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Cappelle la Grande 2008 will be one of the Europe's top chess tournaments in February. It will feature more than 70 GMs and 240 titled players in a 9 round Swiss tournament. In total there will be 520 players, out of which 250 invited (see the invited's list below), 150 pre-registered, and more than a hundred local players. The total prize fund of the competition is 30 000 eur. The winner will receive 3000 eur and there are prizes for best female, best junior, best veteran, and the different rating categories as well.
Many countries have shipped major squads for the tournament. Azerbaijan bring the number one seeded player, GM Vugar Gashimov, as well as the Mamedyarova sisters, GM Gadir Guseinov, GM Nidjat Mamedov, GM Farhad Tahirov, etc. Ukraine is occupying the next places at the starting list with GM Fedorchuk, GM Mirosnichenko, and GM Moiseenko. Number 5 seeded is GM Vasilios Kotronias, who is here with our good friend Yelena Dembo and Marina Makropoulou. Russia does not have the top guns at Cappelle, but we can expect strong performance from GM Burmakin, GM Vitiugov, and GM Savchenko.
Cappelle la Grande organizers can be happy about the many young players attending the competition. GM Viktor Erdos and WIM Anna Rudolf will play for Hungary. GM L'Ami will be here for Holland. The U20 world chess champion Vera Nebolsina will not miss the tournament, where her friends Marie Boyarchenko and Anna Rudolf play as well. Romania's young stars Ioana-Smaranda Padurariu, Mihaela-Veronica Foisor, Sabina-Francesca Foisor, and Alina Motoc will for sure be major competition for the top women player prize.
All the info about Cappelle La Grande can be found on the official website. Scroll down for the list of participants and photo preview.
The rate of play at Cappelle La Grande 2008 is 100 minutes plus 30 additional seconds per move for the first forty moves and then, 30 minutes plus 30 additional seconds per move for the next forty moves and then, 10 additional seconds per move from move 81. The players are obliged to keep score up to move 80. Ties in the final standings are resolved first by the number of games played over the chessboard, rather than won by a default or a bye, and then by FIDE rating performance.
Round 1 : Saturday 16/02 at 16:00
Round 2 : Sunday 17/02 at 14 :00
Round 3 : Monday 18/02 at 09 :00
Round 4 : Monday 18/02 at 17 :00
Round 5 : Tuesday 19/02 at 14 :00
Round 6 : Wednesday 20/02 at 14 :00
Round 7 : Thursday 21/02 at 14 :00
Round 8 : Friday 22/02 at 14 :00
Round 9 : Saturday 23/02 at 10 :00
Prize-giving : Saturday 23/02 at 18 :00
1
g GASHIMOV, Vugar 2665 AZE
2
g FEDORCHUK, Sergey 2652 UKR
3
g MIROSHNICHENKO, Evgenij 2647 UKR
4
g MOISEENKO, Alexander 2643 UKR
5
g KOTRONIAS, Vasilios 2628 GRE
6
g GUSEINOV, Gadir 2617 AZE
7
g BURMAKIN, Vladimir 2611 RUS
8
g VITIUGOV, Nikita 2609 RUS
9
g GRACHEV, Boris 2601 RUS
10
g MALAKHATKO, Vadim 2600 BEL
11
g KRYVORUCHKO, Yuriy 2597 UKR
12
g SOKOLOV, Andrei 2594 FRA
1
g KAZHGALEYEV, Murtas 2594 KAZ
14
g SANDIPAN, Chanda 2593 IND
15
g OLEKSIENKO, Mikhailo 2590 UKR
16
g SAVCHENKO, Boris 2589 RUS
17
g SPRAGGETT, Kevin 2588 CAN
18
g L'AMI, Erwin 2581 NED
19
g BELOV, Vladimir 2578 RUS
20
g ARUTINIAN, David 2576 GEO
21
g ERDOS, Viktor 2575 HUN
22
g MAMEDOV, Nidjat 2574 AZE
23
g BRODSKY, Michail 2572 UKR
24
g SHENGELIA, Davit 2568 GEO
25
g ROZENTALIS, Eduardas 2567 LTU
26
m VOVK, Yuri 2561 UKR
27
g TIMOSHENKO, Georgy 2560 UKR
28
m GHARAMIAN, Tigran 2558 FRA
29
g SAVCHENKO, Stanislav 2558 UKR
30
g DAVID, Alberto 2557 LUX
31
g GAGUNASHVILI, Merab 2553 GEO
32
g SULSKIS, Sarunas 2553 LTU
33
g GULKO, Boris F 2550 USA
34
g NOVIKOV, Stanislav 2545 RUS
35
g CHERNYSHOV, Konstantin 2543 RUS
36
g CYBOROWSKI, Lukasz 2543 POL
37
m DEVIATKIN, Andrei 2543 RUS
38
g DERVISHI, Erald 2543 ALB
39
g SUMETS, Andrey 2541
40
g TAHIROV, Farhad 2540 AZE
41
g DEGRAEVE, Jean-Marc 2535 FRA
42
g KULAOTS, Kaido 2533 EST
43
g SHNEIDER, Aleksandr 2532 UKR
44
g AVESKULOV, Valeriy 2532 UKR
45
g BRYZGALIN, Kirill 2531 RUS
46
g CZARNOTA, Pawel 2530 POL
47
g HEBDEN, Mark 2530 ENG
48
g STANOJOSKI, Zvonko 2529 MKD
49
g JARACZ, Pawel 2527 POL
50
g LUTHER, Thomas 2526 GER
51
g MAIOROV, Nikita 2525 BLR
52
m MIRUMIAN, Vigen 2525 CZE
53
g KHARITONOV, Alexandr 2524 RUS
54
g GOFSHTEIN, Leonid 2523 ISR
55
g KANEP, Meelis 2523 EST
56
g KVEINYS, Aloyzas 2521 LTU
57
g ABBASOV, Farid 2519 AZE
58
g ULIBIN, Mikhail 2518 RUS
59
g SKATCHKOV, Pavel 2517 RUS
60
m KRAVTSIV, Martyn 2516 UKR
61
g ZINCHENKO, Yaroslav 2516 UKR
62
g RENET, Olivier 2513 FRA
63
g MOROZ, Alexander 2512 UKR
64
g KOSTEN, Anthony C. 2511 FRA
65
g PANARIN, Mikhail 2511 RUS
66
g LALIC, Bogdan 2507 CRO
67
m EDOUARD, Romain 2507 FRA
68
g NALBANDIAN, Tigran 2505 ARM
69
g KHRUSCHIOV, Alexey 2504 MDA
70
g KISELEV, Vitaliy 2504 RUS
71
g LI, Shilong 2502 CHN
72
g SERGEEV, Vladimir 2502 UKR
73
m FILIPPOV, Anton 2502 UZB
74
g TOTSKY, Leonid 2498 RUS
75
g SHALNEV, Nicolai 2497 GER
76
g GUTMAN, Gennadi 2496 UKR
77
m SAFARLI, Eltaj 2496 AZE
78
m ORLOV, Andrey 2494 RUS
79
g ZUBAREV, Alexander 2491 UKR
80
m MATEO, Ramon 2484 DOM
81
m SZELAG, Marcin 2484 POL
82
g VAN DER WEIDE, Karel 2483 NED
83
g HASANGATIN, Ramil 2481 RUS
84
m-wg DANIELIAN, Elina 2480 ARM
85
m WIRIG, Anthony 2479 FRA
86
g NAUMKIN, Igor 2475 RUS
87
m PAPIN, Vasily 2475 RUS
88
g TUNIK, Gennady 2473 RUS
89
m REINALDO CASTINEIRA, Roi 2473 ESP
90
m VAVRAK, Peter 2472 SVK
91
g BATYROV, Sapar 2471 TKM
92
g AKESSON, Ralf 2470 SWE
93
m JAKUBOWSKI, Krzysztof 2469
94
g BABAEV, Rashad 2468 AZE
95
g ZILBERMAN, Yaacov 2463 ISR
96
g YANDEMIROV, Valeri 2461 RUS
97
g DE LA VILLA GARCIA, Jesus M. 2460 ESP
98
m SKALSKI, Michal 2459 POL
99
m SALGADO LOPEZ, Ivan 2459 ESP
100
g KASPAROV, Sergey 2458 BLR
101
cf SMITH, Axel 2458 SWE
102
m SIMUTOWE, Amon 2457 ZAM
103
m DAMASO, Rui 2449 POR
104
g KLOVANS, Janis 2447 LAT
105
m LLANEZA VEGA, Marcos 2445 ESP
106
m HESS, Robert L. 2445 USA
107
g KIM, Alexey 2442 KOR
108
m HAMMER, Jon Ludvig 2441 NOR
109
g BUTNORIUS, Algimantas 2441 LTU
110
m-wg KHURTSIDZE, Nino 2441 GEO
111
m LARINO NIETO, David 2439 ESP
112
m COSSIN, Sebastien 2438 FRA
113
m ZAWADZKI, Stanislaw 2436 POL
114
g PETKEVICH, Jusefs 2434 LAT
115
m TOMCZAK, Jacek 2433 POL
116
m TIBENSKY, Robert 2431 SVK
117
m OLSZEWSKI, Michal 2430 POL
118
m-wg DZAGNIDZE, Nana 2429 GEO
119
m TISSIR, Mohamed 2428 MAR
120
m-wg DEMBO, Yelena 2427 GRE
121
f RECUERO GUERRA, David 2424 ESP
122
f PEREIRA, Ruben 2423 POR
123
m SHIRAZI, Kamran 2422 FRA
124
m ZHEREBUKH, Yaroslav 2420 UKR
125
g SHER, Miron N 2420 USA
126
m KRIVONOSOV, Oleg 2418 LAT
127
m ROJAS, Luis 2414 CHI
128
m BERKOVICH, Mark A 2413 ISR
129
m-wg FOISOR, Cristina Adela 2412 ROU
130
f BOBULA, Mateusz 2410 POL
131
m KUZMICZ, Krystian 2409 POL
132
m PAYEN, Arnaud 2403 FRA
133
m-wg MOSER, Eva 2402 AUT
134
m BOGNER, Sebastian 2401 GER
135
m FOISOR, Ovidiu Doru 2401 ROU
136
m MARHOLEV, Dimitar 2401 BUL
137
m MOGRANZINI, Roberto 2401 ITA
138
g PLACHETKA, Jan 2400 SVK
139
m VIDONYAK, Roman 2400 GER
140
m ZEBERSKI, Jakub 2398 POL
141
m MARTINEZ MARTIN, David 2395 ESP
142
m DURARBEYLI, Vasif 2392 AZE
143
wg FOISOR, Sabina-Francesca 2386 ROU
144
m LUCH, Michal 2383 POL
145
m SARAVANAN, Venkatachalam 2379 IND
146
m GROOTEN, Herman 2375 NED
147
f PRZYBYLSKI, Wojciech 2373 POL
148
f VOEKLER, Bernd 2371 GER
149
f GRANDELIUS, Nils 2371 SWE
150
m-wg MASHINSKAYA, Iulia 2370 RUS
151
f PIORUN, Kacper 2370 POL
152
m FROIS, Antonio 2368 POR
153
m-wg LUJAN, Carolina 2365 ARG
154
m BERNARD, Christophe 2364 FRA
155
wg MELIA, Salome 2362 GEO
156
m KAABI, Mejdi 2359 TUN
157
f KANAREK, Marcel 2348 POL
158
wg NEBOLSINA, Vera 2348 RUS
159
m MANNION, Stephen 2347 SCO
160
m-wg ZOZULIA, Anna 2344 BEL
161
wg BRUSTMAN, Agnieszka 2344 POL
162
m-wg FIERRO BAQUERO, Martha L. 2341 ECU
163
g VUL, Arkadi Eremeevich 2337 RUS
164
wg ARRIBAS ROBAINA, Maritza 2334 CUB
165
m KOTAN, Ladislav 2334 SVK
166
wg MAMEDJAROVA, Zeinab 2332 AZE
167
wg MOTOC, Alina 2330 ROU
168
wg VOZOVIC, Oksana 2327 UKR
169
m BIELCZYK, Jacek 2326 POL
170
m MOHANDESI, Shahin 2323 IRI
171
m CHETVERIK, Maxim 2322 RUS
172
f BERRY, Neil 2319 SCO
173
m BRINCK-CLAUSSEN, Bjorn 2319 DEN
174
f SWIERCZ, Dariusz 2315 POL
175
wg KOCHETKOVA, Julia 2314 RUS
176
wm SANDU, Mihaela 2313 ROU
177
wg MAMEDJAROVA, Turkan 2313 AZE
178
wg BORSUK, Angela 2312 ISR
179
f HARTIKAINEN, Markku 2304 FIN
180
wg MATSEYKO, Katerina 2301 UKR
181
m GRABINSKY, Vladimir 2295 UKR
182
f CIEZA, Arcadio 2294 PER
183
wm CHULIVSKA, Vita 2291 UKR
184
m-wg KOSTIUKOVA, Liubov 2290 UKR
185
wm PAULET, Iozefina 2285 ROU
186
wm BORIC, Elena 2274 BIH
187
f SCHUURMAN, Petra 2271 NED
188
wg IGLA, Bella 2270 ISR
189
wm MAISURADZE, Nino 2270 GEO
190
wf OHME, Melanie 2267 GER
191
wg HRABINSKA, Myroslava 2263 UKR
192
cf OLAPE, Olubunmi 2263 NGR
193
m PERIC, Slavisa 2258 SRB
194
wg MAKROPOULOU, Marina 2250 GRE
195
f UPTON, Timothy J 2247 SCO
196
wg LALLEMAND, Roza 2246 FRA
197
wm PADURARIU, Ioana-Smaranda 2243 ROU
198
wm RUDOLF, Anna 2242 HUN
199
wg ROGULE, Laura 2241 LAT
200
wg KOSTIUK, Tatiana 2227 UKR
201
wg DOLUHANOVA, Evgeniya 2223 UKR
202
wf HOOLT, Sarah 2220 GER
203
f VAN HOOLANDT, Patrick 2216 MNC
204
wm SHALNEVA, Olga 2215 GER
205
wg GU, Xiaobing 2214 CHN
206
cf BABA, Masahiro 2213 JPN
207
f SCETININ, Alexander 2208 RUS
208
cf SCHOENE, Maria 2207 GER
209
cf KOJIMA, Shinya 2205 JPN
210
wf KOZAK, Magdalena 2201 POL
211
cf NILSSON, Sebastian 2201 SWE
212
wg KARLOVICH, Anastazia 2198 UKR
213
f BENGHERABI, Khalil 2185 ALG
214
cf AC, Michal 2179 SVK
215
cf LEBEL, Patrick 2177 MNC
216
cf NANJO, Ryosuke 2177 JPN
217
wm KASPAROVA, Tatiana 2172 BLR
218
cm ROBERTS, Paul 2168 SCO
219
wf MADER, Manuela 2158 GER
220
cf FRICK, Renato 2153 LIE
221
m DURAO, Joaquim 2152 POR
222
cf DE VERDIER, Michael 2147 SWE
223
f ASEFI, Zaheeruddeen 2143 AFG
224
cf PEKAR, Karol 2141 SVK
225
cm PACE, Colin 2139 MLT
226
cf STURC, Gustav 2129 SVK
227
wf DENGLER, Dijana 2105 BIH
228
f KOOSHANI, Mahbuboollah 2099 AFG
229
cf ADAMOWICZ, Katarzyna 2079 POL
230
f HAMPERL, Fred 2074 GCI
231
cf GOSCINIAK, Maria 2073 POL
232
cm SIMMONS, Matthew 2061 JCI
233
cf VELLA, Duncan 2046 MLT
234
cf FOISOR, Mihaela-Veronica 2043 ROU
235
wf JOHNSEN, Sylvia 2037 NOR
236
cf KURIHARA, Taichi 2011 JPN
237
cf OSMANODJA, Filiz 1996 GER
238
cf DIOGO, Antonio MM 1992 POR
239
cf MUENDLE, Kurt 1950 LIE
240
wm LEBEL-ARIAS, Julia 1948 MNC
241
cf JAMSHEDY, Mohammad Ismail 1940 AFG
242
cf WIECZOREK, Lech 1902 POL
243
cm BROOKFIELD, Toby 1741 GCI
244
cf BUTORA, Frantisek 1691 SVK
Vera Nebolsina has recently participated in the Vandoeuvre open
She is also a holder of the U20 World Chess Champion title
Martha Fierro will be in Cappelle as well
Nikita Vitiugov won the Russian Championship Higher League in 2007
Yelena Dembo, one of the favorites for the women's prize
Erwin L'Ami will come directly from Holland
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