Việt Nam và Cờ Tây - Le Viêt Nam et les Echecs

[Thanh Ba.ch]

Source: Chessanytime.com, site des échecs du GM britannique Glenn Flear

Au tournoi de l'Aéroflot s'étaient rencontrés ... avec d'autres GM

Deux GM Vietnamiens

Lê Quang Liêm (sinh năm - né en - 1991) - Elo 2647
Nguyển Ngọc Trường Sơn (sinh năm - né en - 1990) - Elo 2616

et Deux GM Français

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (sinh năm - né en - 1990) - Elo 2730
Etienne Bacrot (sinh năm - né en - 1983) - Elo 2713

Ian Nepomniachtchi made his way back to the top board in the Moscow Aeroflot event two years after becoming champion.
This time the outcome was less happy for him! He lost in the final round enabling Le (see yesterday’s photo) to become outright winner and pocket a handy 21,000 Euros.


With such a strong Russian field it was certainly a surprise that the relatively unknown Vietnamese Quang Liem Le finished ahead of the pack.
However as a fore-runner of this result he also excelled himself in the Moscow open from earlier this month.
He must be winning a sackful of Elo points!

Quang Liem Le(6)VIE26471-0Ian Nepomniachtchi(5.5)RUS2658
Anton Korobov(5.5)UKR26481-0Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen(6)VIE2616
Boris Grachev(5.5)RUS26530.5-0.5Maxime Vachier-Lagrave(5)FRA2730
Alexey Dreev(5)RUS26500.5-0.5Etienne Bacrot(5)FRA2713
Krishnan Sasikiran(5)IND26530-1Alexander Motylev(5)RUS2697
Artyom Timofeev(5)RUS26520.5-0.5Gabriel Sargissian(5)ARM2680
Evgeny Bareev(5)RUS26430.5-0.5Xiangzhi Bu(5)CHN2673
Boris Savchenko(5)RUS26380.5-0.5Ivan Cheparinov(5)BUL2660
Jianchao Zhou(5)CHN26321-0Giovanni Vescovi(5)BRA2660
Eduardo Iturrizaga(5)VEN26160.5-0.5Wesley So(5)PHI2656

Korobov also won in the last round and thus managed to overtake his opponent and thus with 6.5/7 finished second alone. Motylev, Zhou, Grachev and Nguyen Truong Son were third equal with 6 points.

http://www.chessanytime.com/news/IMG...17_Vietnam.jpg

We will be hearing more from Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen in the near future!
A shame for the younger of the Vietnamese couple who lost out on a small fortune by losing the last round.
Only two Russians in the top six places.

AEROFLOT OPEN 2010

Final

RankNameFlagsScoreFed.M/FRatingTPRW-WeCol.Bal.Rat-HiLo123456789

1GM Le, Quang Liem7.0VIEM26472872+2.5812655.0111½½½½11

2GM Korobov, Anton6.5UKRM26482776+1.5412606.0½011½1½11

3GM Motylev, Alexander6.0RUSM26972755+0.67-12629.71½½½½½½11

4GM Zhou, Jianchao6.0CHNM26322778+1.7512660.1½1½½½½1½1

5GM Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son6.0VIEM26162749+1.6112638.7½111½½½10

6GM Grachev, Boris6.0RUSM26532745+1.0912616.31½½11½½½½

7GM Cheparinov, Ivan5.5BULM26602715+0.69-12638.01½1½½½½½½

8GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime5.5FRAM27302700-0.33-12631.1½1½½011½½

9GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian5.5RUSM26582691+0.42-12622.40111½½1½0

10GM Bu, Xiangzhi5.5CHNM26732700+0.33-12619.3110½½½½1½

11GM So, Wesleyj5.5PHIM26562693+0.46-12612.1½1011½½½½

12GM Sargissian, Gabriel5.5ARMM26802682+0.03-12604.1½½½½1½½1½

13GM Savchenko, Boris5.5RUSM26382729+1.1412651.1101½1½10½

14GM Bacrot, Etienne5.5FRAM27132717+0.0612640.7101½½1½½½

15GM Timofeev, Artyom5.5RUSM26522707+0.7112631.31½101½½½½

16GM Bareev, Evgeny5.5RUSM26432699+0.7112620.7½1½1½01½½

The International Chess Festival "Aeroflot Open 2010" was held in Moscow from 8 February (the day of arrival) to 19 February 2010 (the day of departure).

The Aeroflot Open Chess Festival, which is popular throughout the world, was held in February 2010 for the ninth time running. This major event is open to chess players of most varied qualification: from unrated to having a very high rating. As before, the festival is held “under the wings” of our leading air company – Aeroflot. For the fifth year running the festival will take place in the major tourist complex “Izmailovo” - hotel “Gamma – Delta”, where the participants of the previous festivals so liked to stay and to play. This time the festival has the same prize fund as in 2009 amounting to EUR 180 000 (taking into account the prizes for the World Blitz Qualification Tournament).

Tournament A1: for chessplayers with a FIDE rating higher than 2549.Total prize fund Group A1: EUR 70 000

1st Prize 21000 euros
2nd Prize 12000
3rd Prize 7000
4th Prize 4000
5th Prize 3000
6th - 10th Prizes each 1700
11th - 15th Prizes each 1200
16th -20th Prizes each 700
21st - 30th Prizes each 500