26.02.2009 – Things didn't look that good for France's top GM, until victories in the last two rounds put him at the top of the table and gave him first place on tiebreak points. Second, with the same number of points (6.5/9) was Alexander Moiseenko of Ukraine. We bring you all results and games from the top group, plus, from wintry Moscow, a big photo report by WGM Yana Melnikova.
The Aeroflot Open took place from February 17th to 25th February, 2009, in Moscow. Top French GM Etienne Bacrot won his last two games to clinch victory. He beat Arman Pashikian in the final round to finish 6.5/9, the same as Alexander Moiseenko. Since Bacrot had played more games with the black pieces he was the tiebreak winner.
The winner of Aeroflot 2009: Etienne Bacrot from France
Final standings (after nine rounds)
| # | Player | Pts | FED | Rtng | Perf. | w-We |
| 1 | GM Bacrot, Etienne | 6.5 | FRA | 2722 | 2775 | +0.62 |
| 2 | GM Moiseenko, Alexander | 6.5 | UKR | 2676 | 2770 | +1.11 |
| 3 | GM Zhou, Jianchao | 6.0 | CHN | 2612 | 2753 | +1.71 |
| 4 | GM Predojevic, Borki | 6.0 | BIH | 2650 | 2706 | +0.64 |
| 5 | GM Zhigalko, Sergei | 6.0 | BLR | 2587 | 2765 | +2.15 |
| 6 | GM Kurnosov, Igor | 6.0 | RUS | 2602 | 2758 | +1.89 |
| 7 | GM Potkin, Vladimir | 6.0 | RUS | 2613 | 2748 | +1.61 |
| 8 | GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 6.0 | RUS | 2664 | 2743 | +0.92 |
| 9 | GM Pashikian, Arman | 6.0 | ARM | 2621 | 2729 | +1.29 |
| 10 | IM Yudin, Sergei | 5.5 | RUS | 2562 | 2706 | +1.78 |
| 11 | GM Zhou, Weiqi | 5.5 | CHN | 2542 | 2714 | +2.15 |
| 12 | GM Filippov, Anton | 5.5 | UZB | 2556 | 2711 | +1.94 |
| 13 | IM Kosintseva, Tatiana | 5.5 | RUS | 2497 | 2702 | +2.52 |
| 14 | GM Sargissian, Gabriel | 5.5 | ARM | 2677 | 2685 | +0.10 |
| 15 | GM Vitiugov, Nikita | 5.5 | RUS | 2687 | 2672 | -0.18 |
| 16 | GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim | 5.5 | RUS | 2636 | 2665 | +0.36 |
| 17 | GM Aleksandrov, Aleksej | 5.5 | BLR | 2636 | 2644 | +0.10 |
| 18 | GM Riazantsev, Alexander | 5.5 | RUS | 2634 | 2636 | +0.03 |
| 19 | GM Khairullin, Ildar | 5.0 | RUS | 2574 | 2671 | +1.17 |
| 20 | GM Andriasian, Zaven | 5.0 | ARM | 2564 | 2689 | +1.51 |
| 21 | GM Kotsur, Pavel | 5.0 | KAZ | 2563 | 2676 | +1.37 |
| 22 | GM Ajrapetjan, Yuriy | 5.0 | UKR | 2490 | 2642 | +1.84 |
| 23 | GM Dreev, Alexey | 5.0 | RUS | 2688 | 2607 | -1.01 |
| 24 | GM Amonatov, Farrukh | 5.0 | TJK | 2647 | 2613 | -0.44 |
| 25 | GM Smirin, Ilia | 5.0 | ISR | 2647 | 2602 | -0.56 |
| 26 | GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 5.0 | RUS | 2628 | 2595 | -0.44 |
| 27 | GM Huzman, Alexander | 5.0 | ISR | 2602 | 2582 | -0.26 |
| 28 | GM Zhigalko, Andrey | 5.0 | BLR | 2572 | 2695 | +1.48 |
| 29 | GM Dyachkov, Sergej | 5.0 | RUS | 2553 | 2674 | +1.46 |
| 30 | GM Wen, Yang | 5.0 | CHN | 2504 | 2656 | +1.83 |
| 31 | GM Grachev, Boris | 5.0 | RUS | 2655 | 2658 | +0.01 |
| 32 | GM Ehlvest, Jaan | 5.0 | USA | 2595 | 2637 | +0.51 |
| 33 | GM Naiditsch, Arkadij | 5.0 | GER | 2693 | 2645 | -0.61 |
| 34 | GM Kazhgaleyev, Murtas | 5.0 | KAZ | 2630 | 2617 | -0.18 |
| 35 | GM Mamedov, Rauf | 5.0 | AZE | 2638 | 2604 | -0.44 |
| 36 | GM Landa, Konstantin | 5.0 | RUS | 2626 | 2611 | -0.23 |
| 37 | GM So, Wesley | 5.0 | PHI | 2627 | 2577 | -0.65 |
| 38 | GM Grigoriants, Sergey | 4.5 | RUS | 2565 | 2647 | +1.03 |
| 39 | GM Safarli, Eltaj | 4.5 | AZE | 2564 | 2636 | +0.90 |
| 40 | GM Onischuk, Alexander | 4.5 | USA | 2659 | 2580 | -0.98 |
| 41 | GM Romanov, Evgeny | 4.5 | RUS | 2576 | 2621 | +0.56 |
| 42 | GM Melkumyan, Hrant | 4.5 | ARM | 2519 | 2618 | +1.22 |
| 43 | GM Bareev, Evgeny | 4.5 | RUS | 2645 | 2567 | -0.95 |
| 44 | GM Van Wely, Loek | 4.5 | NED | 2625 | 2496 | -1.43 |
| 45 | GM Sjugirov, Sanan | 4.0 | RUS | 2562 | 2572 | +0.15 |
| 46 | GM Maslak, Konstantin | 4.0 | RUS | 2541 | 2572 | +0.42 |
| 47 | GM Shomoev, Anton | 4.0 | RUS | 2567 | 2562 | -0.04 |
| 48 | GM Vazquez Igarza, Renier | 4.0 | ESP | 2558 | 2547 | -0.09 |
| 49 | IM Chadaev, Nikolai | 4.0 | RUS | 2568 | 2546 | -0.25 |
| 50 | GM Akobian, Varuzhan | 4.0 | USA | 2619 | 2528 | -1.11 |
| 51 | GM Bocharov, Dmitry | 4.0 | RUS | 2647 | 2490 | -1.87 |
| 52 | GM Minasian, Artashes | 4.0 | ARM | 2557 | 2592 | +0.46 |
| 53 | IM Ponkratov, Pavel | 4.0 | RUS | 2557 | 2586 | +0.39 |
| 54 | GM Lysyj, Igor | 4.0 | RUS | 2620 | 2546 | -0.90 |
| 55 | GM Rodshtein, Maxim | 4.0 | ISR | 2650 | 2524 | -1.53 |
| 56 | GM Li, Chao b | 4.0 | CHN | 2628 | 2515 | -1.37 |
| 57 | GM Maze, Sebastien | 4.0 | FRA | 2578 | 2516 | -0.73 |
| 58 | GM Petrosian, Tigran L. | 4.0 | ARM | 2623 | 2507 | -1.40 |
| 59 | GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 4.0 | AZE | 2724 | 2735 | +0.07 |
| 60 | GM Li, Shilong | 3.5 | CHN | 2559 | 2519 | -0.50 |
| 61 | IM Robson, Ray | 3.5 | USA | 2455 | 2516 | +0.69 |
| 62 | GM Smirnov, Pavel | 3.5 | RUS | 2579 | 2558 | -0.27 |
| 63 | GM Dziuba, Marcin | 3.5 | POL | 2556 | 2528 | -0.35 |
| 64 | GM Vaganian, Rafael A | 3.5 | ARM | 2596 | 2497 | -1.23 |
| 65 | GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan | 3.5 | IRI | 2604 | 2495 | -1.36 |
| 66 | GM Bartel, Mateusz | 3.5 | POL | 2594 | 2485 | -1.35 |
| 67 | GM Gajewski, Grzegorz | 3.5 | POL | 2581 | 2423 | -1.70 |
| 68 | GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav | 3.0 | UKR | 2558 | 2479 | -0.94 |
| 69 | GM Ragger, Markus | 3.0 | AUT | 2540 | 2467 | -0.85 |
| 70 | WGM Shen, Yang | 3.0 | CHN | 2448 | 2464 | +0.20 |
| 71 | GM Grigoryan, Avetik | 3.0 | ARM | 2506 | 2384 | -1.23 |
| 72 | IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda | 3.0 | RUS | 2486 | 2472 | -0.16 |
| 73 | GM Milov, Vadim | 3.0 | SUI | 2669 | 2467 | -2.25 |
| 74 | IM Ipatov, Alexander | 2.5 | ESP | 2493 | 2400 | -1.10 |
| 75 | GM Volkov, Sergey | 2.5 | RUS | 2627 | 2399 | -2.46 |
| 76 | IM Salem, A.R. Saleh | 2.0 | UAE | 2473 | 2220 | -2.24 |
| 77 | GM Chuprov, Dmitry | 1.5 | RUS | 2571 | 2419 | -1.02 |
| 78 | GM Kotanjian, Tigran | 0.5 | ARM | 2568 | 2240 | -1.53 |
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