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Lucopen Lille: secret of scoring a GM norm

5/25/2015 – In Part I of our report we told you how 20-year-old French IM Quentin Loiseau won the event, and we brought for you three wonderfully annotated games by the top three finishers. Meanwhile our reporter IM Sagar Shah made his second GM norm in this tournament. In part two he reveals some of the secrets that helped him achieve this 2600+ performance. Sound advice.

Loiseau wins the 6th Lucopen in Lille

5/20/2015 – There were players from 15 countries in this event in Lille, France, but it was national players who had the last laugh! IM Quentin Loiseau, GM Tigran Gharamian and IM Adrien Demuth took gold, silver and bronze. And in an extraordinary report we have beautifully annotated games by all three. Consider this big pictorial report a very pleasant way to improve your chess understanding.
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