The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

 tournament played in Moscow

Moscow

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 and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot

Aeroflot

OJSC AeroflotRussian Airlines , commonly known as Aeroflot , is the flag carrier and largest airline of the Russian Federation, based on passengers carried per year...

. 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 and the winner is invited to the Dortmund chess tournament held later in the same year, a tradition begun in 2003. In recent years there has also been a B and C-class tournament.

Winners

The name of the winner is boldfaced as in some editions, a few players ended with the same overall score. In 2007, 2008, and 2010 there was a clear winner.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! # !! Year !! Winner(s) !! Points !! Rounds
|-
| 1 || 2002 || align=left | '



|| 6½ || 9
|-
| 2 || 2003 || align=left | '


|| 7 || 9
|-
| 3 || 2004 || align=left | '

|| 7 || 9
|-
| 4 || 2005 || align=left | '



|| 6½ || 9
|-
| 5 || 2006 || align=left | '


|| 6½ || 9
|-
| 6 || 2007 || align=left | ' || 7 || 9
|-
| 7 || 2008 || align=left | ' || 7 || 9
|-
| 8 || 2009 || align=left | '
|| 6½ || 9
|-
| 9 || 2010 || align=left | ' || 7 || 9
|-
| 10 || 2011 || align=left | '

|| 6½ || 9
|-