Aeroflot Open

The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot. It was established in 2002 and quickly grew to be the strongest open tournament; in 2013 it was converted to a rapid and blitz event, while in 2014 it wasn't held. The first event had around 80 grandmasters, while in the second event 150 grandmasters participated. The tournament is played using the Swiss system and the winner is invited to the Dortmund chess tournament held later in the same year, a tradition begun in 2003. Beside the main tournament (A Group), there are also B and C-class tournaments.

Winners

The name of the winner is boldfaced as in some editions, a few players ended with the same overall score.

#	Year	Winner(s)	Points	Rounds
1	2002	Gregory Kaidanov (USA)  Alexander Grischuk (RUS)  Aleksej Aleksandrov (BLR)  Alexander Shabalov (USA)  Vadim Milov (SUI)	6½	9
2	2003	Viorel Bologan (MDA)  Aleksej Aleksandrov (BLR)  Alexei Fedorov (BLR)  Peter Svidler (RUS)	7	9
3	2004	Sergei Rublevsky (RUS)  Rafael Vaganian (ARM)  Valerij Filippov (RUS)	7	9
4	2005	Emil Sutovsky (ISR)  Andrei Kharlov (RUS)  Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR)  Alexander Motylev (RUS)  Vladimir Akopian (ARM)	6½	9
5	2006	Baadur Jobava (GEO)  Viorel Bologan (MDA)  Krishnan Sasikiran (IND)  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)	6½	9
6	2007	Evgeny Alekseev (RUS)	7	9
7	2008	Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS)	7	9
8	2009	Étienne Bacrot (FRA)  Alexander Moiseenko (UKR)	6½	9
9	2010	Lê Quang Liêm (VIE)	7	9
10	2011	Lê Quang Liêm (VIE)  Nikita Vitiugov (RUS)  Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS)	6½	9
11	2012	Mateusz Bartel (POL)  Anton Korobov (UKR)  Pavel Eljanov (UKR)	6½	9
12	2013	Sergey Karjakin (RUS) (Rapid tournament)  Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) (Blitz tournament)	2–1[1] 15½	K.O. 18
13	2015	Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS)  Daniil Dubov (RUS)	7	9
14	2016	Evgeniy Najer (RUS)  Boris Gelfand (ISR)	6½	9
15	2017	Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS)	7	9
16	2018	Vladislav Kovalev (BLR)	7	9
17	2019	Kaido Külaots (EST)[2]  Haik Martirosyan (ARM)	7	9
18	2020	Aydin Suleymanli (AZE)[3]  Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ)  Rauf Mamedov (AZE)  Aravindh Chithambaram (IND)	6½	9
19	2024	Amin Tabatabaei (IRN)[4]	7½	9

Notes

1. Sergey Karjakin beat Alexander Grischuk by 2–1 in the final of the knockout rapid tournament: "Sergey Karjakin wins Aeroflot Rapid Final" by Chessdom
2. "Аэрофлот-опен 2019". ruchess.ru.
3. "Айдын Сулейманлы выиграл главный турнир фестиваля "Аэрофлот Опен 2020"" (in Russian). Ruchess. 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
4. "Amin Tabatabaei Wins Aeroflot Open 2024". aeroflotopen.ru. 2024-03-07. Retrieved 2024-03-15.

References

• Reports from Chessbase: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013 blitz, 2013 rapid final
• Results from TWIC: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
• On the 2002 edition from ruchess.com 2002