Kamsky wins Cappelle la Grande Open
2/28/2016 – The open tournament in Cappelle la Grande in France has a long and vibrant tradition. Its 32nd edition attracted 538 players, among them strong grandmasters such as Kevin Spraggett or Artur Jussupow. With a rating of 2667 US-Grandmaster Gata Kamsky was top seed and did not disappoint: With 7.5/9 he became sole and convincing tournament winner.
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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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It is the second tournament Kamsky is with Nebolsina Vera. They were caught making out. Just saying.
It would be intresting if ChessBase digged deeper in chess players lives. Kind of interesting, isn't it?
It would be intresting if ChessBase digged deeper in chess players lives. Kind of interesting, isn't it?
Why doesn't Kamsky still compete in the top flight tournaments where other former super gm's of his age compete? He's still younger than guys like Anand and Kramnik and he did compete for the world title against Karpov back in 94. Why is he playing in these obscure tournaments where nobody has heard of the players?? Kinda sad.
mylife...i don't agree with you. jusupov and spragget can beat still....any one on their day!
they are great masters capable of great performance
remember, korchnoi's win over caruana!
they are great masters capable of great performance
remember, korchnoi's win over caruana!
Just a stylistic comment, you're not fooling anyone by calling them "strong" grandmasters. Would you ever use this term with truly strong players like Carlsen, Anand, Aronian? Of course not, you would be laughed off the face of the earth. The fact that you have to use the euphemism implies that they are actually weak grandmasters. Not that you should use "weak" instead (there is such a thing as tact) but why do you need an adjective at all, if it is not actually an accurate description?
Wonderful pictures. Thank you very much! The women look great, as usual, but JUSSUPOW looks fantastic! As you say, he is a living legend, and looks like Fasolt from Das Rheingold. Does Kamsky really have long hair? In the 1990s he had very short hair.
Thanks Chessbase for always keeping chess lover's abreast of everything in the chess world!!!...Thanks Johannes Fischer for the nice article about the tournament!!!...Congrats to Gata Kamsky on his win!!!
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