
Aeroflot Open 2016
Photos by Amruta Mokal
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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
Round three

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)

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 6...e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.g3 b5 9.Nd5 Nbd7 10.Nec3 Bb7 11.Bg5 Rc8 12.Bg2 Be7 13.Nxe7 Qxe7 14.a3 14.h4 b4 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 e4 14...Qe6 15.Qe2 d5 7.g4 Be7 8.g5 Nfd7 9.h4 b5 9...Nc6 10.Be3 Rb8 11.Rg1 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Ne5 13.0-0-0 0-0 10.a3 Bb7 11.Be3 Nc6 12.Qd2 Rc8 13.Rh3 13...b4N 13...0-0 14.0-0-0 Re8 15.Kb1 Bf8 16.h5 Nde5 17.h6 g6 18.f4 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Rxc4 21.Rd3 Qb8 22.b3 Rcc8 23.Bg7 Be7 24.f5 gxf5 25.exf5 exf5 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.Rxd5 Rc5 28.Bb2 Rxd5 29.Qxd5 Bf8 30.g6 13...Nce5 13...Na5 14.axb4 Nxb4 15.Nce2 a5 15...d5 16.c3 Nc5 17.cxb4 Nxe4 18.Qd1 Bxb4+ 19.Nc3 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Bxc3+ 21.Bd2 Bxa1 22.Qxa1 0-0 23.Rb3 Qc7 24.f4 24.Qb2 Rb8 24...Rb8 25.Bd3 Rfc8 26.Kf2 16.c3 Nc6 16...Na6 17.Nb5 Nc5 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Rd3 Qb6 20.Nd6+ Bxd6 21.Rxd6 0-0 22.f4 Rcd8 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Qc2 c4! 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 Qxb2 27.Qd7 Kf8! 28.Qc7 a4 29.f5? 29.Kd1 a3 30.Nc1 a2 31.Nxa2 29...exf5 30.exf5 a3 31.Qd6+ Ke8 32.Bg2 Qb1+ 33.Kf2 Qxf5+ 34.Ke1 Qb1+ 35.Kf2 Qb6+ 36.Nd4 a2 37.Bxc6+ Bxc6 38.Qa3 Qc7! 39.Nxc6 Qf4+ 40.Ke2 Qe4+ 41.Kf2 Qxh4+ 42.Kf3 Qh1+ 43.Kf4 Qxc6 44.Qxa2 h6 45.gxh6 Qxh6+ 46.Ke4 Qe6+ 47.Kd4 g5 0–1 - Start an analysis engine:
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Demchenko,A | 2583 | Gelfand,B | 2735 | 0–1 | 2016 | B81 | Aeroflot Open A 2016 | 3.16 |
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Bu Xiangzhi also scored his first win, beating Vladimir Potkin

A bonafide doll

Top results of round three
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Standings after round three
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