Seed 13 Krishnan Sasikiran of Chennai finished fifth in the
Moscow Open A Group that took place in Moscow from Jan 30 to Feb
7. He played at an Elo rating performance of 2723.
Four players tied for the first place on 7/9 and it includes
Konstantin Chernyshov, Evgeny Bareev (both Rus), LeQuang Liem
(Vie), Ernesto Inarkiev (Rus). Chernyshov, 42, was declared
champion for scoring the most wins.
Sasikiran scored 6.5 points and tied for the 5-14 places and
took the fifth place. This is Sasikiran's second 2700+ rating
performance in a row after the World Team Championship at Bursa
in Turkey last month.
Sasikiran lost to Le Quang Liem of Vietnam in the penultimate
round and drew Bareev in the final round to finish on 6.5/9 and
take the fifth place. Sasikiran who was above 2700 rated after
the Asian Games at Doha 2006 is moving back into that direction
after slipping to 2653.
This tournament Group A had 184 players and is held prior to the
Aeroflot Open in Moscow and always manages to attract
plenty of top players. This event had four sections and 859
players with players from 34 countries. Total of 78 GMs, 18 WGMs,
70 IMs, 17 WIMs took part.
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