Moscow Festival 2012, the open sections
The Moscow Chess Festival will take place 27 January – 9 February, 2012. It will have a closed GM group for men and women (see participants list here) and two open sections.
Chessdom will have daily coverage of the event with computer analysis, photo reports, and news from the venue. See more at the photo preview of the competition and the official website.
Participants (top seeds) Moscow Open 2012
| 1 | GM | Andreikin Dmitry | RUS | 2688 |
| 2 | GM | Khismatullin Denis | RUS | 2660 |
| 3 | GM | Timofeev Artyom | RUS | 2659 |
| 4 | GM | Kurnosov Igor | RUS | 2648 |
| 5 | GM | Lysyj Igor | RUS | 2633 |
| 6 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | RUS | 2622 |
| 7 | GM | Kokarev Dmitry | RUS | 2618 |
| 8 | GM | Ponkratov Pavel | RUS | 2611 |
| 9 | GM | Savchenko Boris | RUS | 2609 |
| 10 | GM | Bocharov Dmitry | RUS | 2609 |
| 11 | GM | Kovalenko Igor | UKR | 2584 |
| 12 | GM | Maletin Pavel | RUS | 2575 |
| 13 | GM | Zontakh Andrey | UKR | 2566 |
| 14 | GM | Kovchan Alexander | UKR | 2565 |
| 15 | GM | Geller Jakov | RUS | 2563 |
| 16 | GM | Chadaev Nikolai | RUS | 2556 |
| 17 | GM | Frolyanov Dmitry | RUS | 2555 |
| 18 | GM | Gabrielian Artur | RUS | 2545 |
| 19 | GM | Tukhaev Adam | UKR | 2537 |
| 20 | GM | Bukavshin Ivan | RUS | 2517 |
| 21 | IM | Bogdanovich Stanislav | UKR | 2513 |
| 22 | IM | Gunina Valentina | RUS | 2510 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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