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Aeroflot Open 2017
February 13, 2017
General information of the festival:
The International Chess Festival "Aeroflot Open 2017" will be held in Moscow from 20 February (the date of arrival) to 3 March 2017 (the date of departure).
The Aeroflot Open Chess Festival, which is popular throughout the world, will be held in February 2017 for the 15th time. This major event is open to chess players of most varied qualification: from unrated to having a very high rating. As before, the festival is held “under the wings” of our leading air company –“ Aeroflot – Russian airlines”. The festival will be held in the hotel “Cosmos”, which is one of the largest in Moscow ( over 1700 rooms). The hotel is located in one of the most beautiful and environmentally pure Moscow districts within 20-minutes travelling from Red Square and only 200-m walking from the nearest subway station (VDNKh). This time the festival has the guaranteed prize fund amounting to EUR 140 000 (taking into account the prizes for the Blitz Tournament).
Three Open Tournaments (A, B and C) are made up according to the rating of the participants, and are 9-round Swiss – tournaments. Naturally, the greatest interest is aroused by A tournament, requiring from a participant a rating above 2550 and in which usually take part a number of extra class players.
In addition to the Open Tournaments, a Blitz Tournament will be held within the festival.
The official accommodation for the participants and also the venue of the Tournament will be at the “Cosmos” hotel.
The Organizers of the Festival are the "Aeroflot-Russian Airlines", the Russian Chess Federation and the Association of Chess Federations.
http://acfed.ru/tournament/aeroflot-open-2016/en/
Participants
1 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2738
2 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2724
3 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2723
4 GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2701
5 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2701
6 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2691
7 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2688
8 GM Adhiban B. IND 2682
9 GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2679
10 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2679
11 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2674
12 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2673
13 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2673
14 GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2670
15 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2663
16 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2659
17 GM Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2655
18 GM Cordova Emilio PER 2655
19 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2652
20 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2652
21 GM Berkes Ferenc HUN 2648
22 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2648
23 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2645
24 GM Swiercz Dariusz POL 2645
25 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2643
26 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2643
27 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2639
28 GM Alekseev Evgeny RUS 2632
29 GM Bluebaum Matthias GER 2632
30 GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2632
31 GM Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2628
32 GM Buhmann Rainer GER 2625
33 GM Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2625
34 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2623
35 GM Khalifman Alexander RUS 2617
36 GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2611
37 IM Vavulin Maksim RUS 2604
38 GM Bosiocic Marin CRO 2602
39 GM Rozum Ivan RUS 2601
40 GM Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2598
41 GM Bok Benjamin NED 2596
42 GM Tari Aryan NOR 2596
43 GM Potkin Vladimir RUS 2594
44 GM Bindrich Falko GER 2590
45 GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2590
46 GM Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2588
47 GM Lalith Babu M R IND 2584
48 GM Van Foreest Jorden NED 2584
49 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2582
50 GM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2578
51 GM Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2575
52 GM Blomqvist Erik SWE 2573
53 GM Predke Alexandr RUS 2573
54 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2573
55 GM Kraemer Martin GER 2571
56 GM Zhigalko Andrey BLR 2571
57 GM Svane Rasmus GER 2570
58 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2566
59 GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2564
60 IM Gordievsky Dmitry RUS 2564
61 GM Idani Pouya IRI 2563
62 GM Vakhidov Jahongir UZB 2561
63 GM Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2560
64 GM Donchenko Alexander GER 2553
65 GM Huzman Alexander ISR 2552
66 GM Morovic Fernandez Ivan CHI 2550
67 GM Ramirez Alejandro USA 2549
68 IM Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2549
69 GM Schroeder Jan-Christian GER 2543
70 GM Olafsson Helgi ISL 2540
71 Xu Yinglun CHN 2540
72 GM Gabrielian Artur RUS 2532
73 IM Paravyan David RUS 2525
74 GM Kotronias Vasilios GRE 2524
75 GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2524
76 GM Pavlovic Milos SRB 2512
77 IM Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2507
78 FM Esipenko Andrey RUS 2502
79 IM Golubov Saveliy RUS 2492
80 IM Kuybokarov Temur UZB 2491
81 IM Tran Tuan Minh VIE 2491
82 IM Puranik Abhimanyu IND 2481
83 IM Narayanan Srinath IND 2474
84 GM Debashis Das IND 2472
85 IM Sarana Alexey RUS 2468
86 IM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2455
87 IM Lomasov Semen RUS 2450
88 IM Xu Yi CHN 2444
89 FM Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2429
90 IM Karavade Eesha IND 2418
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr255922.aspx?lan=11
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Chris Rice on the EC Forum: Round 1 of 9 of the 2017 edition is due to begin on February 21. As I understand the rules one needs a minimum rating of 2550 to play in A-Group and there are 66 players, 20 of whom are over 2650 and 5 over 2700 so a classy field but, unfortunately, none of the top ten.
In addition there are another 24 players below that rating who managed to get in for whatever reason but notably the 86th ranked player in the 90 strong field is the Indian prodigy, Praggnanandhaa (2455), who you might remember from the London Classic and Hastings.
Leonard Barden in reply: Just as notable is the 89th ranked in the field, Praggna's Uzbek rival Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Four months ago he achieved the youngest ever GM norm, a 2679 performance at St Petersburg (4/6 v GMs rated 2560-2660). With that result, he is ahead in the race between them to break Karjakin's GM age record of 12 years 7 months.
My Guardian article of 6 January gives fuller details:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/ ... rld-record
February 13, 2017
General information of the festival:
The International Chess Festival "Aeroflot Open 2017" will be held in Moscow from 20 February (the date of arrival) to 3 March 2017 (the date of departure).
The Aeroflot Open Chess Festival, which is popular throughout the world, will be held in February 2017 for the 15th time. This major event is open to chess players of most varied qualification: from unrated to having a very high rating. As before, the festival is held “under the wings” of our leading air company –“ Aeroflot – Russian airlines”. The festival will be held in the hotel “Cosmos”, which is one of the largest in Moscow ( over 1700 rooms). The hotel is located in one of the most beautiful and environmentally pure Moscow districts within 20-minutes travelling from Red Square and only 200-m walking from the nearest subway station (VDNKh). This time the festival has the guaranteed prize fund amounting to EUR 140 000 (taking into account the prizes for the Blitz Tournament).
Three Open Tournaments (A, B and C) are made up according to the rating of the participants, and are 9-round Swiss – tournaments. Naturally, the greatest interest is aroused by A tournament, requiring from a participant a rating above 2550 and in which usually take part a number of extra class players.
In addition to the Open Tournaments, a Blitz Tournament will be held within the festival.
The official accommodation for the participants and also the venue of the Tournament will be at the “Cosmos” hotel.
The Organizers of the Festival are the "Aeroflot-Russian Airlines", the Russian Chess Federation and the Association of Chess Federations.
http://acfed.ru/tournament/aeroflot-open-2016/en/
Participants
1 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2738
2 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2724
3 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2723
4 GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2701
5 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2701
6 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2691
7 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2688
8 GM Adhiban B. IND 2682
9 GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2679
10 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2679
11 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2674
12 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2673
13 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2673
14 GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2670
15 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2663
16 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2659
17 GM Artemiev Vladislav RUS 2655
18 GM Cordova Emilio PER 2655
19 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2652
20 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2652
21 GM Berkes Ferenc HUN 2648
22 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2648
23 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2645
24 GM Swiercz Dariusz POL 2645
25 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2643
26 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2643
27 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2639
28 GM Alekseev Evgeny RUS 2632
29 GM Bluebaum Matthias GER 2632
30 GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2632
31 GM Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2628
32 GM Buhmann Rainer GER 2625
33 GM Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2625
34 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2623
35 GM Khalifman Alexander RUS 2617
36 GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2611
37 IM Vavulin Maksim RUS 2604
38 GM Bosiocic Marin CRO 2602
39 GM Rozum Ivan RUS 2601
40 GM Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2598
41 GM Bok Benjamin NED 2596
42 GM Tari Aryan NOR 2596
43 GM Potkin Vladimir RUS 2594
44 GM Bindrich Falko GER 2590
45 GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2590
46 GM Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2588
47 GM Lalith Babu M R IND 2584
48 GM Van Foreest Jorden NED 2584
49 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2582
50 GM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2578
51 GM Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2575
52 GM Blomqvist Erik SWE 2573
53 GM Predke Alexandr RUS 2573
54 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2573
55 GM Kraemer Martin GER 2571
56 GM Zhigalko Andrey BLR 2571
57 GM Svane Rasmus GER 2570
58 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2566
59 GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2564
60 IM Gordievsky Dmitry RUS 2564
61 GM Idani Pouya IRI 2563
62 GM Vakhidov Jahongir UZB 2561
63 GM Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2560
64 GM Donchenko Alexander GER 2553
65 GM Huzman Alexander ISR 2552
66 GM Morovic Fernandez Ivan CHI 2550
67 GM Ramirez Alejandro USA 2549
68 IM Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2549
69 GM Schroeder Jan-Christian GER 2543
70 GM Olafsson Helgi ISL 2540
71 Xu Yinglun CHN 2540
72 GM Gabrielian Artur RUS 2532
73 IM Paravyan David RUS 2525
74 GM Kotronias Vasilios GRE 2524
75 GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2524
76 GM Pavlovic Milos SRB 2512
77 IM Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2507
78 FM Esipenko Andrey RUS 2502
79 IM Golubov Saveliy RUS 2492
80 IM Kuybokarov Temur UZB 2491
81 IM Tran Tuan Minh VIE 2491
82 IM Puranik Abhimanyu IND 2481
83 IM Narayanan Srinath IND 2474
84 GM Debashis Das IND 2472
85 IM Sarana Alexey RUS 2468
86 IM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2455
87 IM Lomasov Semen RUS 2450
88 IM Xu Yi CHN 2444
89 FM Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2429
90 IM Karavade Eesha IND 2418
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr255922.aspx?lan=11
________
Chris Rice on the EC Forum: Round 1 of 9 of the 2017 edition is due to begin on February 21. As I understand the rules one needs a minimum rating of 2550 to play in A-Group and there are 66 players, 20 of whom are over 2650 and 5 over 2700 so a classy field but, unfortunately, none of the top ten.
In addition there are another 24 players below that rating who managed to get in for whatever reason but notably the 86th ranked player in the 90 strong field is the Indian prodigy, Praggnanandhaa (2455), who you might remember from the London Classic and Hastings.
Leonard Barden in reply: Just as notable is the 89th ranked in the field, Praggna's Uzbek rival Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Four months ago he achieved the youngest ever GM norm, a 2679 performance at St Petersburg (4/6 v GMs rated 2560-2660). With that result, he is ahead in the race between them to break Karjakin's GM age record of 12 years 7 months.
My Guardian article of 6 January gives fuller details:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/ ... rld-record
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