Aeroflot Open
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The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot. It was established in 2002 and quickly grew out to be the strongest open tournament. The first edition counted around 80 grandmasters, while in the second edition already 150 grandmasters participated. The tournament is played using the Swiss system. In recent years there has also been a B and C-class tournament.
[edit] Winners
The name of the winner is boldfaced as in some editions, a few players ended with the same overall score. In 2007 and 2008 there was a clear first winner.
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# Year Winner(s) Points Rounds 1 2002 
Gregory Kaidanov (United States)
Alexander Grischuk (Russia)
Aleksej Aleksandrov (Belarus)
Alexander Shabalov (United States)
Vadim Milov (Switzerland)6.5 9 2 2003 
Viktor Bologan (Moldova)
Aleksej Aleksandrov (Belarus)
Alexei Fedorov (Belarus)
Peter Svidler (Russia)7 9 3 2004 Sergei Rublevsky (Russia)
Rafael Vaganian (Armenia)
Valerij Filippov (Russia)7 9 4 2005 
Emil Sutovsky (Israel)
Andrei Kharlov (Russia)
Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)
Alexander Motylev (Russia)
Vladimir Akopian (Armenia)6.5 9 5 2006 
Baadur Jobava (Georgia)
Viktor Bologan (Moldova)
Krishnan Sasikiran (India)
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)6.5 9 6 2007 Evgeny Alekseev (Russia)7 9 7 2008 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)7 9
