Aeroflot Open 2012 Has Started

From 6th to 17th February, 2012, The Aeroflot Open Chess Tournament in Moscow is held. 

Tournament is played by Swiss System for 9 rounds. The price for a winner of the group A in the Open section is € 20000.00, € 10000.00 for a runner-up and € 7000.00 for a player on 3rd place.

On the list of participants in the group A is 86 players and you can find 7 grandmasters rated 2700+, 39 GMs rated between 2600 and 2700 and 30 other players, GMs and IMs rated from 2500 to 2600.

List of participants in group A is here

No	Name	Nat	T	Rated	Fide-ID	Born	Flag
1	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	RUS	GM	2740	4147235	1987
2	Caruana, Fabiano	ITA	GM	2736	2020009	1992
3	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	GM	2735	4168119	1990
4	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	GM	2714	12401137	1991
5	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	ESP	GM	2705	2205530	1982
6	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	GM	2704	13601520	1983
7	Sasikiran, Krishnan	IND	GM	2700	5004985	1981
8	Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	GM	2690	14102951	1983
9	Inarkiev, Ernesto	RUS	GM	2689	4162722	1985
10	Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	GM	2688	4158814	1990
11	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	RUS	GM	2688	4113403	1976
12	Akopian, Vladimir	ARM	GM	2685	13300032	1971
13	Kobalia, Mikhail	RUS	GM	2673	4119150	1978
14	Alekseev, Evgeny	RUS	GM	2670	4138147	1985
15	Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	GM	2670	8601445	1985
16	Balogh, Csaba	HUN	GM	2665	718939	1987
17	Khismatullin, Denis	RUS	GM	2664	4142578	1984
18	Korobov, Anton	UKR	GM	2660	14105730	1985
19	Bartel, Mateusz	POL	GM	2658	1112635	1985
20	Zhigalko, Sergei	BLR	GM	2658	13502956	1989
21	Ragger, Markus	AUT	GM	2655	1610856	1988
22	Gupta, Abhijeet	IND	GM	2652	5010608	1989
23	Iordachescu, Viorel	MDA	GM	2651	13900200	1977
24	Iturrizaga, Eduardo	VEN	GM	2649	3901211	1989
25	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	ROU	GM	2647	1202758	1976
26	Negi, Parimarjan	IND	GM	2641	5016690	1993
27	Ni, Hua	CHN	GM	2641	8601160	1983
28	Sokolov, Ivan	NED	GM	2641	14400030	1968
29	Khairullin, Ildar	RUS	GM	2638	4151348	1990
30	Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	GM	2638	13402129	1992
31	Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	GM	2636	13401653	1988
32	Socko, Bartosz	POL	GM	2636	1107038	1978
33	Guseinov, Gadir	AZE	GM	2634	13401378	1986
34	Rodshtein, Maxim	ISR	GM	2634	2806851	1989
35	Khalifman, Alexander	RUS	GM	2632	4100115	1966
36	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	GM	2631	8603820	1994	j
37	Sandipan, Chanda	IND	GM	2628	5004225	1983
38	Sjugirov, Sanan	RUS	GM	2622	4189302	1993
39	Melkumyan, Hrant	ARM	GM	2620	13302485	1989
40	Zhou, Jianchao	CHN	GM	2619	8603537	1988
41	Salgado Lopez, Ivan	ESP	GM	2618	2257327	1991
42	Gajewski, Grzegorz	POL	GM	2616	1116207	1985
43	Solak, Dragan	TUR	GM	2613	916811	1980
44	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	BLR	GM	2612	13500139	1973
45	Bocharov, Dmitry	RUS	GM	2611	4138716	1982
46	Ponkratov, Pavel	RUS	GM	2611	4157800	1988
47	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	GM	2609	4147332	1986
48	Popov, Ivan	RUS	GM	2599	4170350	1990
49	Robson, Ray	USA	GM	2596	2023970	1994	j
50	Zherebukh, Yaroslav	UKR	GM	2594	14116804	1993
51	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	RUS	GM	2593	4173708	1989
52	Ulibin, Mikhail	RUS	GM	2587	4101405	1971
53	Ipatov, Alexander	TUR	GM	2586	14116731	1993
54	Morovic Fernandez, Ivan	CHI	GM	2582	3405400	1963
55	Bosiocic, Marin	CRO	GM	2580	14507927	1988
56	Zhigalko, Andrey	BLR	GM	2576	13502247	1985
57	Jumabayev, Rinat	KAZ	GM	2573	13702661	1989
58	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	IRI	GM	2570	12500739	1982
59	Grigoriants, Sergey	RUS	GM	2570	4130804	1983
60	Shomoev, Anton	RUS	GM	2570	4135148	1981
61	Jankovic, Alojzije	CRO	GM	2568	14505959	1983
62	Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	QAT	GM	2567	12100030	1974
63	Gopal G.N.	IND	GM	2566	5015693	1989
64	Adhiban, B.	IND	GM	2561	5018471	1992
65	Pridorozhni, Aleksei	RUS	GM	2555	4127870	1981
66	Ju, Wenjun	CHN	WGM	2552	8603006	1991	w
67	Szabo, Krisztian	HUN	GM	2547	722901	1989
68	Tukhaev, Adam	UKR	GM	2537	14109476	1988
69	Alsina Leal, Daniel	ESP	GM	2535	2252627	1988
70	Esen, Baris	TUR	GM	2534	6302114	1986
71	Pap, Gyula	HUN	GM	2533	725323	1991
72	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	GM	2529	5021596	1993
73	Fedoseev, Vladimir	RUS	GM	2525	24130737	1995	j
74	Yilmaz, Mustafa	TUR	IM	2521	6302718	1992
75	Bukavshin, Ivan	RUS	GM	2517	4199758	1995	j
76	Harika, Dronavalli	IND	GM	2516	5015197	1991	w
77	Lu, Shanglei	CHN	GM	2516	8603332	1995	j
78	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	IND	IM	2513	5029465	1994	j
79	Venkatesh, M.R.	IND	IM	2499	5005779	1985
80	Dubov, Daniil	RUS	GM	2498	24126055	1996	j
81	Gundavaa, Bayarsaikhan	MGL	IM	2493	4901045	1989
82	Cori, Jorge	PER	GM	2489	3802272	1995	j
83	Grigoryan, Karen H.	ARM	IM	2482	13301004	1995	j
84	Shyam, Sundar M.	IND	IM	2462	5019141	1992
85	Shen, Yang	CHN	WGM	2447	8603162	1989	w
86	Paikidze, Nazi	GEO	WGM	2411	13603620	1993	w

One of the participants is Italian Fabiano Caruana who was a nice surprise of recently played tournament in Wijk aan Zee. The highest rated grandmaster is GM Yevgeny Tomashevsky rated 2740. 
The competition is fierce so I think there is really something to look forward to. 
The more information about the tournament, games in pgn format or on-line commentaries you can find on the tournament website.