French Grandmaster Andrei Istratescu demolished the opposition in the 9th Dieppe Open to convincingly take the first place with 8,5/9 points. Istratescu won eight games and conceded only one draw to the similarly inspired GM Simen Agdestein of Norway....
4 tie for 1st at Basel
Final top finishers First Grachev, Boris GM 2688 RUS 5.5 Second Vajda, Levente GM 2603 ROU 5.5 Third Van Kampen, Robin GM 2581 NED 5.5 4th Istratescu, Andrei GM 2654 FRA 5.5 5th Vachier-Lagrave, M GM 2711 FRA 5.0 6th Fier Alexandr GM...