Nepomniatchi leads after the eighth round at Aeroflot
Russian prodigy Ian Nepomniatchi is the sole leader at Aeroflot after the eighth round. While he beat GM Le Quang Liem, the others leaders fell back after drawing their games.
One very interesting progess is the level of play by 13 year old Hou Yifan. She has gathered 4.5 points so far and has played very strong GMs, most of them just around 2600 or above that mark ! Watch out for her. She will soon be in the top 100 of the world and should challenge Judit Polgar in just a couple of years.
Aeroflot Open Moscow
Round 8 Standings:
1 Nepomniachtchi, Ian GM RUS 2600 6.5
2 Motylev, Alexander GM RUS 2644 6.0
3 Dreev, Alexey GM RUS 2633 6.0
4 Volokitin, Andrei GM UKR 2674 5.5
5 Guseinov, Gadir GM AZE 2617 5.5
6 Rodshtein, Maxim GM ISR 2614 5.5
7 Timofeev, Artyom GM RUS 2664 5.0
8 Amonatov, Farrukh GM TJK 2649 5.0
9 Predojevic, Borki GM BIH 2641 5.0
10 Asrian, Karen GM ARM 2621 5.0
One very interesting progess is the level of play by 13 year old Hou Yifan. She has gathered 4.5 points so far and has played very strong GMs, most of them just around 2600 or above that mark ! Watch out for her. She will soon be in the top 100 of the world and should challenge Judit Polgar in just a couple of years.
Aeroflot Open Moscow
Round 8 Standings:
1 Nepomniachtchi, Ian GM RUS 2600 6.5
2 Motylev, Alexander GM RUS 2644 6.0
3 Dreev, Alexey GM RUS 2633 6.0
4 Volokitin, Andrei GM UKR 2674 5.5
5 Guseinov, Gadir GM AZE 2617 5.5
6 Rodshtein, Maxim GM ISR 2614 5.5
7 Timofeev, Artyom GM RUS 2664 5.0
8 Amonatov, Farrukh GM TJK 2649 5.0
9 Predojevic, Borki GM BIH 2641 5.0
10 Asrian, Karen GM ARM 2621 5.0
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