Aerosvit chess tournament

The Aerosvit chess tournament (Ukrainian: Міжнародний шаховий турнір "Аеросвіт") is an annual chess tournament played in Foros, Ukraine and sponsored by Aerosvit Airlines. It was started in 2006 and the format is a closed single round-robin tournament of twelve players.

Winners

#	Year	Winner(s)	Points	Category
1	2006	Sergei Rublevsky (Russia)	7.5	XVIII (2691)
2	2007	Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	7.5	XVIII (2694)
3	2008	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	8	XIX (2712)

References

Reports from Chessbase: 2006, 2007, 2008
Results from TWIC: 2006, 2007, 2008

External links

Official website

Major recurring international chess tournaments

Major present	Bilbao Chess Masters Final Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting Grenke Chess Classic London Chess Classic Norway Chess Shamkir Chess Sinquefield Cup Tal Memorial Tata Steel Chess Tournament Zurich Chess Challenge

Other present	Aeroflot Open Australian Masters Biel Chess Festival Canadian Open Chess Championship Cappelle-la-Grande Open Capablanca Memorial Carlos Torre Repetto Memorial Chigorin Memorial Gibraltar Chess Festival Hastings International Chess Congress Lublin Grandmaster Tournament Millionaire Chess Paul Keres Memorial Tournament Qatar Masters Open Reykjavik Open Rubinstein Memorial South African Open U.S. Open Chess Championship Vlissingen chess tournament World Open Zurich Christmas Open

Recently cancelled	Alekhine Memorial Acropolis International chess tournament Aerosvit chess tournament Amber chess tournament Howard Staunton Memorial Tournament Linares International Chess Tournament Pearl Spring chess tournament Reggio Emilia chess tournament

Major past	American Chess Congress Carl Schlechter Memorial Tournament DSB Congress General Government chess tournament IBM international chess tournament Konex chess tournament Leopold Trebitsch Memorial Tournament Lone Pine International M-Tel Masters Mar del Plata chess tournament Max Euwe Memorial Tournament Monte Carlo chess tournament Netanya chess tournament Phillips & Drew Kings Piatigorsky Cup San Sebastián chess tournament Silesian Chess Congress Tilburg chess tournament Triberg chess tournament Vidmar Memorial

List of strong chess tournaments List of mini chess tournaments List of round-robin chess tournaments Chess national championships

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