About the tournment:
The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow at the “Cosmos” hotel. and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot.
It was established in 2002 and quickly grew to be the strongest open tournament; The first event had around 80 grandmasters, while in the second event 150 grandmasters participated. The tournament is played using the Swiss system. the number of rounds in tournment are 9 rounds.
Beside the main tournament (A Group), there are also B and C-class tournaments.and also there is a Blitz Tournament will be held within the festival.
The Tournaments Prize:
The total prize fund of the three tournaments is EUR 120 000.
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| GM Yu, Yangyi (source chessdom.com) |
The N.1 is Chinese GM Yu, Yangyi 2738
The pairing of Round 1 for Group A :
http://chess-results.com/tnr255922.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=1&wi=821
Total prize fund Group A: 65 000 EUR
The winner of the A tournament will be entitled to participate in the round-robin Super Tournament in Dortmund (13 – 24 July, 2017).
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| IM Demidov, Mikhail (source fide.com) we apologize that we cann't find good photo for him |
The B Group, there are 117 participants.
The N.1 is Russian IM Demidov, Mikhail 2534
The pairing of Round 1 for Group B :
http://chess-results.com/tnr255923.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=1&wi=821
Total prize fund Group B: 35 000 EUR
The first prize: 8000 EUR
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| Bazeev, German ( source youngchess.com) |
The C Group, there are 112 participants.
The N.1 Russian Bazeev, German 2298
The pairing of Round 1 for the Group C:
http://chess-results.com/tnr255924.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=1&wi=821
Total prize fund Group C: 17500 EUR
and The first prize: 3000 EUR
The tournment will be from 21/2 to 1/3
The rounds will begin at 12:00 pm GMT
Watch the tournment A live on:
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/aeroflot-open-2017/1/1/1
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