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101 players start in the A-Open and fight for a prize-fund of 140,000 Euros of which the winner will receive 18,000 Euros. As an additional incentive the winner of the A-Open also automatically qualifies for the prestigious Grandmaster Tournament in Dortmund.
After the first round had to be aborted, the organisers rescheduled the rounds. On Saturday, February 23, two rounds will be played: round 4 will start at 9:30 local time (7:30 CET, 6:30 UTC, 1:30 AM EST), round 5 at 16:30 local time (14:30 CET, 13:30 UTC, 8:30 AM EST). All other rounds begin at 15:00 local time.
Previous stories on Aeroflot 2019:
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | GM | Kulaots Kaido | 2542 | 7,0 | 5 |
| 2 | GM | Martirosyan Haik M. | 2616 | 7,0 | 4 |
| 3 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2678 | 6,5 | 4 |
| 4 | GM | Wang Hao | 2714 | 6,0 | 5 |
| 5 | GM | Wei Yi | 2733 | 6,0 | 4 |
| 6 | GM | Chigaev Maksim | 2613 | 6,0 | 4 |
| 7 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | 2692 | 6,0 | 4 |
| 8 | GM | Sarana Alexey | 2630 | 6,0 | 4 |
| 9 | GM | Anton Guijarro David | 2642 | 6,0 | 4 |
| 10 | GM | Tabatabaei M.Amin | 2590 | 5,5 | 5 |
| 11 | GM | Korobov Anton | 2687 | 5,5 | 5 |
| 12 | GM | Vaibhav Suri | 2575 | 5,5 | 5 |
| 13 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | 2663 | 5,5 | 5 |
| 14 | GM | Paravyan David | 2627 | 5,5 | 5 |
| GM | Hakobyan Aram | 2545 | 5,5 | 5 | |
| 16 | GM | Khismatullin Denis | 2621 | 5,5 | 5 |
| 17 | GM | Deac Bogdan-Daniel | 2603 | 5,5 | 4 |
| 18 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | 2610 | 5,5 | 4 |
| 19 | IM | Sychev Klementy | 2545 | 5,5 | 4 |
| 20 | GM | Zhou Jianchao | 2615 | 5,5 | 4 |
| 21 | GM | Petrosian Tigran L. | 2595 | 5,5 | 4 |
| 22 | GM | Narayanan.S.L | 2593 | 5,5 | 4 |
| 23 | GM | Maghsoodloo Parham | 2666 | 5,5 | 4 |
| 24 | IM | Yakubboev Nodirbek | 2569 | 5,5 | 4 |
| 25 | GM | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | 2560 | 5,0 | 5 |
| 26 | GM | Nihal Sarin | 2578 | 5,0 | 5 |
| 27 | GM | Petrosyan Manuel | 2564 | 5,0 | 5 |
| 28 | IM | Xu Yi | 2520 | 5,0 | 5 |
| 29 | GM | Grachev Boris | 2626 | 5,0 | 5 |
| 30 | GM | Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo | 2640 | 5,0 | 5 |
