IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy

Le Quang Liem is a sole leader with 4 out of 4! He defeated Kamsky in a very interesting game with a B sacrifice on c6. Here is the position:

Kobalia and Tomashevsky have 3.5 points and share 2nd-3rd places.

Results of top 10 boards

1 GM Le, Quang Liem 3.0 VIE 2664 GM Kamsky, Gata 2.5 USA 2730 1-0
2 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 2.5 RUS 2718 GM Mamedov, Rauf 2.5 AZE 2660 ½-½
3 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 2.5 RUS 2695 GM Shomoev, Anton 2.5 RUS 2557 1-0
4 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 2.5 RUS 2666 GM Riazantsev, Alexander 2.5 RUS 2689 1-0
5 IM Fedoseev, Vladimir j 2.5 RUS 2505 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 2.5 UZB 2681 ½-½
6 GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 2.0 ESP 2626 GM Movsesian, Sergei 2.0 ARM 2721 ½-½
7 GM Khismatullin, Denis 2.0 RUS 2649 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2.0 FRA 2715 ½-½
8 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 2.0 RUS 2709 GM Ragger, Markus 2.0 AUT 2615 1-0
9 GM Hess, Robert L 2.0 USA 2572 GM Bologan, Viktor 2.0 MDA 2693 ½-½
10 GM Timofeev, Artyom 2.0 RUS 2681 GM Jumabayev, Rinat 2.0 KAZ 2555 ½-½

Pairings of top 10 boards in round 5

1 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 3.5 RUS 2695 GM Le, Quang Liem 4.0 VIE 2664
2 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 3.0 RUS 2718 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 3.5 RUS 2666
3 GM Mamedov, Rauf 3.0 AZE 2660 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 3.0 RUS 2709
4 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 3.0 UZB 2681 FM Bukavshin, Ivan j 3.0 RUS 2458
5 GM Zhou, Jianchao 3.0 CHN 2655 IM Fedoseev, Vladimir j 3.0 RUS 2505
6 GM Kamsky, Gata 2.5 USA 2730 GM Ni, Hua 2.5 CHN 2645
7 GM Movsesian, Sergei 2.5 ARM 2721 GM Sandipan, Chanda 2.5 IND 2641
8 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2.5 FRA 2715 GM Khairullin, Ildar 2.5 RUS 2640
9 GM Bologan, Viktor 2.5 MDA 2693 GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 2.5 ESP 2626
10 GM Riazantsev, Alexander 2.5 RUS 2689 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 2.5 ISR 2625

You can watch the games live on http://online.aeroflotchess.org/

Le Quang Liem won vs Lenic and is a sole leader with 3 out of 3. He plays Kamsky today.

Notable games from round 3: Lenic-Le Quang (a very positional game with a nice blow in the end – Nh1!, which reminded me of Piket-Kasparov!), Sandipan-Kamsky (Black sacrifices a Q for R and N), Alsina Leal-Kobalia to name a few.

Results of top 10 board in round 3

1 GM Lenic, Luka 2.0 SLO 2613 GM Le, Quang Liem 2.0 VIE 2664 0-1
2 GM Sandipan, Chanda 1.5 IND 2641 GM Kamsky, Gata 1.5 USA 2730 0-1
3 GM Movsesian, Sergei 1.5 ARM 2721 GM Khismatullin, Denis 1.5 RUS 2649 ½-½
4 GM Sjugirov, Sanan j 1.5 RUS 2626 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 1.5 RUS 2718 0-1
5 GM Petrosian, Tigran L. 1.5 ARM 2604 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1.5 RUS 2695 0-1
6 GM Shomoev, Anton 1.5 RUS 2557 GM Andreikin, Dmitry 1.5 RUS 2689 1-0
7 GM Riazantsev, Alexander 1.5 RUS 2689 GM Khairullin, Ildar 1.5 RUS 2640 1-0
8 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1.5 UZB 2681 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 1.5 ISR 2625 1-0
9 GM Volokitin, Andrei 1.5 UKR 2678 GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 1.5 ESP 2626 ½-½
10 GM Alsina Leal, Daniel 1.5 ESP 2531 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 1.5 RUS 2666 0-1

Pairings of top 10 boards in round 4

1 GM Le, Quang Liem 3.0 VIE 2664 GM Kamsky, Gata 2.5 USA 2730
2 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 2.5 RUS 2718 GM Mamedov, Rauf 2.5 AZE 2660
3 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 2.5 RUS 2695 GM Shomoev, Anton 2.5 RUS 2557
4 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 2.5 RUS 2666 GM Riazantsev, Alexander 2.5 RUS 2689
5 IM Fedoseev, Vladimir j 2.5 RUS 2505 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 2.5 UZB 2681
6 GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 2.0 ESP 2626 GM Movsesian, Sergei 2.0 ARM 2721
7 GM Khismatullin, Denis 2.0 RUS 2649 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2.0 FRA 2715
8 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 2.0 RUS 2709 GM Ragger, Markus 2.0 AUT 2615
9 GM Hess, Robert L 2.0 USA 2572 GM Bologan, Viktor 2.0 MDA 2693
10 GM Timofeev, Artyom 2.0 RUS 2681 GM Jumabayev, Rinat 2.0 KAZ 2555

Watching the games live on http://online.aeroflotchess.org/

Lenic played a very nice game against Korobov while Le Quang Liem got a very good position out of the opening against Xiu and won fairly easily. Lenic & Le Quang are on 2 out of 2 and play each other. There is a large group of players with 1.5 points.

Results of top 10 boards – round 2

1 GM Kamsky, Gata 1.0 USA 2730 GM Zhou, Jianchao 1.0 CHN 2655 ½-½
2 GM Andreikin, Dmitry 1.0 RUS 2689 GM Sjugirov, Sanan j 1.0 RUS 2626 ½-½
3 GM Khismatullin, Denis 1.0 RUS 2649 GM Riazantsev, Alexander 1.0 RUS 2689 ½-½
4 GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 1.0 ESP 2626 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1.0 UZB 2681 ½-½
5 GM Lenic, Luka 1.0 SLO 2613 GM Korobov, Anton 1.0 UKR 2670 1-0
6 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 1.0 RUS 2666 GM Petrosian, Tigran L. 1.0 ARM 2604 ½-½
7 IM Kovalenko, Igor 1.0 UKR 2515 GM Cheparinov, Ivan 1.0 BUL 2665 ½-½
8 GM Le, Quang Liem 1.0 VIE 2664 Xiu, Deshun 1.0 CHN 2508 1-0
9 IM Fedoseev, Vladimir j 1.0 RUS 2505 GM Mamedov, Rauf 1.0 AZE 2660 ½-½
10 GM Bocharov, Dmitry 0.5 RUS 2605 GM Movsesian, Sergei 0.5 ARM 2721 0-1

Round 3 pairings – top 10 boards

1 GM Lenic, Luka 2.0 SLO 2613 GM Le, Quang Liem 2.0 VIE 2664
2 GM Sandipan, Chanda 1.5 IND 2641 GM Kamsky, Gata 1.5 USA 2730
3 GM Movsesian, Sergei 1.5 ARM 2721 GM Khismatullin, Denis 1.5 RUS 2649
4 GM Sjugirov, Sanan j 1.5 RUS 2626 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 1.5 RUS 2718
5 GM Petrosian, Tigran L. 1.5 ARM 2604 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1.5 RUS 2695
6 GM Shomoev, Anton 1.5 RUS 2557 GM Andreikin, Dmitry 1.5 RUS 2689
7 GM Riazantsev, Alexander 1.5 RUS 2689 GM Khairullin, Ildar 1.5 RUS 2640
8 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1.5 UZB 2681 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 1.5 ISR 2625
9 GM Volokitin, Andrei 1.5 UKR 2678 GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 1.5 ESP 2626
10 GM Alsina Leal, Daniel 1.5 ESP 2531 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 1.5 RUS 2666

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