Aeroflot Open (2003) |
The 2nd Aeroflot Open was a 201-player Swiss held in Hotel Rossija (Russia), Moscow, 11-19 February 2003. The A group, for players rated above 2400, saw 143 GMs with Alexander Grischuk as top-seed fighting for the EUR 25,000 first prize and a place in the Dortmund tournament in July. Total prize fund (including groups B and C): EUR 150,000. Time controls: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 60 more minutes for the next 20 moves, then 30 more minutes till the end of the game. The organizers were Aeroflot - Russian Airlines, the Association of Chess Federations (of Northwest Russia) and the Committee on Tourism of the Municipality of Moscow. Chief organizer and tournament director: Alexander Bakh. Chief arbiter: Geurt Gijssen. The organizers provided about 94 pgn's + scanned scoresheets for almost all games. Viktor Antonovich Bologan won on tiebreak ahead of Aleksandrov, Fedorov and Svidler, all four with 7/9. Bologan qualified for Dortmund Sparkassen (2003) (which he also won). Regulations: https://web.archive.org/web/2003040...
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
26. Fedorov vs Dreev |
 | ½-½ | 18 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | B12 Caro-Kann Defense |
27. X Bu vs V Chuchelov |
| ½-½ | 42 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | E46 Nimzo-Indian |
28. Bologan vs P Smirnov |
 | 1-0 | 37 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
29. Eljanov vs A Aleksandrov |
 | 0-1 | 56 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
30. A Galkin vs Dolmatov |
| ½-½ | 11 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | C19 French, Winawer, Advance |
31. A Moiseenko vs M Gagunashvili |
| 1-0 | 84 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
32. Zvjaginsev vs V Popov |
| 1-0 | 47 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | A27 English, Three Knights System |
33. Svidler vs S Halkias |
| ½-½ | 47 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | B30 Sicilian |
34. Sutovsky vs Dvoirys |
 | 1-0 | 26 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
35. Van Wely vs E Inarkiev |
| 1-0 | 41 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | E97 King's Indian |
36. S Beshukov vs Avrukh |
| ½-½ | 41 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | B33 Sicilian |
37. S Vokarev vs Shabalov |
| ½-½ | 41 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | B32 Sicilian |
38. Sakaev vs S Ivanov |
| 1-0 | 35 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation |
39. Grischuk vs Jakovenko |
 | ½-½ | 97 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | B33 Sicilian |
40. A Aleksandrov vs Efimenko |
| ½-½ | 38 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | E73 King's Indian |
41. Fressinet vs Van Wely |
| ½-½ | 36 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | B30 Sicilian |
42. A Moiseenko vs Zvjaginsev |
| ½-½ | 15 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | D55 Queen's Gambit Declined |
43. Dolmatov vs Sakaev |
| ½-½ | 20 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
44. E Najer vs Bologan |
| ½-½ | 23 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | B12 Caro-Kann Defense |
45. V Chuchelov vs Sutovsky |
| ½-½ | 28 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) |
46. Granda Zuniga vs Romanishin |
| 0-1 | 26 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | A13 English |
47. O Alexandrova vs Svidler |
 | 0-1 | 46 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | D86 Grunfeld, Exchange |
48. A Deviatkin vs Eljanov |
| 1-0 | 51 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | B30 Sicilian |
49. E Inarkiev vs M Roiz |
| ½-½ | 18 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | B30 Sicilian |
50. Dolmatov vs Dreev |
| ½-½ | 31 | 2003 | Aeroflot Open | B18 Caro-Kann, Classical |
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