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International Chess Festival "Moscow Open 2008", that was held on 2nd-10th of February at the Russian State Social University, saw a thrilling finale after Artyom Timofeev (RUS 2664) fought a record 117 moves against the then-leading Ernesto Inarkiev to win the game and eventually a tournament. Timofeev, who earlier had a rough time in strong round robins like Montreal Empresa and Bosna Sarajevo, snatched a substantial first prize of $20.000 USD. Total prize fund was amounting close to $200.000.
Artyom Timofeev and Anna Muzychuk with trophies
Tied on the second place with 7.0 points out of nine rounds were Alexander Riazantsev (Russia 2628), Sergey Volkov (Russia 2623), Zahar Efimenko (Ukraine 2638), Alexander Lastin (Russia 2604), Baadur Jobava (Georgia 2643), Ernesto Inarkiev (Russia 2681), Murtas Kazhgaleyev (Kazakhstan 2594), Alexander Moiseenko (Ukraine 2643) and Igor Kurnosov (Russia 2577). Direct last round games in cash-hunt are bellow.
Baadur Jobava
The main tournament had 304 participants. At the same time, 414 Candidate Masters and lower rated players battled it out in in the B section. Khodjayan Vardan of Armenia won this race with impressive 8.5 points, leaving the only half point in the last round.
Generous prize fund in the C Group, reserved for female players, attracted a record 136 entries. IM Anna Muzychuk from Slovenia finished first with 8.0 points to earn solid $6.000 USD. IM Anna Ushenina (UKR 2484), who just played in Corus C event, was 2nd with 7.5, while WGM Natalia Zhukova (RUS 2443), IM Dronavalli Harika (IND 2455) and GM Kateryna Lahno (UKR 2475) are tied on 3rd-5th.
Anna Muzychuk and Anna Ushenina during 2007 Serbian League
Chief arbiter: former world champion Boris Spassky
Most of the Grandmasters will be moving to famous Aeroflot Open which is starting on Thursday. Beside the equally huge prize fund of $200.000 USD, Aeroflot Open is also offering its winner a direct invitation for the super round-robin Dortmund 2008.
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