The 31st International Chess Open Cappelle-la-Grande is organized by “L’Echiquier Cappellois” from 28th February to 7th March, 2015, at the Palais des Arts in Cappelle-la-Grande, France.
The tournament is registered with the French Chess Federation (FFE) and FIDE.
The event will be a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90’/ 40 + 30′ + 30″.
The prize fund in total of 30,000 € will be awarded as follows: 3,000 €/2,000 €/1,500 €/1,000 €/900 €/850 €/800 €/5 prizes X 500 €/5 prizes X 300 €/ 10 prizes X 200 €/10 prizes X 150 €.
The best female players will be granted 600 €, while the the best veteran player (over 65 years) will receive 350 €.
Contact : opencappelle@gmail.com
List of participants:
| 1 | g | LI Chao B | 2728 F | SenM | CHN | |
| 2 | g | ARESHCHENKO Alexander | 2661 F | SenM | UKR | |
| 3 | g | KOVALENKO Igor | 2656 F | SenM | LAT | |
| 4 | g | BAKLAN Vladimir | 2652 F | SenM | UKR | |
| 5 | g | GHARAMIAN Tigran | 2651 F | SenM | FRA | |
| 6 | g | BAUER Christian | 2651 F | SenM | FRA | |
| 7 | g | LANDA Konstantin | 2650 F | SenM | RUS | |
| 8 | g | OLEKSIYENKO Mykhaylo | 2643 F | SenM | UKR | |
| 9 | g | VOVK Andrey | 2642 F | SenM | UKR | |
| 10 | g | ITURRIZAGA BONELLI Eduardo | 2640 F | SenM | VEN | |
| 11 | g | AZAROV Sergei | 2635 F | SenM | BLR | |
| 12 | g | ONISCHUK Vladimir | 2629 F | SenM | UKR | |
| 13 | g | GUPTA Abhijeet | 2621 F | SenM | IND | |
| 14 | g | VIDIT Santosh Gujrathi | 2617 F | SenM | IND | |
| 15 | g | FIER Alexandr | 2612 F | SenM | BRA | |
| 16 | g | L’AMI Erwin | 2606 F | SenM | NED | |
| 17 | g | BACHMANN Axel | 2601 F | SenM | PAR | |
| 18 | g | MARECO Sandro | 2598 F | SenM | ARG | |
| 19 | g | MISTA Aleksander | 2597 F | SenM | POL | |
| 20 | g | VAZQUEZ IGARZA Renier | 2592 F | SenM | ESP | |
| 21 | g | VOROBIOV Evgeny E. | 2591 F | SenM | RUS | |
| 22 | g | LAGARDE Maxime | 2581 F | SenM | FRA | |
| 23 | g | BURMAKIN Vladimir | 2581 F | SenM | RUS | |
| 24 | g | KOVCHAN Alexander | 2576 F | SenM | UKR | |
| 25 | g | JIANU Vlad-Cristian | 2575 F | SenM | ROU | |
| 26 | g | GOPAL G.N. | 2575 F | SenM | IND | |
| 27 | g | SUMETS Andrey | 2574 F | SenM | UKR | |
| 28 | g | SANDIPAN Chanda | 2574 F | SenM | IND | |
| 29 | g | STUPAK Kirill | 2568 F | SenM | BLR | |
| 30 | g | KOTRONIAS Vasilios | 2565 F | SenM | GRE | |
| 31 | g | BRODSKY Michail | 2562 F | SenM | UKR | |
| 32 | g | JAKUBOWSKI Krzysztof | 2559 F | SenM | POL | |
| 33 | g | KULAOTS Kaido | 2558 F | SenM | EST | |
| 34 | g | KHARITONOV Alexandr | 2558 F | SenM | RUS | |
| 35 | g | DRAGUN Kamil | 2558 F | JunM | POL | |
| 36 | g | NEVEDNICHY Vladislav | 2557 F | SenM | ROU | |
| 37 | g | MEKHITARIAN Krikor Sevag | 2556 F | SenM | BRA | |
| 38 | g | TOMCZAK Jacek | 2552 F | SenM | POL | |
| 39 | g | GUREVICH Mikhail | 2551 F | SenM | TUR | |
| 40 | g | GABRIELIAN Artur | 2551 F | SenM | RUS | |
| 41 | g | RYCHAGOV Andrey | 2550 F | SenM | RUS | |
| 42 | g | BARYSHPOLETS Andrey | 2544 F | SenM | UKR | |
| 43 | g | SZABO Gergely-Andras-Gyula | 2543 F | SenM | ROU | |
| 44 | g | SPRAGGETT Kevin | 2539 F | VetM | CAN | |
| 45 | g | GAO Rui | 2533 F | SenM | CHN | |
| 46 | g | DJUKIC Nikola | 2529 F | SenM | MNE | |
| 47 | g | MALAKHATKO Vadim | 2522 F | SenM | BEL | |
| 48 | g | ARIZMENDI MARTINEZ Julen Luis | 2522 F | SenM | ESP | |
| 49 | g | BLOMQVIST Erik | 2521 F | SenM | SWE | |
| 50 | g | GROVER Sahaj | 2519 F | JunM | IND | |
| 51 | m | BAI Jinshi | 2518 F | MinM | CHN | |
| 52 | g | TAZBIR Marcin | 2518 F | SenM | POL | |
| 53 | g | LIBISZEWSKI Fabien | 2518 F | SenM | FRA | |
| 54 | g | PETKOV Vladimir | 2517 F | SenM | BUL | |
| 55 | g | PAPIN Vasily | 2515 F | SenM | RUS | |
| 56 | g | ESCOBAR FORERO Alder | 2511 F | SenM | COL | |
| 57 | g | KANEP Meelis | 2509 F | SenM | EST | |
| 58 | g | RIFF Jean-Noel | 2507 F | SenM | FRA | |
| 59 | g | KVEINYS Aloyzas | 2507 F | SenM | LTU | |
| 60 | g | MASTROVASILIS Athanasios | 2506 F | SenM | GRE | |
| 61 | g | ULYBIN Mikhail | 2502 F | SenM | RUS | |
| 62 | g | ARUN PRASAD S. | 2502 F | SenM | IND | |
| 63 | g | HASANGATIN Ramil | 2501 F | SenM | RUS | |
| 64 | g | MANOLACHE Marius | 2498 F | SenM | ROU | |
| 65 | g | KURAJICA Bojan | 2492 F | VetM | BIH | |
| 66 | g | KHUSNUTDINOV Rustam | 2490 F | SenM | KAZ | |
| 67 | m | SMITH Axel | 2488 F | SenM | SWE | |
| 68 | m | PICHOT Alan | 2486 F | CadM | ARG | |
| 69 | g | WIRIG Anthony | 2484 F | SenM | FRA | |
| 70 | g | LALIC Bogdan | 2483 F | SenM | CRO | |
| 71 | m | MIRON Lucian-Costin | 2482 F | SenM | ROU | |
| 72 | m | CASTELLANOS RODRIGUE Renier | 2479 F | SenM | ESP | |
| 73 | g | JOVANIC Ognjen | 2474 F | SenM | CRO | |
| 74 | g | TIMOSHENKO Georgy | 2472 F | SenM | UKR | |
| 75 | m | KANTANS Toms | 2464 F | SenM | LAT | |
| 76 | g | VISHNU PRASANNA. V | 2463 F | SenM | IND | |
| 77 | g | FIRMAN Nazar | 2462 F | SenM | UKR | |
| 78 | g | VENKATESH M.r. | 2460 F | SenM | IND | |
| 79 | g | SIMANTSEV Mikhail | 2452 F | SenM | UKR | |
| 80 | m | KOLOSOWSKI Mateusz | 2443 F | SenM | POL | |
| 81 | m | PREOTU Razvan | 2441 F | MinM | CAN | |
| 82 | g | DRASKO Milan | 2436 F | SenM | MNE | |
| 83 | m | WANG Yiye | 2433 F | CadM | CHN | |
| 84 | m | PACHER Milan | 2432 F | SenM | SVK | |
| 85 | g | SUNDARARAJAN Kidambi | 2431 F | SenM | IND | |
| 86 | g | NAUMKIN Igor | 2428 F | SenM | RUS | |
| 87 | m | FERREIRA Jorge Viterbo | 2427 F | SenM | POR | |
| 88 | m | PULVETT MARIN Daniel | 2426 F | SenM | VEN | |
| 89 | m | DUMITRACHE Dragos-Nicolae | 2423 F | SenM | ROU | |
| 90 | m | ATALIK Ekaterina | 2419 F | SenF | TUR | |
| 91 | m | RIOS Cristhian Camilo | 2415 F | SenM | COL | |
| 92 | m | SEQUERA PAOLINI Jose Rafael | 2413 F | SenM | VEN | |
| 93 | m | SEPP Olav | 2411 F | SenM | EST | |
| 94 | m | LAURUSAS Tomas | 2411 F | JunM | LTU | |
| 95 | g | KRISTIANSEN Jens | 2411 F | VetM | DEN | |
| 96 | m | MILCHEV Nikolay | 2409 F | SenM | BUL | |
| 97 | g | YAGUPOV Igor | 2408 F | SenM | RUS | |
| 98 | m | VETOSHKO Volodymyr | 2404 F | CadM | UKR | |
| 99 | m | RZAYEV Bahruz | 2400 F | SenM | AZE | |
| 100 | m | NAVROTESCU Catalin | 2400 F | SenM | FRA | |
| 101 | g | SOLOMON Kenny | 2399 F | SenM | RSA | |
| 102 | m | L’AMI Alina | 2392 F | SenF | ROU | |
| 103 | g | MATEO Ramon | 2392 F | SenM | DOM | |
| 104 | m | AHLANDER Bjorn | 2389 F | SenM | SWE | |
| 105 | f | BASSO Pier Luigi | 2382 F | CadM | ITA | |
| 106 | m | SHIRAZI Kamran | 2381 F | VetM | FRA | |
| 107 | STREMAVICIUS Titas | 2381 F | CadM | LTU | ||
| 108 | m | BULMAGA Irina | 2381 F | SenF | ROU | |
| 109 | m | MANEA Alexandru | 2381 F | SenM | ROU | |
| 110 | g | PLACHETKA Jan | 2380 F | VetM | SVK | |
| 111 | m | BEINORAS Mindaugas | 2371 F | SenM | LTU | |
| 112 | m | TISSIR Mohamed | 2366 F | SenM | MAR | |
| 113 | m | KARIM Ismael | 2363 F | SenM | MAR | |
| 114 | f | LOKANDER Martin | 2361 F | JunM | SWE | |
| 115 | m | BERKOVICH Mark A | 2361 F | VetM | ISR | |
| 116 | g | LAZAREV Vladimir | 2361 F | SenM | FRA | |
| 117 | m | PAYEN Arnaud | 2354 F | SenM | FRA | |
| 118 | m | NANJO Ryosuke | 2349 F | SenM | JPN | |
| 119 | f | AGHAYEV Miragha | 2345 F | SenM | ITA | |
| 120 | m | FROIS Antonio | 2330 F | SenM | POR | |
| 121 | m | GUERRA BASTIDA Diego | 2324 F | SenM | ESP | |
| 122 | KACZMAREK Aleksander | 2323 F | CadM | POL | ||
| 123 | f | NILSSON Sebastian | 2321 F | SenM | SWE | |
| 124 | f | KENNESKOG Theodor | 2320 F | JunM | SWE | |
| 125 | ff | BELENKAYA Dina | 2317 F | SenF | RUS | |
| 126 | mf | NI Shiqun | 2315 F | CadF | CHN | |
| 127 | gf | KOSTIUK Tatiana | 2315 F | SenF | UKR | |
| 128 | f | RYDSTROM Tom | 2314 F | CadM | SWE | |
| 129 | m | GREKH Andrey | 2312 F | SenM | UKR | |
| 130 | gf | MAISURADZE Nino | 2312 F | SenF | FRA | |
| 131 | f | ASHIKU Franc | 2310 F | SenM | ALB | |
| 132 | g | SHALNEV Nikolai | 2310 F | VetM | GER | |
| 133 | m | GIFFARD Nicolas | 2306 F | VetM | FRA | |
| 134 | f | KONGSEE Uaychai | 2304 F | SenM | THA | |
| 135 | mf | FUCHS Judith | 2299 F | SenF | GER | |
| 136 | m | KLINOVA Masha | 2299 F | SenF | ISR | |
| 137 | mf | IWANOW Anna | 2298 F | JunF | POL | |
| 138 | mf | SGIRCEA Silvia-Raluca | 2294 F | SenF | ROU | |
| 139 | m | RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ Rafael | 2292 F | SenM | ESP | |
| 140 | gf | DOLUHANOVA Evgeniya | 2292 F | SenF | UKR | |
| 141 | m | MARHOLEV Dimitar | 2289 F | SenM | BUL | |
| 142 | GUMULARZ Szymon | 2282 F | BenM | POL | ||
| 143 | JANIK Igor | 2277 F | MinM | POL | ||
| 144 | gf | HOOLT Sarah | 2269 F | SenF | GER | |
| 145 | gf | ARUTYUNOVA Diana | 2267 F | SenF | UKR | |
| 146 | f | PITIROTJIRATHON Jirapak | 2263 F | SenM | THA | |
| 147 | mf | FRISK Ellinor | 2262 F | SenF | SWE | |
| 148 | m | GRABINSKY Vladimir | 2262 F | SenM | UKR | |
| 149 | f | CERTEK Pavel | 2260 F | SenM | SVK | |
| 150 | ff | WARAKOMSKA Anna | 2238 F | SenF | POL | |
| 151 | gf | HRABINSKA Myroslava | 2234 F | SenF | UKR | |
| 152 | TOMCZAK Mikolaj | 2227 F | MinM | POL | ||
| 153 | gf | ARESHCHENKO Kateryna | 2223 F | SenF | UKR | |
| 154 | f | AMER SAID SALIM AL M | 2221 F | SenM | OMA | |
| 155 | ff | NAVROTESCU Andreea-Cristiana | 2212 F | JunF | FRA | |
| 156 | gf | KRYVORUCHKO Vita | 2206 F | SenF | UKR | |
| 157 | ff | TRAISTARU Teodora | 2192 F | SenF | ROU | |
| 158 | ff | CHOISY Mathilde | 2188 F | SenF | FRA | |
| 159 | ff | ZHOU Qiyu | 2182 F | MinF | CAN | |
| 160 | mf | ZAKSAITE Salomeja | 2182 F | SenF | LTU | |
| 161 | f | CIEZA Arcadio | 2179 F | SenM | PER | |
| 162 | m | PERIC Slavisa | 2169 F | VetM | SRB | |
| 163 | mf | ANDRENKO Irina | 2168 F | SenF | UKR | |
| 164 | gf | SAFRANSKA Anda | 2168 F | SenF | FRA | |
| 165 | mf | SHAMIMA Akter Liza | 2130 F | SenF | BAN | |
| 166 | AL SULAITI Ali | 2126 F | SenM | BRN | ||
| 167 | KOSAKOWSKI Jakub | 2106 F | BenM | POL | ||
| 168 | ff | KUDRIASHOVA Irina | 2095 F | SenF | RUS | |
| 169 | PIT-RADA Mihail-Cosmin | 2094 F | SenM | ROU | ||
| 170 | MOHAMMED ALYAN AL MA | 2089 F | SenM | OMA | ||
| 171 | SALIM MOHAMMED SALIM | 2084 F | SenM | OMA | ||
| 172 | NOGUCHI Koji | 2072 F | SenM | JPN | ||
| 173 | GUERREIRO Nuno | 2066 F | SenM | POR | ||
| 174 | FIORI Hector | 2066 F | SenM | ARG | ||
| 175 | mf | SHALNYEVA Olga | 2048 F | VetF | GER | |
| 176 | BAKALAR Jan | 2031 F | VetM | SVK | ||
| 177 | ANTOLAK Julia | 2031 F | MinF | POL | ||
| 178 | TANG Tang | 2023 F | JunM | JPN | ||
| 179 | FRISK Hans | 2020 F | SenM | SWE | ||
| 180 | DORNBUSCH Philippe | 2000 N | SenM | FRA | ||
| 181 | SHIOGUCHI Tatsuya | 1999 F | SenM | JPN | ||
| 182 | f | KOOSHANI Mahbuboollah | 1990 F | VetM | AFG | |
| 183 | mf | VAZQUEZ MACCARINI Danitza | 1987 F | MinF | PUR | |
| 184 | STURC Gustav | 1963 F | VetM | SVK | ||
| 185 | SHINODA Taro | 1931 F | SenM | JPN | ||
| 186 | JAKAITYTE Ruta | 1925 F | SenF | LTU | ||
| 187 | BALTRUNAS Arvydas | 1920 F | SenM | LTU | ||
| 188 | SIBAJEVA Marija | 1871 F | BenF | LTU | ||
| 189 | BABO Miguel | 1851 F | SenM | POR | ||
| 190 | mf | LEBEL-ARIAS Julia | 1827 F | VetF | MNC | |
| 191 | VAZQUEZ VARGAS Miguel | 1699 E | SenM | PUR |
