The 14th Rochefort International Chess Festival was held on 21-27th February, 2015, at the Congress Palace, in Rochefort, France.
Just days before the huge 31st Cappelle-la-Grande Open, the Rochefort Open was an excellent occasion for the players to test their preparation and use the perfect training opportunity.
The event was a 9-round Swiss open with time control 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″.
GM Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli won convincingly with 7,5/9 points and took the first prize in the amount of 1,000 €.
Second place was shared in a six-way tie by GM Rustam Khusnutdinov,IM Dmitry Stets, IM Alan Pachot, GM M.r. Venkatesh, GM Ruis Gao andGM Federico Perez Ponsa on 6,5 points each.
You can see the full standings below.
Final standings (top finishers):
1 GM ITURRIZAGA BONELLI Eduardo 2640 7½
2 GM KHUSNUTDINOV Rustam 2490 6½
3 IM STETS Dmitry 2385 HNO Rouen Echecs 6½
4 IM PICHOT Alan 2486 6½
5 GM VENKATESH M.r. 2460 6½
6 GM GAO Rui 2533 6½
7 GM PEREZ PONSA Federico 2558 6½
8 IM PULVETT MARIN Daniel 2426 6
9 IM DUMITRACHE Dragos-Nicolae 2423 PDL Club d’Echecs de Sautron 6
10 GM SUMETS Andrey 2574 LYO Lyon Olympique Echecs 6
11 IM KRYSA Leandro 2457 6
12 IM WANG Yiye 2433 5½
13 IM SEQUERA PAOLINI Jose Rafael 2413 5½
14 GM MATEO Ramon 2392 5½
15 GM SUNDARARAJAN Kidambi 2431 5½
16 GM MARECO Sandro 2598 5½
17 IM DOURERASSOU Jonathan 2463 CHA L’Echiquier Chalonnais 5½
18 IM LOISEAU Quentin 2401 IDF C.E. de Rueil Malmaison 5
19 BOGDANOV Egor 2314 FM JunM 5
20 IM BEDOUIN Xavier 2323 PCH Poitiers-Migne Echecs 5
21 GM NINOV Nikolai 2435 BRG Esbarres Bonnencontre Echecs 5
22 IM DEMUTH Adrien 2516 PCH Poitiers-Migne Echecs 5
23 QUILLIEN Emmanuel 2202 AQU AGJA-Echiquier Aquitaine 5
24 FM DOURIET DUANY Alexis 2307 IDF Aubervilliers 5
25 IM MANEA Alexandru 2381 BRE Echiquier Guingampais 5