
After a couple of years hiatus the Aeroflot Open is back!
The classic event has been more than just a massive super-strong series of opens, it has been the proving grounds for the players on the rise, a rich source of norms, and competition for all levels divided into three opens. It also has a richly doted blitz tournament at the end, free of entry for those registered in tournaments A and B.
Final Round
Ian Nepomniachtchi went into the final round with only one goal in mind: not lose. He had absolute not trouble holding Ivan Bukavshin to a draw with a solid Grunfeld. Meanwhile on board two the following slugfest occurred:
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1.d4 f5!? 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.Bh4 g6 5.Nbd2 Bg7 6.e3 c5!? 7.c3 d5 8.Nxe4 fxe4 9.Nd2 cxd4 10.cxd4 0-0?! 10...Qb6! 11.Qb3 Nc6 12.Rc1 Be6? 13.Qxb7 Nxd4 14.exd4 Rb8 15.Qa6 Rb6 16.Qa3 Bxd4 17.Nb3 Rxb3 17...Bg7 18.Be2 d4 19.0-0 d3 20.Bd1 18.Qxb3?! 18.axb3 Qb6 19.Rc2+- 18...Qa5+ 19.Kd1 Bd7 20.Qb7? Qa4+?? 20...e3! 21.Qxd5+ 21.Rc2 Bf5∞ 21.fxe3 Bxe3 22.Rc3 Qa4+ 23.Qb3 Qxh4 21...Qxd5 22.Bc4 Qxc4 23.Rxc4 exf2 24.Rxd4 f1Q+ 25.Rxf1 Rxf1+= 21.b3 Bg4+ 22.f3! exf3 23.Qxd5+ 23.bxa4?? fxg2+ 24.Kc2 gxh1Q 23...e6 23...Kh8 24.bxa4 fxg2+ 25.Kc2+- 24.Qxe6+ Bxe6 25.bxa4 Bd5 26.gxf3 Bxf3+ 27.Kd2 1–0
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Dubov,D | 2627 | Lu,S | 2570 | 1–0 | 2015 | A80 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.2 |
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On the third board Salem and Anton Guijarro drew their game to finish excellent tournaments. That did allow several people to tie with them on 6.0/9, but that doesn't diminish how well they played.
The list of players that were able to score 6.0/9 included Jumbayev, Khairullin and Khismatullin, while Lu Shanglei lost his game but already had 6.0.
Aeroflot is an unbelievably tough event, consider that Mamedyarov only scored 50%!
With this victory Nepomniachtchi qualifies for Dortmund later this year.

The winners and their trophies: Dubov (second place) Nepomniachtchi and Bukavshin

Third place for Ivan Bukavshin
Final Standings
Photos Boris Dolmatovski
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1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Na6 8.0-0 c6 9.d5 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 h5 12.h3 Nh6 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Qd2 Nf7 15.Rad1 Be6 16.a3 Nc7 17.b4 Qe7 18.Qc2 Rfd8 19.Qa4 Bd7 20.b5 cxb5 21.Qa5 Be6 22.Nd5 Nxd5 23.cxd5 Bd7 24.Bxb5 Bxb5 25.Qxb5 Rab8 26.Qd3 Bh6 27.Nd2 Bxd2 28.Rxd2 g5 29.Bg3 h4 30.Bh2 Rdc8 31.Rc2 Qb7 32.Rxc8+ Qxc8 33.Kh1 a5 34.Qe3 a4 35.Rc1 Qa6 36.Bg1 Rb3 37.Rc3 Rb1 38.Rc1 Rb3 39.Rc3 Qb7 40.Qc1 Rxc3 41.Qxc3 Qb3 42.Qc1 Kg7 43.f3 f5 44.exf5 Qxd5 45.Be3 Kf6 46.Qc8 e4 47.fxe4 Qxe4 48.Bg1 Qxf5 49.Bd4+ Kg6 50.Qg8+ Kh5 51.Qe8 Qf1+ 52.Kh2 Qf4+ 53.Kh1 Qf1+ 54.Kh2 Qf4+ 55.Kh1 Qc1+ 56.Kh2 Qc4 57.Qe4 Nh6 58.Qe8+ Nf7 59.Qe4 Nh6 ½–½
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Sjugirov,S | 2669 | Shimanov,A | 2594 | ½–½ | 2015 | E92 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.10 |
Svetushkin,D | 2592 | Kovalenko,I | 2661 | 1–0 | 2015 | B00 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.11 |
Mamedov,R | 2658 | Bogdanovich,S | 2581 | 1–0 | 2015 | B10 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.12 |
Motylev,A | 2653 | Grigoriants,S | 2573 | ½–½ | 2015 | C78 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.13 |
Salem,A | 2603 | Khismatullin,D | 2650 | ½–½ | 2015 | B12 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.14 |
Gabuzyan,H | 2553 | Kobalia,M | 2632 | 0–1 | 2015 | A21 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.15 |
Mamedyarov,S | 2756 | Wagner,D | 2549 | ½–½ | 2015 | D11 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.16 |
Savchenko,B | 2581 | Inarkiev,E | 2706 | 0–1 | 2015 | A01 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.17 |
Bluebaum,M | 2576 | Matlakov,M | 2693 | ½–½ | 2015 | E17 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.18 |
Jumabayev,R | 2572 | Vidit,S | 2625 | 1–0 | 2015 | E06 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.19 |
Mozharov,M | 2555 | Sethuraman,S | 2623 | ½–½ | 2015 | A20 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.20 |
Ernst,S | 2530 | Ponkratov,P | 2613 | ½–½ | 2015 | A33 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.21 |
Swayams,M | 2440 | Goganov,A | 2598 | ½–½ | 2015 | E46 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.22 |
Iturrizaga Bonelli,E | 2630 | Svane,R | 2509 | ½–½ | 2015 | A09 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.23 |
Bok,B | 2587 | Gundavaa,B | 2505 | 1–0 | 2015 | B90 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.24 |
Stupak,K | 2567 | Idani,P | 2496 | 0–1 | 2015 | A62 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.25 |
Kotronias,V | 2565 | Vishnu Prasanna,V | 2477 | ½–½ | 2015 | C92 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.26 |
Sanal,V | 2487 | Oparin,G | 2562 | ½–½ | 2015 | B33 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.27 |
Antipov,M | 2529 | Kovalevskaya,E | 2438 | 1–0 | 2015 | C84 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.28 |
Batchuluun,T | 2499 | Esen,B | 2571 | 0–1 | 2015 | A80 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.29 |
Ankit,R | 2477 | Yilmaz,M | 2570 | 0–1 | 2015 | B22 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.30 |
Sandipan,C | 2569 | Asgarizadeh,A | 2412 | 0–1 | 2015 | A46 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.31 |
Can,E | 2555 | Tabatabaei,M | 2448 | 0–1 | 2015 | A13 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.32 |
Abdumalik,Z | 2379 | Predke,A | 2530 | ½–½ | 2015 | B80 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.33 |
Tregubov,P | 2617 | Tran,T | 2455 | 0–1 | 2015 | E53 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.34 |
Korobkov,P | 2423 | Kuderinov,K | 2465 | 0–1 | 2015 | A45 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 6.35 |
Dubov,D | 2627 | Nepomniachtchi,I | 2714 | ½–½ | 2015 | A04 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.1 |
Adhiban,B | 2646 | Bukavshin,I | 2618 | 0–1 | 2015 | D31 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.2 |
Sasikiran,K | 2682 | Svetushkin,D | 2592 | 1–0 | 2015 | A14 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.3 |
Petrosian,T | 2671 | Anton Guijarro,D | 2614 | ½–½ | 2015 | A88 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.4 |
Khairullin,I | 2630 | Mamedov,R | 2658 | ½–½ | 2015 | E90 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.5 |
Van Foreest,J | 2493 | Zvjaginsev,V | 2658 | ½–½ | 2015 | C03 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.6 |
Kobalia,M | 2632 | Lu,S | 2570 | 0–1 | 2015 | B51 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.7 |
Rapport,R | 2709 | Khalifman,A | 2613 | ½–½ | 2015 | A01 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.8 |
Khismatullin,D | 2650 | Vallejo Pons,F | 2708 | 1–0 | 2015 | A07 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.9 |
Inarkiev,E | 2706 | Salem,A | 2603 | 0–1 | 2015 | B92 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.10 |
Shimanov,A | 2594 | Korobov,A | 2694 | 0–1 | 2015 | A10 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.11 |
Fedoseev,V | 2674 | Jumabayev,R | 2572 | ½–½ | 2015 | B85 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.12 |
Grigoriants,S | 2573 | Grachev,B | 2673 | ½–½ | 2015 | D37 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.13 |
Wagner,D | 2549 | Sjugirov,S | 2669 | ½–½ | 2015 | D15 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.14 |
Potkin,V | 2605 | Motylev,A | 2653 | ½–½ | 2015 | D10 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.15 |
Bogdanovich,S | 2581 | Mamedyarov,S | 2756 | 0–1 | 2015 | D38 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.16 |
Matlakov,M | 2693 | Mozharov,M | 2555 | ½–½ | 2015 | D11 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.17 |
Kovalenko,I | 2661 | Gabuzyan,H | 2553 | 0–1 | 2015 | A37 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.18 |
Sethuraman,S | 2623 | Ernst,S | 2530 | 1–0 | 2015 | D16 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.19 |
Ponkratov,P | 2613 | Antipov,M | 2529 | ½–½ | 2015 | E11 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.20 |
Goganov,A | 2598 | Bluebaum,M | 2576 | ½–½ | 2015 | A07 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.21 |
Idani,P | 2496 | Bok,B | 2587 | ½–½ | 2015 | B49 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.22 |
Vidit,S | 2625 | Swayams,M | 2440 | 1–0 | 2015 | E12 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.23 |
Svane,R | 2509 | Savchenko,B | 2581 | 1–0 | 2015 | D02 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.24 |
Esen,B | 2571 | Sanal,V | 2487 | ½–½ | 2015 | A17 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.25 |
Yilmaz,M | 2570 | Vishnu Prasanna,V | 2477 | ½–½ | 2015 | D38 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.26 |
Tabatabaei,M | 2448 | Kotronias,V | 2565 | 1–0 | 2015 | B30 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.27 |
Asgarizadeh,A | 2412 | Oparin,G | 2562 | ½–½ | 2015 | B90 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.28 |
Kuderinov,K | 2465 | Stupak,K | 2567 | ½–½ | 2015 | C16 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.29 |
Tran,T | 2455 | Predke,A | 2530 | ½–½ | 2015 | D38 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.30 |
Gundavaa,B | 2505 | Abdumalik,Z | 2379 | 1–0 | 2015 | C65 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.31 |
Kovalevskaya,E | 2438 | Sandipan,C | 2569 | ½–½ | 2015 | C45 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.32 |
Can,E | 2555 | Batchuluun,T | 2499 | ½–½ | 2015 | A13 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.33 |
Korobkov,P | 2423 | Ankit,R | 2477 | ½–½ | 2015 | D00 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 7.34 |
Bukavshin,I | 2618 | Dubov,D | 2627 | ½–½ | 2015 | A48 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.1 |
Nepomniachtchi,I | 2714 | Sasikiran,K | 2682 | 1–0 | 2015 | B90 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.2 |
Lu,S | 2570 | Van Foreest,J | 2493 | 1–0 | 2015 | B47 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.3 |
Korobov,A | 2694 | Khismatullin,D | 2650 | ½–½ | 2015 | E32 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.4 |
Salem,A | 2603 | Petrosian,T | 2671 | 1–0 | 2015 | B09 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.5 |
Mamedov,R | 2658 | Adhiban,B | 2646 | ½–½ | 2015 | A21 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.6 |
Zvjaginsev,V | 2658 | Khairullin,I | 2630 | ½–½ | 2015 | E12 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.7 |
Anton Guijarro,D | 2614 | Rapport,R | 2709 | 1–0 | 2015 | B28 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.8 |
Mamedyarov,S | 2756 | Grigoriants,S | 2573 | ½–½ | 2015 | E20 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.9 |
Gabuzyan,H | 2553 | Fedoseev,V | 2674 | ½–½ | 2015 | A15 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.10 |
Grachev,B | 2673 | Svetushkin,D | 2592 | 1–0 | 2015 | E06 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.11 |
Sjugirov,S | 2669 | Potkin,V | 2605 | ½–½ | 2015 | D46 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.12 |
Motylev,A | 2653 | Khalifman,A | 2613 | ½–½ | 2015 | B33 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.13 |
Jumabayev,R | 2572 | Kobalia,M | 2632 | 1–0 | 2015 | D11 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.14 |
Wagner,D | 2549 | Sethuraman,S | 2623 | 0–1 | 2015 | D37 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.15 |
Vallejo Pons,F | 2708 | Mozharov,M | 2555 | 1–0 | 2015 | D53 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.16 |
Bok,B | 2587 | Inarkiev,E | 2706 | 1–0 | 2015 | B32 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.17 |
Svane,R | 2509 | Matlakov,M | 2693 | 0–1 | 2015 | D43 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.18 |
Bluebaum,M | 2576 | Vidit,S | 2625 | 0–1 | 2015 | D85 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.19 |
Idani,P | 2496 | Ponkratov,P | 2613 | 1–0 | 2015 | C78 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.20 |
Tabatabaei,M | 2448 | Goganov,A | 2598 | 0–1 | 2015 | A47 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.21 |
Antipov,M | 2529 | Shimanov,A | 2594 | 1–0 | 2015 | C41 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.22 |
Ernst,S | 2530 | Kovalenko,I | 2661 | 0–1 | 2015 | E00 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.23 |
Vishnu Prasanna,V | 2477 | Bogdanovich,S | 2581 | ½–½ | 2015 | D37 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.24 |
Asgarizadeh,A | 2412 | Esen,B | 2571 | ½–½ | 2015 | B90 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.25 |
Sanal,V | 2487 | Yilmaz,M | 2570 | 1–0 | 2015 | B06 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.26 |
Oparin,G | 2562 | Swayams,M | 2440 | 1–0 | 2015 | C12 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.27 |
Stupak,K | 2567 | Gundavaa,B | 2505 | ½–½ | 2015 | A96 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.28 |
Savchenko,B | 2581 | Tran,T | 2455 | 1–0 | 2015 | B50 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.29 |
Kotronias,V | 2565 | Kuderinov,K | 2465 | ½–½ | 2015 | B76 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.30 |
Predke,A | 2530 | Kovalevskaya,E | 2438 | 0–1 | 2015 | B62 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.31 |
Batchuluun,T | 2499 | Tregubov,P | 2617 | 1–0 | 2015 | E33 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.32 |
Sandipan,C | 2569 | Ankit,R | 2477 | 1–0 | 2015 | B11 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.33 |
Abdumalik,Z | 2379 | Can,E | 2555 | 0–1 | 2015 | B09 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 8.34 |
Bukavshin,I | 2618 | Nepomniachtchi,I | 2714 | ½–½ | 2015 | D85 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.1 |
Dubov,D | 2627 | Lu,S | 2570 | 1–0 | 2015 | A80 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.2 |
Salem,A | 2603 | Anton Guijarro,D | 2614 | ½–½ | 2015 | C11 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.3 |
Sethuraman,S | 2623 | Korobov,A | 2694 | ½–½ | 2015 | B48 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.4 |
Sasikiran,K | 2682 | Jumabayev,R | 2572 | 0–1 | 2015 | B30 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.5 |
Khairullin,I | 2630 | Grachev,B | 2673 | 1–0 | 2015 | D41 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.6 |
Khismatullin,D | 2650 | Mamedov,R | 2658 | 1–0 | 2015 | E73 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.7 |
Adhiban,B | 2646 | Zvjaginsev,V | 2658 | ½–½ | 2015 | D37 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.8 |
Khalifman,A | 2613 | Mamedyarov,S | 2756 | ½–½ | 2015 | D41 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.9 |
Potkin,V | 2605 | Vallejo Pons,F | 2708 | ½–½ | 2015 | D38 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.10 |
Matlakov,M | 2693 | Bok,B | 2587 | 1–0 | 2015 | A34 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.11 |
Fedoseev,V | 2674 | Antipov,M | 2529 | 1–0 | 2015 | B50 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.12 |
Petrosian,T | 2671 | Idani,P | 2496 | 0–1 | 2015 | A37 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.13 |
Goganov,A | 2598 | Sjugirov,S | 2669 | ½–½ | 2015 | E52 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.14 |
Van Foreest,J | 2493 | Motylev,A | 2653 | ½–½ | 2015 | B12 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.15 |
Vidit,S | 2625 | Gabuzyan,H | 2553 | ½–½ | 2015 | E70 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.16 |
Grigoriants,S | 2573 | Kovalenko,I | 2661 | 1–0 | 2015 | A04 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.17 |
Kobalia,M | 2632 | Wagner,D | 2549 | ½–½ | 2015 | B47 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.18 |
Svetushkin,D | 2592 | Sanal,V | 2487 | 0–1 | 2015 | E12 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.19 |
Inarkiev,E | 2706 | Svane,R | 2509 | 0–1 | 2015 | C11 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.20 |
Gundavaa,B | 2505 | Ponkratov,P | 2613 | ½–½ | 2015 | E38 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.21 |
Shimanov,A | 2594 | Tabatabaei,M | 2448 | 1–0 | 2015 | E48 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.22 |
Mozharov,M | 2555 | Savchenko,B | 2581 | 1–0 | 2015 | A15 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.23 |
Bogdanovich,S | 2581 | Asgarizadeh,A | 2412 | ½–½ | 2015 | A61 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.24 |
Kovalevskaya,E | 2438 | Bluebaum,M | 2576 | ½–½ | 2015 | C01 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.25 |
Esen,B | 2571 | Vishnu Prasanna,V | 2477 | 1–0 | 2015 | E32 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.26 |
Rapport,R | 2709 | Oparin,G | 2562 | 0–1 | 2015 | B52 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.27 |
Yilmaz,M | 2570 | Batchuluun,T | 2499 | 1–0 | 2015 | D58 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.28 |
Kuderinov,K | 2465 | Sandipan,C | 2569 | 1–0 | 2015 | C50 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.29 |
Can,E | 2555 | Stupak,K | 2567 | ½–½ | 2015 | E11 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.30 |
Swayams,M | 2440 | Kotronias,V | 2565 | 1–0 | 2015 | E98 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.31 |
Predke,A | 2530 | Ernst,S | 2530 | 1–0 | 2015 | C77 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.32 |
Tran,T | 2455 | Korobkov,P | 2423 | ½–½ | 2015 | A46 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.33 |
Tregubov,P | 2617 | Abdumalik,Z | 2379 | ½–½ | 2015 | D90 | Aeroflot Open A 2015 | 9.34 |
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