2019-02-27

17th Aeroflot Open 2019

The 17th edition of the elite chess tournament - Aeroflot Open for players with elo 2550+ is held in Moscow, Russia from 19 to 27 February 2019. Its a 9 round Swiss tournament.
The event is sponsored by Aeroflot and organised by the Russian Chess Federation in cooperation with the Association of Chess Federations.
Time control: 100 min. for 40 moves, followed by 50 min. for the next 20 moves and 15 min. till the end of the game.

Official site

Schedule in UTC:
Round 1    Feb 20, 2019    12:00
Round 2    Feb 21, 2019    12:00
Round 3    Feb 22, 2019    12:00
Round 4    Feb 23, 2019    06:30    rounds 4 and 5 have time control 90 for 40, + 30 min., with 30''
Round 5    Feb 23, 2019    13:30     increment
Round 6    Feb 24, 2019    12:00
Round 7    Feb 25, 2019    12:00
Round 8    Feb 26, 2019    12:00
Round 9    Feb 27, 2019    12:00

Watch the games of the Aeroflot Open 2019 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

You can see games from previous issues of the tournament with computer analysis at ChessBomb:
16th Aeroflot Open 2018
15th Aeroflot Open 2017
14th Aeroflot Open 2016
13th Aeroflot Open 2015

Read the articles of:

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