Wednesday, March 4, rounds seven and eight of the 21st International Chess Festival "Aeroflot Open 2026" took place at The Carlton, Moscow.
Ian Nepomniachtchi drew Arseniy Nesterov and defeated Maksim Chertkov in rounds seven and eight, respectively. With 7 points out of 8, the Russian grandmaster has at least secured a share of first place.
Russian players David Paravyan, Arseniy Netserov, Aleksandr Shimanov, as well as Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov (Uzbekistan), Mahammad Muradli (Azerbaijan), and Jagadeesh Siddharth (Singapore) are 1 point behind the leader.
Round 9 pairings:
Suyarov – Nepomniachtchi
Nesterov – Shimanov
Muradli – Paravyan
Esipenko – Siddharth
GMs Rafael Vaganian (Armenia), Eugenio Torre (Philippines), and Sergey Makarichev (Russia) have scored 2.5 points out of four in the Legends' tournament. This is exactly the order in which the additional tiebreakers have sorted them out. Anatoli Vaisser (France) took fourth place with 1.5 points, and Yuri Balashov (Russia) became the fifth with 1 point.
Kirill Zhelonkin from Moscow is currently leading the race in the U13 open competition with 6 points out of 8. Ivan Belik (Rostov Oblast) trails him by half a point. Alisa Genrietta Yunker (Moscow) retains the lead in the girls' section with 7 points. Iliana Masaeva (Moscow Oblast) has scored 6.5 points.
The final 9th round will take place on Thursday, March 5. The game will start at 12 PM (Moscow time).
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Ian Nepomniachtchi drew Arseniy Nesterov and defeated Maksim Chertkov in rounds seven and eight, respectively. With 7 points out of 8, the Russian grandmaster has at least secured a share of first place.
Russian players David Paravyan, Arseniy Netserov, Aleksandr Shimanov, as well as Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov (Uzbekistan), Mahammad Muradli (Azerbaijan), and Jagadeesh Siddharth (Singapore) are 1 point behind the leader.
Round 9 pairings:
Suyarov – Nepomniachtchi
Nesterov – Shimanov
Muradli – Paravyan
Esipenko – Siddharth
GMs Rafael Vaganian (Armenia), Eugenio Torre (Philippines), and Sergey Makarichev (Russia) have scored 2.5 points out of four in the Legends' tournament. This is exactly the order in which the additional tiebreakers have sorted them out. Anatoli Vaisser (France) took fourth place with 1.5 points, and Yuri Balashov (Russia) became the fifth with 1 point.
Kirill Zhelonkin from Moscow is currently leading the race in the U13 open competition with 6 points out of 8. Ivan Belik (Rostov Oblast) trails him by half a point. Alisa Genrietta Yunker (Moscow) retains the lead in the girls' section with 7 points. Iliana Masaeva (Moscow Oblast) has scored 6.5 points.
The final 9th round will take place on Thursday, March 5. The game will start at 12 PM (Moscow time).
Tournament on Chess-Results
Photos
Games online
Official website
Photos by Eteri Kublashvili