Saturday, 1 March, the 20th jubilee Aeroflot Open kicked off at The Carlton, Moscow. Before the start of the first round, a minute of silence was observed in memory of 10th World Chess Champion Boris Spassky (1937-2025).
The tournament participants were welcomed by Ilya Perfiliev, Deputy General Director of PAO Aeroflot, and Alexander Tkachev, Executive Director of the Chess Federation of Russia. During the ceremony, Tkachev presented Danila Pavlov, a many-time world champion in chess composition, with the title of Honorary Master of Sports of the Russian Federation. Ilya Perfiliev then made the ceremonial first move in Artem Grachev vs Ian Nepomniachtchi game.
While most of the top seeds confirmed their status, there were still a few upsets. Thus, defending winner of Aeroflot Open Amin Tabatabaei of Iran lost to Arsen Davtyan of Armenia. Interestingly, Davtyan had also won against Tabatabaei with the same colour in last year's first round.
Another upset came from Ekaterina Goltseva, who defeated Uzbek grandmaster Shamsiddin Vokhidov with the black pieces. Meanwhile, Konstantin Popov has claimed victory over the higher-rated David Paravyan.
Daniil Dubov vs. Denis Khayrullin, Vahe Sukiasyan vs. Andrey Esipenko, Vladislav Artemiev vs. Alisa Galliamova, Eldiyar Orozbayev vs. Alexander Grischuk and some other games ended in a draw.
In addition to the main event, the Aeroflot Open - Children began as well, with four round-robin competitions in two age categories – under 13 years and under 15 years.
Round 2 will take place on Sunday, 2 March, at 11 AMP. Round 3 will follow on the same day at 5 PM.
The "Aeroflot Open" is organised by the Chess Federation of Russia (CFR) and the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation with the support of Aeroflot. The general partner of the CFR is PhosAgro. The media partner of the tournament is a social network Odnoklassniki.
Tournament on Chess-Results
Games online
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Photos by Pavel Iovik and Eteri Kublashvili
The tournament participants were welcomed by Ilya Perfiliev, Deputy General Director of PAO Aeroflot, and Alexander Tkachev, Executive Director of the Chess Federation of Russia. During the ceremony, Tkachev presented Danila Pavlov, a many-time world champion in chess composition, with the title of Honorary Master of Sports of the Russian Federation. Ilya Perfiliev then made the ceremonial first move in Artem Grachev vs Ian Nepomniachtchi game.
While most of the top seeds confirmed their status, there were still a few upsets. Thus, defending winner of Aeroflot Open Amin Tabatabaei of Iran lost to Arsen Davtyan of Armenia. Interestingly, Davtyan had also won against Tabatabaei with the same colour in last year's first round.
Another upset came from Ekaterina Goltseva, who defeated Uzbek grandmaster Shamsiddin Vokhidov with the black pieces. Meanwhile, Konstantin Popov has claimed victory over the higher-rated David Paravyan.
Daniil Dubov vs. Denis Khayrullin, Vahe Sukiasyan vs. Andrey Esipenko, Vladislav Artemiev vs. Alisa Galliamova, Eldiyar Orozbayev vs. Alexander Grischuk and some other games ended in a draw.
In addition to the main event, the Aeroflot Open - Children began as well, with four round-robin competitions in two age categories – under 13 years and under 15 years.
Round 2 will take place on Sunday, 2 March, at 11 AMP. Round 3 will follow on the same day at 5 PM.
The "Aeroflot Open" is organised by the Chess Federation of Russia (CFR) and the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation with the support of Aeroflot. The general partner of the CFR is PhosAgro. The media partner of the tournament is a social network Odnoklassniki.
Tournament on Chess-Results
Games online
Photo gallery
Official website
Photos by Pavel Iovik and Eteri Kublashvili