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 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 |
| 23 | IM | Lalith Babu M.R. | IND | 2484 |
| 24 | IM | Kovalev Denis | UKR | 2481 |
| 25 | IM | Mozharov Mikhail | RUS | 2478 |
| 26 | IM | Pavlov Sergey | UKR | 2477 |
| 27 | IM | Pugachov Alexey | RUS | 2466 |
| 28 | IM | Shyam Sundar M. | IND | 2462 |
| 29 | FM | Kovalev Vladislav | BLR | 2453 |
| 30 | GM | Balashov Yuri S | RUS | 2443 |
| 31 | Matinian Nikita | RUS | 2438 | |
| 32 | Eliseev Urii | RUS | 2435 | |
| 33 | GM | Naumkin Igor | RUS | 2432 |
| 34 | IM | Gorovets Andrey | BLR | 2428 |
| 35 | IM | Arslanov Shamil | RUS | 2424 |
| 36 | IM | Kuporosov Viktor | RUS | 2413 |
| 37 | IM | Shukh Nikolai | RUS | 2413 |
| 38 | Kurukin Dmitry | RUS | 2410 | |
| 39 | GM | Ibrayev Nurlan | KAZ | 2406 |
| 40 | WGM | Girya Olga | RUS | 2399 |
| 41 | Gordievsky Dmitry | RUS | 2392 | |
| 42 | Aitbayev Aslan | KAZ | 2386 | |
| 43 | IM | Akshayraj Kore | IND | 2386 |
| 44 | FM | Lugovskoy Maxim | RUS | 2376 |
| 45 | FM | Tilicheev Viacheslav | RUS | 2373 |
| 46 | Sychev Klementy | RUS | 2362 | |
| 47 | FM | Nikologorskiy Konstantin | RUS | 2353 |
| 48 | FM | Morozov Grigoriy | RUS | 2351 |
| 49 | FM | Terentjev Vladislav | RUS | 2344 |
| 50 | Kachar Vladimir | RUS | 2325 | |
| 51 | FM | Solovjev Nikolay | RUS | 2310 |
| 52 | Gan-Od Sereenen | MGL | 2270 | |
| 53 | IM | Mikheev Stanislav | RUS | 2259 |
| 54 | Barsamian Eduard | RUS | 2258 | |
| 55 | Chizhikov Vladislav | RUS | 2249 | |
| 56 | Gurkin Anton | KAZ | 2248 | |
| 57 | Harutyunian Tigran K. | ARM | 2221 | |
| 58 | Petrosyan Manuel | ARM | 2205 | |
| 59 | Ulkhanov Azamat | KAZ | 2192 | |
| 60 | Paravyan David | RUS | 2178 | |
| 61 | Akhmetov Ayan | KAZ | 2157 | |
| 62 | Yeo Michael J | ENG | 2152 | |
| 63 | Lee Sanghoon | KOR | 2131 | |
| 64 | FM | Emojong Elijah | UGA | 2111 |
| 65 | IM | Elfert, Aleksandr V. | RUS | 2017 |
| 66 | Shevchenko Kirill | UKR | 1942 |
Participants Moscow Open women section
| 1 | IM | Atalik Ekaterina | TUR | 2481 |
| 2 | IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | MGL | 2459 |
| 3 | WGM | Paikidze Nazi | GEO | 2422 |
| 4 | IM | Bodnaruk Anastasia | RUS | 2417 |
| 5 | WGM | Kovanova Baira | RUS | 2383 |
| 6 | IM | Galojan Lilit | ARM | 2383 |
| 7 | WIM | Tarasova Viktoriya | RUS | 2294 |
| 8 | WGM | Doluhanova Evgeniya | ARM | 2276 |
| 9 | Gubernatorova Lyudmila | RUS | 2266 | |
| 10 | WFM | Cheremnova Tamara | RUS | 2260 |
| 11 | WGM | Shaydullina Sandugach | RUS | 2215 |
| 12 | WFM | Kostrikina Anna | RUS | 2186 |
| 13 | WFM | Gvanceladze Anna | RUS | 2172 |
| 14 | Zizlova Sofia | RUS | 2169 | |
| 15 | WFM | Idrisova Roza | RUS | 2128 |
| 16 | WFM | Grigoryeva, Olga A. | RUS | 2122 |
| 17 | FM | Shulakova Svetlana | RUS | 2099 |
| 18 | Makarenko Alexandra | RUS | 2090 | |
| 19 | Sviridova Vlada | RUS | 2069 | |
| 20 | Imeeva Aisa | RUS | 2048 | |
| 21 | Karmanova Marina | RUS | 2030 | |
| 22 | Smirnova Ekaterina | RUS | 2028 | |
| 23 | Belova Olga | RUS | 2009 | |
| 24 | Blokhina Elvira | RUS | 2006 | |
| 25 | Kutueva Natalia | RUS | 1959 | |
| 26 | Kim Yana | RUS | 1952 | |
| 27 | WFM | Obolentseva Alexandra | RUS | 1897 |
| 28 | Martynyuk Elizaveta | RUS | 1847 | |
| 29 | Butneva Larisa | RUS | 1832 | |
| 30 | Shmyreva Tatiana | RUS | 1730 | |
| 31 | Vanchikova Dulma | RUS | 1714 | |
| 32 | Turygina Irina | RUS | 1693 | |
| 33 | Makarova Darya | RUS | 1690 | |
| 34 | Sprints Eleonora | RUS | 1671 | |
| 35 | Savostina Larisa | RUS | 1627 | |
| 36 | Martynkova Olena | UKR | 1589 | |
| 37 | Artemenko Rimma | RUS | 1580 | |
| 38 | Stanetskaya Galina | RUS | 1534 | |
| 39 | Shuvalova Polina | RUS | 1522 | |
| 40 | Strezhneva Ekaterina | RUS | ||
| 41 | Shyngys Kyzy Aijarkyn | KGZ | ||
| 42 | Tryapitsyna Maria | RUS | ||
| 43 | Tryapitsyna Ekaterina | RUS |
