Six Armenian grandmasters to play at Aeroflot Open 2019

The International Chess Festival "Aeroflot Open 2019" will be held in Moscow from 18 February to 1 March 2019. As the Chess federation of Armenia reports, 11 Armenian players, including six grand masters will take part in the tournament.

The festival comprises of three open tournaments (A, B and C) made up according to the rating of the participants and are 9-round Swiss – tournaments. Naturally, the greatest interest is aroused by A tournament, requiring from a participant a rating above 2550 and in which usually take part a number of extra class players. In addition to the Open Tournaments, a Blitz Tournament will be held within the festival.