- Aeroflot Open
The Aeroflot Open is an annual open
chess tournament played inMoscow and sponsored by the airlineAeroflot . It was established in 2002 and quickly grew out 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 theSwiss system . In recent years there has also been a B and C-class 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.
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References
* Reports from Chessbase: [http://www.chessbase.com/newsprint.asp?newsid=168 2002] , [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=826 2003] , [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1534 2004] , [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2216 2005] , [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2931 2006] , [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3695 2007] , [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4469 2008]
* Results from TWIC: [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic379.html#2 2002] , [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic433.html#6 2003] , [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic486.html#3 2004] , [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic538.html#5 2005] , [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic589.html#4 2006] , [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic642.html#3 2007] , [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic694.html 2008]
* On the 2002 edition from ruchess.com [http://www.ruschess.com/Archive/view.php?id=22 2002]
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