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The 16th Corsica Masters took place from October 28th to 31st. The Open Tournament was followed by the first three rounds of a knockout phase, which all took place in Bastia. The final between Etienne Bacrot, rated 2705, and Laurent Fressinet, 2702, was played in Ajaccio.
| Rk | Name | Title |
Rating |
Points |
TB1 |
TB2 |
Perf |
| 1 | Battaglini, Gabriel | IM |
2434 |
8 |
49 |
43 |
2691 |
| 2 | Jussupow, Artur | GM |
2608 |
7½ |
48 |
39½ |
2621 |
| 3 | Brkic, Ante | GM |
2575 |
7½ |
46½ |
38½ |
2585 |
| 4 | Djuric, Stefan | GM |
2445 |
7½ |
46 |
40½ |
2504 |
| 5 | Short, Nigel D | GM |
2707 |
7 |
46 |
38 |
2582 |
| 6 | Shchekachev, Andrei | GM |
2519 |
7 |
44 |
37½ |
2530 |
| 7 | Massoni, Michael | FM |
2381 |
7 |
44½ |
37½ |
2408 |
| 8 | Seletsky, Grigory | FM |
2318 |
7 |
44 |
36 |
2378 |
| 9 | Philippe, Christophe | IM |
2391 |
7 |
44 |
37 |
2329 |
| 10 | Dimitrov, Radoslav | IM |
2403 |
6½ |
44½ |
37½ |
2420 |
| 11 | Vaisser, Anatoly | GM |
2540 |
6½ |
43½ |
34½ |
2379 |
| 12 | Dimitrov, Pavel | IM |
2321 |
6½ |
44½ |
35½ |
2270 |
| 13 | Mishev, Liubomir | 2234 |
6½ |
42 |
33½ |
2171 |
|
| 14 | Pesotsky, Alexandr | 1971 |
6½ |
41½ |
32½ |
2148 |
|
| 15 | Guillemart, Serge | 1799 |
6½ |
42½ |
31½ |
2081 |
| Short | Seletsky | 1-0 |
1-0 |
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| Brkic | Fier | 1-0 |
1-0 |
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| Van Wely | Djuric | 1-0 |
½-½ |
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| Fressinet | Battaglini | ½-½ |
½-½ |
1-0 |
1-0 |
| Bacrot | Philippe | 1-0 |
1-0 |
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| Gharamian | Shchekachev | 1-0 |
1-0 |
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| Jussupow | Jankovic | 1-0 |
1-0 |
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| Vachier-Lagrave | Massoni | 1-0 |
½-½ |
| Short | Brkic | 1-0 |
1-0 |
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| Fressinet | Van Wely | ½-½ |
1-0 |
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| Bacrot | Gharamian | 1-0 |
0-1 |
1-0 |
½-½ |
| Vachier-Lagrave | Jussupow | 1-0 |
1-0 |
| Short | Fressinet |
0-1 |
½-½ |
| Vachier-Lagrave | Bacrot | ½-½ |
0-1 |
The semifinals, with Bacrot vs Vachier-Lagrave and Fressinet vs Short
| Bacrot | Fressinet |
1-0 |
1-0 |
The final, with Fressinet playing Bacrot on the stage
Prizes for the junior blitz chess event
The awards, we are told, were made by the famous Miss Boll
The above images are from the tournament book which you can download
in PDF
Video report (in French) from the final
Interview with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Impressions from the tournament, including simuls by Vachier, van Wely and Jussupow
Links
The games were broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 11 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs. |
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