Sasikiran holds Cheparinov, Le, Nguyen & Grachev share lead @ Aeroflot Open 2010

Chennai based Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran held fancied Bulgarian Grandmaster Ivan Cheparinov to a quiet draw in the fifth round of the Aeroflot Open 2010 at Moscow. Cheparinov, second of former World Champion Veselin Topalov, kept himself closer to theoretical equality, and comfortably drew the Slav game that ran for 22 moves. The draw keeps both Sasikiran and Cheparinov at 3.5 points, half a point behind leaders.
Russian GM Boris Grachev (2653) joined Vietnamese duo Le Quang Liem, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son on top of the table with 4.0 points. Middle game errors by Sjugirov saw Grachev snatching the initiative, and sewing up the resultant rook and pawn ending in his favor.
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Krishnan Sasikiran – Ivan Cheparinov
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. h3 h6 15. Be3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bb7 17. g3 Rfe8 18. Bg2 Rad8 19. f4 Nd5 20. Bf2 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 c5 22. e5 1/2-1/2
Melkumyan Hrant – Wesley So
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Be7 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. c5 e5 15. f4 Bh4+ 16. Kf1 exd4 17. exd4 b4 18. Na4 O-O 19. Kg2 Re8 20. Bd3 Nf8 21. Nb6 Ra7 22. Be1 Rxe1 23. Rhxe1 Qxf4 24. Re8 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qxh3+ 26. Qh2 Qf3+ 27. Kg1 Qxg4+ 28. Kh1 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Re7 31. Rxb8 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 f5 34. Rg1 Qf3+ 35. Qg2 Qxd3 36. Qh2 Re2 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Nd7+ Ke8 39. Qb8+ Bd8 0-1
Nadezhda Kosintseva – Gabriel Sargissian
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Bg6 7. Be2 Nh6 8. O-O Rc8 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 Nf5 11. c3 O-O 12. g4 Nh6 13. h3 Kh8 14. Be3 Ng8 15. Ne1 f6 16. f4 fxe5 17. dxe5 c5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Nxd3 Qe8 20. Nd2 c4 21. Ne1 Bc5 22. Qe2 Ne7 23. Nc2 Qg6 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Nc6 26. Qe3 b6 27. axb6 axb6 28. Nf3 Nc5 29. Nh4 Qd3 30. Rad1 Qxe3+ 31. Bxe3 Nd3 32. Rd2 Kg8 33. Ng2 b5 34. Ne1 Nxe1 35. Rxe1 g5 36. Rf1 gxf4 37. Bxf4 b4 38. Bg3 Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Ra8 40. cxb4 Nxb4 41. Bf2 Nd3 42. Bd4 Rf8+ 43. Kg2 Ne1+ 44. Kg3 Rf3+ 45. Kh4 Rd3 46. Rxd3 cxd3 47. Bc3 d2 48. Bxd2 Nf3+ 49. Kg3 Nxd2 50. b4 Nc4 51. Kf4 h5 0-1
Boris Grachev – Sanan Sjugirov
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. exd4 Qc7 13. Qe2 e5 14. h3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be5 16. Be3 Bf4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Nf6 20. Bf3 Bd7 21. Rdc1 Qd6 22. Nb3 Rae8 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 b6 25. b4 h6 26. a5 bxa5 27. bxa5 Rc8 28. Nc6 Bxc6 29. Bxc6 Rc7 30. Bf3 Rfc8 31. Rcb1 Re8 32. Rb6 Ra7 33. Bc6 Re6 34. f4 g5 35. f5 Rd6 36. Bb5 Ne4 37. Be2 Rd2 38. Rxa6 Rad7 39. Bf3 Nc5 40. Rxh6 Nb3 41. Ra3 Nd4 42. a6 Nxf3+ 43. Rxf3 Ra2 44. Rg3 Kg7 45. Rb6 f6 46. h4 Ra7 47. hxg5 R2xa6 48. gxf6+ Kf8 49. Rxa6 Rxa6 50. Rg6 Ra5 51. g4 Ra2 52. Rg7 Rb2 53. g5 1-0
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