The 28th International Open Cappelle la Grande is taking place on 3-10th March 2012 at the Palais des arts in Cappelle la Grande, France. 490 players are participating.
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.
Last year winner was GM Grzegorz Gajewski from Poland.
Top rated players:
1 GM BAUER Christian 2679 FRA
2 GM HARIKRISHNA P. 2678 IND
3 GM GHARAMIAN Tigran 2671 FRA
4 GM KURNOSOV Igor 2657 RUS
5 GM LYSYJ Igor 2656 RUS
6 GM PETROSIAN Tigran L. 2643 ARM
7 GM ZHEREBUKH Yaroslav 2642 UKR
8 GM NEGI Parimarjan 2639 IND
9 GM FEDORCHUK Sergey 2634 UKR
10 GM ROMANOV Evgeny 2625 RUS
11 GM ANDRIASIAN Zaven 2616 ARM
12 GM GUREVICH Mikhail 2611 TUR
13 GM AMIN Bassem 2608 EGY
14 GM SOLAK Dragan 2602 TUR
15 GM FIER Alexandr 2599 BRA
16 GM KOVCHAN Alexander 2598 UKR
17 GM SANDIPAN Chanda 2595 IND
18 GM BURMAKIN Vladimir 2592 RUS
19 GM RAMIREZ Alejandro 2591 USA
20 GM KRAVTSIV Martyn 2588 UKR
21 GM NYZHNYK Illya 2585 UKR
22 GM BANUSZ Tamas 2583 HUN
23 GM VOROBIOV Evgeny 2580 RUS
24 GM BOROVIKOV Vladislav 2579 UKR
25 GM SOKOLOV Andrei 2577 FRA
26 GM DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc 2569 FRA
27 GM MORANDA Wojciech 2569 POL
28 GM TIMOSHENKO Georgy 2569 UKR
29 GM ZAKHARTSOV Viacheslav 2563 RUS
30 GM CHERNYSHOV Konstantin 2561 RUS
31 GM GRIGORIANTS Sergey 2561 RUS
32 GM MANOLACHE Marius 2561 ROU
33 GM POPOVIC Dusan 2561 SRB
34 GM MIRZOEV Azer 2560 AZE
35 GM BRODSKY Michail 2558 UKR
36 GM TOMCZAK Jacek 2555 POL
37 GM ARUTINIAN David 2553 GEO
38 GM MAIOROV Nikita 2552 BLR
39 GM RADULSKI Julian 2552 BUL
40 GM LE ROUX Jean-Pierre 2550 FRA
41 GM SANIKIDZE Tornike 2549 GEO
42 GM DGEBUADZE Alexandre 2548 BEL
43 GM SIMANTSEV Mikhail 2548 UKR
44 GM CORNETTE Matthieu 2545 FRA
45 GM BERCZES David 2544 HUN
46 GM NEVEROV Valeriy 2544 UKR
47 GM DURARBAYLI Vasif 2543 AZE
48 GM KHARITONOV Alexandr 2542 RUS
49 GM APICELLA Manuel 2541 FRA
50 GM VOVK Andrey 2540 UKR
51 GM SZABO Krisztian 2538 HUN
52 GM MALAKHATKO Vadim 2532 BEL
53 GM SHNEIDER Aleksandr 2529 UKR
54 GM RASULOV Vugar 2526 AZE
55 GM SANCHEZ Joseph 2526 PHI
56 IM SPRENGER Jan Michael Dr. 2523 GER
57 GM KANEP Meelis 2516 EST
58 IM TAZBIR Marcin 2513 POL
59 GM MEKHITARIAN Krikor Sevag 2512 BRA
60 GM PETKOV Vladimir 2509 BUL
61 IM RIFF Jean-Noel 2509 FRA
62 GM JOJUA Davit 2507 GEO
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Nakamura would crush this field.