Pretty stunning win from the Estonian, Külaots. Reactions:Mick Norris wrote: ↑Wed Feb 27, 2019 4:30 pmSasikiran draws his final round game fairly quickly to finish on 6.5 He's been overtaken by Martirosyan (who is a new name to me) and Kulaots also gets to 7/9 Kulaots wins on tiebreak
Chess 24 "Congratulations to 42-year-old Estonian GM Kaido Külaots, the shock winner of the 2019 Aeroflot Open after following wins over young stars Maghsoodloo, Firouzja, Dubov and Wei Yi with a last-round win over Denis Khismatullin!"
Sam Shankland "Age is just a number, and rating is just a number. Congrats to Kaido Kulaots (42 y/o, 2542 FIDE) on the biggest upset tournament win I have ever seen! Winning the Aeroflot A group as the 62nd seed ahead of 6 2700+ guys is no joke."
Carlsen (!) "Congrats to Kaido Kulaots for an absolutely amazing underdog victory at the Aeroflot open! 19 years ago, he shared a flat with my father and I at the Gausdal tournament, and inspired an unrated 9 year old by predicting that he would one day be rated 2650"