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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 4 of 5; games 76-100 of 110  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 76. Van Wely vs S Chanda   1-0 44 2003 Aeroflot Open D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 77. Efimenko vs A Lastin   ½-½ 16 2003 Aeroflot Open C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 78. A Yusupov vs Sakaev   ½-½ 11 2003 Aeroflot Open D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 79. Sutovsky vs Fressinet   ½-½ 11 2003 Aeroflot Open C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 80. Kazhgaleyev vs Fedorov 0-1 63 2003 Aeroflot Open B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 81. I Nataf vs Aronian   ½-½ 25 2003 Aeroflot Open C45 Scotch Game 82. R Hasangatin vs A Ramirez Alvarez   ½-½ 38 2003 Aeroflot Open A00 Uncommon Opening 83. Rublevsky vs M Ulybin   ½-½ 60 2003 Aeroflot Open C05 French, Tarrasch 84. Bologan vs Milov 1-0 58 2003 Aeroflot Open B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2 85. Svidler vs R Kempinski 1-0 38 2003 Aeroflot Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 86. Jobava vs Granda Zuniga 0-1 40 2003 Aeroflot Open C52 Evans Gambit 87. M Roiz vs Z Izoria   ½-½ 30 2003 Aeroflot Open D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 88. Efimenko vs Sutovsky   ½-½ 36 2003 Aeroflot Open B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 89. P Kotsur vs Morozevich 0-1 39 2003 Aeroflot Open A22 English 90. Dreev vs A Yusupov 1-0 37 2003 Aeroflot Open D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 91. X Bu vs Zvjaginsev   1-0 50 2003 Aeroflot Open D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 92. A Aleksandrov vs Bologan   ½-½ 9 2003 Aeroflot Open D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 93. Shabalov vs V Yandemirov   1-0 43 2003 Aeroflot Open D97 Grunfeld, Russian 94. Fressinet vs Svidler   0-1 34 2003 Aeroflot Open B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 95. Fedorov vs M Sorokin 1-0 38 2003 Aeroflot Open C42 Petrov Defense 96. Smirin vs Dolmatov   ½-½ 62 2003 Aeroflot Open C18 French, Winawer 97. Kaidanov vs K Lerner 1-0 39 2003 Aeroflot Open E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 98. T Hillarp Persson vs A Ramirez Alvarez   0-1 46 2003 Aeroflot Open A57 Benko Gambit 99. Pelletier vs A Deviatkin 1-0 29 2003 Aeroflot Open D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 100. Avrukh vs A Iljushin   ½-½ 61 2003 Aeroflot Open A90 Dutch  page 4 of 5; games 76-100 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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