The Aeroflot Open is an annual open
chess
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tournament played in
Moscow
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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
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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
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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.
Notes
References
* Reports from Chessbase
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* Results from TWIC
* On the 2002 edition from ruchess.co
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