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The 13th edition of the Aeroflot Open 2016 is being held in Moscow, Russia from the 29th of February to 10th of March 2016. The official hotel of the event is Cosmos and the playing venue is also located at the same place. There are three tournaments that are simultaneously taking place:
The A Group (2550 and above) which has 83 players. Out of them 67 are grandmasters and the average rating of the tournament is 2585. This is higher than the Qatar Masters which had a rating average of 2529 (although in Doha the rating cut-off was 2300). The top seed of the tournament is Boris Gelfand with an Elo of 2735. Other star attractions are Bu Xiangzhi, Wei Yi and Ian Nepomniachtchi. They will fight for the first place of €18,000. Round begins at 3 p.m. every day and the time control is 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 50 minutes for the next 20 moves and 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from the first.
The B Group (2300 and above) has attracted the most entries – 94. With the participation of 16 grandmasters and 40 International Masters this event has a pretty decent rating average of 2390. The first prize is €8,000. Round begins at 3 p.m. and the time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from the first.
63 players participate in the C Group (below 2300). There are players right from the rating of 2296 down to unrated players. €3,000 is the first prize. Rounds begin every day at 3 p.m. and the time control is 90 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 30 seconds per move from the first. The participants must keep the record of moves till the end of the game.
Following the trend of top players participating in prestigious opens, Boris Gelfand is the top
seed in the Aeroflot Open. After two draws, the former World Championship challenger scores.
Demchenko - Gelfand (annotated by GM Elshan Moradiabadi)
Bu Xiangzhi also scored his first win, beating Vladimir Potkin
A bonafide doll
Bd | No. | Ti. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Ti. | Name | Rtg | No. |
1 | 8 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2677 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | GM | Wen Yang | 2609 | 36 |
2 | 16 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | 2664 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | GM | Petrosian Tigran L. | 2607 | 38 |
3 | 4 | GM | Korobov Anton | 2713 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 2 | GM | Goganov Aleksey | 2575 | 52 |
4 | 6 | GM | Matlakov Maxim | 2682 | 1½ | 1 - 0 | 1½ | GM | Khismatullin Denis | 2621 | 29 |
5 | 31 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | 2615 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | 2677 | 7 |
6 | 30 | GM | Lu Shanglei | 2620 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | 2667 | 13 |
7 | 14 | GM | Swiercz Dariusz | 2665 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | GM | Cordova Emilio | 2610 | 33 |
8 | 18 | GM | Zvjaginsev Vadim | 2662 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | GM | Bachmann Axel | 2609 | 35 |
9 | 20 | GM | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | 2650 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | GM | Jumabayev Rinat | 2607 | 37 |
10 | 22 | GM | Grachev Boris | 2639 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | GM | Bluebaum Matthias | 2605 | 39 |
11 | 23 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2637 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | GM | Bocharov Dmitry | 2595 | 42 |
12 | 84 | IM | Martirosyan Haik M. | 2425 | 1½ | 0 - 1 | 1½ | GM | Dubov Daniil | 2634 | 25 |
13 | 26 | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | 2632 | 1½ | ½ - ½ | 1½ | GM | Dragun Kamil | 2594 | 43 |
14 | 64 | GM | Shyam Sundar M. | 2523 | 1½ | 0 - 1 | 1½ | GM | Bartel Mateusz | 2625 | 27 |
15 | 2 | GM | Bu Xiangzhi | 2724 | 1 | 1 - 0 | 1½ | GM | Potkin Vladimir | 2585 | 46 |
16 | 48 | GM | Demchenko Anton | 2583 | 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 | GM | Gelfand Boris | 2735 | 1 |
17 | 56 | GM | Kovalev Vladislav | 2560 | 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | 2704 | 5 |
18 | 10 | GM | Artemiev Vladislav | 2674 | 1 | ½ - ½ | 1 | GM | Wagner Dennis | 2583 | 49 |
19 | 58 | GM | Bindrich Falko | 2557 | 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2673 | 11 |
20 | 12 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | 2668 | 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 | GM | Antipov Mikhail Al. | 2573 | 53 |
Rk. | SNo | Ti. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. |
1 | 16 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | RUS | 2664 | 3.0 |
2 | 27 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | POL | 2625 | 2.5 |
3 | 25 | GM | Dubov Daniil | RUS | 2634 | 2.5 |
4 | 52 | GM | Goganov Aleksey | RUS | 2575 | 2.5 |
5 | 36 | GM | Wen Yang | CHN | 2609 | 2.5 |
6 | 8 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2677 | 2.5 |
7 | 6 | GM | Matlakov Maxim | RUS | 2682 | 2.5 |
8 | 53 | GM | Antipov Mikhail Al. | RUS | 2573 | 2.0 |
9 | 39 | GM | Bluebaum Matthias | GER | 2605 | 2.0 |
10 | 43 | GM | Dragun Kamil | POL | 2594 | 2.0 |
11 | 7 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2677 | 2.0 |
12 | 1 | GM | Gelfand Boris | ISR | 2735 | 2.0 |
5 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS | 2704 | 2.0 | |
14 | 11 | GM | Kamsky Gata | USA | 2673 | 2.0 |
13 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | RUS | 2667 | 2.0 | |
16 | 15 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | RUS | 2664 | 2.0 |
17 | 33 | GM | Cordova Emilio | PER | 2610 | 2.0 |
18 | 35 | GM | Bachmann Axel | PAR | 2609 | 2.0 |
19 | 37 | GM | Jumabayev Rinat | KAZ | 2607 | 2.0 |
20 | 41 | GM | Azarov Sergei | BLR | 2599 | 2.0 |
21 | 30 | GM | Lu Shanglei | CHN | 2620 | 2.0 |
22 | 38 | GM | Petrosian Tigran L. | ARM | 2607 | 2.0 |
23 | 42 | GM | Bocharov Dmitry | RUS | 2595 | 2.0 |
24 | 14 | GM | Swiercz Dariusz | POL | 2665 | 2.0 |
25 | 18 | GM | Zvjaginsev Vadim | RUS | 2662 | 2.0 |
26 | 20 | GM | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | RUS | 2650 | 2.0 |
27 | 2 | GM | Bu Xiangzhi | CHN | 2724 | 2.0 |
22 | GM | Grachev Boris | RUS | 2639 | 2.0 | |
29 | 4 | GM | Korobov Anton | UKR | 2713 | 2.0 |
30 | 23 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | IND | 2637 | 2.0 |
31 | 26 | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | RUS | 2632 | 2.0 |
32 | GM | Bok Benjamin | NED | 2611 | 2.0 | |
33 | 31 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2615 | 2.0 |
34 | 34 | GM | Savchenko Boris | RUS | 2610 | 2.0 |
LinksThe games will be broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs. |