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Aeroflot Open (2018) The 16th Aeroflot Open ran from 20-28 February 2018 in the Cosmos Hotel, Moscow. The A Open, for players rated 2550+ and talented juniors, saw Vladimir Fedoseev as top-seed fighting for the €18,000 first prize and a place in the Dortmund 2018 Supertournament. The total prize fund for the three opens and blitz was €140,000. Players had 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for the next 20 moves, and 15 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move one. The event was sponsored by Aeroflot, and organised by the Russian Chess Federation in cooperation with the Association of Chess Federations. (1) Vladislav Kovalev won with 7/9. Official site: http://acfed.ru/tournament/aeroflot... Live Relay: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... Crosstable: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr322... Previous edition: Aeroflot Open (2017). (1) Chess24: Aeroflot Open https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...  page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 395  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Svane vs Arjun Erigaisi   ½-½ 25 2018 Aeroflot Open C07 French, Tarrasch 2. S Sargsyan vs M Antipov 0-1 46 2018 Aeroflot Open D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 3. A Bellaiche vs Bologan 0-1 60 2018 Aeroflot Open E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 4. A Goryachkina vs Khalifman   0-1 52 2018 Aeroflot Open D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 5. J Salomon vs A G Aleksandrov   ½-½ 50 2018 Aeroflot Open C50 Giuoco Piano 6. E Romanov vs R Praggnanandhaa   ½-½ 59 2018 Aeroflot Open A20 English 7. A Triapishko vs K Piorun   0-1 58 2018 Aeroflot Open C78 Ruy Lopez 8. Sarin Nihal vs Sasikiran   ½-½ 58 2018 Aeroflot Open E60 King's Indian Defense 9. E Najer vs Xiangyu Xu   ½-½ 60 2018 Aeroflot Open D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. A Firouzja vs E Inarkiev   ½-½ 63 2018 Aeroflot Open C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 11. A Predke vs Nodirbek Yakubboev 0-1 50 2018 Aeroflot Open E15 Queen's Indian 12. T L Petrosian vs A Gallego Alcaraz 1-0 62 2018 Aeroflot Open D02 Queen's Pawn Game 13. M Vavulin vs V Fedoseev   ½-½ 79 2018 Aeroflot Open C42 Petrov Defense 14. P Iniyan vs H Martirosyan   ½-½ 18 2018 Aeroflot Open E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation 15. V Shinkevich vs M Karthikeyan   0-1 46 2018 Aeroflot Open E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line 16. Kulaots vs Z Abdumalik   1-0 32 2018 Aeroflot Open A34 English, Symmetrical 17. Harshit Raja vs A Sarana   ½-½ 20 2018 Aeroflot Open B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. Valentin Dragnev vs P Maghsoodloo 0-1 67 2018 Aeroflot Open A48 King's Indian 19. A Gupta vs N Pogonina   ½-½ 68 2018 Aeroflot Open D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. A Indjic vs S Golubov   0-1 96 2018 Aeroflot Open D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 21. V Zvjaginsev vs A Sorokin   ½-½ 87 2018 Aeroflot Open A00 Uncommon Opening 22. V Artemiev vs A Pichot   1-0 75 2018 Aeroflot Open A07 King's Indian Attack 23. A Esipenko vs D Andreikin   ½-½ 65 2018 Aeroflot Open D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 24. M Kobalia vs S Pavlov 0-1 34 2018 Aeroflot Open A07 King's Indian Attack 25. M A Tabatabaei vs E Karavade   0-1 37 2018 Aeroflot Open C53 Giuoco Piano  page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 395    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-27-18    Viktorerro: Some participants has dropped out. They're dropping out like dead tired flies. Really, really tough Russian times these days...the diesel fuel and travel vouchers prizes idea seems to be casting its shadows, and threatening to be a reality. Feb-27-18    Dionysius1: "They shoot knights, don't they?" with apologies to Jane Fonda and Michael Sarrazin. Feb-27-18    botvinnik64: Dionysius: That was a good movie. Peter O'Toole was in it? Some big English actor of the time, can't remember... Feb-28-18    rokko: Does anybody know the tie-break rules? If Sargissian wins against Kovalev, there could be a huge tie for first. Feb-28-18    Tabanus: 1. The number of games played with Black pieces. Byes and forfeited games will be considered as games played with White. 2. The average of the opponents ratings minus the highest and the lowest rating. http://acfed.ru/upload/aeroflot-ope... Feb-28-18    Dionysius1: Hi <botvinnik64>. Michael York I think - gosh he was big in his day. Yes, good movie. Funny how some movies are remembered as more light-hearted than they were at the time though. Saturday Night Fever was another one: quite a dark plot. It's probably the music that lifts the memories. Feb-28-18    rokko: Thanks Tabanus. this would mean that Sethuraman and Gordievski (5 blacks) will have the best chances, ahead of Bologan and Petrosian (average rating) - grossly calculated. There should be some interesting fights in particular unless Kovalev gets an easy draw and there is less at stake. Feb-28-18    whiteshark: Drawlifman strikes again with a 13-move draw with White (vs Kamsky). Feb-28-18    paavoh: Two successive losses and Fedoseev does not like to play seriously anymore... Too bad, I was hoping him to do well here. Feb-28-18    rokko: Congratulations to Kovalev and welcome to Dortmund ! Feb-28-18    siamesedream: Congratulations to GM Vladislav Kovalev for winning Aeroflot Open 2018! Feb-28-18    Check It Out: A disgraceful lack of fighting spirit by Khalifman. After winning his first two games he went for easy draws in 31,12, 9, 23, 17, 19, and 13 moves! Some guesses as to why: 1. He is a tired chess player who no longer loves the vicissitudes of chess battle against an opponent. 2. He calculated that 2 wins and 7 draws would give him the prize money he desperately needs to pay the bills. 3. Something happened in his personal life that has drained his energy. In any event, chess goddess Caissa is frowning. Feb-28-18    Check It Out: In contrast, Matlakov ended with the same score, 2 wins 7 draws. The one win was Gupta’s forfeit and his one short draw was against, of course Khalifman. But here are the rest: draw in 47, 34, 48, 56, 41, and 68 moves. Those a respectable draws with fight. Feb-28-18    happyjuggler0: I was tempted to cut Khalifman some slack because maybe he was feeling ill or something but didn't want to drop out, but after going back and seeing his results in past Aeroflot tournaments, I am not feeling sympathetic. Aeroflot Open (2005)/Alexander Khalifman Aeroflot Open (2006)/Alexander Khalifman 6th Aeroflot Festival (2007)/Alexander Khalifman Aeroflot Open (2008)/Alexander Khalifman Aeroflot Open (2010)/Alexander Khalifman Aeroflot Open (2011)/Alexander Khalifman Aeroflot Open (2012)/Alexander Khalifman Aeroflot Open (2015)/Alexander Khalifman Aeroflot Open (2016)/Alexander Khalifman He went +3 in 2012 though, so there is that. Feb-28-18    stst: The other Vladislav got it... Artemiev has to wait for another show... Both look smart, of course, and hope they do well in future...Belarus has been lacking for quite a long while!! Feb-28-18    siggemannen: I read that Khalifman lost a lot of his money, because the German bank where he stored his prizes refused to give him access to his own account for some reason. So that might be a reason for him to play. Perhaps someone could help him get his money back. He surely deserves it, even though he does like his draws Feb-28-18    john barleycorn: <siggemannen: I read that Khalifman lost a lot of his money, because the German bank where he stored his prizes refused to give him access to his own account for some reason. ...> German banks do that when instructed to do so. The money, by the way, is not "lost" . He has to fix the issues which lead to freezing his account. He either regains his money or it becomes the money of somebody else. But it is not lost. :-) Feb-28-18    whiteshark: <siggemannen: I read that Khalifman lost a lot of his money, because the German bank where he stored his prizes refused to give him access to his own account for some reason.> Almost correct if the following link was your read: http://www.anusha.com/nisichek.htm <Equally disturbing is the likelihood that Khalifman might not have received his [FIDE World Chess Championship] winners purse of $482,705 ...> Mar-01-18    paavoh: <In any event, chess goddess Caissa is frowning.> Indeed. Some of the games were straight from the <Aeroflop> tournament :-( Mar-01-18    siggemannen: <whiteshark>, <john barleycorn>, no, i read an interview with him where he was talking about this, he had stored all his winnings in Germany, but wasn't able to withdraw them. And yes, it isn't technically lost, but he had no access to his own account from what i understood, which amounts to the same net result i guess :) Anyways, good luck to him, he seems like a nice guy. Mar-01-18    john barleycorn: <siggemannen: <whiteshark>, <john barleycorn>, no, i read an interview with him where he was talking about this, he had stored all his winnings in Germany, but wasn't able to withdraw them. ...> Sure, the tax department can close an account, for example. But not being able to withdraw has a reason. Mar-01-18    john barleycorn: Though the #1 reason for not being able to withdraw money from your account is (tata) there is no money in the bank. Mar-02-18    jith1207: Looks like Aeroflot blitz tournament happened following this open, which Nepo won. I don't seem to find in chess 24, anyone has a reference? It seems Tal memorial starts today, a rapid event. Some elite players participate, but I don't see a tournament page here. Mar-02-18    jith1207: Here are the results for the subsequent blitz tournament: http://www.chessarbiter.com/turniej... Mar-02-18    happyjuggler0: Tal Memorial, which seems to be March 2-4 2018, links: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... http://chess-results.com/tnr336311.... Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 3) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. Getting your account takes less than a minute, is totally anonymous, and 100% free—plus, it entitles you to features otherwise unavailable. Pick your username now and join the chessgames community! If you already have an account, you should login now. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, profane, raunchy, or disgusting language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate or nonsense posts. 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