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The 2008 Aeroflot Open took place between February 14th and February 22nd.
Top 20 Participants.
| Country | Rating | | Final Standings |
| Akopian, Vladimir | ARM | 2700 | | 1. | Nepomniachtchi | 7.0 |
| Volokitin, Andrei | UKR | 2674 | | 2. | Motylev | 6.5 |
| Timofeev, Artyom | RUS | 2664 | | 3. | Dreev | 6.5 |
| Bologan, Viktor | MDA | 2663 | | 4. | Rodshtein | 6.0 |
| Amonatov, Farrukh | TJK | 2649 | | 5. | Volokitin | 6.0 |
| Motylev, Alexander | RUS | 2644 | | 6. | Grachev | 6.0 |
| Jobava, Baadur | GEO | 2643 | | 7. | Guseinov | 6.0 |
| Sutovsky, Emil | ISR | 2642 | | 8. | Amonatov | 6.0 |
| Predojevic, Borki | BIH | 2641 | | 9. | Mamedov | 5.5 |
| Khalifman, Alexander | RUS | 2638 | | 10. | Bologan | 5.5 |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | GER | 2638 |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2637 |
| Najer, Evgeniy | RUS | 2634 |
| Dreev, Alexey | RUS | 2633 |
| Riazantsev, Alexander | RUS | 2628 |
| Volkov, Sergey | RUS | 2623 |
| Asrian, Karen | ARM | 2621 |
| Aleksandrov, Aleksej | BLR | 2618 |
| Guseinov, Gadir | AZE | 2617 |
| Rodshtein, Maxim | ISR | 2614 |
Schedule.
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Round 1 - Feb 14
| Akopian | - | Mamedov | 1/2 |
| Minasian | - | Volokitin | 1-0 |
| Timofeev | - | Balogh | 1-0 |
| Parligras | - | Bologan | 1/2 |
| Amonatov | - | Maletin | 1/2 |
| Meier | - | Motylev | 1/2 |
| Jobava | - | Evdokimov | 0-1 |
| Khismatullin | - | Sutovsky | 1/2 |
| Predojevic | - | Shomoev | 1/2 |
| Dyachkov | - | Khalifman | 1/2 |
| Naiditsch | - | Brkic | 1-0 |
| Zhigalko | - | Vachier-Lagrave | 1-0 |
| Najer | - | Pashikian | 1-0 |
| Zhigalko | - | Dreev | 0-1 |
| Riazantsev | - | Nguyen | 1/2 |
| Zhou | - | Volkov | 1-0 |
| Asrian | - | Ionov | 1-0 |
| Kotanjian | - | Aleksandrov | 1/2 |
| Guseinov | - | Frolyanov | 1-0 |
| Khairullin | - | Rodshtein | 1/2 |
| Grachev | - | Romanov | 1-0 |
| Le | - | Bocharov | 1/2 |
| Nepomniachtchi | - | Andriasian | 1-0 |
| Olafsson | - | Smirnov | 1-0 |
| Caruana | - | Hou | 1/2 |
| Feller | - | Chuprov | 1-0 |
| Laznicka | - | Pavlovic | 1/2 |
| Sebag | - | Popov | 1-0 |
| Azarov | - | Bindrich | 1-0 |
| Safarli | - | Lysyj | 1/2 |
| Iordachescu | - | Cherniaev | 1-0 |
| Al Sayed | - | Jussupow | 0-1 |
| Grigoriants | - | Melkumyan | 1-0 |
| Dvoirys | - | Petrosian | 1-0 |
| Beshukov | - | Iljushin | 1/2 |
| Iljin | - | Obukhov | 1-0 |
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Round 2 - Feb 15
| Iordachescu | - | Timofeev | 1/2 |
| Jussupow | - | Naiditsch | 1/2 |
| Grigoriants | - | Najer | 1/2 |
| Dreev | - | Minasian | 1-0 |
| Evdokimov | - | Asrian | 1/2 |
| Zhigalko | - | Guseinov | 1/2 |
| Zhou | - | Grachev | 1/2 |
| Olafsson | - | Nepomniachtchi | 0-1 |
| Feller | - | Azarov | 1-0 |
| Bologan | - | Sebag | 1/2 |
| Maletin | - | Akopian | 1/2 |
| Mamedov | - | Amonatov | 1/2 |
| Motylev | - | Parligras | 1-0 |
| Sutovsky | - | Meier | 1-0 |
| Nguyen | - | Predojevic | 1-0 |
| Khalifman | - | Khismatullin | 1/2 |
| Shomoev | - | Riazantsev | 1-0 |
| Aleksandrov | - | Dyachkov | 1-0 |
| Rodshtein | - | Kotanjian | 1-0 |
| Bocharov | - | Khairullin | 1-0 |
| Pavlovic | - | Caruana | 0-1 |
| Hou | - | Laznicka | 1-0 |
| Lysyj | - | Le | 1/2 |
| Volokitin | - | Safarli | 1-0 |
| Ionov | - | Jobava | 0-1 |
| Vachier-Lagrave | - | Zhigalko | 0-1 |
| Volkov | - | Frolyanov | 1/2 |
| Smirnov | - | Romanov | 0-1 |
| Chuprov | - | Andriasian | 1/2 |
| Popov | - | Bindrich | 1/2 |
| Balogh | - | Cherniaev | 1-0 |
| Brkic | - | Al Sayed | 1-0 |
| Pashikian | - | Melkumyan | 0-1 |
| Ushenina | - | Dvoirys | 1-0 |
| Krapivin | - | Iljin | 1-0 |
| Novikov | - | Kalegin | 1/2 |
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Round 3 - Feb 16
| Nepomniachtchi | - | Dreev | 1-0 |
| Timofeev | - | Feller | 1/2 |
| Caruana | - | Motylev | 0-1 |
| Sutovsky | - | Iordachescu | 1/2 |
| Naiditsch | - | Grigoriants | 0-1 |
| Najer | - | Jussupow | 1-0 |
| Asrian | - | Shomoev | 1/2 |
| Evdokimov | - | Aleksandrov | 1/2 |
| Guseinov | - | Nguyen | 1-0 |
| Rodshtein | - | Zhigalko | 1-0 |
| Grachev | - | Hou | 1-0 |
| Sebag | - | Bocharov | 0-1 |
| Akopian | - | Zhou | 1/2 |
| Khismatullin | - | Volokitin | 1/2 |
| Zhigalko | - | Bologan | 0-1 |
| Amonatov | - | Balogh | 1-0 |
| Jobava | - | Maletin | 1-0 |
| Romanov | - | Khalifman | 1-0 |
| Azarov | - | Brkic | 1/2 |
| Melkumyan | - | Lysyj | 1/2 |
| Le | - | Mamedov | 0-1 |
| Minasian | - | Olafsson | 1/2 |
| Predojevic | - | Dyachkov | 1-0 |
| Riazantsev | - | Kotanjian | 1-0 |
| Khairullin | - | Volkov | 1/2 |
| Frolyanov | - | Chuprov | 1-0 |
| Andriasian | - | Laznicka | 1/2 |
| Safarli | - | Popov | 1-0 |
| Parligras | - | Pavlovic | 0-1 |
| Bindrich | - | Meier | 1-0 |
| Ionov | - | Vachier-Lagrave | 0-1 |
| Cherniaev | - | Smirnov | 0-1 |
| Al Sayed | - | Pashikian | 0-1 |
| Vorobiov | - | Ushenina | 1/2 |
| Askarov | - | Krapivin | 1-0 |
| Safin | - | Potapov | 1-0 |
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Round 4 - Feb 17
| Motylev | - | Nepomniachtchi | 1/2 |
| Grachev | - | Najer | 1-0 |
| Bocharov | - | Guseinov | 1/2 |
| Feller | - | Rodshtein | 0-1 |
| Grigoriants | - | Amonatov | 1/2 |
| Aleksandrov | - | Timofeev | 0-1 |
| Bologan | - | Iordachescu | 1-0 |
| Mamedov | - | Jobava | 1/2 |
| Shomoev | - | Sutovsky | 1/2 |
| Dreev | - | Zhou | 1-0 |
| Romanov | - | Asrian | 1/2 |
| Lysyj | - | Evdokimov | 1/2 |
| Brkic | - | Akopian | 1/2 |
| Volokitin | - | Zhigalko | 1-0 |
| Frolyanov | - | Predojevic | 1/2 |
| Nguyen | - | Naiditsch | 1/2 |
| Hou | - | Riazantsev | 1/2 |
| Bindrich | - | Caruana | 1/2 |
| Pavlovic | - | Azarov | 1/2 |
| Jussupow | - | Sebag | 1/2 |
| Safarli | - | Minasian | 1/2 |
| Melkumyan | - | Khismatullin | 0-1 |
| Khalifman | - | Olafsson | 1-0 |
| Vachier-Lagrave | - | Maletin | 1/2 |
| Volkov | - | Pashikian | 1-0 |
| Smirnov | - | Zhigalko | 1-0 |
| Laznicka | - | Khairullin | 1/2 |
| Balogh | - | Le | 0-1 |
| Meier | - | Andriasian | 1/2 |
| Dyachkov | - | Chuprov | 1-0 |
| Kotanjian | - | Parligras | 0-1 |
| Cherniaev | - | Ionov | 1/2 |
| Safin | - | Askarov | 1/2 |
| Iljushin | - | Maslak | 1/2 |
| Novikov | - | Dobrov | 1-0 |
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Round 5 - Feb 18
| Nepomniachtchi | - | Grachev | 1-0 |
| Rodshtein | - | Bologan | 1-0 |
| Timofeev | - | Bocharov | 1-0 |
| Guseinov | - | Motylev | 1/2 |
| Dreev | - | Grigoriants | 1-0 |
| Evdokimov | - | Volokitin | 0-1 |
| Amonatov | - | Khismatullin | 1/2 |
| Jobava | - | Shomoev | 1-0 |
| Sutovsky | - | Mamedov | 1/2 |
| Najer | - | Romanov | 1/2 |
| Asrian | - | Feller | 1-0 |
| Akopian | - | Jussupow | 1/2 |
| Predojevic | - | Brkic | 1-0 |
| Minasian | - | Khalifman | 1/2 |
| Naiditsch | - | Frolyanov | 1/2 |
| Riazantsev | - | Pavlovic | 1/2 |
| Nguyen | - | Volkov | 1-0 |
| Zhou | - | Aleksandrov | 1/2 |
| Le | - | Smirnov | 1-0 |
| Caruana | - | Safarli | 0-1 |
| Azarov | - | Hou | 1/2 |
| Sebag | - | Lysyj | 1/2 |
| Iordachescu | - | Bindrich | 1/2 |
| Khairullin | - | Vachier-Lagrave | 1/2 |
| Zhigalko | - | Laznicka | 1/2 |
| Andriasian | - | Parligras | 0-1 |
| Maletin | - | Melkumyan | 1-0 |
| Olafsson | - | Dyachkov | 1/2 |
| Pashikian | - | Balogh | 1/2 |
| Zhigalko | - | Al Sayed | 1/2 |
| Chuprov | - | Meier | 1/2 |
| Ionov | - | Kotanjian | 0-1 |
| Askarov | - | Novikov | 1-0 |
| Kryakvin | - | Safin | 1/2 |
| Dvoirys | - | Gubajdullin | 1/2 |
| Ostrovskiy | - | Iljushin | 1/2 |
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Round 6 - Feb 19
| Nepomniachtchi | - | Rodshtein | 1/2 |
| Timofeev | - | Dreev | 0-1 |
| Volokitin | - | Asrian | 1/2 |
| Motylev | - | Grachev | 1/2 |
| Guseinov | - | Jobava | 1/2 |
| Bologan | - | Grigoriants | 1/2 |
| Romanov | - | Amonatov | 0-1 |
| Safarli | - | Sutovsky | 1/2 |
| Mamedov | - | Predojevic | 1/2 |
| Khismatullin | - | Najer | 0-1 |
| Bocharov | - | Nguyen | 0-1 |
| Aleksandrov | - | Le | 0-1 |
| Shomoev | - | Akopian | 1/2 |
| Khalifman | - | Evdokimov | 1/2 |
| Maletin | - | Naiditsch | 1-0 |
| Bindrich | - | Riazantsev | 1/2 |
| Frolyanov | - | Azarov | 1/2 |
| Lysyj | - | Zhou | 0-1 |
| Hou | - | Iordachescu | 1-0 |
| Jussupow | - | Feller | 1/2 |
| Pavlovic | - | Minasian | 0-1 |
| Parligras | - | Sebag | 1-0 |
| Dyachkov | - | Vachier-Lagrave | 1/2 |
| Volkov | - | Zhigalko | 1-0 |
| Smirnov | - | Khairullin | 1/2 |
| Brkic | - | Caruana | 1/2 |
| Laznicka | - | Olafsson | 1-0 |
| Kotanjian | - | Balogh | 1-0 |
| Meier | - | Al Sayed | 1/2 |
| Pashikian | - | Cherniaev | 1/2 |
| Andriasian | - | Zhigalko | 1/2 |
| Melkumyan | - | Chuprov | 1-0 |
| Vorobiov | - | Askarov | 0-1 |
| Maslak | - | Kryakvin | 1/2 |
| Safin | - | Magomedov | 1/2 |
| Zhou | - | Dvoirys | 1-0 |
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Round 7 - Feb 20
| Rodshtein | - | Dreev | 1/2 |
| Amonatov | - | Nepomniachtchi | 1/2 |
| Grachev | - | Volokitin | 1/2 |
| Asrian | - | Timofeev | 1/2 |
| Nguyen | - | Motylev | 0-1 |
| Jobava | - | Le | 0-1 |
| Najer | - | Guseinov | 0-1 |
| Minasian | - | Bologan | 1/2 |
| Sutovsky | - | Parligras | 1-0 |
| Predojevic | - | Maletin | 1-0 |
| Grigoriants | - | Hou | 1/2 |
| Zhou | - | Mamedov | 1/2 |
| Akopian | - | Safarli | 1-0 |
| Shomoev | - | Khalifman | 1/2 |
| Riazantsev | - | Khismatullin | 1/2 |
| Evdokimov | - | Volkov | 1-0 |
| Bocharov | - | Frolyanov | 0-1 |
| Feller | - | Laznicka | 1-0 |
| Azarov | - | Romanov | 1-0 |
| Jussupow | - | Bindrich | 1/2 |
| Naiditsch | - | Dyachkov | 0-1 |
| Vachier-Lagrave | - | Brkic | 1-0 |
| Khairullin | - | Aleksandrov | 1/2 |
| Sebag | - | Smirnov | 1-0 |
| Caruana | - | Kotanjian | 0-1 |
| Pavlovic | - | Lysyj | 0-1 |
| Iordachescu | - | Melkumyan | 1-0 |
| Zhigalko | - | Meier | 1-0 |
| Cherniaev | - | Zhigalko | 0-1 |
| Olafsson | - | Pashikian | 1/2 |
| Al Sayed | - | Andriasian | 1/2 |
| Balogh | - | Ionov | 1/2 |
| Askarov | - | Shaposhnikov | 1/2 |
| Iljin | - | Zhou | 1/2 |
| Novikov | - | Safin | 1-0 |
| Kryakvin | - | Kalegin | 1-0 |
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Round 8 - Feb 21
| Dreev | - | Guseinov | 1/2 |
| Motylev | - | Rodshtein | 1-0 |
| Le | - | Nepomniachtchi | 0-1 |
| Volokitin | - | Sutovsky | 1-0 |
| Timofeev | - | Predojevic | 1/2 |
| Asrian | - | Amonatov | 1/2 |
| Bologan | - | Grachev | 1/2 |
| Minasian | - | Akopian | 1/2 |
| Jobava | - | Nguyen | 1/2 |
| Hou | - | Najer | 1/2 |
| Azarov | - | Evdokimov | 1/2 |
| Frolyanov | - | Grigoriants | 1/2 |
| Mamedov | - | Feller | 1-0 |
| Khalifman | - | Zhou | 1/2 |
| Vachier-Lagrave | - | Shomoev | 1-0 |
| Dyachkov | - | Riazantsev | 1/2 |
| Lysyj | - | Bindrich | 1/2 |
| Khismatullin | - | Iordachescu | 1/2 |
| Kotanjian | - | Jussupow | 1-0 |
| Parligras | - | Safarli | 0-1 |
| Maletin | - | Sebag | 1/2 |
| Laznicka | - | Volkov | 0-1 |
| Aleksandrov | - | Zhigalko | 0-1 |
| Romanov | - | Bocharov | 1/2 |
| Zhigalko | - | Khairullin | 1/2 |
| Andriasian | - | Naiditsch | 1/2 |
| Smirnov | - | Al Sayed | 1/2 |
| Melkumyan | - | Caruana | 1-0 |
| Brkic | - | Olafsson | 1/2 |
| Pashikian | - | Pavlovic | 1/2 |
| Chuprov | - | Ionov | 1-0 |
| Meier | - | Cherniaev | 1-0 |
| Askarov | - | Kryakvin | 1/2 |
| Iljin | - | Novikov | 1/2 |
| Shaposhnikov | - | Maslak | 1/2 |
| Zhou | - | Magomedov | 1-0 |
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Round 9 - Feb 22
| Nepomniachtchi | - | Volokitin | 1/2 |
| Dreev | - | Motylev | 1/2 |
| Guseinov | - | Rodshtein | 1/2 |
| Grachev | - | Timofeev | 1-0 |
| Amonatov | - | Le | 1-0 |
| Predojevic | - | Asrian | 1/2 |
| Najer | - | Mamedov | 1/2 |
| Akopian | - | Kotanjian | 1/2 |
| Evdokimov | - | Bologan | 0-1 |
| Zhou | - | Jobava | 1/2 |
| Sutovsky | - | Frolyanov | 1-0 |
| Nguyen | - | Vachier-Lagrave | 1/2 |
| Safarli | - | Azarov | 0-1 |
| Grigoriants | - | Minasian | 1/2 |
| Volkov | - | Hou | 1-0 |
| Zhigalko | - | Khalifman | 1/2 |
| Riazantsev | - | Maletin | 1-0 |
| Feller | - | Lysyj | 1/2 |
| Iordachescu | - | Dyachkov | 1/2 |
| Sebag | - | Khismatullin | 0-1 |
| Bindrich | - | Parligras | 1/2 |
| Bocharov | - | Zhigalko | 1/2 |
| Jussupow | - | Romanov | 0-1 |
| Shomoev | - | Melkumyan | 1/2 |
| Khairullin | - | Meier | 1/2 |
| Naiditsch | - | Pashikian | 1/2 |
| Pavlovic | - | Smirnov | 1/2 |
| Chuprov | - | Brkic | 1/2 |
| Al Sayed | - | Laznicka | 1/2 |
| Balogh | - | Andriasian | 1/2 |
| Ionov | - | Olafsson | 1-0 |
| Cherniaev | - | Caruana | 0-1 |
| Wan | - | Askarov | 1/2 |
| Novikov | - | Zhou | 0-1 |
| Kryakvin | - | Iljin | 1/2 |
| Kacheishvili | - | Bosiocic | 1-0 |
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