3/4/2011 – The traditional International Open at Cappelle-La-Grande is at its 27th edition and attracted a strong field including over 50 grandmasters. This in turn has attracted numerous players including young talents seeking experience, norms, and success. 17-year-old Spanish IM Ipatov leads with GM Jankovic with 6.0/7. There is a video with interviews and a gallery of pictures by Dominique Primel.
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27th International Open of Cappelle La Grande is currently underway from February 26 to March 5, 2011. It is a nine-round swiss open, played at 40 moves in 90 minutes with 30 seconds added per move, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with a 30-second increment per move.
Cappelle-la-Grande is located near Dunkerque at the northernmost tip of France
The traditional open is favored by a strong field including over 50 grandmasters and as expected many players including aspiring juniors come hoping for a norm. The top Elo is Indian GM Krishnan Saskiran with 2690, however the surprise interim leader is 17-year-old Spanish IM Alexander Ipatov (2512) who is on 6.0/7 with a 2774 performance and headed straight for a GM norm. Croatian GM Alojzije Jankovic is also on 6.0/7, and a 2806 performance, only behind by tiebreak by a fraction.
Ipatov,A ESP (2512) - Zhigalko,S (2671) [E15]
27th Open Cappelle la Grande FRA (5), 01.03.2011
Several videos are also available at the official site. This one includes interviews of young talents such as 15-year-old
David Naroditsky and 14-year-old Ilya Nyzhnyk.
Dominique Primel has sent some portraits of the players there.
Gallery
WGM Nino
Batsiashvili from Georgia
Croatian GM Alojzije Jankovic has had a remarkable event but
needs to keep it together for the last two rounds.
Brazilian GM Alexandre Fier hasn't had the best of events, but then again has been
playing almost non-stop since the Moscow Open.
WGM Tatiana Kostiuk
GM Azer Mirzoev
Top-seed
Krishnan Saskiran (2690) is a regular at these opens
The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the
chess server Playchess.com.
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