Over 120 Grandmasters at Aeroflot Open 2005
14.02.2005 It starts tomorrow, at 3 p.m. Moscow time = 13:00h European Central, 07:00h NY, the strongest Open in the world, with 515 confirmed participants, 123 of them Grandmasters. The games will be played in Europe's biggest hotel, the Rossja, in the center of Moscow, directly next to Red Square. You can watch the games live on the official site or on Playchess.com. Here are all the details.

Aeroflot Open: Ivanchuk and Kharlov lead
18.02.2005 After three rounds of the Aeroflot Open in Moscow there are two players with a perfect 3:0 score: Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine and Andrei Kharlov of Russia. You can watch the games live on the official site or on Playchess.com. Here is a selection of the games played so far, and some visual impressions.

Aeroflot Open: Sutovsky catches Kharlov at the top
19.02.2005 Five rounds of the Aeroflot Open in Moscow have been played, and after a fourth-round loss by Ivanchuk it is Andrei Kharlov and Emil Sutovsky who have taken the lead. We still have only a selection of games, and no official progress table. But we have worked out the most important details for you and bring you extensive photographic impressions of Moscow.

Aeroflot Open: Kharlov leads, Ivanchuk in hot pursuit
23.02.2005 After eight rounds, with one to go, Andrei Kharlov has kept his lead with 6.5/10. But a ferocious game between Sutovsky and Ivanchuk saw the latter triumph with black to come within striking distance (together with Sergey Volkov. We bring you games, results, an extensive report and impressions of Moscow.

Aeroflot Open: Sutovsky winner on tiebreak
24.02.2005 In the final round of the Aeroflot Open in Moscow Andrei Kharlov lost to Vladimir Akopian, while Emil Sutovsky beat Sergey Volkov with the black pieces. This led to a five-way tie for first, with the tiebreaker favouring Sutovsky. A full illustrated report will follow. Results and games...

My Aeroflot – a personal report
26.02.2005 The Aeroflot Open is over, but its effects can still be felt. Hundreds of player attended, and new sponsors are coming in to continue the tradition in the coming years. Misha Savinov, who visited the event in Moschow, tells us the secret of its success and gives us his personal impressions of this great Russian tournament.