MOSCOW, FEBRUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The Aeroflot Open international chess tournament finished in Moscow on February 22. Yevgeni Alekseyev (Russia) got 7 points from the 9 possible ones in the A1 group and was recognized individual leader. Artashes Minasian, Vladimir Hakobian, Gabriel Sargsian and Karen Asrian shared the 10th-24th places with 5.5 points. Marat Askarov (Russia) won in the A2 group, having 7.5 points. Artur Chibukhchian and Arman Pashikian shared the 12-24th places with 6 points each. To recap, A.Chibukhchian also completed the grand master's 1 point.

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