The 29th International Open Cappelle la Grande will take place from February 23rd to March 2nd at the Palais des arts in Cappelle la Grande, France.
The tournament will be a 9 round Swiss Open with a time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with a 30 seconds increment per move.
The prizes will be distributed as follows: 1st – 3,000 Euros; 2nd – 2,000 Euros; 3rd – 1,500 Euros; 4th – 1,000 Euros; 5th – 900 Euros, etc. There will also be prizes for age categories, women and veterans.
13 players with a 2600+ Elo rating will be participating. Indian GM Krishnan Sasikiran is the first seed, followed by Viktor Laznicka, Tigran Gharamian, Eduardo Iturrizaga, Sanan Sjugirov, Sergey Fedorchuk, etc.
Last year winner was Pentala Harikrishna
Krishnan Sasikiran is the first seed
Participants:
| 1 | g | SASIKIRAN Krishnan | 2677 F | Sen | IND | ||
| 2 | g | LAZNICKA Viktor | 2674 F | Sen | CZE | ||
| 3 | g | GHARAMIAN Tigran | 2661 F | Sen | FRA | ||
| 4 | g | ITURRIZAGA Eduardo | 2646 F | Sen | VEN | ||
| 5 | g | SJUGIROV Sanan | 2646 F | Jun | RUS | ||
| 6 | g | FEDORCHUK Sergey A. | 2643 F | Sen | UKR | ||
| 7 | g | NEGI Parimarjan | 2638 F | Jun | IND | ||
| 8 | g | SUMETS Andrey | 2632 F | Sen | UKR | ||
| 9 | g | AZAROV Sergei | 2627 F | Sen | BLR | ||
| 10 | g | RODSHTEIN Maxim | 2616 F | Sen | ISR | ||
| 11 | g | ROZENTALIS Eduardas | 2613 F | Sen | LTU | ||
| 12 | g | TIMOFEEV Artyom | 2613 F | Sen | RUS | ||
| 13 | g | SVETUSHKIN Dmitry | 2612 F | Sen | MDA | ||
| 14 | g | TUROV Maxim | 2599 F | Sen | RUS | ||
| 15 | g | KRAVTSIV Martyn | 2597 F | Sen | UKR | ||
| 16 | g | VOVK Yuri | 2594 F | Sen | UKR | ||
| 17 | g | ZUBAREV Alexander | 2591 F | Sen | UKR | ||
| 18 | g | ZHIGALKO Andrey | 2588 F | Sen | BLR | ||
| 19 | g | VOROBIOV Evgeny E. | 2584 F | Sen | RUS | ||
| 20 | g | GUREVICH Mikhail | 2581 F | Sen | TUR | ||
| 21 | g | DANIN Alexandre | 2578 F | Sen | RUS | ||
| 22 | g | BURMAKIN Vladimir | 2577 F | Sen | RUS | ||
| 23 | g | FEDOROV Alexei | 2576 F | Sen | BLR | ||
| 24 | g | POPOVIC Dusan | 2574 F | Sen | SRB | ||
| 25 | g | NABATY Tamir | 2573 F | Sen | ISR | ||
| 26 | g | MIEZIS Normunds | 2572 F | Sen | LAT | ||
| 27 | g | CORNETTE Matthieu | 2567 F | Sen | FRA | ||
| 28 | g | MALAKHATKO Vadim | 2565 F | Sen | BEL | ||
| 29 | g | LE ROUX Jean-Pierre | 2564 F | Sen | FRA | ||
| 30 | g | VOVK Andrey | 2564 F | Sen | UKR | ||
| 31 | g | KOVACEVIC Aleksandar | 2563 F | Sen | SRB | ||
| 32 | g | PAPIN Vasily | 2562 F | Sen | RUS | ||
| 33 | g | PETKOV Vladimir | 2559 F | Sen | BUL | ||
| 34 | g | BOROVIKOV Vladislav | 2557 F | Sen | UKR | ||
| 35 | g | HANSEN Eric | 2557 F | Sen | CAN | ||
| 36 | g | MIRZOEV Azer | 2557 F | Sen | AZE | ||
| 37 | g | SANIKIDZE Tornike | 2553 F | Sen | GEO | ||
| 38 | g | GULIYEV Namig | 2549 F | Sen | AZE | ||
| 39 | g | EINGORN Vereslav S | 2547 F | Sen | UKR | ||
| 40 | g | JOVANIC Ognjen | 2547 F | Sen | CRO | ||
| 41 | g | ARUTINIAN David | 2545 F | Sen | GEO | ||
| 42 | g | GOPAL G.N. | 2545 F | Sen | IND | ||
| 43 | g | JOJUA Davit | 2543 F | Sen | GEO | ||
| 44 | g | MAIOROV Nikita | 2542 F | Sen | BLR | ||
| 45 | g | KURAJICA Bojan | 2539 F | Vet | BIH | ||
| 46 | g | DJUKIC Nikola | 2538 F | Sen | MNE | ||
| 47 | g | KHARITONOV Alexandr | 2536 F | Sen | RUS | ||
| 48 | g | ZAKHARTSOV Viacheslav V. | 2535 F | Sen | RUS | ||
| 49 | g | MANOLACHE Marius | 2533 F | Sen | ROU | ||
| 50 | m | GRIGORYAN Karen H. | 2531 F | Cad | ARM | ||
| 51 | m | CASTELLANOS RODRIGUE Renier | 2529 F | Sen | ESP | ||
| 52 | m | LAGARDE Maxime | 2529 F | Jun | FRA | ||
| 53 | m | BARYSHPOLETS Andrey | 2526 F | Sen | UKR | ||
| 54 | g | KUNIN Vitaly | 2525 F | Sen | GER | ||
| 55 | g | BARSOV Alexei | 2521 F | Sen | UZB | ||
| 56 | g | ULIBIN Mikhail | 2521 F | Sen | RUS | ||
| 57 | g | NINOV Nikolai | 2520 F | Sen | BUL | ||
| 58 | g | POPILSKI Gil | 2518 F | Jun | ISR | ||
| 59 | g | GABUZYAN Hovhannes | 2517 F | Cad | ARM | ||
| 60 | g | KISELEV Vitaliy | 2517 F | Sen | RUS | ||
| 61 | g | ANDREEV Eduard | 2514 F | Sen | UKR | ||
| 62 | m | GLUD Jakob Vang | 2514 F | Sen | DEN | ||
| 63 | m | MOZHAROV Mikhail | 2510 F | Sen | RUS | ||
| 64 | g | KANEP Meelis | 2508 F | Sen | EST | ||
| 65 | g | VOCATURO Daniele | 2504 F | Sen | ITA | ||
| 66 | m | BERNADSKIY Vitaliy | 2503 F | Jun | UKR | ||
| 67 | m | INDJIC Aleksandar | 2502 F | Cad | SRB | ||
| 68 | g | JIANU Vlad-Cristian | 2500 F | Sen | ROU | ||
| 69 | g | NAUMKIN Igor | 2495 F | Sen | RUS | ||
| 70 | g | TODOROV Todor | 2491 F | Sen | BUL | ||
| 71 | g | WIRIG Anthony | 2490 F | Sen | FRA | ||
| 72 | g | BRYNELL Stellan | 2485 F | Sen | SWE | ||
| 73 | g | BRYZGALIN Kirill | 2483 F | Sen | RUS | ||
| 74 | g | FLORES RIOS Mauricio | 2481 F | Sen | CHI | ||
| 75 | m | SEMCESEN Daniel | 2479 F | Sen | SWE | ||
| 76 | g | LALIC Bogdan | 2478 F | Sen | CRO | ||
| 77 | m | STELLA Andrea | 2477 F | Jun | ITA | ||
| 78 | m | VEDMEDIUC Serghei | 2472 F | Sen | MDA | ||
| 79 | g | BARON Tal | 2470 F | Sen | ISR | ||
| 80 | g | JANEV Evgeni | 2469 F | Sen | BUL | ||
| 81 | g | DANIELIAN Elina | 2466 F | Sen | ARM | ||
| 82 | m | BLOMQVIST Erik | 2465 F | Sen | SWE | ||
| 83 | m | RAZNIKOV Danny | 2463 F | Jun | ISR | ||
| 84 | g | BARLOV Dragan | 2461 F | Sen | SRB | ||
| 85 | g | DRASKO Milan | 2459 F | Sen | MNE | ||
| 86 | m | SEPP Olav | 2453 F | Sen | EST | ||
| 87 | g | NIKCEVIC Nebojsa | 2452 F | Sen | MNE | ||
| 88 | g | SIMANTSEV Mikhail | 2449 F | Sen | UKR | ||
| 89 | g | AKESSON Ralf | 2448 F | Sen | SWE | ||
| 90 | g | ABERGEL Thal | 2445 F | Sen | FRA | ||
| 91 | m | SHARIF Mehrshad | 2444 F | Vet | FRA | ||
| 92 | m | MONROY Charles | 2443 F | Sen | FRA | ||
| 93 | m | PEDERSEN Nicolai Vesterbaek | 2443 F | Sen | DEN | ||
| 94 | m | BAILET Pierre | 2440 F | Sen | FRA | ||
| 95 | m | BRUNO Fabio | 2440 F | Sen | ITA | ||
| 96 | m | DUMITRACHE Dragos-Nicolae | 2440 F | Sen | ROU | ||
| 97 | g | MCDONALD Neil | 2433 F | Sen | ENG | ||
| 98 | m | MILCHEV Nikolay | 2433 F | Sen | BUL | ||
| 99 | g | MATEO Ramon | 2427 F | Sen | DOM | ||
| 100 | f | AGHASARYAN Robert | 2425 F | Jun | ARM | ||
| 101 | m | SOLOMON Kenny | 2423 F | Sen | RSA | ||
| 102 | m | MLADENOV Plamen | 2421 F | Sen | BUL | ||
| 103 | g | TODORCEVIC ANTIC Miodrag | 2419 F | Vet | ESP | ||
| 104 | m | SKYTTE Rasmus | 2419 F | Sen | DEN | ||
| 105 | m | TERRIEUX Kevin | 2419 F | Sen | FRA | ||
| 106 | g | SANDULEAC Vasile | 2416 F | Sen | MDA | ||
| 107 | m | COLLAS Didier | 2404 F | Sen | FRA | ||
| 108 | g | POGORELOV Ruslan | 2403 F | Sen | UKR | ||
| 109 | m | PISCOPO Pierluigi | 2403 F | Sen | ITA | ||
| 110 | f | NJILI Kamel | 2403 F | Sen | TUN | ||
| 111 | m | CAPRIO Guido | 2402 F | Jun | ITA | ||
| 112 | f | MARTINEZ ROMERO Martin | 2402 F | Cad | COL | ||
| 113 | g | BUTNORIUS Algimantas | 2400 F | Vet | LTU | ||
| 114 | m | SEQUERA PAOLINI Jose | 2396 F | Sen | VEN | ||
| 115 | m | BERG Klaus | 2390 F | Sen | DEN | ||
| 116 | m | MANEA Alexandru | 2386 F | Sen | ROU | ||
| 117 | m | NAKAR Eylon | 2385 F | Jun | ISR | ||
| 118 | m | PULVETT Daniel | 2385 F | Sen | VEN | ||
| 119 | gf | ZAWADZKA Jolanta | 2374 F | Sen | POL | ||
| 120 | m | PETRE Nad-Titus | 2374 F | Sen | ROU | ||
| 121 | m | CLERY Nicolas | 2373 F | Sen | FRA | ||
| 122 | m | GREKH Andrey | 2373 F | Sen | UKR | ||
| 123 | m | SHIRAZI Kamran | 2373 F | Vet | FRA | ||
| 124 | gf | NEMCOVA Katerina | 2368 F | Sen | CZE | ||
| 125 | f | KOJIMA Shinya | 2368 F | Sen | JPN | ||
| 126 | m | GIFFARD Nicolas | 2359 F | Vet | FRA | ||
| 127 | m | BERKOVICH Mark A | 2354 F | Vet | ISR | ||
| 128 | gf | POKORNA Regina | 2352 F | Sen | SVK | ||
| 129 | m | SEDINA Elena | 2349 F | Sen | ITA | ||
| 130 | f | HARTIKAINEN Markku | 2348 F | Sen | FIN | ||
| 131 | m | KAABI Mejdi | 2347 F | Sen | TUN | ||
| 132 | HOPMAN Pieter | 2347 F | Sen | NED | |||
| 133 | g | WESTERINEN Heikki M.j. | 2339 F | Vet | FIN | ||
| 134 | g | SHALNEV Nikolai | 2338 F | Vet | GER | ||
| 135 | gf | KOSTIUK Tatiana | 2338 F | Sen | UKR | ||
| 136 | m | MARHOLEV Dimitar | 2333 F | Sen | BUL | ||
| 137 | gf | CHAROCHKINA Daria | 2332 F | Sen | RUS | ||
| 138 | m | KLASAN Vladimir | 2332 F | Sen | SRB | ||
| 139 | f | NILSSON Sebastian | 2330 F | Sen | SWE | ||
| 140 | m | KLINOVA Masha | 2327 F | Sen | ISR | ||
| 141 | m | PAYEN Arnaud | 2325 F | Sen | FRA | ||
| 142 | g | VUL Arkadi Eremeevich | 2320 F | Sen | RUS | ||
| 143 | m | ATAKISI Umut | 2320 F | Sen | TUR | ||
| 144 | m | FROIS Antonio | 2320 F | Sen | POR | ||
| 145 | m | OMAR Noaman | 2314 F | Sen | UAE | ||
| 146 | m | AFEK Yochanan | 2310 F | Vet | ISR | ||
| 147 | mf | DOLZHYKOVA Kateryna | 2309 F | Sen | UKR | ||
| 148 | gf | HOOLT Sarah | 2308 F | Sen | GER | ||
| 149 | gf | TOMA Katarzyna | 2301 F | Sen | POL | ||
| 150 | m | BARGAN Sergei | 2295 F | Sen | MDA | ||
| 151 | gf | AMBARTSUMOVA Karina | 2294 F | Sen | RUS | ||
| 152 | f | DRASKOVIC Luka | 2293 F | Cad | MNE | ||
| 153 | mf | FUCHS Judith | 2292 F | Sen | GER | ||
| 154 | f | TATE Alan | 2290 F | Sen | SCO | ||
| 155 | m | COLLAS Silvia | 2286 F | Sen | FRA | ||
| 156 | m | PALACIOS Antonio | 2285 F | Vet | VEN | ||
| 157 | gf | PAPP Petra | 2280 F | Jun | HUN | ||
| 158 | mf | KALININA Olga | 2279 F | Sen | UKR | ||
| 159 | mf | BORIC Elena | 2273 F | Sen | BIH | ||
| 160 | f | BARTEL Michal | 2273 F | Sen | POL | ||
| 161 | GAJEK Radoslaw | 2273 F | Min | POL | |||
| 162 | gf | DOLUHANOVA Evgeniya | 2266 F | Sen | ARM | ||
| 163 | mf | SGIRCEA Silvia-Raluca | 2263 F | Sen | ROU | ||
| 164 | gf | DAULYTE Deimante | 2262 F | Sen | LTU | ||
| 165 | mf | KULON Klaudia | 2262 F | Sen | POL | ||
| 166 | gf | STOJANOVIC Andjelija | 2258 F | Sen | SRB | ||
| 167 | KERIGAN Demre | 2258 F | Jun | TUR | |||
| 168 | mf | OLSAROVA Tereza | 2255 F | Sen | CZE | ||
| 169 | f | KHOURI Ibrahim Mohamed | 2252 F | Sen | UAE | ||
| 170 | m | WHITELEY Andrew J | 2251 F | Vet | ENG | ||
| 171 | m | BERNARD Christophe | 2250 F | Vet | FRA | ||
| 172 | m | BORSUK Angela | 2250 F | Sen | ISR | ||
| 173 | gf | AGINIAN Nelly | 2247 F | Sen | ARM | ||
| 174 | m | PERIC Slavisa | 2238 F | Sen | SRB | ||
| 175 | mf | GASIK Anna | 2232 F | Sen | POL | ||
| 176 | ff | SHVAYGER Yuliya | 2232 F | Jun | ISR | ||
| 177 | LOKANDER Martin | 2231 F | Cad | SWE | |||
| 178 | mf | ANDRENKO Irina | 2228 F | Sen | UKR | ||
| 179 | mf | IWANOW Anna | 2216 F | Cad | POL | ||
| 180 | gf | IONICA Iulia-Ionela | 2214 F | Sen | ROU | ||
| 181 | f | VAN HOOLANDT Patrick | 2195 F | Sen | MNC | ||
| 182 | ff | TRAISTARU Teodora | 2193 F | Sen | ROU | ||
| 183 | f | CIEZA Arcadio | 2188 F | Sen | PER | ||
| 184 | mf | RODRIGUEZ RUEDA Paula Andrea | 2183 F | Cad | COL | ||
| 185 | JARMULA Lukasz | 2164 F | Min | POL | |||
| 186 | mf | MAKKA Ioulia | 2160 F | Sen | GRE | ||
| 187 | ff | PRZEZDZIECKA Ewa | 2149 F | Sen | POL | ||
| 188 | mf | VRUBLEVSKAYA Olga | 2132 F | Sen | RUS | ||
| 189 | KACZMAREK Aleksander | 2132 F | Min | POL | |||
| 190 | ff | BAPTISTA Ana Filipa | 2123 F | Sen | POR | ||
| 191 | ff | COIMBRA Margarida | 2113 F | Sen | POR | ||
| 192 | WINIARSKI Mikolaj | 2097 F | Ben | POL | |||
| 193 | LEKS Maria | 2083 F | Cad | POL | |||
| 194 | BRAY Daniel Jose Freire | 2078 F | Jun | POR | |||
| 195 | mf | SHALNYEVA Olga | 2067 F | Vet | GER | ||
| 196 | f | KHOURI Ahmed Abbas | 2063 F | Sen | UAE | ||
| 197 | ff | DENGLER Dijana | 2062 F | Sen | BIH | ||
| 198 | KOOSHANI Mahbuboollah | 2060 F | Sen | AFG | |||
| 199 | CZYZ Artur | 2029 F | Sen | POL | |||
| 200 | HARAZINSKA Ewa | 2019 F | Min | POL | |||
| 201 | m | PANUSH Viktor | 2012 F | Sen | MDA | ||
| 202 | KOBAYASHI Atsuhiko | 1997 F | Sen | JPN | |||
| 203 | STURC Gustav | 1992 F | Vet | SVK | |||
| 204 | BOYARD Marie | 1983 F | Sen | LUX | |||
| 205 | mf | DE LA PARRA HURTADO Daniela | 1980 F | Jun | MEX | ||
| 206 | GONZALEZ ESPANA Maria Gabriela | 1958 F | Sen | VEN | |||
| 207 | DORNBUSCH Philippe | 1950 N | Sen | FRA | |||
| 208 | MANSOUR Abbas | 1945 F | Sen | UAE | |||
| 209 | MOCARY Metod | 1936 F | Vet | SVK | |||
| 210 | mf | SOLOMONS Anzel | 1931 F | Sen | RSA | ||
| 211 | mf | LEBEL-ARIAS Julia | 1874 F | Vet | MNC | ||
| 212 | BABO Miguel | 1874 F | Sen | POR | |||
| 213 | JAMSHEDY Mohammad Ismail | 1828 F | Sen | AFG | |||
| 214 | PAULICKA Ivan | 1806 F | Vet | SVK | |||
| 215 | ISHIZUKA Mirai | 1790 F | Sen | JPN | |||
| 216 | MIMURA Kensuke | 1770 F | Sen | JPN | |||
| 217 | BUTORA Frantisek | 1646 F | Vet | SVK |
