5+ Kf7 45. Nf4 Kf6 46. Nh5+ Ke5 47.
Nxg7 Nd5+ 48. Kd2 Nf6 49. g5 Ne4+ 50. Kc2 hxg5 51. hxg5 Nxg5 52. b3 b4 53. bxc4
a4 54. Kb2 Kd6 55. f6 Kc5 56. Nf5 Nf7 57. Ne3 Kd4 58. Nc2+ Kxc4 59. Ne3+ Kd4 60.
Nc2+ Kc4 61. Ne3+ Kd4 62. Nc2+ Kc5 63. Ne3 Ne5 64. Kc2 Kd4 65. Nf5+ Kd5 66. Ne3+
Kd6 67. Kb2 Ke6 68. Kc2 Nc6 69. Kb2 Na5 70. Ka2 Nc6 71. Kb2 Ne5 72. Kc2 Nd7 73.
f7 Kxf7 74. Nd5 b3+ 75. Kb2 Ne5 76. Nb6 Nd3+ 77. Ka3 b2 78. Ka2 a3 79. Nc4 Ke6
80. Nxa3 Kd5 81. Kb1 Kc5 82. Nc2 Kc4 83. Ne1 Nxe1 84. Kxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4118987"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 Qe8
9. Be2 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nh4 Nf6 12. Rg1 Na6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Qd2
c5 16. a3 f4 17. gxf4 Nh5 18. fxe5 Qxh4 19. e6 Nc6 20. Bxh5 Qxh5 21. Bh6 Nd4 22.
Rxg7+ Kh8 23. Rg3 Nf3+ 24. Rxf3 Rxf3 25. O-O-O Qg6 26. Re1 b6 27. Nb5 Ba6 28.
Nxd6 Rd3 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Qxd3 Qxd3 31. Rg1+ Qg6 32. Rxg6+ hxg6 33. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Xu, Yi"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "Owen defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8605564"]
[BlackFideId "2000024"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d6 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. O-O Nd7 8. Be3
Ngf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Qd2 e5 11. d5 Nh5 12. Nh2 a5 13. Be2 Nf4 14. Bf3 Bc8 15. h4
Nc5 16. g3 f5 17. gxf4 Qxh4 18. Bg2 fxe4 19. fxe5 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "A38"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, main line with d3"]
[WhiteFideId "4107012"]
[BlackFideId "1130420"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nc7 10. Qc1 b6 11. Bh6 Bb7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Nimzo-English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "112275"]
[BlackFideId "14203987"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6
9. e3 b6 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. Qa4 Qc8 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. b3 e5 14. a3 e4 15. dxe4 dxe4
16. Nh4 Ba5 17. f3 b5 18. fxe4 bxc4 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 Bb6 21. Nf5 Bb5 22. Nc3
Qe6 23. Nxb5 Qe5 24. Qxc4 Rac8 25. Nbd6 Rxd6 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27. b5 Ne7 28. Qb3
Ng6 29. Ra2 Ne5 30. Rc2 Re8 31. Rd2 Qc7 32. Bb2 Qc4 33. Qxc4 Nxc4 34. Re2 Nxe3
35. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4113403"]
[BlackFideId "8608288"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Be6 6. Qc2 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O
Ne7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. b3 c5 11. Ba3 Na6 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. Qd1 h6 14. Nge4 b6 15. e3
Nb4 16. Bxb4 cxb4 17. Na4 Rc8 18. d3 b5 19. Nb2 Nd5 20. a4 Nc3 21. Qe1 bxa4 22.
bxa4 Qd7 23. f3 Be6 24. Nd2 f5 25. Bh3 h5 26. Rf2 g5 27. Bf1 f4 28. Ne4 g4 29.
fxg4 hxg4 30. Ng5 Bd5 31. Nc4 f3 32. Nb2 Rc7 33. e4 Bb3 34. h4 Bf6 35. Rd2 Qd4+
36. Qf2 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 g6 6. Nbc3 Bg7 7. d5 Ne5 8. f4
Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 d6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. h3 exd5 13. cxd5 c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6
15. Nd4 Bb7 16. Ndb5 Qe7 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Nxd6 Bxe4 19. Ndxe4 Nxe4 20. Nd5 f5
21. Rd3 Rfc8+ 22. Kb1 Kf7 23. Rhd1 Ke6 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Nxb6 Rab8 26. Nxc8 Rxc8
27. Rc1 Rb8 28. Rc6+ Ke7 29. Rc7+ Kf8 30. b3 h5 31. Kc2 Bh6 32. a4 Bxf4 33. Rc6
Ke7 34. a5 Bd6 35. a6 Ra8 36. Rb6 g5 37. Rd5 Ke6 38. Ra5 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. a7
Kd7 41. Kd3 Bc7 42. Rd5+ Kc8 43. Rg6 Ng3 44. Rg8+ Kb7 45. Rxa8 Kxa8 46. Rd7 Bb6
47. Rf7 Bxa7 48. b4 Bb8 49. b5 f4 50. b6 f3 51. gxf3 gxf3 52. Rxf3 Kb7 53. Rf6
Nh5 54. Rh6 Ng3 55. Kc4 Nf5 56. Re6 Nd6+ 57. Kc5 Nc8 58. Rh6 Nxb6 59. Rxb6+ Ka8
60. Kc6 Ba7 61. Rb4 Bb8 62. Kb6 Ba7+ 63. Ka6 Bb8 64. Ra4 Ba7 65. Ra1 Bd4 66. Ra4
Ba7 67. Ra2 Bd4 68. Kb5+ Ba7 69. Kc6 Kb8 70. Rb2+ Ka8 71. Kc7 Be3 72. Re2 Bf4+
73. Kb6 Bg3 74. Ra2+ Kb8 75. Rg2 Bc7+ 76. Kc6 Bf4 77. Rg8+ Ka7 78. Rg4 Be5 79.
Rb4 Bg3 80. Rb7+ Ka8 81. Rg7 Bb8 82. Rg8 Ka7 83. Rxb8 Kxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "4114060"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e5 7. d3 Ngf6 8. e4
Bc5 9. Nc3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 O-O 12. Qe2 a5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. a4 Rfe8
15. Bd2 Nf8 16. h4 Ne6 17. c3 Ba7 18. Bg4 Rad8 19. Be1 Nc5 20. Qc4 Qf6 21. Kg2
g6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rd6 24. Be2 Qd8 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Kf1 h5 27. Kg2 Kg7
28. Kg1 Qd8 29. Kg2 Kg8 30. b3 Kg7 31. Kh2 Kf8 32. Kg2 Ke7 33. Kf1 Qd6 34. Kg2
Kf6 35. Kf1 Kg7 36. Kg2 Qd7 37. Kh2 Qd8 38. Kg2 Qd6 39. Kf1 Bb6 40. b4 axb4 41.
a5 Bd8 42. cxb4 Ne6 43. b5 cxb5 44. Qxb5 Qc5 45. Qxc5 Nxc5 46. Bc4 Nxe4 47. Bd5
Nd6 48. Bb4 Bc7 49. Ke2 Kf6 50. Bxd6 Bxd6 51. Bxb7 Ke6 52. a6 Bc5 53. Bc6 f5 54.
Be8 Kf6 55. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "4147103"]
[BlackFideId "13502956"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2
c6 9. e4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Rc1 Ba3 15.
Rc2 a6 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21.
Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Bxd5 Qd7 23. Qf3 Rd8 24. Re1 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "13500139"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2
h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nge2 Nd7 12. g4 Nhf6 13. h3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
O-O-O Bd7 16. Kb1 Rfc8 17. Bf5 b5 18. Nf4 Na4 19. Ncxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qe5 21.
Qe2 Bxf5+ 22. gxf5 Qxf5+ 23. e4 Qe6 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rd8 26. Qd3 f5 27.
Rd1 Kh8 28. f3 fxe4 29. Qxe4 Qxh3 30. Rc1 Qg2 31. Rc2 Qg5 32. Nc3 Qg1+ 33. Rc1
Nxc3+ 34. bxc3 Qc5 35. Kb2 a5 36. Rc2 Rb8 37. Qd4 Qc7 38. Rg2 b4 39. c4 Rd8 40.
Qe4 a4 41. Rc2 Qb6 42. c5 Qf6+ 43. Kb1 b3 44. axb3 axb3 45. Rc1 Qa6 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13304852"]
[BlackFideId "5072786"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5
Nd5 9. Nbd2 c6 10. h3 Bf5 11. Nd4 Qc8 12. f4 Bd7 13. a4 Nb6 14. Bb3 c5 15. Nb5
Na6 16. c3 Be6 17. Bc2 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Ne4 Rfd8 20. a5 Nd5 21. Na3 Ndc7
22. Nc4 Rd5 23. Nf2 Rd7 24. Qf3 Qe6 25. b3 Rad8 26. Ne4 Rd3 27. Qe2 f5 28. Nf2
R3d7 29. Be3 Qc6 30. h4 Nd5 31. Bd2 Nac7 32. Qf3 Ne6 33. Nh3 Qb5 34. Rfb1 Ndc7
35. Qf2 Rd3 36. Ng5 Bh6 37. Ra2 Qa6 38. Rc2 b5 39. axb6 axb6 40. Re1 b5 41. Nb2
R3d7 42. Be3 Qa3 43. c4 Bxg5 44. hxg5 Qxb3 45. cxb5 Nxb5 46. Bxc5 Nxc5 47. Rxc5
Rd2 48. Re2 Qxb2 49. Rxd2 Rxd2 50. Rc8+ Kf7 51. Qh4 Ke6 52. Qxh7 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 c5 3. d4 d5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 a5 6. c4 Bxc5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. b3 O-O
9. Bb2 Qe7 10. cxd5 Rd8 11. Be2 exd5 12. Nb5 Bf5 13. O-O Be4 14. Nfd4 Rac8 15.
Ra2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Nd7 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Nd4 a4 20. bxa4 Nxa4 21. Rc1
Nb6 22. Raa1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Ra8 24. Qc3 h6 25. Qb3 Nc4 26. a4 Qg5 27. g3 Nd6 28.
Rc1 Qe7 29. Qb4 Qd7 30. a5 Re8 31. Rc5 Re5 32. Qb2 Qh3 33. f3 Bg6 34. a6 Kh7 35.
a7 Re8 36. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8602956"]
[BlackFideId "24176460"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 d5 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8.
Kxd1 bxc6 9. Nxe4 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Ke2 h5 13. h4 Bd6 14. Be3
Kd8 15. a4 a5 16. Rhd1 Kc7 17. Rd2 Rhd8 18. Rad1 Be5 19. c3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxd2+
21. Rxd2 Rxa6 22. Bc5 f5 23. f4 Bf6 24. Bd6+ Kc8 25. Kd3 Ra7 26. Kc4 Rd7 27. Rd3
Bd8 28. Rd4 Kb7 29. b4 axb4 30. cxb4 Bb6 31. Bc5 Rxd4+ 32. Bxd4 Bxd4 33. Kxd4 f6
34. Kc5 e5 35. Kc4 Kb6 36. Kc3 e4 37. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "C81"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, Howell attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4119150"]
[BlackFideId "13306677"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Rd1 Nxb3 11. axb3 Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nf1 Qd7 14. Bg5 Rfd8
15. h3 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. c3 d4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21.
cxd4 Qb4 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Rd8 24. Nf3 Bxb3 25. Rxa6 Bd1 26. Ra3 Bxf3 27.
Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Karavade, Eesha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1510045"]
[BlackFideId "5012600"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Ba4
h6 9. Be3 Re8 10. d4 Bd7 11. d5 Nb8 12. Bc2 c5 13. a4 Bg4 14. Nbd2 Bh5 15. h3
Nh7 16. g4 Bg6 17. Kg2 h5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. gxh5 Nf8 20. hxg6 Nxg6 21. Kh1 Nd7
22. Rg1 Nf6 23. Qf3 Nh7 24. Nc4 Bd6 25. Rg4 Nf4 26. Rag1 g6 27. Bxf4 exf4 28.
Rxg6+ fxg6 29. Rxg6+ Kh8 30. Nxd6 Rf8 31. e5 Qh4 32. Nf5 Qd8 33. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.27"]
[White "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5084423"]
[BlackFideId "4657101"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. Kb1 Be6 13. c4 Rc8 14. h3 h4
15. Qd2 Ng6 16. Nc3 Bb4 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 b5 19. d5 cxd5 20. c5 a6 21. Bc2
Qc7 22. Rhg1 a5 23. g3 hxg3 24. Rxg3 Rb8 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Qc8 27. Qd3 d4 28.
Bxd4 Bc4 29. Qf5 Qa6 30. Bb2 Re2 31. Re3 Rxe3 32. fxe3 Be6 33. Qe4 Re8 34. Rd6
Qc8 35. Qd4 Ne5 36. Qe4 Ng6 37. Qf3 Nh4 38. Qh5 Nf5 39. Rd2 Re7 40. Bxf6 Re8 41.
Rg2 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.28"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Ne4 9. Nc3 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 c6 11. e4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nb6 13. Qd3 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Qb6
15. Na4 Qb5 16. Qc2 e5 17. Nc3 Qa5 18. d5 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Rd3 Bc5 21. Qd2
cxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Kf8 24. Rc1 Bd4 25. b3 Rac8 26. Rdc2 Rc6 27. Nb4 Rb6
28. Nd5 Rd6 29. Kh1 a5 30. Bf1 Bc6 31. f3 g6 32. a4 Bxd5 33. exd5 Bb6 34. Bc4 f5
35. Re1 Re8 36. Rce2 Bd4 37. Kg2 Kf7 38. Rd1 Bc5 39. h4 Kf6 40. g4 fxg4 41. fxg4
e4 42. Rf1+ Kg7 43. Rf4 e3 44. Kf3 Rf6 45. Rxf6 Kxf6 46. Bb5 Rf8 47. Ke4 Ke7 48.
Ke5 b6 49. Bd3 Rf6 50. Bc4 h5 51. Rg2 hxg4 52. Rxg4 Rf2 53. Rg1 Bb4 54. d6+
Bxd6+ 55. Ke4 Rf4+ 56. Kd3 Rxh4 57. Rxg6 Bc5 58. Ke2 Kd8 59. Kf3 Rh3+ 60. Rg3
Rh2 61. Rg2 Rh1 62. Ke4 Ke7 63. Rg6 Rd1 64. Ke5 Bd4+ 65. Ke4 Rd2 66. Re6+ Kd7
67. Kf5 Rf2+ 68. Ke4 Bc5 69. Ke5 Kd8 70. Bb5 Kc7 71. Ke4 Rb2 72. Bc4 Kd7 73. Ke5
Rh2 74. Bb5+ Kd8 75. Kd5 Kc7 76. Rc6+ Kb7 77. Re6 Rd2+ 78. Ke4 Kc7 79. Rc6+ Kd8
80. Re6 Rd4+ 81. Kf3 Rh4 82. Re8+ Kc7 83. Re6 Rh2 84. Ke4 Rd2 85. Rc6+ Kd8 86.
Re6 Rb2 87. Bc4 Kd7 88. Ke5 Kc7 89. Ke4 Rb1 90. Ke5 Rh1 91. Bb5 Rh8 92. Rc6+ Kb7
93. Re6 Rd8 94. Ke4 Rd2 95. Bc6+ Kc7 96. Bb5 Rd4+ 97. Kf3 Rh4 98. Rc6+ Kd8 99.
Re6 Rh1 100. Ke4 Rd1 101. Re8+ Kc7 102. Re6 Rd2 103. Rc6+ Kd8 104. Re6 Kc7 105.
Rc6+ Kb7 106. Re6 Rb2 107. Bc4 Kc7 108. Ke5 Rd2 109. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.29"]
[White "Shinkevich, Vitaly"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "4122690"]
[BlackFideId "13300857"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Kh2 h6 13. Rb1 a6 14. f4 Rb8 15. b4
Ne6 16. Be3 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Rc1 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 c6 20. Rc2 Be6 21. Rd2 Qc8
22. e5 dxe5 23. Bxe5 Ra8 24. Qa1 Bc4 25. Rd6 Re6 26. Rxe6 Bxe6 27. a3 Nh5 28.
Bxg7 Nxg7 29. Ne4 Ne8 30. Rc1 Bd5 31. Qc3 Qa6 32. Ra1 Qa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.30"]
[White "Gallego Alcaraz, Andres Felipe"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "4402669"]
[BlackFideId "13306553"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Rd2 d6 13. Rad1 h6 14. Qb5 Ne8 15. g4
Nd7 16. h4 a6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. b3 Ra7 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Ba8 21. e4 Rad7 22.
Bh3 g6 23. Nh2 Bf8 24. f3 Bg7 25. Ne2 Kf8 26. Ng4 Ke7 27. Kf2 Bb7 28. Be3 Rc7
29. Bf4 Rcd7 30. Rd3 a5 31. a4 Bc8 32. Be3 Rc7 33. Bd2 Ra7 34. f4 d5 35. e5 Bd7
36. Be3 Rc8 37. Nf6 dxc4 38. Rc3 Rac7 39. bxc4 Bxa4 40. Rb1 Nd7 41. Ra3 Bc2 42.
Rb2 Bf5 43. Bg2 Bxf6 44. gxf6+ Nexf6 45. exf6+ Nxf6 46. Bf3 Ne8 47. Nc3 Nd6 48.
Be2 Rh8 49. Kg1 Rcc8 50. Bf1 Bh3 51. Be2 Bf5 52. Nb5 Ne4 53. Bf3 Kf6 54. Rh2
Rhd8 55. Bxe4 Bxe4 56. Rd2 Rxd2 57. Bxd2 Rd8 58. Bxa5 Rd1+ 59. Kf2 Kf5 60. Ke3
Bc6 61. Bc7 Kg4 62. Ra6 Bf3 63. Ra7 f6 64. Bd6 Re1+ 65. Kd2 Rd1+ 66. Kc2 Rh1 67.
Rf7 Be4+ 68. Kb3 Rb1+ 69. Kc3 Rc1+ 70. Kb3 Rb1+ 71. Ka2 Rc1 72. Na3 Rd1 73. Bxc5
f5 74. Rf6 Kxf4 75. Rxg6 Ke5 76. Rg1 Rxg1 77. Bxg1 Ba8 78. Kb3 f4 79. Nb5 Kf5
80. Kc3 e5 81. Nc7 Bc6 82. Nd5 Kg4 83. Bb6 e4 84. Bc7 f3 85. Kd2 Kh3 86. Ne3 Bb7
87. Ke1 Kh4 88. Bf4 Kh5 89. Kf2 Kg6 90. Nd1 Kf5 91. Ke3 Ba6 92. c5 Ke6 93. Nc3
Bb7 94. Bg3 Kf5 95. Nb5 Ke6 96. Nd6 Bc6 97. Nxe4 Kd5 98. Bd6 Ke6 99. Nd2 f2 100.
Kxf2 Kd5 101. Ke3 Bb7 102. Ne4 Kc4 103. Nf6 Bc6 104. Kf4 Kd4 105. Kf5 Kc4 106.
Ke5 Bb7 107. Nd7 Bc6 108. Nb6+ Kb5 109. Be7 Bg2 110. Kd6 Bh1 111. Nd5 Kc4 112.
Ne3+ Kb5 113. Bh4 Bf3 114. Bf2 Be4 115. Ng4 Bf3 116. Ne5 Be4 117. c6 Bxc6 118.
Nxc6 Kc4 119. Ne5+ Kc3 120. Kd5 Kd2 121. Kd4 Ke2 122. Be3 Kf1 123. Kd3 Kg2 124.
Ke4 Kg3 125. Nd3 Kg2 126. Bf2 Kf1 127. Ke3 Kg2 128. Nf4+ Kf1 129. Bg3 Kg1 130.
Kf3 Kh1 131. Ne6 Kg1 132. Ng5 Kh1 133. Ne4 Kg1 134. Nf2 Kf1 135. Bh2 Ke1 136.
Ne4 Kd1 137. Ke3 Kc2 138. Nd2 Kc3 139. Bd6 Kc2 140. Be5 Kd1 141. Kd3 Ke1 142.
Bg3+ Kd1 143. Nc4 Kc1 144. Bf2 Kd1 145. Nb2+ Kc1 146. Kc3 Kb1 147. Kb3 Kc1 148.
Be3+ Kb1 149. Nc4 Ka1 150. Bd2 Kb1 151. Na3+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.31"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Lomasov, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, Bernstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4189302"]
[BlackFideId "24164879"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Be3 O-O 16. Bd4 Qd5 17. Re1 d2 18. Bxf5 dxe1=Q+ 19. Qxe1 g6 20. Qe4 Qxb3 21.
Qxc6 gxf5 22. Qxc7 Qe6 23. Re1 Rfc8 24. Qa5 Rc6 25. Qa1 Rd8 26. Be3 Qd5 27. Nd4
Rg6 28. g3 Bc5 29. Nxf5 Qxe5 30. Nh6+ Kf8 31. Bd4 Qh5 32. Re5 Qxh6 33. Rxc5 Qd2
34. Re5 Re6 35. Qa3+ Kg8 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. Qe7 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. f3 Qc2+ 40.
Kh3 Qf5+ 41. Kh4 Qf8 42. Qxe6+ Qf7 43. Qe5 Qf8 44. Qh8+ Kf7 45. Qxh7+ Ke8 46.
Qg6+ Qf7 47. Qxa6 Qe7+ 48. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.32"]
[White "Triapishko, Alexandr"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Prins (Moscow) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14122286"]
[BlackFideId "24133795"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 Qb6 7. Nc2 e6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qd2 Rd8 12. Rd1 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. exd5 Nb4 15.
Nxb4 Bxb4 16. Kf2 Be6 17. Qc1 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Rac8 20. g3 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.33"]
[White "Vavulin, Maksim"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Polugaievsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4169530"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. a4 Nc6 10. Na3 Ne5 11. Nc4 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. a5 Bd7 14. O-O Nf6 15.
Bg5 Bc6 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. Bh6 Bf6 18. c3 d5 19. Nd4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4
Bg7 22. Bg5 O-O 23. Qf3 h6 24. Be3 Kh7 25. Nc2 Nf6 26. Nb4 Nd7 27. Rfd1 Ne5 28.
Qg3 Rac8 29. Bb6 Qe7 30. Bd4 Qg5 31. f4 Qxg3 32. hxg3 Nc4 33. b3 Bxd4+ 34. Rxd4
Ne3 35. Rd3 Ng4 36. c4 Rfd8 37. Rad1 Rxd3 38. Rxd3 Nf6 39. Rd6 Rc7 40. Nd3 Ne4
41. Rd8 Nd2 42. Nc1 Ne4 43. g4 g5 44. Rd4 Nf6 45. fxg5 hxg5 46. Nd3 Kg7 47. b4
Nd7 48. b5 Nc5 49. Nc1 Kf6 50. Kf2 e5 51. Rd5 axb5 52. cxb5 Ke6 53. Rd8 Ke7 54.
Rd5 Ke6 55. Rd8 Ke7 56. Rd5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.34"]
[White "Gholami, Aryan"]
[Black "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12513342"]
[BlackFideId "5058422"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bc4 h6 8. Bh4
Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Bxe4 f5 12. Bc2 g5 13. Bxg5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 Qe8
15. f4 e6 16. Qe2 Bh6 17. h4 Bd7 18. O-O-O Kh8 19. Rde1 Qg6 20. g4 Rae8 21. Kb1
Qf6 22. Ne4 fxe4 23. g5 Qxf4 24. Bxe4 Ne7 25. Rhf1 Qxh4 26. Rh1 Qxg5 27. Reg1
Qf6 28. Qh5 Ng8 29. Rg6 Qf4 30. Rg4 Qf6 31. Rg6 Qf4 32. Rg4 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.35"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Pavlov, Sergey2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4108116"]
[BlackFideId "14114330"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 g6 3. c4 c6 4. Qa4 d4 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Ne7 8. b4 O-O
9. Nbd2 h6 10. h4 Be6 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Qc2 Nf5 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Nfd2
Rab8 16. Ne4 b6 17. a4 Bf8 18. b5 c5 19. a5 Ne7 20. axb6 axb6 21. e3 f5 22. Ned2
Bf7 23. exd4 cxd4 24. Ra4 Bd5 25. Nf3 Bb7 26. Ra7 Bg7 27. Ba3 Nc8 28. Rxb7 Qxb7
29. Nfxd4 e4 30. dxe4 Qc7 31. Nc6 Ra8 32. Bb4 f4 33. e5 fxg3 34. fxg3 Nf8 35.
Bxf8 Rxf8 36. Qxg6 Ra3 37. Bd5+ Kh8 38. Be4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.36"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Raja, Harshit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14129574"]
[BlackFideId "5089000"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3
Nbd7 9. g4 Rc8 10. Bg2 Nb6 11. Bxb6 Qxb6 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Rxc3 14. bxc3 Be7 15.
Bh3 Nf8 16. Rb1 Qc6 17. Qd3 Ng6 18. Na5 Qa4 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nxb7 O-O 21. c4
Qc6 22. f3 h6 23. gxh6 Nf4 24. Qb3 gxh6 25. Na5 Qe8 26. Kd2 Kh8 27. Qb7 Bf6 28.
Rhg1 d5 29. Qc7 dxe4 30. Nc6 Rf7 31. Qb8 Qxb8 32. Rxb8+ Kh7 33. fxe4 Rc7 34. Nb4
Bxh4 35. Nd3 Bg5 36. Rgb1 Nd5+ 37. Ke1 Bh4+ 38. Kf1 Rf7+ 39. Kg1 Rg7+ 40. Kh1
Nc3 41. R1b7 Nxe4 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. c5 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.37"]
[White "Liu, Yan"]
[Black "Xu, Yinglun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "8608962"]
[BlackFideId "8604940"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. c3
Nbd7 9. O-O Bxg3 10. hxg3 c5 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Rac8 14. Rad1 Rfd8
15. Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.38"]
[White "Repka, Christopher"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, three knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "14918781"]
[BlackFideId "13703544"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bb5+ N8c6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
a3 dxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. axb4 cxb2 11. Bxb2 f6 12. e5 Bg4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nd4
Kd7 15. Ra6 e6 16. Nxc6 Be7 17. f3 Bf5 18. O-O Rhc8 19. Rd1+ Ke8 20. b5 Bc2 21.
Nxe7 Kxe7 22. exf6+ gxf6 23. Rc1 Bf5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxa7+ Kd6 26. Ba3+ Ke5
27. b6 Rb8 28. Ra5+ Kd4 29. Bd6 Rb7 30. Bc7 e5 31. f4 Bd7 32. fxe5 fxe5 33.
Bxe5+ Kd3 34. Bc7 Be8 35. Kf2 Bg6 36. Re5 Be4 37. g4 Kd4 38. Kg3 Bg6 39. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.39"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "911925"]
[BlackFideId "12401820"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 Qe7 7. Ne2 exd5 8. exd5
O-O 9. Bd2 d6 10. f3 Ba6 11. O-O-O Bxc4 12. Ng3 Bxf1 13. Rhxf1 Nbd7 14. Nf5 Qd8
15. Bg5 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 b5 17. Nxd6 b4 18. Qc2 a5 19. Rfe1 a4 20. Qc4 Qb8 21. Nf5
a3 22. b3 Qxh2 23. Qc2 Rfe8 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. d6 Ra6 26. Qd2 Rxd6 27. Qxd6 Qxd6
28. Rxd6 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Kxe7 30. Rc6 Ne5 31. Bxf6+ gxf6 32. Rb6 h5 33. Kd2 h4 34.
f4 Nd7 35. Rc6 f5 36. Kd3 Kd8 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.40"]
[White "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "E50"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 e8g8, 5.Nf3, without ...d5"]
[WhiteFideId "1634852"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3
d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nh4 Ng6 12. Nf5 Nf4 13. Bc2 g6 14. Ne3 N4h5 15. g3
Ng7 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Qe7 18. Qf3 Bd7 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Ng2 Nfh5 21. Be3 Qd8
22. Bf2 Qc8 23. Bh4 Bg4 24. Qf2 Bh3 25. Ba4 Bd7 26. Bc2 f6 27. Bg3 Bh3 28. Re3
f5 29. e5 dxe5 30. Ba4 Bxg2 31. Bxe8 Nxe8 32. Kxg2 e4 33. a4 Qc7 34. Kh1 Nd6 35.
Qf1 Qa5 36. Bh4 Rf7 37. Bg5 Qa6 38. Rh3 Qxc4 39. Qg2 Ng7 40. Qd2 Nge8 41. a5 Rd7
42. Rd1 Nf7 43. Rg3 Nc7 44. Qg2 Rxd5 45. Rg1 Rd6 46. Qh3 Nd5 47. Qh4 e3 48. Rh3
Qe4+ 49. Rg2 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.41"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Debashis, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "4500261"]
[BlackFideId "5024854"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O Na5 8. Be2
Nf6 9. d3 O-O 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. Qh4 Nd4 12. Bd1 e6 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nb1 Ne8 15.
Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nd2 e5 17. Nc4 Be6 18. Na5 Bc8 19. Rb1 Nc7 20. c4 exf4 21. Bxf4
Ne6 22. Bd2 Be5 23. b4 Kg7 24. Rc1 Rd7 25. c5 dxc5 26. bxc5 Rc7 27. Nc4 Bf6 28.
Ba5 Rc6 29. Ba4 Rxc5 30. Bb4 Bg5 31. Rc2 b6 32. Bxc5 Nxc5 33. Bb5 Nxd3 34. Nxb6
axb6 35. Bxd3 Be6 36. Ra1 Ra8 37. a4 Bb3 38. Rc7 Rxa4 39. Rxa4 Bxa4 40. Bc4 Be8
41. Rb7 b5 42. Bxb5 Bxb5 43. Rxb5 Be3+ 44. Kf1 h5 45. Ke2 Kf6 46. Kd3 Bg1 47. h3
Be3 48. Rb1 Ke6 49. Rf1 Ke7 50. e5 Ke6 51. Ke4 Ke7 52. Rf3 Ke6 53. Rf6+ Ke7 54.
Rb6 Bf2 55. Rc6 Bg1 56. Ra6 Bf2 57. Rb6 Bg1 58. Kd5 Bf2 59. Rb7+ Kf8 60. e6
fxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.42"]
[White "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Makagonov system (5.h3)"]
[WhiteFideId "24176729"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 Nc5
9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 c6 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Na6 14. Qa3 c5 15. bxc5
Nxc5 16. Be2 Nfd7 17. g4 Bf6 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.43"]
[White "Salomon, Johan"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "1509500"]
[BlackFideId "5037883"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4
Nfd7 9. Nf5 exf5 10. gxh5 c6 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. e4 fxe4 13. dxe4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 O-O
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qg4 Na6 17. Rd1 Qc8 18. Be3 Nc7 19. Qxc8 Rfxc8 20. Rd7 a5 21.
a4 Nd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. c3 Rd8 24. Rxb7 d4 25. cxd4 Bxd4 26. Bf4 h6 27. Rc1 Ra6
28. Rb5 Rf6 29. Bg3 Bb6 30. Rc2 Re6 31. Kg2 g6 32. Rc3 gxh5 33. Rcb3 h4 34. Bxh4
Rd4 35. Bg3 Bd8 36. Rc3 Kh7 37. b3 Kg6 38. Be5 Rb4 39. Rg3+ Kf5 40. Rf3+ Kg6 41.
Rd5 f6 42. Bc3 Rb8 43. Bxa5 Be7 44. Bc7 Rb7 45. Bd8 Bxd8 46. Rxd8 Reb6 47. Rdd3
Kf7 48. Kf1 Rc6 49. Rc3 Rd6 50. Ke2 h5 51. Rfd3 Re6+ 52. Re3 Rd6 53. Rcd3 Rc6
54. Kd2 Rb4 55. Rc3 Rcb6 56. Kc2 Rf4 57. Rf3 Re4 58. Rce3 Rd4 59. Rc3 Re4 60.
Rc5 h4 61. a5 Rd6 62. Rc4 Re2+ 63. Kc3 Ra2 64. Rc5 Rdd2 65. Kb4 Rd6 66. Kb5 Ra3
67. Rfc3 Ra2 68. Rc2 Ra3 69. Kb4 Ra1 70. Rc1 Ra2 71. R5c2 Rd4+ 72. Kc3 Rxc2+ 73.
Rxc2 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.44"]
[White "Bellaiche, Anthony"]
[Black "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation (Yugoslav attack / Mar del Plata variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "615668"]
[BlackFideId "24104795"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. Nd2 a5 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. a3 f5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Kh8 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. f3 Nh5
16. c5 Nf4 17. Nc4 Ng8 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Kh1 N6h5 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. g3 Nxe2 22.
Qxe2 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Bf5 24. Rbc1 b5 25. Na5 Qd7 26. Nf2 e4 27. fxe4 Bh3 28. Rg1
Rxf2 29. Bxf2 Bg4 30. Qe3 Rf8 31. h3 Bxh3 32. Be1 Bg4 33. Bc3 Bf3+ 34. Kh2 Qg4
35. Rcf1 Nf4 36. Bxg7+ Kxg7 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.26"]
[Round "7.45"]
[White "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4147855"]
[BlackFideId "13306766"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. a4 Ne4 12. Be1 f5 13. a5 b5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qc6
Nd6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bb7 18. Qc2 Ne4 19. Qb2 b4 20. e3 Ba6 21. Kh1 Nc5 22.
Kg1 Rc8 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Qe8 25. Rd4 Ne4 26. Kg2 Qb5 27. Nd2 Bc5 28. Nf3
Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Qa6 30. Bxb4 Rfe8 31. h4 Qb7 32. Qa3 a6 33. Re1 Qc7 34. f3 Qxe5
35. fxe4 Qxe4+ 36. Kf2 e5 37. Nf3 Rc2+ 38. Bd2 Re6 39. Re2 h6 40. Qb4 Kh7 41.
Qb8 Rcc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Schlechter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13504398"]
[BlackFideId "12521213"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 Nd5 8.
Bxd5 Qxd5 9. Nbc3 Qxg2 10. Rg1 Qf3 11. Nb5 Rb8 12. dxc5 f6 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14.
Qxd6 g6 15. Rd1 Rf8 16. Nd4 Qd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Bf4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Ra8 20. Rxd5
Be6 21. Rd6 Kf7 22. Kd2 g5 23. Be3 Rfd8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8+ 25. Kc3 Rd7 26. a4 h5 27.
b4 a6 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 Bf5 30. Ra1 Be4 31. Ra4 Bf3 32. Ra8 Rd1 33. Rc8 Ke6
34. Bd4 Rc1 35. Kb2 Rh1 36. Rf8 f5 37. Rf6+ Kd5 38. c6 bxc6 39. b6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "14105730"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qb3 a5 8. Nc3 a4
9. Qb4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Qa5 11. Re1 Bg4 12. e4 Nbd7 13. Bd2 Qh5 14. Nh4 g5 15. Nf5
e5 16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd1 Rfe8 18. Ne3 exd4 19. Qxd4 Ne5 20. Bc3 Bf3 21. Nf5+ Kg8
22. Qb4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Nd3 25. Qd4 Rad8 26. Qxf6 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "4150120"]
[BlackFideId "13300881"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. a3 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qd1 Rc8 13. Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Bb4 Qd8 15.
e3 Ne4 16. Nbd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Nb8 18. Rc1 Nc6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Bf1 Rc8 21. Bd3
Qd8 22. Rc2 Ne7 23. Ne5 f6 24. Nf3 Rc6 25. Rxc6 Bxc6 26. Qc2 h6 27. Nd2 Be8 28.
Nb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "4168003"]
[BlackFideId "13301616"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 e5 12. d5 e4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nb6 15.
Qc2 cxd5 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. Bg4 f5 19. Bf3 Qc2 20. Rd3 Kh8 21. Bd1 Qxb3
22. axb3 a6 23. Rb1 Rc5 24. Bd2 Rfc8 25. Bb4 Rb5 26. Ba3 Nd7 27. g4 Ne5 28. Rd4
Nc6 29. Rf4 d4 30. gxf5 Rxf5 31. Bg4 Rxf4 32. Bxc8 Rf7 33. Rc1 h5 34. e4 d3 35.
Rd1 Bd4 36. Rxd3 Ne5 37. Rd1 Bxf2+ 38. Kg2 Be3 39. Rf1 Rc7 40. Bd6 Rc2+ 41. Kg3
Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "8608288"]
[BlackFideId "13401653"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Ne5 e6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Rc1 Ba6 14. Qd2 g5 15.
Bd6 Re8 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. Bc5 f5 18. b3 Rc8 19. e3 Qc7 20. Rc2 Qf7 21. Qc1 Kh8
22. Qa3 Qb7 23. Qb4 Rb8 24. Na4 Nxa4 25. Qxa4 Ra8 26. Qa5 Bf6 27. Bd6 Red8 28.
Qc7 Rd7 29. Qxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Bologan, Victor"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13900048"]
[BlackFideId "4118987"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 h6 8. O-O Qc7
9. a4 g5 10. a5 O-O-O 11. Be3 Kb8 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 g4 14. Nfd2 f6 15. f4
gxf3 16. Qxf3 fxe5 17. Qf2 Rg8 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxa7+ Kc8 20. Bb6 Nxb6 21. axb6
Qb8 22. Be2 e4 23. Kh1 Rd6 24. Nc5 Rdg6 25. g4 h5 26. Ra7 hxg4 27. Qg3 Qxg3 28.
hxg3 Kd8 29. Ra8+ Nc8 30. Nxb7+ Ke7 31. Rxf5 Nxb6 32. Ra6 Nd7 33. Na5 Nb8 34.
Rb6 Bh6 35. Ndb3 Be3 36. Rb7+ Nd7 37. Rc7 Rh6+ 38. Kg2 Ke6 39. Nxc6 Kxf5 40.
Ne7+ Ke5 41. Nxg8 Rb6 42. Rxd7 Rxb3 43. Bxg4 Rxb2+ 44. Kh3 Bg1 45. Kh4 Rh2+ 46.
Kg5 Be3+ 47. Kg6 Bf2 48. Nf6 Bxg3 49. Rxd5+ Kf4 50. Bd1 Rh1 51. Bc2 Bh4 52. Nxe4
Rg1+ 53. Kf7 Rc1 54. Bd3 Rc7+ 55. Kg6 Rc6+ 56. Kh5 Be7 57. Bb5 Re6 58. Nc3 Rd6
59. Bf1 Bf8 60. Ne2+ Ke3 61. Re5+ Kd2 62. Ng3 Kc2 63. Nf5 Rd8 64. Kg4 Rc8 65.
Kf3 Rc5 66. Ne3+ Kc3 67. Re6 Rh5 68. Rc6+ Rc5 69. Rf6 Be7 70. Rf7 Bg5 71. Nf5
Rc6 72. Rd7 Rc8 73. Ba6 Rf8 74. Rd5 Bc1 75. Ke2 Rf6 76. Bc8 Bf4 77. Rd3+ Kb2 78.
Kf3 Bc7 79. Ke4 Rf8 80. Be6 Rb8 81. Ne3 Re8 82. Rb3+ Kc1 83. Rc3+ Kb1 84. Rc6
Bd8 85. Kd3 Ba5 86. Bf5 Ra8 87. Nc4 Ka1 88. Rg6 Rd8+ 89. Kc2 Rd5 90. Be6 Rc5 91.
Kb3 Be1 92. Rg8 Rb5+ 93. Kc2 Ba5 94. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "5021596"]
[BlackFideId "5074452"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Qe7 8. Re1 Bg7
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bd7 11. Nf1 Rfe8 12. Ng3 Qf8 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. a3 Bc8 15. Bb5
Bd7 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qa4 Bxb5 18. Qxa5 c6 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. a4 Ba6 21. exd6 Qxd6
22. Be3 c5 23. Rad1 Qc6 24. b3 Qc8 25. c4 b6 26. Qd2 Ne5 27. Qe2 Nxf3+ 28. Qxf3
Bb7 29. Qf4 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Be5 31. Qh4 h5 32. f3 Qe6 33. Ne2 f5 34. exf5 Qxf5 35.
Qg5 Qf7 36. Rd8 Rxd8 37. Qxd8+ Kh7 38. Bd2 Qg7 39. Qd3 Bc8 40. Bc3 Bf5 41. Qd2
h4 42. Kf2 Qe7 43. Bxe5 Qxe5 44. a5 Kg7 45. Qd8 bxa5 46. Qxa5 Bd3 47. Qxa7+ Kf6
48. Qa6+ Kg7 49. Qa2 Kf6 50. f4 Qb8 51. Ke3 Bxe2 52. Qb2+ Kf7 53. Qxe2 Qxb3+ 54.
Qd3 Qb7 55. Qe4 Qb3+ 56. Qd3 Qb7 57. Qc2 Qb4 58. Ke2 Qb7 59. Kf2 Qd7 60. Kf3 Qd4
61. Qb3 Qd7 62. Qb1 Qc6+ 63. Qe4 Qd7 64. Ke2 Qf5 65. Qb7+ Kf6 66. Qc6+ Kg7 67.
Ke3 Qb1 68. Qd7+ Kh6 69. Qd2 Qf1 70. Qe2 Qc1+ 71. Ke4 Qc3 72. Kd5 Qd4+ 73. Kc6
Qxf4 74. Kxc5 Qc7+ 75. Kb4 Qb6+ 76. Kc3 Qa5+ 77. Kb3 Qb6+ 78. Kc2 g5 79. Qd2 Qa6
80. Qd5 Qa2+ 81. Kc3 Kg6 82. Kb4 Kf6 83. Kb5 Qb2+ 84. Kc6 Qa2 85. Kb6 Qb2+ 86.
Kc7 Qa2 87. Qc6+ Ke5 88. c5 Qa5+ 89. Kd7 Qa2 90. Qd6+ Kf5 91. c6 Qxg2 92. c7 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "24112798"]
[BlackFideId "4148843"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
Nc5 9. Nd4 e5 10. Nb3 d6 11. Nxc5 bxc5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. e4 Bc8 15. Bh3
Nb6 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Qe2 Qh3 18. f3 f5 19. b3 h5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Nd1 f4 22.
Nf2 Qf5 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Rae1 Nd7 25. Kh1 Kh7 26. Rg1 Rae8 27. Ne4 Bd4 28. Rg5
Qh3 29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Rxg2 Kh6 31. Ba5 Ne5 32. Ng5 Rg8 33. h4 Rg7 34. Bd2 Be3
35. Bc3 Rgg8 36. Bxe5 dxe5 37. Ree2 a5 38. Ne6 Rxg2 39. Rxg2 c6 40. Ng7 Rf8 41.
dxc6 e4 42. fxe4 f3 43. Nf5+ Rxf5 44. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4158814"]
[BlackFideId "4100115"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qa4 O-O 11. exd6 Nb6 12. Qf4 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 exd6 14. O-O
Be6 15. Rd1 Nc4 16. Nd5 Nxb2 17. Bxb2 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Ba3 19. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4162722"]
[BlackFideId "1510045"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qb3 Ne4 11. e3 Nc6 12. Ne5 Nd6 13. Nd2 Qc7 14. f4 Nf5 15. Ndf3
Na5 16. Qa3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxc4 19. Qc3 Be6 20. Rab1 Qa5 21. Qxa5
Nxa5 22. Rb5 Nc6 23. Rxb7 Nxd4 24. exd4 Rad8 25. Rd1 Bxa2 26. d5 a5 27. Rd2 Bxe5
28. fxe5 Bc4 29. Rxe7 Rfe8 30. d6 Bb5 31. Rb2 Ba4 32. Rxe8+ Bxe8 33. Rb7 Kf8 34.
Bd5 a4 35. Kf2 f6 36. Rxh7 fxe5 37. Rh8+ Kg7 38. Rg8+ Kf6 39. Rf8+ Kg7 40. Rg8+
Kf6 41. Bc6 a3 42. Bxe8 a2 43. Rxg6+ Kf5 44. Ke3 Rxe8 45. d7 a1=Q 46. g4+ Kxg6
47. dxe8=Q+ Kg7 48. Qd7+ Kg6 49. Ke2 e4 50. Qd6+ Kg7 51. h4 Qg1 52. Qe5+ Kg8 53.
Qg5+ Kh7 54. Qf5+ Kg7 55. h5 Qd4 56. Qg5+ Kh7 57. Qf4 Qd3+ 58. Kf2 Qc2+ 59. Kg3
Qc3+ 60. Kg2 Qd3 61. Qf7+ Kh8 62. Qf2 Kg7 63. g5 e3 64. Qf6+ Kg8 65. h6 Qd7 66.
Kg3 Kh7 67. Qe5 Kg6 68. Qxe3 Qd6+ 69. Kg4 Qd7+ 70. Kg3 Qd6+ 71. Kf3 Qd1+ 72. Kf2
Qd6 73. Ke2 Qh2+ 74. Kd3 Qd6+ 75. Kc2 Qc6+ 76. Kd2 Qg2+ 77. Kd3 Qd5+ 78. Qd4
Qb3+ 79. Kd2 Kxg5 80. h7 Qa2+ 81. Ke3 Qe6+ 82. Qe4 Qb3+ 83. Qd3 Qe6+ 84. Kf2
Qf6+ 85. Kg2 Qh8 86. Kg3 Kh6 87. Kg4 Qg7+ 88. Kf4 Qxh7 89. Qxh7+ Kxh7 90. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2000024"]
[BlackFideId "4107012"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nc6 7. O-O Qd7 8.
Re1+ Nge7 9. Bd2 f6 10. b4 a6 11. a4 g5 12. Na3 g4 13. Nh4 Kf7 14. b5 axb5 15.
Nxb5 Ng6 16. Qf5 Rd8 17. Qh5 Ne7 18. Bf4 Kg7 19. Bxc7 Rc8 20. Rxe7+ Bxe7 21.
Nf5+ Kf7 22. Bd6 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Re1 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, 9.h3"]
[WhiteFideId "5004985"]
[BlackFideId "24107581"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 Na5 13. Ba2 c5 14. d5 c4 15. b4
cxb3 16. Nxb3 Nd7 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Bd2 Nc5 20. Bb3 bxa4 21. c4 Qc7
22. Bxa4 Reb8 23. Bc2 a5 24. Ra1 a4 25. Re3 Bc8 26. Bxa4 Qa7 27. Rea3 Nxe4 28.
Be3 Qe7 29. Bb5 Bb7 30. Rxa8 Bxa8 31. Ra7 Qd8 32. Qc2 Nf6 33. Bc6 Rc8 34. Ng5
Be7 35. Qa4 Bxc6 36. dxc6 e4 37. Qb5 h6 38. c7 Qe8 39. Nxe4 Kf8 40. Nxf6 Bxf6
41. Rb7 Ke7 42. Bf4 Qd7 43. c5 Be5 44. cxd6+ Bxd6 45. Qe2+ Kf8 46. Qd3 Ke7 47.
Qe4+ Kf8 48. Qd4 Ke7 49. Rb1 Bxc7 50. Re1+ Kd8 51. Qxg7 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Nimzo-English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1130420"]
[BlackFideId "24131423"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g4 h6 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. d4 d5 7. g5 hxg5 8. Bxg5
dxc4 9. e4 b5 10. d5 exd5 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. Nxd5 Nfxd5 13. Rxd5 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bd6
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd7 c6 17. Rd1 Bf4+ 18. Kb1 Rd8 19. e5 Rxd7 20. Bg2 O-O 21.
Qf5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxc6 b4 25. Rd7 Bxh2 26. Bd5 c3 27.
bxc3 bxc3 28. Kc2 Be5 29. Rxa7 Bd4 30. Ra8 Rxa8 31. Bxa8 Bxf2 32. Kxc3 f5 33.
Kd3 g5 34. Ke2 Bh4 35. Kf3 Kg7 36. Bc6 g4+ 37. Kf4 Kf6 38. Ba4 Bg5+ 39. Kg3 Bd2
40. Bd1 Kg5 41. Kg2 Ba5 42. Bc2 Bb6 43. Bd3 Kf4 44. Bc2 Ke5 45. Bd3 f4 46. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12539929"]
[BlackFideId "112275"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
Qc7 9. Qe2 b5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. h4 Rfc8 13. Bf4 a5 14. N1h2 a4 15. Ng5
Nd4 16. Qd1 a3 17. b3 b4 18. Rc1 Nf8 19. h5 h6 20. Nh3 Nh7 21. c3 bxc3 22. Rxc3
Nc6 23. Ng4 Qd7 24. Bd2 Nb4 25. Qb1 Ba6 26. Rd1 Qa7 27. Bf1 Rab8 28. Rcc1 Nc6
29. Be3 Nd4 30. f4 Bd8 31. Bxd4 cxd4 32. Kg2 Ba5 33. Ng1 Bc3 34. Ne2 Bb2 35.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 36. Nh2 Nf8 37. Nf3 Nd7 38. Kh1 Nb8 39. Bh3 Nc6 40. f5 exf5 41. Bxf5
Re8 42. Nf4 Bc8 43. Bxc8 Rxc8 44. Nxd5 Qb7 45. Qc2 Na7 46. Nf6+ gxf6 47. Qe2
fxe5 48. Kh2 Nc6 49. Rf1 Qd7 50. Nh4 Ne7 51. Qxe5 Rc2+ 52. Kg1 Qh3 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Xu, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13500139"]
[BlackFideId "8605564"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qb3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Qg6 12. O-O Bd6 13. a3 e5 14. Bd3 Na5 15.
Qa4 Qxd3 16. Qxd7 exd4 17. Rfd1 Qg6 18. Nxd4 Nc4 19. Qb5 Ne5 20. Qxb7 Rab8 21.
Qe4 Rxb2 22. h3 f5 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Nce2 c6 25. Qa5 Qf6 26. Rab1 Nc4 27. Qc3
Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Nxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Gallego Alcaraz, Andres Felipe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "5072786"]
[BlackFideId "4402669"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. Nf4 Nxd4 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. Ng6+ hxg6 12. exf6+ Nxf6 13. Qxh8 Kf7 14. O-O e5
15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Bg5 Bc5 19. Qh3 Qd7 20. Bxf6 Kxf6
21. Rfe1 Re8 22. Qh4+ Kf7 23. Qh5+ Kf6 24. Qh4+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ Kf6 26. Ra5 Bd4 27.
Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Qxe8 Qxb3 29. h4 Qxb2 30. Qf8+ Ke6 31. Qe8+ Kf6 32. Qf8+ Ke6 33.
Rf1 e4 34. Qe8+ Kf6 35. h5 Qd2 36. Kh1 Bxf2 37. Qg6+ Ke7 38. Qxg7+ Ke6 39. Qg6+
Ke5 40. h6 Qf4 41. Rxf2 Qxf2 42. Qg5 Qc5 43. h7 Qf8 44. g4 Kd4 45. Qd2+ Kc4 46.
Qc2+ Kd5 47. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "14203987"]
[BlackFideId "13702661"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3
Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. e4 d6 11. Qxh5 Nxh5 12. Nd5 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Rf2 Rfc8 15.
Bg5 Kf8 16. Bf1 Nf6 17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Be3 a5 19. Rd1 a4 20. Nd4 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nxd4
22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Nc5 24. Rd1 Ra6 25. Rfd2 Rb6 26. Kf2 Rb4 27. Ke3 Nd7 28.
Rc2 b5 29. a3 Rb3+ 30. Rd3 b4 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. Rdd2 Ne5 33. f4 Nd7 34. Kf2 Nc5
35. Ke1 Rb3 36. Rf2 Rcb8 37. Kd1 h5 38. Kc1 a3 39. bxa3 Rb1+ 40. Kd2 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4135539"]
[BlackFideId "5084423"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 b5 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Nc5 13. Rc4 Be6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Bd7 16. Be3 Na4 17. Rb4 f5 18. c3 f4 19. Bc1 Qe8 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. Nxe5 dxe5
22. Rxe5 Qd8 23. Rxa4 Bxa4 24. Qxa4 Bc5 25. Qd1 f3 26. g3 Qc7 27. Re4 Rae8 28.
Qe1 Rxe4 29. Qxe4 Qb6 30. Bd3 Bxf2+ 31. Kf1 Kg8 32. Qxh7+ Kf7 33. Bg5 Re8 34.
Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24130737"]
[BlackFideId "4108116"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7
8. Bf1 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24176460"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 h6 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Nh4 Bc8 13. Nf3 g5 14. Bc1 Nbd7 15.
Qc2 a6 16. a4 Rb8 17. h4 g4 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. b3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bb2 Nh5 22.
Be4 Qd7 23. e3 Nf6 24. Bg2 Qf5 25. e4 Qg6 26. Ra5 Bd7 27. Ra7 Rbd8 28. Qb1 h5
29. Nd1 Nxd5 30. Nf1 Nb4 31. Nfe3 Nbd3 32. Rf1 Nxb2 33. Nxb2 Nf3+ 34. Bxf3 gxf3
35. Rd1 Rxe4 36. Nd5 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300857"]
[BlackFideId "4189302"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. d5 e6 11. Bg5 Qa5 12. Rc1 exd5 13. exd5 b5 14. Be2 Nf6
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. O-O Bd7 17. Ng5 Rae8 18. Bd3 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Qxa2 20. Ra1 Qb2
21. Rfc1 c4 22. Bf1 a5 23. h4 h5 24. Rxa5 Re5 25. Qxe5 Qxc1 26. d6 b4 27. cxb4
c3 28. Rc5 c2 29. Qc3 Bf5 30. g4 Be4 31. gxh5 Qf4 32. Qe3 Qxh4 33. Bg2 Ra8 34.
Bxe4 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Qh1+ 36. Kg3 Rg1+ 37. Kf4 Qh2+ 38. Kf3 c1=Q 39. Qxc1 Qh3+ 40.
Ke2 Rxc1 41. Rxc1 Qe6 42. Kf3 gxh5 43. b5 Qxd6 44. Rb1 Qb6 45. Bc6 Kg7 46. Kg2
Kg6 47. Rb3 h4 48. Rf3 Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, 4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "24651516"]
[BlackFideId "14129574"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 Bg7 7. d5 Ne7 8. Bd3
d6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. Nd4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Bxd4 15.
Bxd4 Nf5 16. Rae1 a6 17. Re2 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. f4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 f5 21. Kf2
Kf7 22. Re1 Qh8 23. Qe3 Re8 24. Qxe8+ Qxe8 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. Ke3 Nf6 27. b4 Kd7
28. a4 b6 29. Kd4 Nh5 30. Ne2 Nf6 31. Nc1 Nh5 32. Nd3 Kd8 33. a5 Nf6 34. axb6
cxb6 35. c5 Kc7 36. c6 Nh5 37. Ke3 Nf6 38. Kd4 Nh5 39. Kc3 Ng3 40. Nc1 Kd8 41.
Kd3 Nh5 42. Ne2 Nf6 43. Kd4 b5 44. Nc3 Kc7 45. Ke3 Kb6 46. Kd4 Kc7 47. Ne2 Kd8
48. Nc1 Kc8 49. Nd3 Kc7 50. Nf2 Nh5 51. Nd3 Ng3 52. Ke3 Ne4 53. Nc1 Nf6 54. Kd4
Nh5 55. Ne2 Nf6 56. Nc3 Kb6 57. Ke3 Ne8 58. g4 a5 59. bxa5+ Kxa5 60. g5 h5 61.
Kd4 b4 62. Nb1 Ka4 63. Kc4 Nc7 64. Nd2 Na8 65. Kd3 Nc7 66. Kc4 Na8 67. Kd3 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12573981"]
[BlackFideId "4113403"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Rb8 8. Qd2
Qa5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. a3 b5 13. Ne2 b4 14. O-O bxa3 15.
Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Rxa3 Nc6 17. b3 Ke7 18. Kf2 a6 19. Ned4 Nb4 20. Ke3 Rhc8 21. Rd1
Ne4 22. Ng1 Nc3 23. Rc1 Bb5 24. Ngf3 Nca2 25. Ra1 Bxd3 26. cxd3 Nc1 27. Rxa6
Nxa6 28. Rxa6 Kf8 29. f5 exf5 30. Ra7 f4+ 31. Kxf4 Nxd3+ 32. Kf5 Nc5 33. Ng5 g6+
34. Kf6 Rb7 35. Rxb7 Nxb7 36. Nxf7 Nc5 37. Nd6 Rb8 38. e6 Ne4+ 39. Ke5 Ra8 40.
Kxd5 Nf6+ 41. Ke5 Ng4+ 42. Kf4 Ke7 43. N6b5 Nxh2 44. Nc6+ Kxe6 45. Nc7+ Kd6 46.
Nxa8 Kxc6 47. Kg5 Kb7 48. Kh6 Kxa8 49. Kxh7 g5 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13502956"]
[BlackFideId "4114060"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Kb1 d5 11. c4 Nb6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Rhe1 Re8
15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nd4 Rad8 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Rxe6 Qxe6 20. Re1 Qc8
21. Qa5 a6 22. a3 Rd7 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Qc3 Qd8 25. Qd4 h6 26. Re5 b5 27. h4 Rd6
28. h5 Qd7 29. g4 f6 30. Re1 a5 31. f3 Kh8 32. Re3 Kg8 33. Re1 Kh8 34. Qc3 Qd8
35. Re2 Kg8 36. Qd4 Kh8 37. Qd3 Rb6 38. Rd2 Rb8 39. Qxd5 Qe8 40. Qe4 Qf7 41. b3
Qf8 42. Qf4 b4 43. axb4 axb4 44. Rd4 Qe8 45. Kb2 Qb5 46. Qc7 Kh7 47. Qe7 Qa5 48.
Rd7 Qg5 49. Qe4+ Kh8 50. Rd5 f5 51. Qxf5 Qe7 52. Qe5 Qf8 53. Rd6 Kg8 54. Re6 Ra8
55. Re7 Kh8 56. g5 Kh7 57. Rf7 Qg8 58. Qf5+ Kh8 59. gxh6 Qxf7 60. Qxf7 gxh6 61.
Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.25"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Wen, Yang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Hastings variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13306677"]
[BlackFideId "8602956"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qb4+ 10. Qc3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Qxc3+ 12. Nxc3 Bb4 13. Kc2 b6 14. Ne5
Bxc3 15. Kxc3 c5 16. Nxd7 cxd4+ 17. Rxd4 Bxd7 18. Be2 Bc6 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. gxf3
Rd8 21. Rhd1 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Ke7 23. b4 Rc8 24. Rd2 Rc7 25. a4 Kf6 26. c5 bxc5 27.
b5 Kg5 28. Kc4 Kh4 29. a5 Kh3 30. Rd8 Kxh2 31. a6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.26"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4194985"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.
Bh4 c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Qf3 Qd5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. Qe2
Ke7 15. O-O-O Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Qxg2 17. Re1 Rhd8 18. Rg4 Qxh2 19. Rxg7 Qf4+ 20. Kb1
Qf5+ 21. Ka1 Rd3 22. Rg3 Rad8 23. a3 b5 24. Rxd3 Rxd3 25. f4 Qd5 26. Qe5 Rd1+
27. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 28. Ka2 Qd5+ 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. f5 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.27"]
[White "Iniyan, P"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "A89"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Leningrad, main variation with Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "25002767"]
[BlackFideId "4119150"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5
9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. e4 f4 11. gxf4 exf4 12. e5 Ng4 13. e6 Ne5 14. Qa4 f3 15. Bh3
Nd3 16. Qd1 Nxc1 17. Qxc1 b6 18. Ne4 Ba6 19. Rd1 Be5 20. Qh6 Bg7 21. Qh4 h6 22.
Kh1 Bxc4 23. Rg1 Qe8 24. Rg3 Bxd5 25. Rag1 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 g5 27. Bf5 Rd8 28. Bg6
Rf4 29. Bf7+ Kh8 30. Qxf4 gxf4 31. Rxg7 Qf8 32. R7g4 c5 33. a4 a6 34. h4 b5 35.
axb5 axb5 36. Kh2 c4 37. Kh3 b4 38. Rxf4 Rc8 39. Rxf3 c3 40. Rfg3 c2 41. Rc1 Qd8
42. Rg8+ Qxg8 43. Bxg8 Kxg8 44. b3 Kg7 45. Kg4 Kf6 46. Kh5 Kxe6 47. Kxh6 Ke5 48.
Kg7 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.28"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "4147103"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6
9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 h6 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15.
Qh4 Rad8 16. Bd3 Ba3 17. Ba1 Bb4 18. Ne5 Rfe8 19. Bc2 Nd7 20. Qe4 f5 21. Qe2
Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Bd6 23. Qe2 Qg5 24. c5 bxc5 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Bxg7
Kxg7 28. Qe5+ Kf7 29. Qxc5 Qd5 30. b4 Qxc5 31. bxc5 Ba6 32. Rd1 Bc4 33. Rd7+ Re7
34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. a3 Kf6 36. f4 e5 37. g3 exf4 38. gxf4 Ke6 39. Kf2 Kd5 40. Ke3
Kxc5 41. Bxf5 Bf7 42. Bb1 Kd6 43. Ke4 Bg6+ 44. f5 Bf7 45. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.29"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Shinkevich, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "4122690"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. h4 Nc6 8. h5
Bf5 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. d3 Qb5 12. a4 Qb4+ 13. Kf1 Rad8 14. Rh4 Qd6
15. Bg5 a5 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Rc1 Nb4 18. Bh3 Bxd3 19. exd3 Nxd3 20. Rc2 Qd5 21.
Bg2 Qa2 22. Rxc7 Qb1+ 23. Ke2 Nb4 24. Rd7 Rc8 25. Ne1 Bxb2 26. Be4 Qa2 27. Kf1
Bf6 28. Qxa2 Nxa2 29. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.30"]
[White "Triapishko, Alexandr"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14122286"]
[BlackFideId "911925"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 c6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. Nh4
Be6 9. f4 Qc8 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Bh3 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Bg2 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 e6 16. Be3 a5 17. Nf3 a4 18. Ne5 Nf6 19. Qf3 Nd5 20. Bf2 b5 21. a3 Ra7
22. Nd3 Rd7 23. g4 Nb6 24. Re2 Nc4 25. Rf1 Bf6 26. Rfe1 Kg7 27. h4 Rh8 28. h5
gxh5 29. g5 Be7 30. f5 Bxg5 31. fxe6 fxe6 32. Nc5 Rg8 33. Nxd7 Qxd7 34. Kh1 Qd5
35. Qxd5 exd5 36. Re6 Rc8 37. R1e2 Kf7 38. Kg2 h6 39. Kh3 Nxb2 40. Bh4 Nd3 41.
Bxg5 hxg5 42. Re7+ Kf6 43. R2e6+ Kf5 44. Kg3 c5 45. Rd6 cxd4 46. cxd4 h4+ 47.
Kf3 Rf8 48. Ra6 h3 49. Kg3 Rh8 50. Re2 Rh4 51. Ra8 Rg4+ 52. Kh2 Rxd4 53. Rf8+
Kg4 54. Re3 Nf4 55. Rg3+ Kh5 56. Rh8+ Kg6 57. Rg8+ Kf6 58. Rf8+ Ke7 59. Rb8 Rd2+
60. Kh1 Kf6 61. Rf8+ Ke5 62. Rxg5+ Ke4 63. Rg3 Nd3 64. Rg4+ Ke3 65. Rg3+ Kd4 66.
Rb8 Kc4 67. Rc8+ Kb3 68. Rb8 Kc4 69. Rc8+ Kd4 70. Rb8 Nf2+ 71. Kg1 h2+ 72. Kxh2
Ne4+ 73. Rg2 Rxg2+ 74. Kxg2 Nc3 75. Kf2 Kd3 76. Rd8 d4 77. Ke1 Nb1 78. Rh8 Kc3
79. Rc8+ Kd3 80. Rh8 Kc2 81. Rh2+ Kb3 82. Ke2 Kxa3 83. Kd3 Kb3 84. Kxd4 Nc3 85.
Kc5 a3 86. Rh4 a2 87. Rh1 b4 88. Ra1 Ka3 89. Kc4 b3 90. Rh1 b2 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Repka, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "4657101"]
[BlackFideId "14918781"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. Bf4 d6 6. h4 h6 7. Qd2 Nd7 8. O-O-O
b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. Be2 e5 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. h5 g5 14. Bg4 Nd7 15. Nd5
Ne5 16. Be2 Bc8 17. f4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Bd7 19. g4 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bf6 21. Nf3 Nxf3
22. Bxf3 Bg5 23. Rde1+ Kf8 24. Re4 Qf6 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Rf1 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8
28. Rf2 Qg7 29. Kc2 Kd8 30. Qc3 Qxc3+ 31. Kxc3 f5 32. gxf5 Bxf5 33. Be2 Bh3 34.
Rf6 g4 35. Rg6 Rxh5 36. Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.32"]
[White "Karavade, Eesha"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5012600"]
[BlackFideId "4500261"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Qe7 9. e4 e5 10. d5 a5 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1+ 13. Bxa1 c5 14. b5 Nh5
15. Nd2 Ndf6 16. g3 Ng4 17. Be2 f5 18. Bxg4 fxg4 19. Qc3 Bd7 20. Bb2 Nf6 21. O-O
h6 22. Qe3 Qe8 23. Bc3 Qg6 24. Ba5 Nh7 25. Bc7 Ng5 26. h4 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Nxd2 28.
Qxd2 Qxe4+ 29. Kg1 Rf6 30. Qa2 Bf5 31. Qb3 Qe2 32. Bd8 Bd3 33. Qd1 Qxf1+ 34.
Qxf1 Bxf1 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Kxf1 Kf7 37. Ke2 Kg6 38. Ke3 Kf5 39. Kd3 e4+ 40. Ke3
Ke5 41. h5 b6 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.33"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "24133795"]
[BlackFideId "13304852"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5
Be7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. f4 c4 12. Bc2 b5 13. a3 a5 14. O-O g6 15. Bh4 Ne8
16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nd6 20. Qe2 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Qb7
22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. h4 Rfd8 24. Rf3 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. cxb4 Rb8
28. b3 Rxb4 29. Rc3 Rxb3 30. Rxc4 Qa6 31. Qc2 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Rb1 33. Qc3 Rh1+ 34.
Kg3 Qg1 35. d5 Qh2+ 36. Kf2 Qxh4+ 37. Ke2 Qg4+ 38. Kf2 Qh4+ 39. Ke2 e5 40. fxe5
Re1+ 41. Qxe1 Qxc4+ 42. Kf2 Qxd5 43. Qe3 h5 44. Qf4 Kf8 45. Qg5 Ke8 46. Ke3 Kd7
47. Qf4 Qc5+ 48. Kd2 Qe7 49. Kd3 Qa3+ 50. Ke2 Qa2+ 51. Kf3 Qb3+ 52. Kf2 Qe6 53.
Kg1 Kc6 54. Qd4 Qd5 55. Qf4 Kc5 56. Kh1 Qe6 57. Qd2 Qe7 58. Qe3+ Kd5 59. Qf4 Qe6
60. Kg1 Qf5 61. Qe3 Ke6 62. Qc5 Qxe5 63. Qc8+ Ke7 64. Qg8 Qe1+ 65. Kh2 Qh4+ 66.
Kg1 Qg3 67. Qh8 h4 68. Kh1 Qf4 69. Qa1 Ke6 70. Qh8 Kf5 71. Qc8+ Kg5 72. Qd8+ Qf6
73. Qd2+ Kh5 74. Qc1 g5 75. Qc5 Kg6 76. Qf8 Kh7 77. Qc5 Kg7 78. Qc4 Qe5 79. Qc8
Qd4 80. Qf5 f6 81. Qc8 Qa7 82. Kh2 Qe7 83. Kh1 Qe1+ 84. Kh2 Qe5+ 85. Kh1 f5 86.
Qd7+ Kg6 87. Qc6+ Kh5 88. Qd7 Qe4 89. Kh2 Qe5+ 90. Kh1 Kg6 91. Qc6+ Qf6 92. Qe8+
Kh6 93. Qd7 g4 94. Qd2+ Kg6 95. Qe1 Kg7 96. Qc1 h3 97. gxh3 Qh4 98. Qc3+ Kg6 99.
Kg2 gxh3+ 100. Qxh3 Qxh3+ 101. Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.34"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Vavulin, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Opening "Budapest"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14204118"]
[BlackFideId "4169530"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 g5 5. Bg3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Ngxe5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. e4 d6 10. h4 g4 11. h5 c6 12. c5 dxc5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Bh4+ Kc7
15. h6 Bf8 16. Bf6 Ng6 17. Bxh8 Nxh8 18. Bd3 Ng6 19. e5 Bd7 20. O-O-O Be7 21.
Rde1 Re8 22. g3 b5 23. Rh5 Bf6 24. Re2 Bh8 25. e6 Bxe6 26. Rxc5 a6 27. Rh5 Rd8
28. Bb1 Bc4 29. Rd2 Re8 30. a3 a5 31. Bf5 Ne5 32. Ne4 Nd3+ 33. Kc2 Nxb2 34. Bxh7
b4 35. axb4 axb4 36. Nc5 Bc3 37. Rd7+ Kb8 38. Be4 Bh8 39. Rb7+ Ka8 40. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.35"]
[White "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Black "Salomon, Johan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5058422"]
[BlackFideId "1509500"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. a3 Ba5 13. Qxd4 Rd8 14. Qe5 Bb6 15.
g4 Nd7 16. Qg3 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qf4 Kg7 19. Bb5 Bd7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. h4
Qd6 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. Kg2 Rc4 26. Kh3 Rc2 27. Rd2
Rxd2 28. Nxd2 f5 29. gxf5 exf5 30. Kg3 Kf6 31. a4 h5 32. Kf3 Bd8 33. Nf1 Kg6 34.
Kg3 Bc7+ 35. Kf3 Bd8 36. Kg3 Bc7+ 37. Kf3 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.36"]
[White "Xu, Yinglun"]
[Black "Gholami, Aryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "D81"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Russian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8604940"]
[BlackFideId "12513342"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 a6 8. Bf4
b5 9. Qxc7 Qxc7 10. Bxc7 Nc6 11. d5 Nd4 12. Bd3 b4 13. Na4 Bd7 14. Nb6 Bb5 15.
Rd1 Ra7 16. Be5 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Nc2+ 18. Ke2 Nxe4 19. Nf3 Nc5 20. Rd2 b3 21. axb3
Nb4 22. Bc3 a5 23. Nd4 Ra6 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. Na4 Ne4 26. Rd3 Rd6 27. Nc2 Rb8 28.
Ne3 Rb5 29. Rc1 Bh6 30. Rc7 Bxe3 31. Rxe3 Nf6 32. Rexe7 Rbxd5 33. Rc2 Kf8 34.
Re3 Ng4 35. Re4 f5 36. Rxb4 Re6+ 37. Kf3 Rd3+ 38. Kf4 Nf6 39. Nc5 Nd5+ 40. Kg5
Nxb4 41. Nxe6+ Kf7 42. Nf4 Rd7 43. Rc4 Nd3 44. Nxd3 Rxd3 45. Rc7+ Ke6 46. Rxh7
Rd2 47. Kxg6 Rxf2 48. g3 Rxb2 49. Rf7 Rxh2 50. Rxf5 Rh8 51. Rf6+ Ke5 52. Kg7 Rh3
53. g4 Rg3 54. Rf5+ Ke4 55. Rg5 Kf4 56. Rc5 Rxg4+ 57. Kf6 Ke3 58. Rc3+ Kd2 59.
Rc4 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.37"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Nbd2
d6 9. a4 g6 10. a5 a6 11. Nf1 Kg7 12. Ne3 Ng8 13. Bxe7 Ngxe7 14. d4 f5 15. exf5
gxf5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. g3 Kf6 19. Nd2 Be6 20. Bxe6 Kxe6 21. Ke2
Nd5 22. Nb3 b6 23. Rhd1 Nxe3 24. Kxe3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nxa5 26. Nxa5 bxa5 27. Ra1
Rb8 28. Rxa5 Rxb2 29. Rxa6+ Kd5 30. c4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.38"]
[White "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Black "Liu, Yan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "24176729"]
[BlackFideId "8608962"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Na3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. f4 O-O 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nf3 Rb8
9. O-O b5 10. Nc2 b4 11. Ne3 bxc3 12. bxc3 Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Bd2 Rb2 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qa5 17. e5 Nd4 18. cxd4 Rxd2 19. Qb3 Qb4 20. Qxb4 cxb4 21. Rfd1
Rc2 22. Bd5 e6 23. Bb3 Rc3 24. Rac1 d5 25. Rxc3 bxc3 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Bc2 Rc6 28.
Ba4 Rc7 29. Bc2 Bf8 30. Rb1 Ba3 31. Rb3 Bc1 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. a4 a5 34. Rb5 Ra7
35. Kf3 h5 36. Bb3 Bd2 37. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.39"]
[White "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Black "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Schlechter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24104795"]
[BlackFideId "13306553"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Nbc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Qe2 a6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. g4 Nxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. g5
Nd7 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. h4 Nc4 17. Bc1 b6 18. Rhg1 Bb7 19. Qe2 Rad8 20. h5 b5 21. g6
Qe5 22. h6 Qxe2 23. gxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. Ndxe2 Rxd1 26. Nxd1 Bf3 27.
Ndc3 b4 28. Rg3 bxc3 29. Rxf3 cxb2 30. Bxb2+ Nxb2 31. Kxb2 Kh7 32. c4 Kxh6 33.
Kc3 Kg7 34. Nf4 Rc8 35. Nd3 a5 36. Rg3+ Kf8 37. f4 Bf6+ 38. Ne5 Ke7 39. Kd4 Rd8+
40. Kc5 Rd2 41. Ra3 Bxe5 42. fxe5 f6 43. exf6+ Kxf6 44. Rxa5 e5 45. Ra8 Ke7 46.
a4 e4 47. Rh8 e3 48. Rh3 e2 49. Re3+ Kd7 50. a5 Ra2 51. a6 Rxa6 52. Rxe2 Kc7 53.
Re7+ Kc8 54. Kd5 Rh6 55. Re6 Rxe6 56. Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.40"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Pavlov, Sergey2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "110973"]
[BlackFideId "14114330"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5
a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. c3 f5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Nxb5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Ne7 16. Na3 O-O 17. O-O e4 18. Bc2 Qb6 19. Qc1 Nxd5 20. Rd1 Qc5 21. Bb3 Ne7
22. Qg5 Ra7 23. Nc4 Rd7 24. Rd2 h6 25. Qe3 Qc6 26. Nb6 f4 27. Qh3 Ra7 28. Nd5
Ng6 29. Qf5 e3 30. Qxg6 Kh8 31. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.41"]
[White "Lomasov, Semen"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[WhiteFideId "24164879"]
[BlackFideId "13703544"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.42"]
[White "Raja, Harshit"]
[Black "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[WhiteFideId "5089000"]
[BlackFideId "12401820"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.43"]
[White "Debashis, Das"]
[Black "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[WhiteFideId "5024854"]
[BlackFideId "13306766"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.44"]
[White "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Black "Bellaiche, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[WhiteFideId "5037883"]
[BlackFideId "615668"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.27"]
[Round "8.45"]
[White "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Black "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[WhiteFideId "4147855"]
[BlackFideId "1634852"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "13300881"]
[BlackFideId "13504398"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c3 Na6 6. O-O O-O 7. a3 b6 8. Ne5 d5
9. Be3 Bb7 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. f4 f6 12. Nef3 e6 13. g4 e5 14. f5 gxf5 15. gxf5 Qe7
16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Ng5 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "4150120"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. Re1 Bd6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Bh5 11. d5 Nf6 12. Bg5 Bg6 13. Re1 cxd5 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Qxd5 Qb6 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Qxb7 Qxb7 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Nc4 Be5 20. Nxe5 fxe5
21. Be4 Rxb2 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Rxe5 Rc8 24. a3 Rcxc2 25. Rf1 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L."]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "13301616"]
[BlackFideId "14105730"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. c5 d6 7. cxd6 cxd6 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. O-O Rc8 10. a3 Be7 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Qc2 13. Qxc2 Rxc2 14. e4 Bb7 15.
e5 Ng4 16. h3 Nh6 17. g4 O-O 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rfc8 20. Bd2 Rb2 21. Bb4 d5
22. Re3 Kf8 23. Bf1 a6 24. Be1 Nb8 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Rc6 27. Kg2 f5 28. exf6
gxf6 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. Bxc3 Rxb3 31. Bd2 Nf7 32. Bxa6 Nxa6 33. Rxa6 Bd6 34. g5
Kg7 35. h4 Kg6 36. gxf6 h6 37. Be3 Rb7 38. Kh3 Kxf6 39. Bxh6 Nxh6 40. Rxd6 Rb3
41. Kg2 Nf5 42. Rd8 Rb4 43. h5 Nxd4 44. Rf8+ Kg7 45. Rf4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Bologan, Victor"]
[Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13900048"]
[BlackFideId "5021596"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 Ne7 8. Re1
Ng6 9. Nf1 Bb6 10. Ng3 c6 11. Bb3 h6 12. h3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Be6 16. Ne4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Ndf4 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bc2 Bc4 20. Kh2 b6 21. a4
Bd3 22. Bb3 c5 23. Nd2 Ba6 24. Bc4 Bb7 25. f3 Bc6 26. Ne4 Ne5 27. Bxf4 Nxc4 28.
b4 cxb4 29. cxb4 Rd4 30. b5 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. fxe4 Re8 33. Rc1 Nb2 34. a5
Nd3 35. axb6 axb6 36. Rf1 Nxf4 37. Rxf4 Re5 38. Kg3 Rxb5 39. Rf2 Kf8 40. Ra2 Ke7
41. Ra7+ Ke6 42. h4 g6 43. Rb7 Rb2 44. Kf3 h5 45. g3 Rb1 46. Kg2 b5 47. Rb6+ Ke5
48. Rb7 b4 49. Rxf7 b3 50. Rb7 Kxe4 51. Rb6 Kd3 52. Rd6+ Kc4 53. Rxg6 Rd1 54.
Rc6+ Kb5 55. Rc8 Rd6 56. Rc1 Kb4 57. g4 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M.amin"]
[Black "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "12521213"]
[BlackFideId "24112798"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 a6 12. Be5 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O Be6 15.
Rac1 Rad8 16. a3 Bc8 17. b4 Qe7 18. Na4 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 Qh4 21. Nc5
Bxh3 22. gxh3 Rd6 23. Ndxe4 Rg6+ 24. Kh2 Rh6 25. Ng5 Qxg5 26. Rg1 Qe7 27. Rg3
Rd6 28. Rcg1 g6 29. Nd3 Nd7 30. f4 Qe4 31. Qd2 b6 32. Nf2 Qe6 33. Ng4 f5 34. Nf2
c5 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. d5 Rxd5 37. Qa2 Nf6 38. h4 Re5 39. Qc2 Rxe3 40. Qxc5 Re2
41. R1g2 Nh5 42. Rf3 Re3 43. Rxe3 Qxe3 44. Qc4+ Kg7 45. Nh3 Re7 46. Qb4 Rc7 47.
Qd2 Qxa3 48. Ng5 Kh6 49. Qd4 Qe7 50. Nf3 Qe4 51. Qxe4 fxe4 52. Ng5 e3 53. Re2
Re7 54. Nh3 Re4 55. Kg2 Nxf4+ 56. Nxf4 Rxf4 57. Rxe3 Rxh4 58. Ra3 Rc4 59. Rxa6
Kg5 60. Ra3 h5 61. Kh3 Rc5 62. Rg3+ Kh6 63. Ra3 Rc6 64. Rb3 g5 65. Rb8 Rc3+ 66.
Kh2 h4 67. Rh8+ Kg6 68. Rb8 Kh5 69. Rh8+ Kg4 70. Rc8 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401653"]
[BlackFideId "5072786"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5
Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxb5 10. dxc6 Qb6 11. b3 Ne7 12. Ba3 Nxc6 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Qxa5 Nxa5
15. Ng5 Bd7 16. Ne4 Bf8 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Nc6 19. b4 a6 20. O-O f6 21. a4
Rc8 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Ne7 24. Bxb7 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxb5 26. Rc7 Bd7 27. Ba6 Rg8
28. Bc5 e5 29. Rb7 Nc6 30. Bb5 e4 31. Rb6 Ne5 32. Re6+ Kd8 33. Bb6+ Kc8 34. Ba6+
Kb8 35. Rd6 d3 36. exd3 exd3 37. f4 Bc8 38. Bxc8 Nc4 39. Be6 Nxd6 40. Bxg8 Ne4
41. Kf1 Nc3 42. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13702661"]
[BlackFideId "4168003"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bh5 6. c4 e6 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8. Nxd7
Qxd7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Nf3 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Qe7 12. h3 a4 13. Qc2 h6 14. Kg1 O-O 15. Kh2
b5 16. a3 Bc5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Rac8 20. Qd2 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 e5
22. Rac1 e4 23. Bg2 h5 24. Rhf1 Qe5 25. dxe4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 dxe4 27. Qd4 Qb8 28.
Rc5 h4 29. Qe5 Qb6 30. Qg5 hxg3+ 31. Kxg3 b4 32. Kf2 bxa3 33. bxa3 Qb2 34. Ra5
Re8 35. Qb5 Qxa3 36. Qxa4 Qf8 37. Qa3 Qxa3 38. Rxa3 Nh5 39. Ra5 g6 40. Rxh5 gxh5
41. Kg3 f5 42. Kf4 Rf8 43. h4 Kg7 44. Bh3 Kf6 45. Bxf5 Rg8 46. Kxe4 Rg1 47. Bd7
Rh1 48. Kf3 Rxh4 49. e4 Rh1 50. Kg2 Rb1 51. e3 Rb7 52. Bf5 Rg7+ 53. Kh3 Rg1 54.
Kh4 Rg5 55. Bh7 Rg7 56. Bf5 Rg5 57. Bh7 Rg1 58. e5+ Kg7 59. Bf5 Kh6 60. e6 Rg7
61. e4 Re7 62. Bh3 Ra7 63. Bg2 Ra5 64. Bf3 Re5 65. e7 Rxe7 66. Bxh5 Rxe4+ 67.
Bg4 Rxg4+ 68. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "4100115"]
[BlackFideId "2000024"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 a5
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. b3 Bg4 11. Ne1 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Qb6 13. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "8608288"]
[BlackFideId "5004985"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Re8 8. c4 e5
9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Qc1 dxe5 11. Rd1 e4 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 Qf6 15.
Qc3 e3 16. fxe3 Ne5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Rf1 Nc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. g4 Bc8 21. Rdf4 f5
22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. R1f3 Rf8 24. e4 Qc5+ 25. Kg2 Bd7 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8
28. Qe5 Qd6 29. Qd5+ Kg7 30. e5 Qe7 31. Nf3 Bc6 32. Qd4 h6 33. Kg3 g5 34. h4
gxh4+ 35. Nxh4 Qg5+ 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Nf3 Qf5 38. Qd8 Bxf3 39. Qxc7+ Ke8 40. exf3
Qc2+ 41. Kg3 Qg6+ 42. Kf4 Qg5+ 43. Ke4 Qg6+ 44. Kd4 Qg1+ 45. Kd5 Qg8+ 46. e6
Qg5+ 47. Qe5 Qd2+ 48. Ke4 Qe2+ 49. Kf4 Qxa2 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "112275"]
[BlackFideId "4135539"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Na3
O-O 9. Nb5 h6 10. e3 dxe3 11. Bxe3 Ng4 12. Bd2 Bf5 13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. Nh4 Bc8 15.
a3 Nxd3 16. Qe2 c6 17. Rad1 Nf4 18. Qe4 Qe7 19. Nd6 Nxg2 20. Nxc8 Raxc8 21. Nf5
Qg5 22. Kxg2 Rce8 23. h4 Qh5 24. Rd6 Re6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Nd6 Nf6 27. Qe3 b5
28. f3 Rd8 29. c5 Rf8 30. Re1 Nd5 31. Qe4 Rf6 32. Rh1 Rg6 33. Kh3 Nf6 34. Qxc6
e4 35. Nxe4 Nd5 36. Kg2 Qe5 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qxb5 Ne3+ 39. Kf2 Nf5 40. g4 Qd4+
41. Ke1 Rxg4 42. fxg4 Qxe4+ 43. Kd2 Qf4+ 44. Kc3 Qe5+ 45. Kd2 Qe3+ 46. Kd1 Qf3+
47. Kd2 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "13500139"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Nxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. Qb5 b6 12. Qxc4 Ba6 13. Nb5 Qd5 14. Qxd5
Nxd5 15. a4 Na5 16. Ne5 Rbd8 17. Nxa7 Nb4 18. Rac1 Rxd4 19. Rxc7 Rd2 20. Nb5 f6
21. Nf3 Rxb2 22. Bh3 f5 23. Nfd4 Rf7 24. Nxe6 Rxe2 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Ned4 Ra2
27. Nd6+ Kf6 28. Re1 g6 29. Bxf5 Nac6 30. Nxc6 Nxc6 31. Bd7 Nd4 32. Kg2 Be2 33.
Bb5 Bf3+ 34. Kf1 Nxb5 35. axb5 Rb2 36. h3 h5 37. Ne8+ Kf5 38. Nd6+ Kf6 39. Ne8+
Kf5 40. Nd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4119150"]
[BlackFideId "4158814"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1
c4 9. h4 f6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. Qb2 Bd7 13. g3 Nge7 14. h5 O-O-O 15. Bh3
g5 16. exf6 gxf4 17. fxe7 Rde8 18. gxf4 Rxe7 19. O-O-O Rf8 20. f5 exf5 21. Rde1
Rfe8 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Rg1 Qc7 24. Kb1 Qf4 25. Rg3 Kc7 26. Bg2 Qd6 27. Qc1 a5
28. h6 f4 29. Rg5 Re2 30. Qf1 Re6 31. Bh3 Rxh6 32. Bxd7 Qxa3 33. Rxd5 Qxc3 34.
Bg4 Ne5 35. Rb5 Nxg4 36. Qg2 b6 37. Qxg4 Rh1+ 38. Ng1 Qe1+ 39. Kb2 Rxg1 40.
Qxf4+ Kc6 41. Rxb6+ Kxb6 42. Qd6+ Kb7 43. Qd7+ Kb6 44. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "5074452"]
[BlackFideId "4162722"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8. e3
Bf5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Bd3 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Bc3 Ba6 14. Nf3 Rc8
15. a4 Qd6 16. Rb1 Nb4 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Rc7 19. Ne1 Rfc8 20. Qb3 Rc4 21. a5
e6 22. Nf3 Bf8 23. Ra1 R4c7 24. Ra4 Nc6 25. Ne1 Qd7 26. Nd3 Bd6 27. Raa1 Qe7 28.
Rfc1 h5 29. Qa4 h4 30. a6 bxa6 31. Qxa6 Qg5 32. Ne1 hxg3 33. hxg3 Bxg3 34. fxg3
Qxe3+ 35. Kg2 Nxd4 36. Qd3 Qxd3 37. Nxd3 Nb3 38. Rd1 Rxc3 39. bxc3 Nxa1 40. Rxa1
Rxc3 41. Ne5 Rc7 42. Ra6 Kg7 43. Nc6 Kf6 44. Nxa7 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 Rc3+ 46. Kf2 g5
47. Nb5 Rc2+ 48. Ke3 Ke5 49. Ra7 Rc5 50. Rb7 f5 51. Kd3 Rc4 52. Nc3 Rd4+ 53. Ke3
Rg4 54. Ne2 Ra4 55. Rb3 Re4+ 56. Kd2 f4 57. gxf4+ gxf4 58. Rh3 Kf5 59. Rh8 e5
60. Rd8 d4 61. Rf8+ Ke6 62. Kd3 Re3+ 63. Kd2 Rf3 64. Nc1 Rf2+ 65. Ke1 Rh2 66.
Nd3 Kd5 67. Nxf4+ exf4 68. Rxf4 Kc4 69. Rf3 Rc2 70. Kd1 Rc3 71. Rf2 Rd3+ 72. Kc2
Ra3 73. Rf8 Ra2+ 74. Kc1 Kc3 75. Rc8+ Kd3 76. Rd8 Rc2+ 77. Kd1 Rh2 78. Kc1 Rh1+
79. Kb2 Ke3 80. Kc2 Rh2+ 81. Kd1 Rg2 82. Rd7 Kd3 83. Kc1 Rg1+ 84. Kb2 Re1 85.
Rd8 Rf1 86. Rd7 Rg1 87. Rd8 Rg5 88. Kc1 Rg1+ 89. Kb2 Rd1 90. Rh8 Re1 91. Rd8 Re4
92. Kc1 Re7 93. Kd1 Ra7 94. Kc1 Rc7+ 95. Kd1 Kc3 96. Ra8 Kd3 97. Rh8 Re7 98. Ra8
Re3 99. Ra7 Re6 100. Ra3+ Ke4 101. Rh3 Ra6 102. Kd2 Ra2+ 103. Kd1 Rg2 104. Ra3
Rh2 105. Rb3 Rg2 106. Ra3 d3 107. Ra8 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4118987"]
[BlackFideId "4194985"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nf4 16. h4 Qc7 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qxf4 Ne5 19. Kb1 Rfc8 20. Qe4 Bf8 21. f4
Nc4 22. Nd4 Re8 23. Qf3 Re3 24. Qf2 Nxb2 25. Re1 Rxa3 26. Nc6 Na4 27. Rh3 Nc3+
28. Kc1 Rb6 29. Bg2 Rxc6 30. dxc6 Qa5 31. Rxc3 Qxc3 32. Kd1 d5 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Taimanov (chase/wing/accelerated counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1510045"]
[BlackFideId "1130420"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Bb7 8. O-O
d6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 c5 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rad1 bxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15.
Qxc4 Qb6 16. Rfe1 Qb4 17. Qxb4 cxb4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rfe8 20. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "4113403"]
[BlackFideId "24131423"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d4 dxe4 7. Qe3 Nbd7 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Nf6 10. Qd3 e6 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Qf3
Rfd8 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Qb3 Nd5 17. Bd2 Rd7 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. a4 Bd6 20. Kf1 Bc7
21. c3 Rdd8 22. Bf3 h6 23. h4 Ra7 24. c4 Ne7 25. Bc3 Kf8 26. g3 Ra6 27. b3 Ra7
28. Rd2 Raa8 29. Rad1 Bd6 30. Rd3 Rd7 31. Bg4 Rdd8 32. Bf3 Rd7 33. h5 Rad8 34.
R3d2 Ra8 35. Kg2 Rc8 36. Bg4 Rdd8 37. Bf3 Rd7 38. Rd3 Rdd8 39. Be4 Ra8 40. f4
Rac8 41. Be1 Rd7 42. Kh3 Rdd8 43. Bf2 Re8 44. Bf3 Red8 45. d5 exd5 46. Bxb6 Bc7
47. Bc5 b6 48. cxd5 bxc5 49. d6 Ba5 50. dxe7+ Kxe7 51. Re3+ Kf6 52. Rxd8 Rxd8
53. Bxc6 Rd6 54. Bb5 Bb4 55. Bc4 Rd8 56. Re5 g5 57. Kg4 Rd7 58. Rf5+ Kg7 59.
fxg5 hxg5 60. Kxg5 Be1 61. h6+ Kh7 62. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Xu, Yi"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "8605564"]
[BlackFideId "13502956"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. h4 h5 7. e5 f6 8. Nbd2
Nf5 9. Ne4 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4148843"]
[BlackFideId "13306677"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3
Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Ne5 c5 13. Rc1 cxd4 14. Nc6 Bxc6
15. Rxc6 Ne5 16. Rc1 a5 17. Nb1 Bc5 18. Bxd4 Qd6 19. Nc3 Bxa3 20. Nb5 Qb4 21.
Nxa3 Qxa3 22. Bxb6 a4 23. bxa4 Qxa4 24. Bd4 h6 25. Ra1 Qxd1 26. Rfxd1 Rxa1 27.
Rxa1 Ned7 28. e3 Ne4 29. Ra5 Ndf6 30. h4 Rc8 31. Bh3 Rb8 32. Kg2 Rd8 33. Bf5 Ne8
34. g4 N4f6 35. f3 Nh7 36. Kg3 Nf8 37. h5 Nf6 38. Ra6 Ne8 39. Be5 Nd7 40. Bd4
Nf8 41. Bc5 Nc7 42. Rc6 Nce6 43. Bb6 Rb8 44. Rd6 Rb7 45. Bd4 Rd7 46. Ra6 Rd8 47.
Ra7 Nxd4 48. exd4 g6 49. hxg6 fxg6 50. Bb1 g5 51. Re7 Rd6 52. Bf5 Ng6 53. Bxg6
Rxg6 54. f4 gxf4+ 55. Kxf4 Kf8 56. Rd7 Rf6+ 57. Ke5 Rg6 58. Kf5 Rg5+ 59. Kf4 Kg8
60. Rd6 Kh7 61. Rf6 Rg8 62. Rf7+ Kg6 63. Rd7 Rf8+ 64. Ke5 Rg8 65. Kxd5 Kg5 66.
Rh7 Rg6 67. Ke5 Kxg4 68. d5 h5 69. d6 Rg8 70. d7 Rd8 71. Ke6 h4 72. Ke7 Rxd7+
73. Kxd7 h3 74. Ke6 Kg3 75. Kf5 h2 76. Rxh2 Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14129574"]
[BlackFideId "24130737"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4189302"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. Nc3
dxc4 9. Bg5 a6 10. Nd2 Qxd4 11. Be3 Qd8 12. Nxc4 Nd5 13. Bf3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bd3
15. Qa4 Qc7 16. Nb5 axb5 17. Bxc6+ Qxc6 18. Qxa8+ Ke7 19. Nd6 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 f5
21. Rc1 c4 22. a4 g6 23. axb5 Qd7 24. Qa3 Bg7 25. Nxf5+ Kf7 26. Nd6+ Kg8 27.
Qa8+ Bf8 28. Rxc4 Kg7 29. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.21"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4108116"]
[BlackFideId "24651516"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nd2 e5 5. Ngf3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. g5 Nh5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Nb3 Nb6
15. a4 Bc7 16. a5 Nc8 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nb7 Qd7 19. Qg4 Qc6 20. a6 Ne7 21. c4 e4
22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. dxe4 Qb5 24. Be3 Rae8 25. Rac1 Bb8 26. Rfd1 Qe5 27. Bd4 Qh2+
28. Kf1 Be5 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Kg1 Qxb2 31. Rc7 f5 32. gxf6 Rxf6 33. f3 Nf4 34.
Bf1 Qe5 35. Rdd7 b5 36. Nc5 b4 37. Kh1 Qa1 38. Qg1 Nh5 39. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "911925"]
[BlackFideId "13300857"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. e3
d5 9. b4 Ne4 10. Qc2 c5 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b5 f5 15. Bb2
Qe7 16. a4 Nd6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Bd5 21. Qc3 Rf7
22. f3 h5 23. h3 Kh7 24. Rfe1 Qh4 25. Kh2 Qb4 26. Qc1 c4 27. Rb1 Qxa4 28. e4 Bb7
29. exf5 exf5 30. Bc3 Qa2 31. Kg1 Rd8 32. Qg5 Rdf8 33. Rbc1 Qa3 34. Re6 Kg8 35.
Rg6 Qc5+ 36. Kh1 Qc7 37. Re1 h4 38. Qxh4 Rd8 39. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.23"]
[White "Aryan, Chopra"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[WhiteFideId "5084423"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nd2 d5 12. Kh1 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb6 14. Bf4 Nd5
15. Bg3 Re8 16. Re1 Bd7 17. a4 a5 18. Qb3 Nf6 19. Nd6 Nh5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Nxf7
Rxe2 22. Ne5+ Be6 23. Qxe6+ Qxe6 24. Nxe6 Rxb2 25. Nc4 Rc2 26. Nxb6 cxb6 27.
Rec1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Re8 29. Nd4 Nf4 30. h4 Nd3 31. Rc2 Rc8 32. g4 Rc4 33. Re2
Nc5 34. Nf5 Rxa4 35. Kg2 Ra1 36. Nd6 h6 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Nf5 a4 39. h5 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.24"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al."]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4107012"]
[BlackFideId "14204118"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 e5 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. d3 a6 6. Nf3 d6 7. h3 h6 8. Qe2 Be6
9. Be3 Qd7 10. Nd5 Bxe3 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Qxe3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. g4 Bg6 15.
O-O-O O-O-O 16. d4 e4 17. Nh4 d5 18. f3 exf3 19. Bxf3 Be4 20. Rhe1 Rde8 21. Qf4
Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Re6 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. Re1 Qg6 25. a3 Rd8 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Rd6
28. Qf5+ Kb8 29. b3 c6 30. Qf4 Ka7 31. Rf5 Re6 32. Rxf7 Re2 33. Qf5 Qd6 34. Kb2
Qh2 35. Qh7 Qb8 36. Qxh6 Kb6 37. Qf8 Re8 38. Qc5# 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.25"]
[White "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Black "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "24107581"]
[BlackFideId "4147103"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Qd3 Rc8 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O dxc4 12. Qxc4 b5 13. Qe2 b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15.
b3 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Rfc1 O-O 20. Rc2 Be7 21. Rac1
Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rd8 23. h4 Rd7 24. Qc4 Qa5 25. Bf3 Bd6 26. Qc8+ Rd8 27. Qc6 Bf8
28. Kg2 Nd7 29. Qc7 Qxc7 30. Rxc7 Ne5 31. Be1 Nxf3 32. Kxf3 a5 33. Ra7 Rd5 34.
Ke2 f5 35. Bd2 Rc5 36. Kd3 Bd6 37. Ra6 Rd5+ 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. e4 fxe4 40. Be3 Bc5
41. Bg5 Bd4 42. Rc6 Rd7 43. Rc8 e5 44. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.26"]
[White "Gallego Alcaraz, Andres Felipe"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "A32"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4402669"]
[BlackFideId "12539929"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O Ne5 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nf5 exf5 13. Nd5 Qc5 14. Nxb4
Qxc4 15. Qa3 Kg7 16. Rac1 Qe6 17. Nd5 Qa6 18. Qc3 Rb8 19. Qc7 Ra8 20. Rfd1 Ng6
21. e3 Qe6 22. Qa5 Qa6 23. Qc3 Rb8 24. Qc7 Ra8 25. a4 Qe6 26. a5 Qe5 27. Qc2 Rb8
28. f4 Qe6 29. Qc7 Ra8 30. a6 Qxa6 31. Qc5 Qc6 32. Qa3 Qa6 33. Qc3 Rb8 34. Qc7
Ra8 35. b4 Qe6 36. Qc5 b6 37. Qd4 Rb8 38. e4 fxe4 39. Bxe4 Ne7 40. Nc7 Qg4 41.
Qd6 Ng8 42. b5 h5 43. Re1 h4 44. Rc3 Bb7 45. Bxb7 Rxb7 46. Ne8+ Rxe8 47. Rxe8
Nh6 48. Kg2 h3+ 49. Kf2 Qf5 50. Rcc8 Ng4+ 51. Ke1 Qb1+ 52. Kd2 Qa2+ 53. Rc2 Qa5+
54. Kd1 Nh6 55. f5 Qa1+ 56. Ke2 Nxf5 57. Qf8+ Kg6 58. Qg8+ Ng7 59. Re7 f5 60.
Qxf7+ Kh6 61. g4 d6 62. Rxb7 Qe5+ 63. Kd3 Qe4+ 64. Kc3 Qe5+ 65. Kb4 Qe1+ 66. Ka3
Qa5+ 67. Kb2 Qxb5+ 68. Qb3 Qe5+ 69. Ka3 fxg4 70. Rxg7 Qxg7 71. Qe6+ Kg5 72. Qxd6
Qa1+ 73. Kb3 a5 74. Qd2+ Kh5 75. Rc6 Qb1+ 76. Ka4 Qe4+ 77. Kb5 Qb4+ 78. Qxb4
axb4 79. Kxb4 g3 80. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.27"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "4500261"]
[BlackFideId "14203987"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. a4 Ne4 12. a5 c5 13. a6 Bc6 14. Bb2 Qe7 15.
Qe2 Rac8 16. c4 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 h6 18. dxc5 Ndxc5 19. Bc2 Ba8 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21.
Nd4 Nd6 22. e4 Bc4 23. Qe1 Bxa6 24. e5 Ne8 25. Nf5 Qc7 26. Qe3 Ne6 27. Rdc1 Qxc2
28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. h4 Rd3 30. Qe4 Rxb2 31. Rxa6 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rxf2 33. Rxa7 Rd8
34. Ne7+ Kh8 35. Nc6 Rc8 36. Qe3 Rf4 37. g3 Rf1 38. Kg2 Rb1 39. Qf3 N8c7 40. Ne7
Rf8 41. Qc6 Rb5 42. Qe4 Rc5 43. Nf5 b5 44. Nd6 Kg8 45. Kh2 Rd5 46. Ra2 b4 47.
Qxb4 Rxe5 48. Rf2 Nd5 49. Qb7 Nc5 50. Qa7 Nf6 51. Rb2 Nce4 52. Nxe4 Rxe4 53. Kg2
h5 54. Rb8 Rxb8 55. Qxb8+ Re8 56. Qb5 Rd8 57. Qa5 Rd5 58. Qb4 g6 59. Qc4 Rf5 60.
Qd4 Ng4 61. Qc3 Re5 62. Qd4 Re2+ 63. Kg1 Re8 64. Qd2 Re4 65. Kg2 Kh7 66. Qa2 Re7
67. Qd2 Ne3+ 68. Kf2 Nf5 69. Qa2 Rb7 70. Qd5 Rb2+ 71. Ke1 Rb1+ 72. Ke2 Kg8 73.
Qe5 Rb3 74. Qe8+ Kg7 75. Qe5+ Kh7 76. Qd5 Kg8 77. Kf2 Rb2+ 78. Kf3 Rb3+ 79. Kf2
Ra3 80. Qd8+ Kg7 81. Qd2 Rb3 82. Qa2 Rd3 83. Qa1+ Kh7 84. Qa2 Rd7 85. Kf3 Rc7
86. Kf2 Nh6 87. Kg2 Rd7 88. Qb3 Rd2+ 89. Kg1 Rd6 90. Kg2 Re6 91. Qb7 Kg8 92.
Qb8+ Kg7 93. Qb2+ f6 94. Qb3 Re7 95. Qb4 Nf5 96. Kf2 Rd7 97. Qa5 Rb7 98. Qc5 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.28"]
[White "Wen, Yang"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "8602956"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O a6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qb3
Bb7 9. d3 Nbd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1 a5 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. b3
e5 16. Bb2 e4 17. dxe4 Nxe4 18. Nc4 Nef6 19. Nd4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ne5 21. Ne3 Ned7
22. Nc4 Ne5 23. Rad1 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Qe5 25. Ba1 Rfe8 26. Rfe1 Ne4 27. e3 Qh5 28.
f3 Ng5 29. h4 Ne6 30. Nb5 Qc5 31. Rc1 Qxc4 32. Rxc4 Rad8 33. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.29"]
[White "Salomon, Johan"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "1509500"]
[BlackFideId "4657101"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d4 e6 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O b5 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Ne2 Qb8 13. Rc1 b4 14. Rc2 a5 15. Bb5
Rd8 16. Qd3 h6 17. Ra1 Ne8 18. Rac1 Nef6 19. Ra1 Ne8 20. Rac1 Nc7 21. Bxd7 Rxd7
22. Ne5 Re7 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Ne8 25. f3 Rc7 26. Rxc7 Nxc7 27. e4 Qb5 28.
Qc2 Ne8 29. e5 Bc7 30. f4 a4 31. Rf1 Ra6 32. Bc1 Rc6 33. Qd1 axb3 34. axb3 Bb6
35. Be3 Nc7 36. g4 Qa6 37. f5 Qa2 38. Nc1 Qb2 39. Rf2 Qb1 40. Qd2 Rc3 41. Kh2
exf5 42. Ne2 Rd3 43. Qxb4 Rxe3 44. Qxb6 Qe1 45. Rg2 Ne6 46. gxf5 Ng5 47. Ng1
Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.30"]
[White "Repka, Christopher"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14918781"]
[BlackFideId "24133795"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O
c5 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxc6 13. Bg5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. a4 Be7 16. Re1 Bc6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. Rc1 Kd7 20. Rd1+
Bd6 21. Bf4 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Bxf4 23. Bf3+ Ke7 24. Bc6 b4 25. Rd7+ Kf6 26. Bb7 Be5
27. b3 g5 28. h3 h5 29. Kf1 Kg6 30. Ke2 f5 31. f3 Kf6 32. Kd3 h4 33. Ke3 Bc3 34.
Rd6 Ke7 35. Rc6 Kd7 36. Rc4 Rb8 37. Bc6+ Kd6 38. Ba4 Rd8 39. f4 gxf4+ 40. Rxf4
Rg8 41. Kf2 Rh8 42. Kf3 Kd5 43. Rc4 e5 44. Bd7 e4+ 45. Ke2 Rh5 46. Kf1 Rh7 47.
Ba4 Ke5 48. Rc8 Kf4 49. Rc5 Ra7 50. Ke2 Rg7 51. Kf1 Rg6 52. Rd5 Ke3 53. Rxf5 Rd6
54. Kg1 Rd1+ 55. Rf1 Be1 56. Bb5 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.31"]
[White "Liu, Yan"]
[Black "Narayanan, S.L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "8608962"]
[BlackFideId "5058422"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6
9. Nc3 h6 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Nde4 Qd7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bg7 14. e3 Bh3 15.
Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Qf3 Kh8 17. a3 Qd7 18. b4 f5 19. b5 Nd8 20. Qg2 Ne6 21. f4 Rae8
22. Rae1 Nc7 23. Nxc7 Qxc7 24. Qd5 Re7 25. Kh1 Rfe8 26. e4 exf4 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7
28. gxf4 Re6 29. Re2 Qf7 30. Rfe1 b6 31. e5 Qe7 32. Qf3 Qh4 33. exd6 Qxe1+ 34.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 35. Kg2 R1e6 36. Qb7+ Kf6 37. Qc7 Re2+ 38. Kf1 Re1+ 39. Kf2 R1e2+ 40.
Kf1 Re1+ 41. Kf2 R8e2+ 42. Kg3 g5 43. d7 Re3+ 44. Kf2 R1e2+ 45. Kf1 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.32"]
[White "Gholami, Aryan"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12513342"]
[BlackFideId "110973"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 c5 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. c4 d4 7. b4 Nc6 8. b5 Na5
9. d3 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Ba3 b6 13. Nb3 Nb7 14. Bb2 Ned6 15. a4 a5
16. Qc2 e5 17. e3 Bf5 18. exd4 exd4 19. Rae1 Rfe8 20. Bc1 h6 21. h4 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.33"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "13304852"]
[BlackFideId "12573981"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 c6 8. Bf3 e5
9. Nge2 Nc7 10. O-O Ne6 11. Be3 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nd5 Bd7 15.
Nec3 h5 16. a3 Kf8 17. b4 Rac8 18. Nxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Bg5 20. Be2 Bxe3 21. fxe3
Ng5 22. Bd3 h4 23. h3 Be6 24. b5 Kg7 25. a4 Bxd5 26. exd5 e4 27. Be2 f5 28. Rf4
Rh8 29. Raf1 Nf7 30. g4 hxg3 31. Kg2 Nd6 32. Kxg3 Kf6 33. h4 Rcg8 34. Rg4 Ke5
35. Rgf4 g5 36. hxg5 Rxg5+ 37. Kf2 Rh2+ 38. Ke1 Rg3 39. R1f2 Rhh3 40. Kd2 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.34"]
[White "Shinkevich, Vitaly"]
[Black "Xu, Yinglun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4122690"]
[BlackFideId "8604940"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Bd3 Nd5 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O-O Qb6 14. g4
Bxf2 15. g5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 f5 17. Qh5 Nf6 18. Qh3 Rd8 19. Bf4 Rd4 20. Bd2 Bd7 21.
Qf3 Ra4 22. a3 Rc8 23. Rhf1 Bc5 24. Be2 Bd4 25. b4 a5 26. Qb3 axb4 27. Bxb4 Be3+
28. Kb1 Bxg5 29. Rxf5 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.35"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "24176460"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8. Be3
Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bd3 f5 11. Ne5 Nf6 12. f4 Bd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Be2 Na5 15. a4
a6 16. O-O b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. b4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Qc2 Qb7 21. Qb2 Kf7 22.
Rfb1 Ke7 23. Bf3 Ne4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Ra1 Ra6 26. Kf1 Qa7 27. Rxa6 Qxa6 28. Ke1
Kd7 29. Bd2 Kc6 30. Bd1 Kb5 31. Ke2 Qa7 32. Bc2 h5 33. Bc1 h4 34. Bxe4 fxe4 35.
Qa3 Qxa3 36. Bxa3 Ka4 37. Bc1 hxg3 38. hxg3 Bxb4 39. cxb4 Kxb4 40. g4 g6 41.
Bd2+ c3 42. Be3 Kb3 43. Kd1 Kb2 44. Bc1+ Kb1 45. Ba3 c2+ 46. Kd2 e3+ 0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.36"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Lomasov, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "24164879"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. d4 Nf6 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bxg2 8.
Kxg2 Bg7 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. f3 O-O 11. Be3 Rc8 12. b3 Na5 13. Rc1 d5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Qd2 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rd8 18. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.37"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "4114060"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O b5 8. Re1
b4 9. Na4 Nf6 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. a3 bxa3 12. Rxa3 Nfd7 13. Rc3 Qa5 14. Rb3 Qc7 15.
e5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 d5 17. Rc3 Qd8 18. Qg4 h5 19. Qg3 Bb4 20. Nxe6 Bxc3 21. Nxd8
Bxe1 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. Nb7 Bb4 24. e6 fxe6 25. Qg6+ Rf7 26. Qxe6+ Re7 27. Qg6+
Rf7 28. Bg5 Ne5 29. Qe6+ Kf8 30. Qxe5 Rxb7 31. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.38"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "4.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "13306553"]
[BlackFideId "24176729"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9.
Be3 Nd7 10. a3 Nb6 11. Rg1 Bd7 12. Nd2 a4 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. O-O-O c6 15. Kb1 cxd5
16. cxd5 Rc8 17. h4 Na8 18. h5 Qa5 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Nd2 Qa5 21. Nc4 Qc7 22. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.39"]
[White "Vavulin, Maksim"]
[Black "Belyakov, Bogdan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4169530"]
[BlackFideId "24104795"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. Ba3 Nb4 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. f4 O-O 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Be2 c5 15.
O-O f6 16. Nc3 fxe5 17. a3 Nc6 18. Bf3 Rab8 19. Rae1 Kh8 20. Nb5 Rxf4 21. Nxc7
Rff8 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nd6 Nd4 24. Nxb7 Nxf3+ 25. Rxf3 Rxf3 26. gxf3 Rxb7 27. Qd5
d6 28. b4 h5 29. Bc3 cxb4 30. Bxb4 Rb6 31. Rd1 Kh7 32. Kh1 Qh4 33. Qf7 Rc6 34.
Rg1 Qf6 35. Qd5 Rb6 36. Rf1 Qf4 37. Qd3 Rc6 38. Rg1 Qf7 39. Qd5 Qxd5 40. cxd5
Rc4 41. Bxd6 Rd4 42. Rc1 Rxd5 43. Rc6 a5 44. Ra6 g5 45. Bc7 Bf8 46. Rxa5 Rxa5
47. Bxa5 Bxa3 48. h3 Kg6 49. Kg2 Kf5 50. Bd2 Be7 51. Kf2 Ke6 52. Ke2 Kd5 53. Be3
e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.40"]
[White "Karavade, Eesha"]
[Black "Triapishko, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "anti-anti-Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5012600"]
[BlackFideId "14122286"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Na6 9. d4 Nc7 10. Qb3 a6 11. a4 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 bxc4 14. Qa3 Nxa8
15. Qxa8 e6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Bf4 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rc1 f6 21.
Nd2 Bf7 22. Be3 f5 23. Nf3 Rb8 24. Rc2 Bd5 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Kf7 27. h4 Ke6
28. Bd4 f4 29. f3 h6 30. Kf2 Ra8 31. Rc1 Kf5 32. Bc3 Ke6 33. Rd1 Rf8 34. Ra1 Ra8
35. Rg1 Kf5 36. Rd1 Ke6 37. Re1 Rf8 38. Rg1 Bb7 39. g3 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. gxf4
Rxf4 42. Rxg5 Rxf3+ 43. Ke2 Rf5 44. Rg6+ Kf7 45. Rd6 Bc8 46. Ke3 Be6 47. Rb6 Rf1
48. Rb7+ Kg6 49. Re7 Kf5 50. Re8 Bf7 51. Rf8 Ke6 52. Rd8 Kf5 53. Rf8 Ke6 54. Kd4
Rh1 55. Kc5 Rh6 56. Rd8 Ke7 57. Ra8 Kd7 58. Ra7+ Ke8 59. Bb4 Re6 60. Kd4 Rb6 61.
Bd6 Rb3 62. Re7+ Kf8 63. e6 Bg6 64. Kxc4 Re3 65. Rb7+ Kg8 66. Rb8+ Kg7 67. e7
Kf6 68. b4 Bf7+ 69. Kc5 Re4 70. Kc6 Rc4+ 71. Kd7 Be6+ 72. Kd8 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.41"]
[White "Raja, Harshit"]
[Black "Gagare, Shardul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[WhiteFideId "5089000"]
[BlackFideId "5037883"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.42"]
[White "Pavlov, Sergey2"]
[Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[WhiteFideId "14114330"]
[BlackFideId "4147855"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.43"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Debashis, Das"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[WhiteFideId "13703544"]
[BlackFideId "5024854"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.44"]
[White "Tran, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[WhiteFideId "12401820"]
[BlackFideId "1634852"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "9.45"]
[White "Sargsyan, Shant"]
[Black "Bellaiche, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[WhiteFideId "13306766"]
[BlackFideId "615668"]
[EventDate "2018.02.20"]

1-0

