The Aeroflot Open is an annual open

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tournament played in

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and sponsored by the airline

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. It was established in 2002 and quickly grew to be the strongest open tournament; in 2013 it was converted to a

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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.

Notes

References

* Reports from Chessbase
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* Results from TWIC

* On the 2002 edition from ruchess.co
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