The 31st International Chess Open Cappelle-la-Grande is organized by “L’Echiquier Cappellois” from 28th February to 7th March, 2015, at the Palais des Arts in Cappelle-la-Grande, France.
The tournament is registered with the French Chess Federation (FFE) and FIDE.
The event will be a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″.
The prize fund in total of 30,000 € will be awarded as follows:3,000 €/2,000 €/1,500 €/1,000 €/900 €/850 €/800 €/5 prizes X 500 €/5 prizes X 300 €/ 10 prizes X 200 €/10 prizes X 150 €.
The best female players will be granted 600 €, while the the best veteran player (over 65 years) will receive 350 €.
Contact : opencappelle@gmail.com
List of participants (top seeds):
1 g LI Chao B 2728 F SenM CHN
2 g ARESHCHENKO Alexander 2661 F SenM UKR
3 g KOVALENKO Igor 2656 F SenM LAT
4 g BAKLAN Vladimir 2652 F SenM UKR
5 g GHARAMIAN Tigran 2651 F SenM FRA
6 g BAUER Christian 2651 F SenM FRA
7 g LANDA Konstantin 2650 F SenM RUS
8 g OLEKSIYENKO Mykhaylo 2643 F SenM UKR
9 g VOVK Andrey 2642 F SenM UKR
10 g ITURRIZAGA BONELLI Eduardo 2640 F SenM VEN
11 g AZAROV Sergei 2635 F SenM BLR
12 g ONISCHUK Vladimir 2629 F SenM UKR
13 g GUPTA Abhijeet 2621 F SenM IND
14 g VIDIT Santosh Gujrathi 2617 F SenM IND
15 g FIER Alexandr 2612 F SenM BRA
16 g L’AMI Erwin 2606 F SenM NED
17 g BACHMANN Axel 2601 F SenM PAR
18 g MARECO Sandro 2598 F SenM ARG
19 g MISTA Aleksander 2597 F SenM POL
20 g VAZQUEZ IGARZA Renier 2592 F SenM ESP
21 g VOROBIOV Evgeny E. 2591 F SenM RUS
22 g LAGARDE Maxime 2581 F SenM FRA
23 g BURMAKIN Vladimir 2581 F SenM RUS
24 g KOVCHAN Alexander 2576 F SenM UKR
25 g JIANU Vlad-Cristian 2575 F SenM ROU
26 g GOPAL G.N. 2575 F SenM IND
27 g SUMETS Andrey 2574 F SenM UKR
28 g SANDIPAN Chanda 2574 F SenM IND
29 g STUPAK Kirill 2568 F SenM BLR
30 g KOTRONIAS Vasilios 2565 F SenM GRE
31 g BRODSKY Michail 2562 F SenM UKR
32 g JAKUBOWSKI Krzysztof 2559 F SenM POL
33 g KULAOTS Kaido 2558 F SenM EST
34 g KHARITONOV Alexandr 2558 F SenM RUS
35 g DRAGUN Kamil 2558 F JunM POL
36 g NEVEDNICHY Vladislav 2557 F SenM ROU
37 g MEKHITARIAN Krikor Sevag 2556 F SenM BRA
38 g TOMCZAK Jacek 2552 F SenM POL
39 g GUREVICH Mikhail 2551 F SenM TUR
40 g GABRIELIAN Artur 2551 F SenM RUS
41 g RYCHAGOV Andrey 2550 F SenM RUS
42 g BARYSHPOLETS Andrey 2544 F SenM UKR
43 g SZABO Gergely-Andras-Gyula 2543 F SenM ROU
44 g SPRAGGETT Kevin 2539 F VetM CAN
45 g GAO Rui 2533 F SenM CHN
46 g DJUKIC Nikola 2529 F SenM MNE
47 g MALAKHATKO Vadim 2522 F SenM BEL
48 g ARIZMENDI MARTINEZ Julen Luis 2522 F SenM ESP
49 g BLOMQVIST Erik 2521 F SenM SWE
50 g GROVER Sahaj 2519 F JunM IND
51 m BAI Jinshi 2518 F MinM CHN
52 g TAZBIR Marcin 2518 F SenM POL
53 g LIBISZEWSKI Fabien 2518 F SenM FRA
54 g PETKOV Vladimir 2517 F SenM BUL
55 g PAPIN Vasily 2515 F SenM RUS
56 g ESCOBAR FORERO Alder 2511 F SenM COL
57 g KANEP Meelis 2509 F SenM EST
58 g RIFF Jean-Noel 2507 F SenM FRA
59 g KVEINYS Aloyzas 2507 F SenM LTU
60 g MASTROVASILIS Athanasios 2506 F SenM GRE
61 g ULYBIN Mikhail 2502 F SenM RUS
62 g ARUN PRASAD S. 2502 F SenM IND
63 g HASANGATIN Ramil 2501 F SenM RUS
64 g MANOLACHE Marius 2498 F SenM ROU
65 g KURAJICA Bojan 2492 F VetM BIH
66 g KHUSNUTDINOV Rustam 2490 F SenM KAZ
67 m SMITH Axel 2488 F SenM SWE
68 m PICHOT Alan 2486 F CadM ARG
69 g WIRIG Anthony 2484 F SenM FRA
70 g LALIC Bogdan 2483 F SenM CRO
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