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Aeroflot Open
Aeroflot Open
# Year 1 2002 Winner(s) Gregory Kaidanov (United States) Alexander Grischuk (Russia) Aleksej Aleksandrov (Belarus) Alexander Shabalov (United States) Vadim Milov (Switzerland) Viktor Bologan (Moldova) Aleksej Aleksandrov (Belarus) Alexei Fedorov (Belarus) Peter Svidler (Russia) Sergei Rublevsky (Russia) Rafael Vaganian (Armenia) Valerij Filippov (Russia) Emil Sutovsky (Israel) Andrei Kharlov (Russia) Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) Alexander Motylev (Russia) Vladimir Akopian (Armenia) Baadur Jobava (Georgia) Viktor Bologan (Moldova) Krishnan Sasikiran (India) Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) Evgeny Alekseev (Russia) Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) Étienne Bacrot (France) Alexander Moiseenko (Ukraine) Points 6.5 Rounds 9
2
2003
7
9
3
2004
7
9
4
2005
6.5
9
5
2006
6.5
9
6 7 8
2007 2008 2009
7 7 6.5
9 9 9
The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot. It was established in 2002 and quickly grew to be the strongest open tournament. The first edition counted around 80 grandmasters, while in the second edition already 150 grandmasters participated. The tournament is played using the Swiss system and the winner is invited to the Dortmund chess tournament held later in the same year, a tradition begun in 2003. In recent years there has also been a B and Cclass tournament.
Winners
The name of the winner is boldfaced as in some editions, a few players ended with the same overall score. In 2007 and 2008 there was a clear first winner.
References
• Reports from Chessbase: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 • Results from TWIC: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 • On the 2002 edition from ruchess.com 2002
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