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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 3; games 1-25 of 51  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Timoshenko vs V Malakhov   ½-½ 42 2003 Aeroflot Open B32 Sicilian 2. Svidler vs V Belov   ½-½ 35 2003 Aeroflot Open B12 Caro-Kann Defense 3. V Kosyrev vs Dreev   ½-½ 22 2003 Aeroflot Open D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 4. S Zagrebelny vs Grischuk ½-½ 50 2003 Aeroflot Open C78 Ruy Lopez 5. A Poluljahov vs Sutovsky   ½-½ 39 2003 Aeroflot Open A28 English 6. Jakovenko vs Rublevsky   ½-½ 38 2003 Aeroflot Open B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 7. Dvoirys vs Van Wely   ½-½ 25 2003 Aeroflot Open B33 Sicilian 8. Sakaev vs M Brodsky   ½-½ 13 2003 Aeroflot Open E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 9. S Ivanov vs Smirin   ½-½ 29 2003 Aeroflot Open E97 King's Indian 10. Balashov vs Svidler   ½-½ 24 2003 Aeroflot Open A16 English 11. S Vokarev vs Shabalov   ½-½ 41 2003 Aeroflot Open B32 Sicilian 12. S Beshukov vs Avrukh   ½-½ 41 2003 Aeroflot Open B33 Sicilian 13. Svidler vs S Halkias   ½-½ 47 2003 Aeroflot Open B30 Sicilian 14. Fedorov vs Dreev ½-½ 18 2003 Aeroflot Open B12 Caro-Kann Defense 15. X Bu vs V Chuchelov   ½-½ 42 2003 Aeroflot Open E46 Nimzo-Indian 16. A Galkin vs Dolmatov   ½-½ 11 2003 Aeroflot Open C19 French, Winawer, Advance 17. Grischuk vs Jakovenko ½-½ 97 2003 Aeroflot Open B33 Sicilian 18. E Inarkiev vs M Roiz   ½-½ 18 2003 Aeroflot Open B30 Sicilian 19. V Chuchelov vs Sutovsky   ½-½ 28 2003 Aeroflot Open A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 20. E Najer vs Bologan   ½-½ 23 2003 Aeroflot Open B12 Caro-Kann Defense 21. A Aleksandrov vs Efimenko   ½-½ 38 2003 Aeroflot Open E73 King's Indian 22. Fressinet vs Van Wely   ½-½ 36 2003 Aeroflot Open B30 Sicilian 23. A Moiseenko vs Zvjaginsev   ½-½ 15 2003 Aeroflot Open D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. Dolmatov vs Sakaev   ½-½ 20 2003 Aeroflot Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. Dolmatov vs Dreev   ½-½ 31 2003 Aeroflot Open B18 Caro-Kann, Classical  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 51    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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