Aeroflot Open 2017

[Alex Holowczak]

However, in the forbidden pairings, they are indeed forbidding certain pairings. Huzman is forbidden from playing Firouzja, Ghaem Maghami, Idani, Lorparizangeneh, Maghsoodloo and Tabatabaei.

I had no idea that it was possible to hack into someone else's Swiss Manager to that extent. I feel that tournament organisers and arbiters should be made aware of the possibility.

Picking up a discussion in another thread, could some one unconnected with the Sharjah Grand Prix event hack into Swiss Manager and remove the spurious tiebreaks?

No. By default, publishing to web and changing those web settings is restricted to the licence that created the tournament. I've never thought it sensible to change that.

I'm sure licence holders are aware of the possibility. It's a useful feature. If my computer died, someone else can use their computer, download the file and carry on running the tournament.

[Chris Rice]

Fedoseev ground down Najer in Round 6 to take the lead on 5/6. Here's a link to the game: http://chess-results.com/partieSuche.as ... 55922&rd=6

Round 7 top pairings:

1 Khismatullin Denis RUS 2639 4½ - 5 Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2658
2 Najer Evgeniy RUS 2659 4½ - 4½ Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2724
3 Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2723 4 - 4½ Smirin Ilia ISR 2670

[Chris Rice]

Fedoseev retains the lead with 5.5/7 in the Aeroflot A Group http://chess-results.com/tnr255922.aspx ... d=8&wi=821

Round 8 top pairings:

1 18 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2658 5½ 5 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2701 5
2 2 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2724 5 5 GM Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2655 19
3 17 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2659 5 5 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2723 3
4 4 GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2701 5 5 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2639 29

[Mick Norris]

Wins for white on the top 3 boards, so Fedoseev half a point clear of Vitiugov (who he is yet to play) and Najer (who he beat)

[Mick Norris]

Fedoseev drew with black in 20 moves against Vitiugov in the final round, and qualifies to play at Dortmund Sparkassen in July