Cappelle la Grande round 1

results and photo report by WIM Anna Rudolf

Cappelle la Grande 2008 is underway in France. More than 600 players take part in the competition. Here is a photo report from our good friend WIM Anna Rudolf, as well as scores from the first round. Enjoy!

Opening ceremony and the board of Vasilios Kotronias and Jon Ludvig Hammer

Countless nations at Cappelle la Grande, true spirit of international chess!

Board 14, Nana Dzagnidze vs. Mikhailo Oleksienko

First and second board. To the right is the top seeded Gashimov

IM Amon Simutowe vs. FM Andy Marechal

The organizer of Cappelle la Grande Sylvie Templeur with Marie Boyarchenko (left) and Anna Rudolf (right)

Results

Here are the results of the top 25 boards. The rest of the scores you can find on the official site

2445 MI HESS Robert - 2665 GMI GASHIMOV Vugar 0-1

2652 GMI FEDORCHUK Sergey - 2445 MI LLANEZA VEGA Marcos 1-0

2442 MI GHANE Shojaat - 2647 MIROSHNICHENKO Evgenij 0-1

2643 GMI MOISEENKO Alexander - 2441 GMI BUTNORIUS Algimantas 1-0

2441 MI HAMMER Jon ludvig - 2628 GMI KOTRONIAS Vasilios 1-0

2611 GMI BURMAKIN Vladimir - 2441 MI KHURTSIDZE Nino 0,5-0,5

2439 MI LARINO NIETO David 0 2609 GMI VITIUGOV Nikita 0 0,5-0,5

2606 GMI PETROSIAN Tigran l - 2438 MI COSSIN Sebastien 1-0

2436 MI ZAWADZKI Stanislaw - 2600 GMI MALAKHATKO Vadim 0-1

2597 GMI KRYVORUCHKO Yuriy - 2435 MI LLORENTE ZARO Alfonso 1-0

2434 GMI PETKEVICH Jusefs - 2594 GMI KAZHGALEYEV Murtas 0,5-0,5

2594 GMI SOKOLOV Andrei - 2433 MI TOMCZAK Jacek 0,5-0,5

2430 MI OLSZEWSKI Michal - 2593 GMI SANDIPAN Chanda 1-0

2590 GMI OLEKSIENKO Mikhailo - 2429 MI DZAGNIDZE Nana 1-0

2428 MI TISSIR Mohamed - 2588 GMI SPRAGGETT Kevin 1-0

2581 GMI L'AMI Erwin - 2427 MI DEMBO Yelena 0-1

2424 MF RECUERO GUERRA David - 2578 GMI BELOV Vladimir 0-1

2576 GMI ARUTINIAN David - 2423 MF PEREIRA Ruben 1-0

2422 MI SHIRAZI Kamran - 2575 - GMI ERDOS Viktor 0,5-0,5

2574 GMI MAMEDOV Nidjat 2420 GMI SHER Miron 0-1

2420 MI ZHEREBUKH Yaroslav - 2572 GMI BRODSKY Michail 0-1

2569 GMI SAVCHENKO Boris - 2418 MI KRIVONOSOV Oleg 0,5-0,5

2417 CF NABATY Tamir - 2568 GMI SHENGELIA Davit 1-0

2567 GMI ROZENTALIS Eduardas - 2414 MI ROJAS Luis 0-1

2413 MI BERKOVICH Mark - 2561 MI VOVK Yuri 0-1