Chernyshov Wins Moscow Open
He may not be a familiar name to even the most ardent chess fans, but 42 year-old Konstantin Chernyshov rated 2556 Elo (pictured below, left) won the 2010 Moscow Open ahead of a strong field, including joint top seeds Alexander Motylev and Sergey Rublevsky (2697 Elo).
Chernyshov finished joint first with three other players on 7/9 in the 'Open A' event and won by virtue of a superior tie-break score. Many of the 180+ competitors will be staying in Moscow to take part in the even bigger Aeroflot Open, starting tomorrow - official site here.
The top finishers were:
| Rank | Seed | Name | Elo | Nat | Pts |
| 1 |
46 |
Chernyshov Konstantin | 2556 | RUS | 7.0 |
| 2 |
17 |
Bareev Evgeny | 2643 | RUS | 7.0 |
| 3 |
16 |
Le Quang Liem | 2647 | VIE | 7.0 |
| 4 |
15 |
Inarkiev Ernesto | 2649 | RUS | 7.0 |
| 5 |
13 |
Sasikiran Krishnan | 2653 | IND | 6.5 |
| 6 |
3 |
Bologan Viktor | 2692 | MDA | 6.5 |
| 7 |
20 |
Andreikin Dmitry | 2635 | RUS | 6.5 |
| 8 |
6 |
Kurnosov Igor | 2668 | RUS | 6.5 |
| 9 |
24 |
Azarov Sergei | 2622 | BLR | 6.5 |
| 10 |
2 |
Rublevsky Sergei | 2697 | RUS | 6.5 |
| 11 |
4 |
Bu Xiangzhi | 2673 | CHN | 6.5 |
| 12 |
32 |
Belov Vladimir | 2595 | RUS | 6.5 |
| 13 |
25 |
Vorobiov Evgeny E | 2621 | RUS | 6.5 |
| 14 |
19 |
Savchenko Boris | 2638 | RUS | 6.5 |
Here is a crucial victory for Chernyshov from the penultimate round against one of the top seeds.
