The Aeroflot Open is an annual

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tournament organised through the joint efforts of the Chess Federation of Russia and the Russian Ministry of Sport with the sponsorship from the Russian flag carrier,

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. It is played in

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, holding both the international open tournament and the Russian Youth Cup "Aeroflot Open - Children". Aeroflot Open was established in 2002 as

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with nine rounds, and the winner is invited to the Dortmund chess tournament held later in the same year, a tradition begun in 2003. In 2013, it was converted into a

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and blitz event. The first event had around 80 grandmasters, while in the second event 150 grandmasters participated. Beside the main tournament (A Group), there are also B and C-class tournaments. The 2025 edition of this tournament was held from 1 - 6 March 2025, at The Carlton Moscow in

, Russia. It was won by

Ian Nepomniachtchi Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi ( rus, Ян Алекса́ндрович Непо́мнящий, r=Yan Aleksandrovich Nepomnyashchiy, p=ˈjan ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ nʲɪˈpomnʲɪɕːɪj, a=Ru-Ian Alexandrovich Nepomnyashchij.ogg; born 14 J ...

Winners

The name of the winner is boldfaced as in some editions, a few players ended with the same overall score.

Results

2024

Aeroflot Open was included in the 2024 FIDE Circuit. Ties were broken first according to the amount of games played with the black pieces, then the average rating of the player's opponents, excluding the highest and the lowest. Nine rounds were played; the top 20 players of this event were:

2025

Aeroflot Open was included in the 2025 FIDE Circuit. Ties were broken first according to the amount of games played with the black pieces, then the average rating of the player's opponents, excluding the highest and the lowest. Nine rounds were played; the top 20 players of this event were:

References

Sources

* Reports from Chessbase
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* Results from TWIC

* On the 2002 edition from ruchess.co
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