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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 2; games 1-25 of 36  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Morozevich vs S Savchenko 1-0 25 2003 Aeroflot Open B30 Sicilian 2. Van Wely vs A Kovchan 1-0 50 2003 Aeroflot Open D87 Grunfeld, Exchange 3. Zvjaginsev vs A Riazantsev 1-0 29 2003 Aeroflot Open A18 English, Mikenas-Carls 4. Bologan vs S Halkias 1-0 46 2003 Aeroflot Open B30 Sicilian 5. P Smirnov vs N Vlassov   1-0 61 2003 Aeroflot Open B01 Scandinavian 6. Kharlov vs S Iskusnyh   1-0 21 2003 Aeroflot Open D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 7. M Gagunashvili vs Morozevich   1-0 40 2003 Aeroflot Open D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 8. Sutovsky vs A Goloshchapov 1-0 37 2003 Aeroflot Open C18 French, Winawer 9. Sadvakasov vs A Korotylev   1-0 33 2003 Aeroflot Open B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 10. Avrukh vs I Kurnosov 1-0 40 2003 Aeroflot Open E60 King's Indian Defense 11. Sakaev vs S Ivanov   1-0 35 2003 Aeroflot Open D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 12. Van Wely vs E Inarkiev   1-0 41 2003 Aeroflot Open E97 King's Indian 13. Sutovsky vs Dvoirys 1-0 26 2003 Aeroflot Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Bologan vs P Smirnov 1-0 37 2003 Aeroflot Open C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 15. A Moiseenko vs M Gagunashvili   1-0 84 2003 Aeroflot Open D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 16. Zvjaginsev vs V Popov   1-0 47 2003 Aeroflot Open A27 English, Three Knights System 17. A Deviatkin vs Eljanov   1-0 51 2003 Aeroflot Open B30 Sicilian 18. Sakaev vs Z Izoria   1-0 36 2003 Aeroflot Open D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 19. M Roiz vs A Shariyazdanov   1-0 46 2003 Aeroflot Open E15 Queen's Indian 20. Jakovenko vs E Postny   1-0 58 2003 Aeroflot Open C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 21. Avrukh vs N Vlassov   1-0 36 2003 Aeroflot Open A50 Queen's Pawn Game 22. A Aleksandrov vs A Lugovoi 1-0 35 2003 Aeroflot Open E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 23. R Kempinski vs Van Wely   1-0 60 2003 Aeroflot Open D71 Neo-Grunfeld 24. Svidler vs R Kempinski 1-0 38 2003 Aeroflot Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. Bologan vs Milov 1-0 58 2003 Aeroflot Open B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36    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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