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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 1 of 1; 23 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Guliev vs Granda Zuniga   0-1 11 2003 Aeroflot Open A60 Benoni Defense 2. O Danielian vs A Aleksandrov   0-1 28 2003 Aeroflot Open D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 3. Adianto vs Zvjaginsev 0-1 67 2003 Aeroflot Open B40 Sicilian 4. D Sharavdorj vs X Bu   0-1 48 2003 Aeroflot Open D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 5. Shabalov vs K Kulaots 0-1 47 2003 Aeroflot Open E12 Queen's Indian 6. Eljanov vs A Aleksandrov 0-1 56 2003 Aeroflot Open E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 7. Granda Zuniga vs Romanishin   0-1 26 2003 Aeroflot Open A13 English 8. O Alexandrova vs Svidler 0-1 46 2003 Aeroflot Open D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 9. A Poluljahov vs Milov   0-1 27 2003 Aeroflot Open E70 King's Indian 10. Efimenko vs Kaidanov   0-1 39 2003 Aeroflot Open C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 11. Morozevich vs A Anastasian 0-1 31 2003 Aeroflot Open C10 French 12. Van Wely vs M Ulybin 0-1 39 2003 Aeroflot Open A90 Dutch 13. S Zagrebelny vs Morozevich 0-1 33 2003 Aeroflot Open C03 French, Tarrasch 14. A Ramirez Alvarez vs Yurtaev   0-1 19 2003 Aeroflot Open A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 15. A Berelowitsch vs Svidler 0-1 33 2003 Aeroflot Open B42 Sicilian, Kan 16. M Gagunashvili vs Sutovsky   0-1 53 2003 Aeroflot Open D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 17. Zvjaginsev vs A Aleksandrov 0-1 20 2003 Aeroflot Open E10 Queen's Pawn Game 18. Kazhgaleyev vs Fedorov 0-1 63 2003 Aeroflot Open B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 19. Jobava vs Granda Zuniga 0-1 40 2003 Aeroflot Open C52 Evans Gambit 20. P Kotsur vs Morozevich 0-1 39 2003 Aeroflot Open A22 English 21. Fressinet vs Svidler   0-1 34 2003 Aeroflot Open B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 22. T Hillarp Persson vs A Ramirez Alvarez   0-1 46 2003 Aeroflot Open A57 Benko Gambit 23. Sveshnikov vs V Malakhov   0-1 33 2003 Aeroflot Open E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System  page 1 of 1; 23 games      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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