Timofeev wins Moscow Open 2008

Artyom Timofeev won the Moscow Open chess tournament of 2008.

1 GM Timofeev Artyom RUS 2664 7.5
2 GM Riazantsev Alexander RUS 2628 7.0
3 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2623 7.0
4 GM Efimenko Zahar UKR 2638 7.0
5 GM Lastin Alexander RUS 2604 7.0
6 GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2643 7.0
7 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2681 7.0
8 GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas KAZ 2594 7.0
9 GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2643 7.0
10 GM Kurnosov Igor RUS 2577 7.0

CIUDAD DE PAMPLONA - Round 1 and Round 2 Pairings

The first round of the CIUDAD DE PAMPLONA tournament started with a well-deserved win for veteran Alexander Beliavsky against Gabriel Sargissian. Beliavsky capitalized on an early advantage to prevail against Sargissian. The other winner was local favorite Francisco Vallejo Pons against the last seed, Ibragim Khamrakulov. Top seed Wang Yue of China was held to a draw by promising Maxim Rodshtein of Israel.

CIUDAD DE PAMPLONA - MAGISTRAL Round 1 on 2007/12/22

SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg

1 GM WANG, Yue 2703 ½ - ½ GM RODSHTEIN, Maxim 2615
2 GM KHAMRAKULOV, Ibragim S 2604 0 - 1 GM VALLEJO PONS, Francisco 2660
3 GM JOBAVA, Baadur 2644 ½ - ½ GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2670
4 GM BELIAVSKY, Alexander G 2646 1 - 0 GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2673

Round 2 Pairings 2007/12/23

GM RODSHTEIN, Maxim 2615 - GM SARGISSIAN, Gabriel 2673
GM MOVSESIAN, Sergei 2670 - GM BELIAVSKY, Alexander G 2646
GM VALLEJO PONS, Francisco 2660 - GM JOBAVA, Baadur
GM WANG, Yue 2703 - GM KHAMRAKULOV, Ibragim S 2604