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Hi everyone,
The latest tournament chess news update via www.chessdom.com is that the 28th International Open Cappelle la Grande will take place on 3-10th March 2012 at the Palais des arts in, France.
The popular tournament features the prize fund of 30,000 EUR and starts immediately after the 11th Rochefort Chess Open, making it convenient for the players to combine participation in two events.
Cappelle-la-Grande is a small town of 8000 inhabitants in the northeast of France, near to the North Sea.
It is part of the Urban Community of Dunkerque, an industrial and commercial port with residential areas housing more than 200,000 inhabitants. Defending champion is GM Grzegorz Gajewski from Poland. You can access the official website here for more info. Top rated players include:
Top rated players:
1 GM BAUER Christian 2679 FRA
2 GM GHARAMIAN Tigran 2676 FRA
3 GM HARIKRISHNA P. 2665 IND
4 GM KURNOSOV Igor 2648 RUS
5 GM NEGI Parimarjan 2641 IND
6 GM PETROSIAN Tigran L. 2636 ARM
7 GM FEDORCHUK Sergey A. 2634 UKR
8 GM LYSYJ Igor 2633 RUS
9 GM ROMANOV Evgeny 2628 RUS
10 GM SANDIPAN Chanda 2628 IND
11 GM ANDRIASIAN Zaven 2624 ARM
12 GM SOLAK Dragan 2613 TUR
13 GM GUREVICH Mikhail 2611 TUR
14 GM FIER Alexandr 2603 BRA
15 GM KRAVTSIV Martyn 2602 UKR
16 GM RAMIREZ Alejandro 2594 USA
17 GM ZHEREBUKH Yaroslav 2594 F Jun UKR
18 GM BURMAKIN Vladimir 2593 RUS
19 GM PANTSULAIA Levan 2592 GEO
20 GM AMIN Bassem 2590 EGY
Hi everyone,
The latest tournament chess news update via www.chessdom.com is that the 28th International Open Cappelle la Grande will take place on 3-10th March 2012 at the Palais des arts in, France.
The popular tournament features the prize fund of 30,000 EUR and starts immediately after the 11th Rochefort Chess Open, making it convenient for the players to combine participation in two events.
Cappelle-la-Grande is a small town of 8000 inhabitants in the northeast of France, near to the North Sea.
It is part of the Urban Community of Dunkerque, an industrial and commercial port with residential areas housing more than 200,000 inhabitants. Defending champion is GM Grzegorz Gajewski from Poland. You can access the official website here for more info. Top rated players include:
Top rated players:
1 GM BAUER Christian 2679 FRA
2 GM GHARAMIAN Tigran 2676 FRA
3 GM HARIKRISHNA P. 2665 IND
4 GM KURNOSOV Igor 2648 RUS
5 GM NEGI Parimarjan 2641 IND
6 GM PETROSIAN Tigran L. 2636 ARM
7 GM FEDORCHUK Sergey A. 2634 UKR
8 GM LYSYJ Igor 2633 RUS
9 GM ROMANOV Evgeny 2628 RUS
10 GM SANDIPAN Chanda 2628 IND
11 GM ANDRIASIAN Zaven 2624 ARM
12 GM SOLAK Dragan 2613 TUR
13 GM GUREVICH Mikhail 2611 TUR
14 GM FIER Alexandr 2603 BRA
15 GM KRAVTSIV Martyn 2602 UKR
16 GM RAMIREZ Alejandro 2594 USA
17 GM ZHEREBUKH Yaroslav 2594 F Jun UKR
18 GM BURMAKIN Vladimir 2593 RUS
19 GM PANTSULAIA Levan 2592 GEO
20 GM AMIN Bassem 2590 EGY
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i have very nice memories of the event. one of the great times.
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