2018-02-19

Aeroflot Open 2018


The 16th Aeroflot Open runs from 20-28 February 2018 in the Cosmos Hotel in Moscow. The A Open, for players rated 2550 and above, sees Vladimir Fedoseev as top-seed fighting for the €18,000 first prize and a place in the Dortmund 2018 Supertournament, while the total prize fund for the three opens is €120,000.  The event is sponsored by Aeroflot and organised by the Russian Chess Federation in cooperation with the Association of Chess Federations.

Players have 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for the next 20 moves and 15 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1.

Official site

Schedule: (UTC)
Round 1    Feb 20, 2018    12:00 
Round 2    Feb 21, 2018    12:00 
Round 3    Feb 22, 2018    12:00 
Round 4    Feb 23, 2018    12:00 
Round 5    Feb 24, 2018    12:00 
Round 6    Feb 25, 2018    12:00 
Round 7    Feb 26, 2018    12:00 
Round 8    Feb 27, 2018    12:00 
Round 9    Feb 28, 2018    12:00

Watch the games of the Aeroflot Open 2018  with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.