Cappelle-la-Grande Open
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The Cappelle-la-Grande Open is a chess
tournament held every year in Cappelle-la-Grande
, France, since 1985.
It has become over the years one of the strongest opens in the world, after the Aeroflot Open
of Moscow. The 26th edition of 2010 had 652 participants, with 82 Grandmasters and 61 International Masters
from 57 countries.
The tournament is usually played in the second half of February with an accelerated Swiss-system format in nine rounds. It is organized by the chess club L'Echiquier Cappellois and is played in the Palais des Arts of Cappelle-la-Grande.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
tournament held every year in Cappelle-la-Grande
Cappelle-la-Grande
Cappelle-la-Grande is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It is very close to Dunkirk.-Heraldry:-References:*...
, France, since 1985.
It has become over the years one of the strongest opens in the world, after the Aeroflot Open
Aeroflot Open
The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot. It was established in 2002 and quickly grew to be the strongest open tournament. The first event had around 80 grandmasters, while in the second event 150 grandmasters participated...
of Moscow. The 26th edition of 2010 had 652 participants, with 82 Grandmasters and 61 International Masters
FIDE titles
The World Chess Federation, FIDE , awards several performance-based titles to chess players. Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and norms . Once awarded, FIDE titles are held for life...
from 57 countries.
The tournament is usually played in the second half of February with an accelerated Swiss-system format in nine rounds. It is organized by the chess club L'Echiquier Cappellois and is played in the Palais des Arts of Cappelle-la-Grande.
List of winners
- Note: with multiple first-place finishers, the winner on the BuchholzBuchholz systemThe Buchholz system is a ranking system in chess developed by Bruno Buchholz in 1932 in order to determine ranks in a Swiss system tournament where players have the same score...
tie-break is listed first.
| # | Year | Winner(s) | Points | Players |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1985 | 6.5 | 68 | |
| 2 | 1986 | |
6 | 106 |
| 3 | 1987 | |
7 | 115 |
| 4 | 1988 | 7.5 | 138 | |
| 5 | 1989 | |
7 | 137 |
| 6 | 1990 | |
7.5 | 201 |
| 7 | 1991 | |
8 | 289 |
| 8 | 1992 | 8 | 308 | |
| 9 | 1993 | 7.5 | 416 | |
| 10 | 1994 | |
7 | 401 |
| 11 | 1995 | |
7 | 572 |
| 12 | 1996 | 7.5 | 509 | |
| 13 | 1997 | |
7 | 504 |
| 14 | 1998 | 7.5 | 637 | |
| 15 | 1999 | |
7.5 | 615 |
| 16 | 2000 | |
7.5 | 643 |
| 17 | 2001 | |
7.5 | 702 |
| 18 | 2002 | 7.5 | 677 | |
| 19 | 2003 | |
7 | 606 |
| 20 | 2004 | |
7 | 576 |
| 21 | 2005 | |
7.5 | 589 |
| 22 | 2006 | 7.5 | 624 | |
| 23 | 2007 | |
7 | 608 |
| 24 | 2008 | |
7 | 612 |
| 25 | 2009 | 7.5 | 610 | |
| 26 | 2010 | 7.5 | 652 | |
| 26 | 2011 | 7.5 | 573 |