Le Quang Liem Wins Aeroflot Again

Submitted by SonofPearl on Chess.com

The 19 year-old Vietnamese star Le Quang Liem has won the huge Aeroflot Open for the second year in succession.
This time he just edged out Russians Nikita Vitiugov and Evgeny Tomashevsky with a superior tie-break score after they all finished on a score of 6.5 points from the nine rounds played.
Le suffered a setback when he lost to Ivan Cheparinov in round eight, but his final round draw was enough to earn first prize and an invite to the Dortmund tournament later this year.
Gata Kamsky recovered from a poor start to finish with the chasing pack on 6/9. The top placings are shown below.

	Name	Nat	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
1	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	2664	1	1	1	1	½	½	1	0	½	6.5
2	Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	2709	0	1	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	6.5
3	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	RUS	2695	½	1	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	6.5
4	Khismatullin, Denis	RUS	2649	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	6.0
5	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2607	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	½	½	6.0
6	Kamsky, Gata	USA	2730	1	½	1	0	½	0	1	1	1	6.0
7	Rodshtein, Maxim	ISR	2625	½	1	0	1	½	½	1	1	½	6.0
8	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	UZB	2681	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	6.0
9	Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	2660	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	6.0
10	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	2665	1	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	0	6.0
11	Sandipan, Chanda	IND	2641	½	1	0	1	½	1	½	½	½	5.5
12	Bocharov, Dmitry	RUS	2605	½	0	1	0	1	½	1	1	½	5.5
13	Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	2689	1	½	0	½	½	1	½	½	1	5.5
14	Grachev, Boris	RUS	2660	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	5.5
15	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	RUS	2660	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	5.5
16	Petrosian, Tigran L.	ARM	2604	1	½	0	½	½	1	1	½	½	5.5
17	Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	2718	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	5.5
18	Kobalia, Mikhail	RUS	2666	1	½	1	1	½	½	0	½	½	5.5
19	Sjugirov, Sanan	RUS	2626	1	½	0	½	1	1	½	1	0	5.5
20	Ding, Liren	CHN	2628	0	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	5.5
21	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	2715	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	0	1	5.5
22	Zhou, Jianchao	CHN	2655	1	½	½	1	1	0	½	0	1	5.5
23	Volokitin, Andrei	UKR	2678	½	1	½	0	1	1	0	½	1	5.5
24	Sutovsky, Emil	ISR	2695	½	½	½	0	½	½	1	1	1	5.5
25	Khalifman, Alexander	RUS	2638	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	5.5