
Gata Kamsky (Photo: Alexandre Feyrin, tournament page)
With six wins and three draws Kamsky did not lose a single game. He convinced with a fine mix of patient positional play and a keen tactical eye.

The three winners: Christian Bauer, Eduardo Iturrizaga, and Gata Kamsky
Photo: Alexandre Feyrin (Tournament page)

2014 World Champion U10: The 11-year old Sarin Nihal from India
attracted a lot of attention. He played a strong tournament
and finished with 5.0/9.
Final standings
Pl |
|
Nom |
Elo |
Cat. |
Fede |
Pts |
Tr. |
Perf |
Bu. |
1 |
g |
KAMSKY Gata |
2667 F |
SenM |
USA |
7½ |
44½ |
2806 |
56 |
2 |
g |
ITURRIZAGA BONELLI Eduardo |
2624 F |
SenM |
VEN |
7 |
45½ |
2717 |
54½ |
3 |
g |
BAUER Christian |
2631 F |
SenM |
FRA |
7 |
44½ |
2747 |
55 |
4 |
m |
ANURAG Mhamal |
2383 F |
SenM |
IND |
7 |
43½ |
2648 |
53 |
5 |
g |
VOVK Andrey |
2632 F |
SenM |
UKR |
7 |
43 |
2656 |
53½ |
6 |
g |
JUSSUPOW Artur |
2578 F |
SenM |
GER |
7 |
43 |
2639 |
53½ |
7 |
g |
SASIKIRAN Krishnan |
2632 F |
SenM |
IND |
7 |
42 |
2688 |
51 |
8 |
g |
KULAOTS Kaido |
2575 F |
SenM |
EST |
7 |
41½ |
2618 |
52½ |
9 |
g |
GOPAL G.n. |
2525 F |
SenM |
IND |
6½ |
45 |
2630 |
55½ |
10 |
g |
MIEZIS Normunds |
2486 F |
SenM |
LAT |
6½ |
44½ |
2655 |
55½ |
11 |
g |
PEREZ PONSA Federico |
2586 F |
SenM |
ARG |
6½ |
43½ |
2669 |
54½ |
12 |
g |
VOROBIOV Evgeny E. |
2571 F |
SenM |
RUS |
6½ |
43½ |
2569 |
53½ |
13 |
g |
TROFF Kayden W |
2511 F |
CadM |
USA |
6½ |
43 |
2635 |
53 |
14 |
g |
DJUKIC Nikola |
2565 F |
SenM |
MNE |
6½ |
43 |
2565 |
53½ |
15 |
g |
KHARITONOV Alexandr |
2569 F |
SenM |
RUS |
6½ |
43 |
2560 |
52½ |
16 |
g |
GUPTA Abhijeet |
2613 F |
SenM |
IND |
6½ |
42½ |
2635 |
53½ |
17 |
g |
ZUBOV Alexander |
2603 F |
SenM |
UKR |
6½ |
42½ |
2629 |
53 |
18 |
g |
BURMAKIN Vladimir |
2556 F |
SenM |
RUS |
6½ |
42½ |
2593 |
52½ |
19 |
g |
LALITH BABU M R |
2554 F |
SenM |
IND |
6½ |
42 |
2591 |
52½ |
20 |
m |
ESSERMAN Marc |
2410 F |
SenM |
USA |
6½ |
42 |
2587 |
52 |
21 |
g |
KAZHGALEYEV Murtas |
2580 F |
SenM |
KAZ |
6½ |
41½ |
2608 |
52 |
22 |
g |
KVEINYS Aloyzas |
2524 F |
SenM |
LTU |
6½ |
41 |
2584 |
50½ |
23 |
g |
RIFF Jean-Noel |
2505 F |
SenM |
FRA |
6½ |
41 |
2541 |
49½ |
24 |
g |
LU Shanglei |
2617 F |
SenM |
CHN |
6½ |
40½ |
2637 |
51 |
25 |
m |
KANAREK Marcel |
2533 F |
SenM |
POL |
6½ |
40 |
2511 |
50 |
26 |
m |
DAULYTE Deimante |
2391 F |
SenF |
LTU |
6½ |
39½ |
2520 |
49 |
27 |
g |
DEMUTH Adrien |
2544 F |
SenM |
FRA |
6½ |
39½ |
2484 |
49½ |
28 |
g |
JIANU Vlad-Cristian |
2570 F |
SenM |
ROU |
6½ |
38½ |
2484 |
48 |
29 |
g |
NAUMKIN Igor |
2413 F |
SenM |
RUS |
6½ |
38 |
2405 |
47 |
... 538 players
Impressions

Former World Championship candidate Kevin Spraggett

Artur Jussupov, also a former World Championship candidate and a living chess legend.

Christian Bauer from France

Andrea-Christina Navrotescu

Deimante Daulyte

Dina Belenkaya

Olga Kalina

Nataliya Buksa

Vera Nebolsina

Bilel Bellahcene

Kamil Dragun

Eyal Grinberg

Jean-Luc Chabanon

Matthieu Cornette

Yuri Vovk

Vladimir Burmakin

Tigran Gharamian

Raluca Sgircea

Photos: Philippe Dornbusch
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