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Aeroflot Open (2002) The 1st Aeroflot Open was a 130-player Swiss held in Hotel Russia, Moscow, 5-10 February 2002 with double rounds on 5 (1 & 2), 7 (4 & 5) and 9 February (7 & 8). The A group, open for players rated above 2400, had more than 80 GMs, including top seed Ilya Yulyevich Smirin. First prize: EUR 25,000. Total prize fund (including groups B and C): EUR 150,000. Time control: 90 minutes for the whole game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. The organizers were Aeroflot - Russian Airlines, the Association of Chess Federations (of Northwest Russia) and the Committee on Tourism of the Government of Moscow. Chief organizer: Alexander Bakh. Chief arbiter: Geurt Gijssen. Gregory Kaidanov won on tiebreak ahead of Grischuk and three other players, all five with 6.5/9. Regulations: https://web.archive.org/web/2002061... Chess Moscow: http://chessmoscow.ru/index.php?mat... Russian Bazaar: http://www.russian-bazaar.com/ru/co... 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Next: Aeroflot Open (2003)  page 1 of 23; games 1-25 of 569  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Smirin vs T Markowski   0-1 47 2002 Aeroflot Open B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 2. Vasiukov vs Van Wely 1-0 32 2002 Aeroflot Open B53 Sicilian 3. Dreev vs V Yemelin   0-1 52 2002 Aeroflot Open E12 Queen's Indian 4. Mamedyarov vs V Akopian 0-1 35 2002 Aeroflot Open E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation 5. Grischuk vs K Miton   1-0 30 2002 Aeroflot Open B30 Sicilian 6. B Kantsler vs Vaganian   0-1 32 2002 Aeroflot Open D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 7. Zvjaginsev vs G Sargissian   ½-½ 41 2002 Aeroflot Open B12 Caro-Kann Defense 8. A Galliamova vs Onischuk   0-1 61 2002 Aeroflot Open A04 Reti Opening 9. Rublevsky vs Kalinin 1-0 29 2002 Aeroflot Open B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 10. A Riazantsev vs Bologan   ½-½ 33 2002 Aeroflot Open D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 11. A Aleksandrov vs A Lugovoi   1-0 31 2002 Aeroflot Open A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 12. E Prokopchuk vs Motylev   ½-½ 52 2002 Aeroflot Open B54 Sicilian 13. S Vokarev vs Tkachiev 0-1 21 2002 Aeroflot Open B06 Robatsch 14. S Shipov vs N Rashkovsky   ½-½ 37 2002 Aeroflot Open E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 15. E Inarkiev vs P Tregubov   0-1 54 2002 Aeroflot Open D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. Filippov vs J Meister   ½-½ 59 2002 Aeroflot Open D02 Queen's Pawn Game 17. E Postny vs M Kobalia   ½-½ 60 2002 Aeroflot Open A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation 18. Shabalov vs M Podgaets   ½-½ 32 2002 Aeroflot Open E12 Queen's Indian 19. V Belov vs Macieja   0-1 38 2002 Aeroflot Open E12 Queen's Indian 20. K Asrian vs M Gagunashvili   ½-½ 54 2002 Aeroflot Open B08 Pirc, Classical 21. N Firman vs E Najer 0-1 25 2002 Aeroflot Open B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 22. Kaidanov vs V Varavin   1-0 45 2002 Aeroflot Open E92 King's Indian 23. J Ulko vs M Magomedov   ½-½ 33 2002 Aeroflot Open D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 24. Milov vs R Ovetchkin   1-0 46 2002 Aeroflot Open E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation 25. A Akhmetov vs X Bu   0-1 57 2002 Aeroflot Open A75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4  page 1 of 23; games 1-25 of 569    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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