25 February 2018

Vladislav Artemiev Grabs the Lead at Aeroflot Open 2018

The most part of the distance is over.


Five rounds of the International chess festival Aeroflot Open 2018 are played. Vladislav Artemiev (Russia) defeated Victor Bologan (Moldavia) to take the lead with 4.5 points out of 5.  

Tigran L. Petrosian (Armenia), Igor Lysyj (Russia), and Vladislav Kovalev (Belarus) are half a point behind. Murali Karthikeyan (India), Vladimir Fedoseev, Dmitry Gordievsky, Kirill Alekseenko, Alexander Khalifman, Maxim Matlakov (all from Russia), Victor Bologan (Moldavia), Anton Korobov (Ukraine), Gabriel Sargissian (Armenia), and Amin Tabatabaei (Iran) have scored 3.5 points. 

Round 6 pairings



Photos by Eteri Kublashvili