Aeroflot Open

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; in 2013 it was converted to a rapid and blitz event, while in 2014 it wasn't held. The first event had around 80 grandmasters, while in the second event 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. Beside the main tournament (A Group), there are also B and C-class tournaments.

Winners

The name of the winner is boldfaced as in some editions, a few players ended with the same overall score.

#YearWinner(s)PointsRounds
12002 Gregory Kaidanov (USA)
 Alexander Grischuk (RUS)
 Aleksej Aleksandrov (BLR)
 Alexander Shabalov (USA)
 Vadim Milov (SUI)
9
22003 Viorel Bologan (MDA)
 Aleksej Aleksandrov (BLR)
 Alexei Fedorov (BLR)
 Peter Svidler (RUS)
79
32004 Sergei Rublevsky (RUS)
 Rafael Vaganian (ARM)
 Valerij Filippov (RUS)
79
42005 Emil Sutovsky (ISR)
 Andrei Kharlov (RUS)
 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR)
 Alexander Motylev (RUS)
 Vladimir Akopian (ARM)
9
52006 Baadur Jobava (GEO)
 Viorel Bologan (MDA)
 Krishnan Sasikiran (IND)
 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)
9
62007 Evgeny Alekseev (RUS)79
72008 Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS)79
82009 Étienne Bacrot (FRA)
 Alexander Moiseenko (UKR)
9
92010 Lê Quang Liêm (VIE)79
102011 Lê Quang Liêm (VIE)
 Nikita Vitiugov (RUS)
 Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS)
9
112012 Mateusz Bartel (POL)
 Anton Korobov (UKR)
 Pavel Eljanov (UKR)
9
122013 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) (Rapid tournament)
 Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) (Blitz tournament)
2–1[1]
15½
K.O.
18
132015 Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS)
 Daniil Dubov (RUS)
79
142016 Evgeniy Najer (RUS)
 Boris Gelfand (ISR)
9
152017 Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS)79
162018 Vladislav Kovalev (BLR)79
172019 Kaido Külaots (EST)[2]
 Haik Martirosyan (ARM)
79
182020 Aydin Suleymanli (AZE)[3]
 Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ)
 Rauf Mamedov (AZE)
 Chithambaram Aravindh (IND)
9

Notes

  1. Sergey Karjakin beat Alexander Grischuk by 2–1 in the final of the knockout rapid tournament: "Sergey Karjakin wins Aeroflot Rapid Final" by Chessdom
  2. "Аэрофлот-опен 2019". ruchess.ru.
  3. "Айдын Сулейманлы выиграл главный турнир фестиваля "Аэрофлот Опен 2020"" (in Russian). Ruchess. 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-02-27.

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