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The strong field, together with the many titled players and close ratings of the top participants, make Moscow Open 2008 one of the most exciting tournaments of the year. After five rounds GM Efimenko, GM Volkov, GM Riazantsev, GM Lastin, and GM Oleksienko are leading with 4,5/5. They are closely followed by GM Jobava, GM Kazhgaleyev, GM Inarkiev, GM Zvjaginsev, and 15 more players with 4,0/5.
Upsets in such a strong field are not absent as well. GM Tiviakov is having hard time and is sharing 29th place with 3,5/5. Even worse is the situation of the number one seeded GM Akopian, who is out of the top 50 with 3,0/5. The same points have strong GMs as GM Rodshtein, GM Sutovsky, GM Macieja, GM Vitiugov, GM Iordachescu, GM Burmakin, etc.
Round 5 results
GM Timofeev Artyom 1/2 – 1/2 GM Riazantsev Alexander
GM Savchenko Boris 1/2 – 1/2 GM Jobava Baadur
GM Efimenko Zahar 1 – 0 GM Glek Igor V
GM Volkov Sergey 1 – 0 GM Svetushkin Dmitry
GM Novikov Stanislav 1/2 – 1/2 GM Kuzubov Yuriy
IM Yudin Sergei 0 – 1 GM Lastin Alexander
IM Zherebukh Yaroslav 1/2 – 1/2 GM Lysyj Igor
GM Oleksienko Mikhailo 1 – 0 GM Naumkin Igor
GM Motylev Alexander 1 – 0 GM Gasanov Eldar
GM Yemelin Vasily 1 – 0 GM Akopian Vladimir
Women section
The women section of Moscow Open is having a close race for the first place. The top 20 players are at just half a point distance, with IM Ushenina, WIM Vasilkova, IM Muzychuk, and IM Tairova with 4,5/5, followed by IM Lahno, WGM Kovanova, IM Krush, IM Harika, WGM Zhukova, etc. with 4,0/5
Round 5 results
IM Tairova Elena 1/2 – 1/2 IM Ushenina Anna
IM Gvetadze Sopio 1/2 – 1/2 IM Krush Irina
Kuzevanova Evgenia 0 – 1 IM Muzychuk Anna
WGM Zhukova Natalia 1/2 – 1/2 WGM Kovanova Baira
WIM Vasilkova Svetlana 1 – 0 WFM Severiukhina Zoja
WGM Manakova Maria 1/2 – 1/2 IM Danielian Elina
WFM Bodnaruk Anastasia 1 – 0 WGM Pogonina Natalija
IM Lahno Kateryna 1 – 0 WFM Fominykh Maria
WFM Paikidze Nazi 0 – 1 IM Harika Dronavalli
IM Matveeva Svetlana 1 – 0 WGM Fatalibekova Elena
Moscow open pgn
Moscow open reports
GM Emil Sutovsky of Israel
GM Evgeny Najer on the left
The expressions on the faces do not reflect the scores on the board
While Amonatov is with 2,5/5, Jobava is constantly orbiting the first place
Akopian is not having his best tournament and is with only 3,0/5. Can he make a comeback?
The coach of the Russian national team GM Motylev and the top Bangladesh player Emanul Hossain in action
Current leader GM Alexander Riazantsev. He was Anatoly Karpov’s coach during Valjevo Gorenje 2007
Arkadij Naiditsch of Germany
GM Sergei Tiviakov, in trademarked red cardigan, talking to GM Alexander Areshchenko
Zvyagintsev is always walking around the hall and observing the other games
Najer in action in Moscow
Emil Sutovsky has all the chances to climb up the table and fight for the first places at the Moscow Open
Potos by Eugene Atarov from the Official site