Corsica Masters, the top open event of the season, continues on the island of Napoleon. Most of the high-rated participants, including GM Fressinet, GM Sasikiran, GM Mamedov, GM Gawain Jones, GM Ghaem Maghami, and GM Grigoryan continued their victorious march.
Round two brought some surprises as well. After GM Cheparinov got stunned at the start, yet another top Grandmaster faced fierce resistance – this time Pavel Tregubov drew with Aghasi Inants.
Scroll down for the full results, you can download and replay the games at the official website.
Today is round 3, live games here.
Large increase of participation
Corsica 2011 is a top tournament of the year, and despite the financial crisis there is a record number of competitors, 30% more than any other year. One of the key factors is the participation of the young players at the event. The organizers, the happy participants, and the media interest in the following video.
Results round 2
| Ech. | Blancs | Res. | Noirs | ||
| 1 | FRESSINET Laurent | 2696 | 1 – 0 | GIROYAN Gary | 2318 |
| 2 | SAADA Julien | 2313 | 0 – 1 | SASIKIRAN Krishnan | 2689 |
| 3 | MAMEDOV Rauf | 2660 | 1 – 0 | MAMEDJAROVA Zeinab | 2314 |
| 4 | JONES Gawain C B | 2624 | 1 – 0 | COLEMAN Teddy | 2312 |
| 5 | MASSONI Michael | 2304 | 0 – 1 | MELKUMYAN Hrant | 2619 |
| 6 | GRIGORYAN Avetik | 2614 | 1 – 0 | WEISBUCH Udi | 2304 |
| 7 | INANTS Aghasi | 2288 | X – X | TREGUBOV Pavel V. | 2602 |
| 8 | GHAEM MAGHAMI Ehsan | 2583 | 1 – 0 | BERTHELOT Yannick | 2286 |
| 9 | PESOTSKYI Vitalii | 2268 | 1 – 0 | SULAVA Nenad | 2540 |
| 10 | DURARBEYLI Vasif | 2526 | 1 – 0 | MAMEDJAROVA Turkan | 2277 |
| 11 | RIBREAU Herve | 2233 | 0 – 1 | ARNOLD Marc T | 2505 |
| 12 | BARON Tal | 2505 | 1 – 0 | HUMEAU Cyril | 2261 |
| 13 | DUPORT Nicolas | 2220 | 0 – 1 | FLEAR Glenn C | 2471 |
| 14 | BATTAGLINI Gabriel | 2452 | 1 – 0 | IVANOV Stojan Emilov | 2221 |
| 15 | DAURELLE Herve | 2209 | X – X | DEMUTH Adrien | 2440 |
| 16 | DIMITROV Radoslav | 2424 | 1 – 0 | GIUA Frederic | 2193 |
| 17 | EGOZI Nadav | 2173 | 0 – 1 | BEDOUIN Xavier | 2406 |
| 18 | DEBRAY Christopher | 2402 | 1 – 0 | GIDEL Jean-Louis | 2150 |
| 19 | PAHLEVANZADEH Mehrdad | 2136 | X – X | MULLON Jean-Baptiste | 2379 |
| 20 | BAGHDASARYAN Vahe | 2362 | 1 – 0 | STOERI Simon | 2150 |
| 21 | KOCH Alain | 1993 | 0 – 1 | SHACHAR Ehud | 2355 |
| 22 | DIMITROV Pavel | 2353 | 1 – 0 | POULET Sebastien | 1787 |
| 23 | MALASSAGNE Isabelle | 1753 | X – X | JUDKOVSKY Yair | 2329 |
| 24 | RABINEAU Clement | 2285 | 0 – 1 | CHEPARINOV Ivan | 2650 |
| 25 | LOEWE Lennard | 2077 | 0 – 1 | AUQUE Aurelien | 1802 |
| 26 | CHUIKO Vitaly | 1799 | 0 – 1 | CRISTOFARI Antoine | 2161 |
| 27 | VASILENKO Ekateryna | 1799 | 0 – 1 | ANGELOV Zvetomir | 2122 |
| 28 | KIRK Ezra | 2122 | 1 – 0 | ESCAFRE Stephane | 1790 |
| 29 | MALASSAGNE Jerome | 1798 | 0 – 1 | EID Maha | 2081 |
| 30 | PIAT Gabin | 1773 | 1 – 0 | SKOUVAKLIS Alexis | 2072 |
| 31 | KOSSOBUDZKI Robert | 2069 | 1 – 0 | FRANCESCHINI Francois-Marie | 1769 |
| 32 | LORENZI Philippe | 1771 | 0 – 1 | PICARD Remi | 2054 |
| 33 | MELLER Piotr | 2047 | X – X | GUILLEMART Serge | 1752 |
| 34 | BROIN Christian | 1750 | 0 – 1 | DUBOIS Martine | 2017 |
| 35 | GERONIMI Pierre-Francois | 2013 | 1 – 0 | GROSSE Ludovic | 1741 |
| 36 | LUCIANI Thibault | 1990 | 1 – 0 | BEKHOUCHE Marion | 1714 |
| 37 | COSTA Pierre-Mathieu | 1975 | 1 – 0 | MORGANTI Noel | 1711 |
| 38 | SUSINI Lisa | 1740 | 0 – 1 | ANCION Merowig | 1947 |
| 39 | KIRK Jason | 1944 | 1 – 0 | COMITI Tony | 1695 |
| 40 | LEIBENGUTH Jean | 1717 | 0 – 1 | TEYCHENE Jean-Louis | 1940 |
| 41 | POULET Pierre-Emmanuel | 1937 | 1 – 0 | TERZI Simon | 1681 |
| 42 | GERONIMI Didier | 1676 | 0 – 1 | UTRERA Ludovic | 1937 |
| 43 | BIGONNET Jean-Michel | 1927 | 1 – 0 | STRATE Wolfgang | 1669 |
| 44 | TOMASI Albert | 1644 | 0 – 1 | BOUTHIER Jacques | 1925 |
| 45 | DUVICQ Arnaud | 1924 | 1 – 0 | GROS Rachel | 1638 |
| 46 | VERHULST Jens | 1641 | 0 – 1 | HAVE Didier | 1913 |
| 47 | BONVALOT Isabelle | 1912 | 1 – 0 | MIRETE Leo | 1624 |
| 48 | BEDINI Noel | 1631 | 0 – 1 | MALASSAGNE Raphael | 1906 |
| 49 | DUPOUY Francois | 1895 | 1 – 0 | CAMBLAN Roger | 1603 |
| 50 | OSTER Jean-Marie | 1608 | 0 – 1 | SZYMANSKI Piotr | 1880 |
| 51 | PASCAL Jonathan | 1873 | 0 – 1 | ESCLAFIT Pierre | 1588 |
| 52 | BEDINI Lucas | 1596 | 0 – 1 | PERRUSSET Barbara | 1873 |
| 53 | FERRANDI Bernard | 1851 | X – X | DONGU-CUNEO Yann | 1535 |
| 54 | BARZILAY Marianne | 1586 | 0 – 1 | DIMITROV Daniel | 1845 |
| 55 | HANSEN Herborg | 1841 | X – X | KUCHERYAVYI Vadym | 1531 |
| 56 | ROYER Damien | 1475 | 0 – 1 | PILLOT Antoine | 1828 |
| 57 | MANGOLD Noe | 1806 | X – X | JEAN Joris | 1512 |
| 58 | BOULET Stephane | 1801 | 1 – 0 | VENEL Alexandre | 1480 |
| 59 | COMPAN Bastien | 1470 | X – X | BIANCALANA Marc | 1799 |
| 60 | LHOSTIS Florian | 1713 | 1 – 0 | MIRETE Rita | 1548 |
| 61 | DELLAPINA Kevin | 1707 | X – X | LEIBENGUTH Pablo | 1564 |
| 62 | STROHL Antoine | 1672 | 1 – 0 | HEBERT Jean-Francois | 1470 |
| 63 | PIACENTINI Theo | 1590 | 0 – 1 | DELLAPINA Florian | 1522 |
| 64 | BAZZALI Joel | 1499 | 0 – 1 | DIEULEVEUT Floriane | 1717 |
| 65 | GERONIMI Vital | 1695 | 0 – 1 | VENEL Frederic | 1500 |
| 66 | SUSINI Noelia | 1678 | 1 – 0 | GUILLEMART-PASTINI Patricia | 1499 |
| 67 | MOREL Martine | 1499 | 0 – 1 | BEKHOUCHE Erick | 1663 |
| 68 | MORACCHINI Jean-Philippe | 1655 | 0 – 1 | LEOST Joel | 1495 |
| 69 | FERSADOU Kevin | 1598 | 1 – 0 | BUNOUST Lucas | 1488 |
| 70 | POULET Benoit | 1470 | 0 – 1 | STROHL Gregoire | 1597 |
| 71 | GROSSE Tomas | 1452 | X – X | GIL Jean-Jacques | 1592 |
| 72 | MAUTIN Arthur | 1447 | 1 – 0 | DUMAS Philippe | 1584 |
| 73 | MALASSAGNE Gabriel | 1430 | 0 – 1 | ZAWALNICKI Jean-Michel | 1572 |
| 74 | BRUNEL Axel | 1565 | 0 – 1 | BERTRAND Marin | 1470 |
| 75 | ASCIONE Olivier | 1550 | X – X | PIETRELLE Christian | 1454 |
| 76 | GIORDANI Lisandru | 1538 | 1 – 0 | RAFFAELLI Alain | 1445 |
| 77 | PIETRI Melanie | 1532 | 0 – 1 | PELLERIN Gerard | 1387 |
| 78 | BOUSLIMI Nabil | 1525 | 1 – 0 | NICOLAI Dominique | 1370 |
| 79 | JUFFIN Dominique | 1514 | 0 – 1 | PESOTSKYI Alexandr | 1199 |
| 80 | MORISON Julien | 1509 | 1 – 0 | KOLOSAN Ulyana | 1009 |
| 81 | ZAITSEV Kyrilo | 1099 | 1 – 0 | CUNEO Christine | 1270 |
| 82 | PIERINELLI FLORI Marc-Benoit | 1280 | 0 – 1 | FRANCHI Pierre-Jean | 1548 |
| 83 | TREGOUBOV Maxime | 1009 | 0 – 1 | GUILLEMART Marie | 1449 |
| 84 | VITTU Coraline | 1199 | 0 – 1 | MOREL Anthony | 1414 |
| 85 | BIANCALANA Quentin | 1290 | 1 – 0 | PALDACCI Carina | 1110 |
| 86 | GIULIANI Isabelle | 1150 | 0 – 1 | RATABOUC Bernard | 1270 |
| 87 | COLONNA Athaniel | 1020 | 0 – 1 | RICHARD Anthony | 1199 |
| 0 | COSMI Guillaume | 1090 | 1 – F | FRICK Christoph | 2215 |
