The 16th International Villepinte Rapid Chess Tournament took place on 14th September 2014 at the Gymnase Victor Hugo, avenue du President Kennedy parc de la Noue 93420, in Villepinte, a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France.

The event was a 9-round Swiss Rapid Open with a time control 15 minutes per player and a prize fund in the amount of 2.100 €.

GM Sergey Fedorchuk and GM Andrei Shchekachev split the first place on 8/9 points, but Fedorchuk took the gold edging the runner-up on tie-break.

GM Jean-Pierre Le Roux finished clear third on 7,5 points.

WGM Elena Partac emerged the best female player scoring 6/9.

Official website

Final standings (top finishers):

1 g FEDORCHUK Sergey 2680 8
2 g SHCHEKACHEV Andrei 2550 8
3 g LE ROUX Jean-Pierre 2640 7½
4 SAMOUN Florent 2250 7
5 m PILE Richard 2700 6½
6 m BIJAOUI Manuel 2590 6½
7 f PIETRASANTA Jeremy 2330 6
8 m COTONNEC Melkior 2380 6
9 SCHMIT Vincent 2220 6
10 EK Alexandre 2110 6

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