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
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nc3 h6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.e4 d6 10.e5 dxe5 11.dxe5 Be7 12.Ne4 0-0 13.Qc3 Nd7 14.0-0-0 Qc7 15.Bd3 Rfd8 16.Bb1 Nf8
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17.Rdg1!? Best or not, the young Ipatov certainly deserves extra marks for ambition. 17...b5 18.g4 bxc4 19.g5 hxg5 20.Nfxg5 Rd5
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21.Qf3. White misses a chance with 21.Nxf7!! Kxf7 22.Nd6+ Bxd6 (22...Kg8 23.Rxg7+ Kxg7 24.Rg1+ Kh6 25.Qh3+) 23.exd6 Qxd6 24.Rxg7+ Ke8 25.Qf6 21...Bxg5+ 22.Rxg5 Ng6 23.Rhg1 Rxe5
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24.Nf6+!! Kf8 25.Rxg6! fxg6 26.Nd5+ Qf7 27.Qa3+! c5. 27...Ke8 28.Bxg6; 27...Kg8 28.Ne7+ Kf8 (28...Kh7 29.Qh3+ Rh5 30.Qxh5#) 29.Nxc6+ 28.Qxc5+ Kg8 29.Ne7+ Kh8 30.Qxe5 Qxe7 31.Bxg6 Qh4 32.Rg5 1-0. [Click to replay]
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.
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
Rk. |
Tit |
Name | Rtg |
Fed |
Pts |
Perf. |
TB |
1 |
m |
IPATOV Alexander | 2512 |
ESP |
6 |
2774 |
32,5 |
2 |
g |
JANKOVIC Alojzije | 2564 |
CRO |
6 |
2806 |
32,5 |
3 |
g |
LEON HOYOS Manuel | 2565 |
MEX |
5,5 |
2706 |
34,5 |
4 |
g |
HARIKRISHNA Pentala | 2667 |
IND |
5,5 |
2712 |
33 |
5 |
g |
SHNEIDER Aleksandr | 2518 |
UKR |
5,5 |
2664 |
32 |
6 |
g |
SPRAGGETT Kevin | 2575 |
CAN |
5,5 |
2694 |
30,5 |
7 |
g |
TIKKANEN Hans | 2550 |
SWE |
5,5 |
2629 |
31,5 |
8 |
g |
PROHASZKA Peter | 2542 |
HUN |
5,5 |
2637 |
31 |
9 |
g |
MASTROVASILIS Athanasios | 2547 |
GRE |
5,5 |
2618 |
30 |
10 |
g |
GAJEWSKI Grzegorz | 2569 |
POL |
5,5 |
2644 |
29 |
11 |
g |
BRODSKY Michail | 2554 |
UKR |
5,5 |
2579 |
28 |
12 |
m |
KUZMICZ Krystian | 2406 |
POL |
5 |
2665 |
33 |
13 |
g |
KANEP Meelis | 2531 |
EST |
5 |
2616 |
33 |
14 |
g |
PANTSULAIA Levan | 2610 |
GEO |
5 |
2662 |
33 |
15 |
g |
SHARAPOV Evgeny | 2468 |
UKR |
5 |
2626 |
31 |
16 |
g |
PETROV Marijan | 2535 |
BUL |
5 |
2581 |
32,5 |
17 |
g |
CORNETTE Matthieu | 2544 |
FRA |
5 |
2573 |
32,5 |
18 |
m |
HARIKA Dronavalli | 2520 |
IND |
5 |
2544 |
32,5 |
19 |
g |
GUREVICH Mikhail | 2613 |
TUR |
5 |
2635 |
31,5 |
20 |
g |
VOVK Yuri | 2539 |
UKR |
5 |
2575 |
32 |
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