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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... The Scotsman: http://www.scrkuppenheim.de/heco/ch... ChessBase 1: https://en.chessbase.com/post/games... ChessBase 2: https://en.chessbase.com/post/isn-t... Aeroflot: https://web.archive.org/web/2003040... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Previous: Aeroflot Open (2002). Next: Aeroflot Open (2004)  page 3 of 5; games 51-75 of 110  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 51. Sakaev vs Z Izoria   1-0 36 2003 Aeroflot Open D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 52. Van Wely vs M Ulybin 0-1 39 2003 Aeroflot Open A90 Dutch 53. A Galkin vs A Aleksandrov   ½-½ 16 2003 Aeroflot Open C67 Ruy Lopez 54. Bologan vs A Lastin   ½-½ 19 2003 Aeroflot Open C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 55. Jakovenko vs E Postny   1-0 58 2003 Aeroflot Open C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 56. Rublevsky vs A Moiseenko   ½-½ 42 2003 Aeroflot Open B30 Sicilian 57. Zvjaginsev vs E Najer   ½-½ 23 2003 Aeroflot Open A16 English 58. Morozevich vs A Anastasian 0-1 31 2003 Aeroflot Open C10 French 59. Efimenko vs Kaidanov   0-1 39 2003 Aeroflot Open C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 60. A Poluljahov vs Milov   0-1 27 2003 Aeroflot Open E70 King's Indian 61. M Roiz vs A Shariyazdanov   1-0 46 2003 Aeroflot Open E15 Queen's Indian 62. M Ulybin vs Bologan   ½-½ 24 2003 Aeroflot Open E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 63. S Zagrebelny vs Morozevich 0-1 33 2003 Aeroflot Open C03 French, Tarrasch 64. A Aleksandrov vs A Lugovoi 1-0 35 2003 Aeroflot Open E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 65. Fressinet vs Rublevsky ½-½ 30 2003 Aeroflot Open B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 66. A Moiseenko vs Sakaev   ½-½ 20 2003 Aeroflot Open A45 Queen's Pawn Game 67. Mamedyarov vs Zvjaginsev   ½-½ 15 2003 Aeroflot Open D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 68. R Kempinski vs Van Wely   1-0 60 2003 Aeroflot Open D71 Neo-Grunfeld 69. A Lastin vs E Najer   ½-½ 17 2003 Aeroflot Open D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 70. A Ramirez Alvarez vs Yurtaev   0-1 19 2003 Aeroflot Open A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 71. Avrukh vs N Vlassov   1-0 36 2003 Aeroflot Open A50 Queen's Pawn Game 72. Dreev vs X Bu   ½-½ 38 2003 Aeroflot Open D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 73. A Berelowitsch vs Svidler 0-1 33 2003 Aeroflot Open B42 Sicilian, Kan 74. M Gagunashvili vs Sutovsky   0-1 53 2003 Aeroflot Open D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 75. Zvjaginsev vs A Aleksandrov 0-1 20 2003 Aeroflot Open E10 Queen's Pawn Game  page 3 of 5; games 51-75 of 110    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jan-30-07    positionalgenius: Bologan finished ahead of prominent players like Morozevich,Grischuk,Aronian and Svidler to qualify for the 2003 Dortmund tournament. He ended up winning it. Mar-18-20    Tabanus: Lots of missing games. Of which some are perhaps still available from the Java links at https://web.archive.org/web/2003040... NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. 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