The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot. Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of OJSC "AeroflotRussian Airlines" (ОАО «АэрофлотРоссийские авиалинии» () or Aeroflot (Аэрофлот as the airline is commonly 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 title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. The tournament is played using the Swiss system. A Swiss system tournament is a commonly used type of Tournament in Chess, bridge, Scrabble, squash, Magic The Gathering 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.
-
# Year Winner(s) Points Rounds 1 2002 
Gregory Kaidanov (United States)
Alexander Grischuk (Russia)
Aleksej Aleksandrov (Belarus)
Alexander Shabalov (United States)
Vadim Milov (Switzerland)6. Gregory Kaidanov (Григорий Кайданов born October 11, 1959) is an International Grandmaster of Chess. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Alexander Grischuk (born October 31 1983) is a Chess grandmaster from Russia. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Aleksej Aleksandrov (born 11 May, 1973) in Belarus a chess grandmaster. Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east Alexander Shabalov (born September 12 1967) is an American Chess grandmaster the multiple winner of the U The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Vadim Milov (born 1 August 1972, Russia) is a Russian–born Israeli–Swiss Grandmaster of Chess. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation 5 9 2 2003 
Viktor Bologan (Moldova)
Aleksej Aleksandrov (Belarus)
Alexei Fedorov (Belarus)
Peter Svidler (Russia)7 9 3 2004 Sergei Rublevsky (Russia)
Rafael Vaganian (Armenia)
Valerij Filippov (Russia)7 9 4 2005 
Emil Sutovsky (Israel)
Andrei Kharlov (Russia)
Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)
Alexander Motylev (Russia)
Vladimir Akopian (Armenia)6. Victor Viorel Bologan (born December 14, 1971) is a Moldovan Chess grandmaster. Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova ( Republica Moldova) is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania Aleksej Aleksandrov (born 11 May, 1973) in Belarus a chess grandmaster. Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east Peter Svidler (Пётр Свидлер Pyotr Svidler born June 17, 1976, in Leningrad) is a Russian Chess grandmaster. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Sergei Rublevsky (born 15 October 1974) is a Russian Chess grandmaster. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Rafael Artemovich Vaganian, also transliterated Vahanyan (Ռաֆայել Վահանյան Рафаэль Артёмович Ваганян is an Armenian Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Emil Sutovsky (born 19 September, 1977) is an Israeli Chess Grandmaster. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Vassily Ivanchuk, also transliterated as Vasyl (Василь Михайлович Іванчук, Vasyl Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk) (born March 18 1969 Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Alexander Motylev (born June 17, 1979 in Yekaterinburg, Russia) is an International Grandmaster of chess and a former champion of Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani 5 9 5 2006 
Baadur Jobava (Georgia)
Viktor Bologan (Moldova)
Krishnan Sasikiran (India)
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)6. Baadur Jobava (ბაადურ ჯობავა born November 26, 1983) is a Georgian Chess grandmaster. Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between Victor Viorel Bologan (born December 14, 1971) is a Moldovan Chess grandmaster. Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova ( Republica Moldova) is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania Krishnan Sasikiran (born January 7 1981) is an Indian Chess Grandmaster. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov (born April 12 1985 in Sumgayit, Azerbaijan) is a Chess Grandmaster. Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South 5 9 6 2007 Evgeny Alekseev (Russia)7 9 7 2008 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)7 9
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. Evgeny Vladimirovich Alekseev (born November 28, 1985 in Pushkin, Russia) is a Russian Chess player Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Ian Nepomniachtchi (Ян Непомнящий is a Russian Chess grandmaster. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending com 2002
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic