Cap D'agde 2008 chess tournament

Carlsen, Ivanchuk, Caruana, Nakamura, etc.

Cap D'agde 2008 will be a closed rapid tournament divided in 2 groups, with 1/4 finals, 1/2 finals, and final. Some open tournaments will be played besides the main event, with around 700 players. This is the most important event of the year in France.

Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) GM 2786
Magnus Carlsen (Norway) GM 2786
Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaidjan) GM 2751
Maxime Vachier Lagrave (France) GM 2716
Bu Xiangzhi (China) GM 2714
Hikaru Nakamura (USA) GM 2704
Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria) GM 2696
Anatoly Karpov (Russia) GM 2651
Fabiano Caruana (Italia) GM 2640
Humpy Koneru (India) GM 2618
Hou Yifan (China) WGM 2578
Marie Sebag (France) GM 2533
Sebastien Feller (France) GM 2526
Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia) GM 2525
Katerina Lahno (Ukraine) GM 2488
Almira Skripchenko (France) WGM 2455

Official website: http://www.capechecs.com/trophee_ccas.php