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Aeroflot Open (2004) The 3rd Aeroflot Open was a 203-player Swiss held in Hotel Rossija (Russia), Moscow, 17-25 February 2004. The A group, for players rated above 2400, saw 132 GMs with Vladimir Malakhov as top-seed fighting for the EUR 25,000 first prize and a place in the Dortmund tournament in July. Total prize fund, including groups B and C: EUR 150,000. Time control: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 60 more minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 more minutes to the end of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 61. The organizers were Aeroflot, the Association of Chess Federations and the Committee on Tourism of the Municipality of Moscow. Tournament directors: Alexander Bakh and Alexander Borisovich Roshal. Chief arbiter: Geurt Gijssen. Sergei Rublevsky won on tiebreak ahead of Vaganian and Filippov, all three with 7/9. Rublevsky qualified for participation in Dortmund Sparkassen (2004). Regulations: https://web.archive.org/web/2004060... 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Next: Aeroflot Open (2005)  page 1 of 22; games 1-25 of 533  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. F Bellini vs A Moiseenko   0-1 32 2004 Aeroflot Open B30 Sicilian 2. G Sargissian vs L Pantsulaia ½-½ 47 2004 Aeroflot Open A34 English, Symmetrical 3. Kaidanov vs R Ovetchkin 1-0 29 2004 Aeroflot Open E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 4. A Ramirez Alvarez vs Sadvakasov 0-1 24 2004 Aeroflot Open E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6 5. B Annakov vs S Volkov 0-1 28 2004 Aeroflot Open D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 6. Mamedyarov vs S Zagrebelny 1-0 40 2004 Aeroflot Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. B Grachev vs P Tregubov 0-1 42 2004 Aeroflot Open A57 Benko Gambit 8. S Matveeva vs Vaganian   0-1 78 2004 Aeroflot Open D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. Motylev vs M Godena 0-1 53 2004 Aeroflot Open C78 Ruy Lopez 10. Khenkin vs A Minasian   1-0 32 2004 Aeroflot Open D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 11. S Beshukov vs Van Wely 0-1 32 2004 Aeroflot Open B33 Sicilian 12. W Wu vs Tkachiev   ½-½ 41 2004 Aeroflot Open B08 Pirc, Classical 13. G Vescovi vs S Novikov 0-1 40 2004 Aeroflot Open B30 Sicilian 14. Smirin vs S Belkhodja   1-0 18 2004 Aeroflot Open C41 Philidor Defense 15. Kharlov vs A Deviatkin   ½-½ 35 2004 Aeroflot Open D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 16. Kholmov vs T Markowski   0-1 39 2004 Aeroflot Open B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 17. R Pogorelov vs A Korotylev   ½-½ 48 2004 Aeroflot Open A15 English 18. S Chanda vs Aronian   ½-½ 26 2004 Aeroflot Open C67 Ruy Lopez 19. P Acs vs Tomashevsky   0-1 40 2004 Aeroflot Open C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 20. S Li vs Bacrot   0-1 40 2004 Aeroflot Open B32 Sicilian 21. A Zhigalko vs A Huzman   1-0 35 2004 Aeroflot Open B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 22. A Lastin vs H Olafsson   1-0 38 2004 Aeroflot Open E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 23. P Maletin vs K Spraggett   ½-½ 86 2004 Aeroflot Open A30 English, Symmetrical 24. S Sulskis vs Carlsen 1-0 36 2004 Aeroflot Open A17 English 25. Lagno vs X Bu   ½-½ 50 2004 Aeroflot Open B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack  page 1 of 22; games 1-25 of 533    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Feb-22-04    chessgames.com: By popular demand, here are some games from the Aeroflot open. We'll be updating this page as more games become available. The game scores haven't been reviewed yet for errors, so there are probably a few. Feb-22-04    ruylopez900: Well I must say the Aeroflot Open was much more exciting then Linares has been. Maybe those super GMs could take a lesson from these IMs and "lesser" GMs Feb-23-04    shr0pshire: Thank you chessgames.com. You made my week by posting another tourney. I was just getting too frustrated with Linares. Feb-23-04    Paul123: I was looking at some of the games on the official Aeroflot web site and thinking the same thing as both of you. Now here is fighting chess I thought to myself! Feb-25-04    Cecil Brown: The Aeroflot festival has now finished with a three way tie for first between Rublevsky,Vaganian and Filippov all on 7/9. They finished 1,2 and 3 in the order I've given on tiebreak. A good result for the veteran Armenian Rafael Vaganian, now in his 50's. He's played a couple of nice QGD and French games in this tournament too. Feb-25-04    equanimus: Bologan ended in place 166! Feb-26-04    Richard3: Magnus Carlsen continues his remarkable progress. Carlsen - Shaposhnikov may be a candidate for the future book, "How to Beat Magnus Carlsen." Mar-01-04    AdrianP: I wasn't able to follow the Aeroflot festival... would anyone be kind enough to post a list of interesting games from it here? Mar-23-04    ruylopez900: Congrats to all the players, especially Canadians Kevin Spraggett and Mark Bluvshtein who placed fairly well. Mar-23-04    Benjamin Lau: AdrianP, chessbase has a candidate list of "most beautiful games" from Aeroflot 2004. Entirely subjective of course. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Mar-24-04    AdrianP: Cheers, Benjamin Apr-12-04    Benjamin Lau: I created a collection with the 16 games that were commended so that people can review them conveniently. Game Collection: Aeroflot 2004 Gems Mar-19-20    Tabanus: Some missing games: Vaganian vs Alexander Ivanov 1/2 (rd. 2 Feb 18) Markowski vs Wu Wenjin 1-0 (rd. 4 Feb 20) Checkov vs Motylev 0-1 (rd. 2 Feb 18) Motylev vs Thorhallson 1-0 (rd. 3 Feb 19) Olafsson vs Ni Hua 1-0 (rd. 4 Feb 20) Olafsson vs Sulskis 1-0 (rd. 8 Feb 24) Ni Hua vs Ara Minasian 0-1 (rd. 7 Feb 23) Efimenko vs Sargissian 1/2 (rd. 7 Feb 23) Li Shilong vs Felgaer 0-1 (rd. 5 Feb 21) Timoshenko vs Iljin 1-0 (rd. 7 Feb 23) Areshchenko vs Chuprov 1/2 (rd. 2 Feb 18) Nidjat Mamedov vs Areshchenko 1/2 (rd. 8 Feb 24) NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. 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