Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Shock Moscow Win For Untitled Player

Submitted by SonofPearl on Chess.com
The main nine-round Swiss event at the Moscow Open has been won by an untitled player Vladimir Belous of Russia in a shock result.
17 year-old Belous, rated 2497 Elo beat off fierce competition from many Grandmasters to take first place outright with a terrific score of 8/9.
Shock result - untitled Vladimir Belous wins the Moscow Open
Vladimir Belous_MoscowOpen2011.jpg

Belous, Vladimir (2497) vs. Filippov, Anton UZB (2604)
Moscow Open E | Moscow RUS | Round 7| 4 Feb 2011 | ECO: D11 | 1-0

Kabanov, Nikolai (2482) vs. Belous, Vladimir (2497)
Moscow Open E | Moscow RUS | Round 9| 6 Feb 2011 | ECO: B31 | 0-1

The top of the standings in the Open:


 Name Elo Nat Pts T-B
1
 Belous Vladimir 2497 RUS 8.0 51.0
2 GM  Zhou Weiqi 2573 CHN 7.5 59.5
3 GM  Yu Yangyi 2607 CHN 7.5 59.0
4 GM  Amonatov Farrukh 2590 TJK 7.5 56.0
5 IM  Kovalenko Igor 2515 UKR 7.5 55.5
6 GM  Matlakov Maxim 2616 RUS 7.5 54.5
7 GM  Voitsekhovsky Stanislav 2537 RUS 7.5 53.5
8 GM  Tiviakov Sergei 2623 NED 7.5 51.5
9 IM  Barbosa Oliver 2461 PHI 7.5 45.5

Boris Grachev won the Men's round-robin event with a score of 7.5/11, and Alexandra Kosteniuk won the women's event with 7/11.
Boris Grachev (pictures from the official website)
Boris Grachev Moscow Open 2011.JPG

Grachev, Boris (2660) vs. Chadaev, Nikolai (2568)
Moscow Open Young GM | Moscow RUS | Round 10| 5 Feb 2011 | ECO: E60 | 1-0

Alexandra Kosteniuk
Kosteniuk_MoscowOpen2011.jpg


Kosteniuk, Alexandra (2498) vs. Zhao, Xue (2496)
Moscow Open Young WGM | Moscow RUS | Round 5| 2 Feb 2011 | ECO: C95 | 1-0
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