Aeroflot Open 2026

Last year, the international chess festival Aeroflot Open celebrated its 20th anniversary - a truly significant milestone and a major achievement for the organizers. However, the history of this grand forum continues: this year, in addition to the traditional open tournament, events for children and chess veterans will also be held. All of them will take place in the very heart of the Russian capital - at The Carlton, Moscow, which is warmly opening its doors to us for the third year in a row.

Over the past 20 years, the Aeroflot Open has become a place of triumph and a launching pad for many chess stars, including Magnus Carlsen, the reigning World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju, Alexander Grischuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, as well as young talents such as Artem Uskov, Savva Vetokhin, Roman Shogdzhiev, and many other gifted children.

I would like to thank Aeroflot for its long-standing support of the festival and The Carlton, Moscow, for providing such a magnificent tournament venue.

I wish everyone success and beautiful games!