Azerbaijani chess players to join Aeroflot Open 2015 Festival
Azerbaijani chess players will vie for medals in the
International Festival "Aeroflot Open 2015" to be held in Moscow
from March 26 to April 6.
Three Open Tournaments (A, B and C), each of which is a nine round
Swiss event, are made up according to the rating of the
participants. 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, AzerTag
state news agency reported.
In addition to the Open Tournaments, a Blitz Tournament will be
held within the festival. The official accommodation for the
participants and also the venue of the Tournament will be at the
“Cosmos” hotel.
The Organizers of the Festival are the "Aeroflot-Russian Airlines",
the Russian Chess Federation and the Association of Chess
Federations.
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