Monday, March 12, 2012

Pentala Harikrishna takes the trophy in Cappelle la Grande

The 28th International Open Cappelle la Grande was held on 3-10th March 2012 at the Palais des arts in Cappelle la Grande, France. 497 players participated.
 
After nine rounds of interesting play, with the top games being broadcasted on the Chessdom/Chessbomb platform, five players shared the first place with 7 points each: Indians Pentala Harikrishna and Parimarjan Negi, Georgian Tornike Sanikidze, local GM Tigran Gharamian and the late comer with a last round victory Martyn Kravtsiv from Ukraine.

Pentala Harikrishna was declared winner on best tie-break score. A wonderful achievement for the Grandmaster who recently won the Tata Steel B Tournament.

GM norm: Maxime Lagarde and Marcin Tazbir
WGM norm: Sarah Hoolt
WIM norm: Aleksandra Lach and Ewa Przezdziecka
IM norm: Etienne Goudriaan
The popular tournament featured the prize fund of 30,000 EUR and started immediately after the 11th Rochefort Chess Open, making it convenient for the players to combine participation in two events.
Cappelle-la-Grande is a small town of 8000 inhabitants in the northeast of France, near to the North Sea.
It is part of the Urban Community of Dunkerque, an industrial and commercial port with residential areas housing more than 200,000 inhabitants.

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