23 February 2019

Krishnan Sasikiran Leads Main Tournament at Aeroflot Open With Perfect Score

Five rounds are over.

Photo: Eldar Mukhametov
Photo: Eldar Mukhametov

The fourth and the fifth rounds of the "A' tournament of the 17th International Chess Festival "Aeroflot Open 2019" were played in Cosmos Hotel on February 23. 

Having defeated Maksim Chigaev (Russia) and Anton Korobov (Ukraine), Krishnan Sasikiran (India) has taken the sole lead in the main tournament with 5 points.  

Maksim Chigaev, Kaido Kulaots (Estonia), Amin Tabalabaei (Iran), and Haik Martirosyan (Armenia) are one point behind. 

Stanislav Bogdanovich (Ukraine) is leading the "B" group with 4 points out of 4.  

The leaders of the "C" tournament are Sumiya Chinguun (Molgolia) and Melis Mamatov (Kyrgyzstan) with 4.5 points out of 5. 

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