Players greetings from Corsica

Mamedyarov, Grigoryan, Fresinnet, Mamedov, and more from the top players greet the chess fans from Corsica.

Corsica Masters 2011 started with the participation of more than 180 players from 20 countries, among which GM Fressinet, GM Sasikiran, GM Grigoryan, GM Cheparinov, GM Gawain Jones, GM Tregubov, GM Mamedov, GM Ghaem Maghami, and multiple titled players.

Corsica Masters round 1

Round 1 saw only one major surprise, with GM Cheparinov drawing Lennard Loewe (2077). All results in the table below.

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1 ANGELOV Zvetomir 2122 0 – 1 FRESSINET Laurent 2696
2 SASIKIRAN Krishnan 2689 1 – 0 KIRK Ezra 2122
3 EID Maha 2081 0 – 1 MAMEDOV Rauf 2660
4 CHEPARINOV Ivan 2650 X – X LOEWE Lennard 2077
5 SKOUVAKLIS Alexis 2072 0 – 1 JONES Gawain C B 2624
6 MELKUMYAN Hrant 2619 1 – 0 KOSSOBUDZKI Robert 2069
7 PICARD Remi 2054 0 – 1 GRIGORYAN Avetik 2614
8 TREGUBOV Pavel V. 2602 1 – 0 MELLER Piotr 2047
9 DUBOIS Martine 2017 0 – 1 GHAEM MAGHAMI Ehsan 2583
10 SULAVA Nenad 2540 1 – 0 LUCIANI Thibault 1990
11 ARNOLD Marc T 2505 1 – 0 COSTA Pierre-Mathieu 1975
12 ANCION Merowig 1947 0 – 1 BARON Tal 2505
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