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Aeroflot Open 2019
February 16, 2019
The International Chess Festival "Aeroflot Open 2019" will be held in Moscow from 18 February (the date of arrival) to 1 March 2019 (the date of departure).
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.
http://acfed.ru/upload/aeroflot-open...egulations.pdf
The Cosmos Hotel, located in north-central Moscow, will host the 17th edition of the Aeroflot Open. Group A currently counts 39 registered players rated 2600 or above, with 19-year-old Wei Yi as the top seed. The event is a great chance for players that are vying to get a place in the elite to prove themselves against formidable opposition. Nine rounds will be played starting Monday, with no rest days in between.
Besides the prize fund of 140,000 Euros, the Aeroflot Open provides a ticket to the Dortmund supertournament later this year. The 2018 edition saw Vladislav Kovalev comfortably taking clear first place, which was followed by shared second place in Dortmund. These remarkable performances got him an invitation to this year’s Tata Steel “B group”, which he won convincingly, getting an invitation to the 2020 Tata Steel Masters. The Byelorussian patiently climbed the ladder from Aeroflot to Wijk aan Zee’s main event.
The Open is tough, however, and it would be rather surprising to see Kovalev repeat last year’s feat. After all, he will arrive in Moscow as the fourth seed — curiously, two other participants share his 2703 rating.
https://en.chessbase.com/post/aerofl...n-2019-preview
The favorite is 19-year-old Wei Yi; second seed is Vladimir Fedoseev; third is Wang Hao; tied for 4-6, all with ratings of 2703 are Daniil Dubov, Vladislav Kovalev and Rauf Mamedov.
Parham Maghsoodloo, Eduardo Iturrizaga, Jorden van Foreest, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, R. Praggnanandhaa and D. Gukesh are all down the list in Group A.
I can only see one Canadian, Artiom Samsonkin, who is in Group B.
Starting Rank, Open A
No. Name FED Rtg
1 GM Wei Yi CHN 2733
2 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2715
3 GM Wang Hao CHN 2714
4 GM Dubov Daniil RUS 2703
5 GM Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2703
6 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2703
7 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2692
8 GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2688
9 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2687
10 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2681
11 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2678
12 GM Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2666
13 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2663
14 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2651
15 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2642
16 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2642
17 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2640
18 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2636
19 GM Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2634
20 GM Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2630
21 GM Sarana Alexey RUS 2630
22 GM Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2627
23 GM Paravyan David RUS 2627
24 GM Grachev Boris RUS 2626
25 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2621
26 GM Firouzja Alireza IRI 2618
27 GM Van Foreest Jorden NED 2618
28 GM Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2616
29 GM Zhou Jianchao CHN 2615
30 GM Chigaev Maksim RUS 2613
31 GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2612
32 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2610
33 GM Idani Pouya IRI 2604
34 GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2604
35 GM Deac Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2603
36 GM Esipenko Andrey RUS 2603
37 GM Gordievsky Dmitry RUS 2603
38 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2601
39 GM Donchenko Alexander GER 2600
40 GM Svane Rasmus GER 2599
41 GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2595
42 GM Narayanan.S.L IND 2593
43 GM Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2590
44 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2589
45 GM Nihal Sarin IND 2578
46 GM Yuffa Daniil RUS 2578
47 GM Vaibhav Suri IND 2575
48 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2574
49 GM Narayanan Srinath IND 2572
50 IM Yakubboev Nodirbek UZB 2569
51 GM Moroni Luca Jr ITA 2567
52 GM Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2564
53 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2561
54 GM Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2560
55 GM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2560
56 IM Lomasov Semyon RUS 2559
57 GM Lalith Babu M R IND 2556
58 GM Santos Ruiz Miguel ESP 2554
59 IM Tsydypov Zhamsaran RUS 2547
60 GM Hakobyan Aram ARM 2545
61 IM Sychev Klementy RUS 2545
62 GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2542
63 GM Aryan Chopra IND 2540
64 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2540
65 GM Puranik Abhimanyu IND 2538
66 GM Stupak Kirill BLR 2537
67 GM Debashis Das IND 2532
68 GM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2532
69 GM Pourramezanali Amirreza IRI 2529
70 IM Lobanov Sergei RUS 2526
Schedule
Round 1 Feb 19
Round 2 Feb 20
Round 3 Feb 21
Round 4 Feb 22
Round 5 Feb 23
Round 6 Feb 24
Round 7 Feb 25
Round 8 Feb 26
Round 9 Feb 27
Games start at 15:00 local or 7:00 AM Toronto/Montreal
February 16, 2019
The International Chess Festival "Aeroflot Open 2019" will be held in Moscow from 18 February (the date of arrival) to 1 March 2019 (the date of departure).
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.
http://acfed.ru/upload/aeroflot-open...egulations.pdf
The Cosmos Hotel, located in north-central Moscow, will host the 17th edition of the Aeroflot Open. Group A currently counts 39 registered players rated 2600 or above, with 19-year-old Wei Yi as the top seed. The event is a great chance for players that are vying to get a place in the elite to prove themselves against formidable opposition. Nine rounds will be played starting Monday, with no rest days in between.
Besides the prize fund of 140,000 Euros, the Aeroflot Open provides a ticket to the Dortmund supertournament later this year. The 2018 edition saw Vladislav Kovalev comfortably taking clear first place, which was followed by shared second place in Dortmund. These remarkable performances got him an invitation to this year’s Tata Steel “B group”, which he won convincingly, getting an invitation to the 2020 Tata Steel Masters. The Byelorussian patiently climbed the ladder from Aeroflot to Wijk aan Zee’s main event.
The Open is tough, however, and it would be rather surprising to see Kovalev repeat last year’s feat. After all, he will arrive in Moscow as the fourth seed — curiously, two other participants share his 2703 rating.
https://en.chessbase.com/post/aerofl...n-2019-preview
The favorite is 19-year-old Wei Yi; second seed is Vladimir Fedoseev; third is Wang Hao; tied for 4-6, all with ratings of 2703 are Daniil Dubov, Vladislav Kovalev and Rauf Mamedov.
Parham Maghsoodloo, Eduardo Iturrizaga, Jorden van Foreest, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, R. Praggnanandhaa and D. Gukesh are all down the list in Group A.
I can only see one Canadian, Artiom Samsonkin, who is in Group B.
Starting Rank, Open A
No. Name FED Rtg
1 GM Wei Yi CHN 2733
2 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2715
3 GM Wang Hao CHN 2714
4 GM Dubov Daniil RUS 2703
5 GM Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2703
6 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2703
7 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2692
8 GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2688
9 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2687
10 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2681
11 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2678
12 GM Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2666
13 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2663
14 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2651
15 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2642
16 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2642
17 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2640
18 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2636
19 GM Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2634
20 GM Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2630
21 GM Sarana Alexey RUS 2630
22 GM Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2627
23 GM Paravyan David RUS 2627
24 GM Grachev Boris RUS 2626
25 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2621
26 GM Firouzja Alireza IRI 2618
27 GM Van Foreest Jorden NED 2618
28 GM Martirosyan Haik M. ARM 2616
29 GM Zhou Jianchao CHN 2615
30 GM Chigaev Maksim RUS 2613
31 GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2612
32 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2610
33 GM Idani Pouya IRI 2604
34 GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2604
35 GM Deac Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2603
36 GM Esipenko Andrey RUS 2603
37 GM Gordievsky Dmitry RUS 2603
38 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2601
39 GM Donchenko Alexander GER 2600
40 GM Svane Rasmus GER 2599
41 GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2595
42 GM Narayanan.S.L IND 2593
43 GM Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2590
44 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2589
45 GM Nihal Sarin IND 2578
46 GM Yuffa Daniil RUS 2578
47 GM Vaibhav Suri IND 2575
48 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2574
49 GM Narayanan Srinath IND 2572
50 IM Yakubboev Nodirbek UZB 2569
51 GM Moroni Luca Jr ITA 2567
52 GM Petrosyan Manuel ARM 2564
53 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2561
54 GM Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2560
55 GM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2560
56 IM Lomasov Semyon RUS 2559
57 GM Lalith Babu M R IND 2556
58 GM Santos Ruiz Miguel ESP 2554
59 IM Tsydypov Zhamsaran RUS 2547
60 GM Hakobyan Aram ARM 2545
61 IM Sychev Klementy RUS 2545
62 GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2542
63 GM Aryan Chopra IND 2540
64 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2540
65 GM Puranik Abhimanyu IND 2538
66 GM Stupak Kirill BLR 2537
67 GM Debashis Das IND 2532
68 GM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2532
69 GM Pourramezanali Amirreza IRI 2529
70 IM Lobanov Sergei RUS 2526
Schedule
Round 1 Feb 19
Round 2 Feb 20
Round 3 Feb 21
Round 4 Feb 22
Round 5 Feb 23
Round 6 Feb 24
Round 7 Feb 25
Round 8 Feb 26
Round 9 Feb 27
Games start at 15:00 local or 7:00 AM Toronto/Montreal
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