The 12th Vandoeuvre International Christmas Chess Open took place from December 19th through December 23rd, 2015, at Sports Park Vandoeuvre, France.
The event was a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament with prize fund in total of 7,000 EUR.
GM Sergey Fedorchuk from Ukraine emerged a solo winner with 7.5/9 points. He grabbed the first prize of 1,500 EUR and left the nearest followers half a point behind.
IM Vladimir Hamitevici and WGM Tingjie Lei tied for the second place with 7 points but Hamitevici clinched the silver on a better tie-break score.
Final standings (top 25):
1 GM FEDORCHUK Sergey A. 2641 FM SenM IDF Evry Grand Roque 7½
2 IM HAMITEVICI Vladimir 2443 FM SenM LOR Vandoeuvre-Echecs 7
3 WGM LEI Tingjie 2444 FM JunF 7
4 GM BARON Tal 2544 FM SenM IDF C.E. de Rueil Malmaison 6½
5 IM DOURERASSOU Jonathan 2451 FM SenM IDF U.S.Villejuif Echecs 6½
6 GM BAUER Christian 2624 FM SenM IDF C.E. de Bois-Colombes 6½
7 YANKELEVICH Lev 2404 FM JunM 6½
8 GM SOLODOVNICHENKO Yuri 2588 FM SenM LOR Vandoeuvre-Echecs 6
9 IM MOUSSARD Jules 2478 FM SenM IDF Evry Grand Roque 6
10 GM DONCHENKO Alexander 2588 FM CadM LOR Vandoeuvre-Echecs 6
11 FM CAPONE Nicola 2373 FM CadM NPC Lille Université Club Echiquier du Nord 6
12 IM ADMIRAAL Miguoel 2438 FM SenM IDF U.S.Villejuif Echecs 6
13 XU Xiangyu 2390 FM CadM 6
14 IM DONCHENKO Anatoly 2317 FM VetM 6
15 FM DI NICOLANTONIO Lucas 2408 FM SenM DSA Cercle d’Echecs de l’Agglomération Anné 6
16 GM VELICKA Petr 2416 FM SenM 6
17 IM COLLINS Sam E. 2459 FM SenM 6
18 IM SOCHACKI Christophe 2427 FM SenM IDF U.S.Villejuif Echecs 6
19 IM STETS Dmitry 2424 FM SenM HNO Rouen Echecs 6
20 BOGDANOV Egor 2299 FM JunM 6
21 GM LEGKY Nikolay A 2405 FM VetM CVL Club d’Echecs de Châteauroux 6
22 FM LE CORRE Benjamin 2298 FM SenM LOR Vandoeuvre-Echecs 6
23 GM MEIJERS Viesturs 2446 FM SenM PIC Echiquier Amiénois 5½
24 IM BATTAGLINI Gabriel 2446 FM SenM IDF Tremblay en France 5½
25 IM HAMBLETON Aman 2446 FM SenM 5½
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