87th Paris Chess Championship from July 7

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Hi everyone,

The 87th Paris Chess Championship will take place from July 7th to 15th July at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin, 82 avenue Georges Lafont 75016 Paris. The Championship will be played in 4 Groups and is open to all players of FIDE federations. Currently 532 players are signed to take participation.

- FIDE Open: 9 rounds with rating above 2200 (1st prize 3 000 €)
- A Open: 9 rounds with rating from 1800 to 2300 (1st prize 1 500 €)
- B Open: 9 rounds with rating from 1400 to 1900 (1st prize 1 000 €)
- C Open: 9 rounds with rating under 1500 (1st prize 600 €)
Rate of play in all tournaments: Fischer 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 30s/move from the first move

Last year 633 participants from 35 countries competed. GM Arun Prasad won the main tournament.

Top rated players:

1 GM FEDORCHUK Sergey A. 2634 UKR
2 GM LE ROUX Jean-Pierre 2551 FRA
3 GM STRIKOVIC Aleksa 2548 SRB
4 GM SALEM A.r. Saleh 2528 UAE
5 GM GULIYEV Namig 2522 AZE
6 GM SHCHEKACHEV Andrei 2513 FRA
7 GM CHABANON Jean-Luc 2483 FRA
8 GM RENET Olivier 2479 FRA
9 GM WIRIG Anthony 2465 FRA
10 IM DOURERASSOU Jonathan 2462 FRA
11 IM AKSHAYRAJ Kore 2454 IND
12 IM ZHOU Yang-Fan 2438 ENG
13 IM ROSER Kevin 2432 FRA
14 IM D’COSTA Lorin A R 2430 ENG
15 IM DEMUTH Adrien 2423 FRA
16 IM KUIJF Marinus 2419 NED
17 IM SOCHACKI Christophe 2412 FRA
18 IM SAPTARSHI Roy 2394 IND
19 IM SHIRAZI Kamran 2372 FRA

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