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Aeroflot Open, one of the strongest Open of the world has started in Moscow. Divided in 3 groups , the winners will share 150,000€ and one invitation to Dortmund Super tournament in the summer.

Top results Round 1

1 GM Aleksandrov, Aleksej BLR 2612 - GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS 2740 ½-½

2 GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2736 - GM Bocharov, Dmitry RUS 2611 1-0

3 GM Ponkratov, Pavel RUS 2611 - GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS 2735 ½-½

4 GM Le, Quang Liem VIE 2714 - GM Savchenko, Boris RUS 2609 1-0

5 GM Popov, Ivan RUS 2599 - GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2705 ½-½

6 GM Jobava, Baadur GEO 2704 - GM Robson, Ray USA 2596 1-0

7 GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav UKR 2594 - GM Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2700 ½-½

8 GM Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2690 - GM Rakhmanov, Aleksandr RUS 2593 1-0

9 GM Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS 2689 - GM Ulibin, Mikhail RUS 2587 0-1 (ff)

10 GM Andreikin, Dmitry RUS 2688 - GM Ipatov, Alexander TUR 2586 1-0

Top results Round 2

1 GM Iordachescu, Viorel MDA 2651 - GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2736 ½-½

2 GM Iturrizaga, Eduardo 1.0 VEN 2649 - GM Le, Quang Liem VIE 2714 ½-½

3 GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1.0 ROU - 2647 GM Jobava, Baadur 1.0 GEO 2704 ½-½

4 GM Sokolov, Ivan 1.0 NED 2641 - GM Eljanov, Pavel 1.0 UKR 2690 ½-½

5 GM Socko, Bartosz 1.0 POL 2636 - GM Andreikin, Dmitry 1.0 RUS 2688 ½-½

6 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 1.0 ISR 2634 - GM Akopian, Vladimir 1.0 ARM 2685 1-0

7 GM Yu, Yangyi j 1.0 CHN 2631 - GM Alekseev, Evgeny 1.0 RUS 2670 0-1

8 GM Khismatullin, Denis 1.0 RUS 2664 - GM Zhou, Jianchao 1.0 CHN 2619 1-0

9 GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 1.0 ESP 2618 - GM Korobov, Anton 1.0 UKR 2660 ½-½

10 GM Bartel, Mateusz 1.0 POL 2658 - GM Gajewski, Grzegorz 1.0 POL 2616 ½-½

Top results Round 3 

1 GM Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2670 - GM Rodshtein, Maxim ISR 2634 ½-½

2 GM Zhigalko, Sergei BLR - 2658 GM Khismatullin, Denis RUS 2664 ½-½

3 GM Gupta, Abhijeet IND - 2652 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2705 ½-½

4 GM Bartel, Mateusz POL 2658 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS 2740 ½-½

5 GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2736 - GM Iturrizaga, Eduardo VEN 2649 1-0

6 GM Le, Quang Liem VIE 2714 - GM Iordachescu, Viorel MDA 2651 ½-½

7 GM Jobava, Baadur GEO - 2704 GM Sokolov, Ivan NED 2641 ½-½

8 GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU 2647 GM Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2700 ½-½

9 GM Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2690 - GM Socko, Bartosz POL 2636 ½-½

10 GM Andreikin, Dmitry RUS 2688 - GM Khalifman, Alexander RUS 2632 ½-½

Ranking after Round 3 

1-8 GM Caruana, Fabiano  ITA M 2736, GM Alekseev, Evgeny RUS M 2670, GM Balogh, Csaba HUN M 2665, GM Khismatullin, Denis RUS M 2664, GM Korobov, Anton UKR M 2660, GM Zhigalko, Sergei BLR M 2658, GM Gupta, Abhijeet IND M 2652, GM Rodshtein, Maxim ISR M 2634 2,5, 9-36 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS M 2740, GM Le, Quang Liem 2...