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{{Short description|Russian chess tournament}}
The '''Aeroflot Open''' is an annual open [[chess]] tournament played in [[Moscow]] and sponsored by the airline [[Aeroflot]]. It was established in 2002 and quickly grew to be the strongest open tournament; in 2013 it was converted to a [[Fast chess|rapid]] and [[Fast chess|blitz]] event, while in 2014 it wasn't held. The first event had around 80 [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmasters]], while in the second event 150 grandmasters participated. The tournament is played using the [[Swiss system]] and the winner is invited to the [[Dortmund chess tournament]] held later in the same year, a tradition begun in 2003. Beside the main tournament (A Group), there are also B and C-class tournaments.

==Winners==
The name of the winner is boldfaced as in some editions, a few players ended with the same overall score.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! # !! Year !! Winner(s) !! Points !! Rounds
|-
| 1 || 2002 || align=left | '''{{flagathlete|[[Gregory Kaidanov]]|USA}}''' <br> {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|RUS}} <br> {{flagathlete|[[Aleksej Aleksandrov]]|BLR}} <br> {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Shabalov]]|USA}}<br>  {{flagathlete|[[Vadim Milov]]|SUI}} || 6½ || 9
|-
| 2 || 2003 || align=left | '''{{flagathlete|[[Viorel Bologan]]|MDA}}''' <br>  {{flagathlete|[[Aleksej Aleksandrov]]|BLR}}  <br> {{flagathlete|[[Alexei Fedorov]]|BLR}}  <br> {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|RUS}}|| 7 || 9
|-
| 3 || 2004 || align=left | '''{{flagathlete|[[Sergei Rublevsky]]|RUS}}''' <br> {{flagathlete|[[Rafael Vaganian]]|ARM}} <br> {{flagathlete|[[Valerij Filippov]]|RUS}} || 7 || 9
|-
| 4 || 2005 || align=left | '''{{flagathlete|[[Emil Sutovsky]]|ISR}}''' <br> {{flagathlete|[[Andrei Kharlov]]|RUS}} <br> {{flagathlete|[[Vassily Ivanchuk]]|UKR}} <br>  {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Motylev]]|RUS}}<br>  {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Akopian]]|ARM}} || 6½ || 9
|-
| 5 || 2006 || align=left | '''{{flagathlete|[[Baadur Jobava]]|GEO}}''' <br> {{flagathlete|[[Viorel Bologan]]|MDA}} <br> {{flagathlete|[[Krishnan Sasikiran]]|IND}} <br> {{flagathlete|[[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]]|AZE}} || 6½ || 9
|-
| 6 || 2007 ||  align=left | '''{{flagathlete|[[Evgeny Alekseev (chess player)|Evgeny Alekseev]]|RUS}}'''  || 7 || 9
|-
| 7 || 2008 || align=left | '''{{flagathlete|[[Ian Nepomniachtchi]]|RUS}}''' || 7 || 9
|-
| 8 || 2009 || align=left | '''{{flagathlete|[[Étienne Bacrot]]|FRA}}''' <br> {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Moiseenko]]|UKR}} || 6½ || 9
|-
| 9 || 2010 || align=left | '''{{flagathlete|[[Lê Quang Liêm]]|VIE}}''' || 7 || 9
|-
| 10 || 2011 || align=left |  '''{{flagathlete|[[Lê Quang Liêm]]|VIE}}''' <br>  {{flagathlete|[[Nikita Vitiugov]]|RUS}}<br>  {{flagathlete|[[Evgeny Tomashevsky]]|RUS}} || 6½ || 9
|-
| 11 || 2012 || align=left |  '''{{flagathlete|[[Mateusz Bartel]]|POL}}''' <br>  {{flagathlete|[[Anton Korobov]]|UKR}}<br>  {{flagathlete|[[Pavel Eljanov]]|UKR}} || 6½ || 9
|-
| 12   || 2013 || align=left | '''{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|RUS}}''' (Rapid tournament)<br>'''{{flagathlete|[[Ian Nepomniachtchi]]|RUS}}''' (Blitz tournament) || 2–1<ref>Sergey Karjakin beat [[Alexander Grischuk]] by 2–1 in the final of the knockout rapid tournament: [http://www.chessdom.com/sergey-karjakin-wins-aeroflot-rapid-final/ "Sergey Karjakin wins Aeroflot Rapid Final"] by Chessdom</ref><br>15½ || K.O.<br>18
|-
| 13 || 2015 || align=left |  '''{{flagathlete|[[Ian Nepomniachtchi]]|RUS}}''' <br>  {{flagathlete|[[Daniil Dubov]]|RUS}} || 7 || 9 
|-
| 14 || 2016 || align=left | '''{{flagathlete|[[Evgeniy Najer]]|RUS}}''' <br>  {{flagathlete|[[Boris Gelfand]]|ISR}} || 6½ || 9
|-
| 15 || 2017 || align=left | '''{{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Fedoseev]]|RUS}}''' || 7 || 9
|-
| 16 || 2018 || align=left | '''{{flagathlete|[[Vladislav Kovalev]]|BLR}}''' || 7 || 9
|-
| 17 || 2019 || align=left | '''{{flagathlete|[[Kaido Külaots]]|EST}}'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Аэрофлот-опен 2019|url=http://ruchess.ru/championship/detail/2019/aeroflot_open_2019/|website=ruchess.ru}}</ref><br>{{flagathlete|[[Haik M. Martirosyan|Haik Martirosyan]]|ARM}} || 7 || 9
|-
| 18 || 2020 || align=left | '''{{flagathlete|[[Aydin Suleymanli]]|AZE}}'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ruchess.ru/news/all/aydyn_suleymanly_vyigral_glavnyy_turnir_festivalya_aeroflot_open_2020/|title=Айдын Сулейманлы выиграл главный турнир фестиваля "Аэрофлот Опен 2020"|date=2020-02-27|publisher=Ruchess|language=ru|access-date=2020-02-27}}</ref><br>{{flagathlete|[[Rinat Jumabayev]]|KAZ}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Rauf Mamedov]]|AZE}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Aravindh Chithambaram]]|IND}} || 6½ || 9
|-
| 19 || 2024 || align=left | '''{{flagathlete|[[Amin Tabatabaei]]|IRN}}'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aeroflotopen.ru/tpost/v2itdgt4e1-amin-tabatabaei-wins-aeroflot-open-2024|title=Amin Tabatabaei Wins Aeroflot Open 2024|date=2024-03-07|publisher=aeroflotopen.ru|language=en|access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref> || 7½ || 9
|}

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
* Reports from Chessbase: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080920081440/http://www.chessbase.com/newsprint.asp?newsid=168 2002], [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=826 2003], [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1534 2004], [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2216 2005], [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2931 2006], [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3695 2007], [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4469 2008], [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5246 2009], [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6136 2010], [http://en.chessbase.com/post/aeroflot-open-2013-blitz-tournament-won-by-nepomniachtchi 2013 blitz], [http://en.chessbase.com/post/aeroflot-open-2013-sergey-karjakin-wins-in-last-seconds 2013 rapid final]
* Results from TWIC: [http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic379.html#2 2002], [http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic433.html#6 2003], [http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic486.html#3 2004], [http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic538.html#5 2005], [http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic589.html#4 2006], [http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic642.html#3 2007], [http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic694.html 2008], [http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic747.html#4 2009], [http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic798.html#3 2010]
* On the 2002 edition from ruchess.com [https://web.archive.org/web/20080127140112/http://www.ruschess.com/Archive/view.php?id=22 2002]

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