Aeroflot Open 2013 – Rapid Qualifiers

The traditional Aeroflot Open is starting immediately after the International Chess Festival Moscow Open-2013, from 11-18 February in Moscow, Russia.

This edition is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the leading Russian airline company. The total prize fund of all tournaments is 150 000 USD.

The first event is the Qualifying Rapid tournament on 12-13th February. he 32 top finishers qualify for the knock-out tournament, which will be held on 15th February, and thus secure themselves a minimal prize of 1 000 USD.

The playing format is Swiss system, 9 rounds, with time control 15 minutes plus 10 seconds increment. The number of players is limited to 300. 

List of participants: 

1 GM Kamsky Gata USA 2760 
2 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2750 
3 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2733 
4 GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2714 
5 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam UZB 2709 
6 GM Potkin Vladimir RUS 2697 
7 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2694 
8 GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2686 
9 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2685 
10 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2678 
11 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2677 
12 GM Riazantsev Alexander RUS 2674 
13 GM Efimenko Zahar UKR 2670 
14 GM Tkachiev Vladislav FRA 2663 
15 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2662 
16 GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2657 
17 GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2654 
18 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2651 
19 GM Iturrizaga Eduardo VEN 2646 
20 GM Belov Vladimir RUS 2641 
21 GM Kokarev Dmitry RUS 2637 
22 GM Kovalenko Igor UKR 2635 
23 GM Popov Ivan RUS 2634 
24 GM Tukhaev Adam UKR 2634 
25 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2633 
26 GM Timofeev Artyom RUS 2631 
27 GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2630 
28 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2628 
29 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2626 
30 GM Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2625 
31 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2623 
32 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2622 
33 GM Smirnov Pavel RUS 2619 
34 GM Lahno Kateryna UKR 2616 
35 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2612 
36 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2612 
37 GM Ponkratov Pavel RUS 2608 
38 GM Nyzhnyk Illya UKR 2605