Corsica Masters 2011 started with the participation of more than 180 players from 20 countries, among which GM Fressinet, GM Sasikiran, GM Grigoryan, GM Cheparinov, GM Gawain Jones, GM Tregubov, GM Mamedov, GM Ghaem Maghami, and multiple titled players.
Players greetings from Corsica
Mamedyarov, Grigoryan, Fresinnet, Mamedov, and more from the top players greet the chess fans from Corsica.
Corsica Masters round 1
Round 1 saw only one major surprise, with GM Cheparinov drawing Lennard Loewe (2077). All results in the table below.
| 1 | ANGELOV Zvetomir | 2122 | 0 – 1 | FRESSINET Laurent | 2696 |
| 2 | SASIKIRAN Krishnan | 2689 | 1 – 0 | KIRK Ezra | 2122 |
| 3 | EID Maha | 2081 | 0 – 1 | MAMEDOV Rauf | 2660 |
| 4 | CHEPARINOV Ivan | 2650 | X – X | LOEWE Lennard | 2077 |
| 5 | SKOUVAKLIS Alexis | 2072 | 0 – 1 | JONES Gawain C B | 2624 |
| 6 | MELKUMYAN Hrant | 2619 | 1 – 0 | KOSSOBUDZKI Robert | 2069 |
| 7 | PICARD Remi | 2054 | 0 – 1 | GRIGORYAN Avetik | 2614 |
| 8 | TREGUBOV Pavel V. | 2602 | 1 – 0 | MELLER Piotr | 2047 |
| 9 | DUBOIS Martine | 2017 | 0 – 1 | GHAEM MAGHAMI Ehsan | 2583 |
| 10 | SULAVA Nenad | 2540 | 1 – 0 | LUCIANI Thibault | 1990 |
| 11 | ARNOLD Marc T | 2505 | 1 – 0 | COSTA Pierre-Mathieu | 1975 |
| 12 | ANCION Merowig | 1947 | 0 – 1 | BARON Tal | 2505 |
| 13 | FLEAR Glenn C | 2471 | 1 – 0 | KIRK Jason | 1944 |
| 14 | TEYCHENE Jean-Louis | 1940 | 0 – 1 | BATTAGLINI Gabriel | 2452 |
| 15 | DEMUTH Adrien | 2440 | 1 – 0 | POULET Pierre-Emmanuel | 1937 |
| 16 | UTRERA Ludovic | 1937 | 0 – 1 | DIMITROV Radoslav | 2424 |
| 17 | BEDOUIN Xavier | 2406 | 1 – 0 | BIGONNET Jean-Michel | 1927 |
| 18 | BOUTHIER Jacques | 1925 | 0 – 1 | DEBRAY Christopher | 2402 |
| 19 | MULLON Jean-Baptiste | 2379 | 1 – 0 | DUVICQ Arnaud | 1924 |
| 20 | HAVE Didier | 1913 | 0 – 1 | BAGHDASARYAN Vahe | 2362 |
| 21 | SHACHAR Ehud | 2355 | 1 – 0 | BONVALOT Isabelle | 1912 |
| 22 | MALASSAGNE Raphael | 1906 | 0 – 1 | DIMITROV Pavel | 2353 |
| 23 | JUDKOVSKY Yair | 2329 | 1 – 0 | DUPOUY Francois | 1895 |
| 24 | SZYMANSKI Piotr | 1880 | 0 – 1 | GIROYAN Gary | 2318 |
| 25 | MAMEDJAROVA Zeinab | 2314 | 1 – 0 | PASCAL Jonathan | 1873 |
| 26 | PERRUSSET Barbara | 1873 | 0 – 1 | SAADA Julien | 2313 |
| 27 | COLEMAN Teddy | 2312 | 1 – 0 | FERRANDI Bernard | 1851 |
| 28 | DIMITROV Daniel | 1845 | 0 – 1 | MASSONI Michael | 2304 |
| 29 | WEISBUCH Udi | 2304 | 1 – 0 | HANSEN Herborg | 1841 |
| 30 | PILLOT Antoine | 1828 | 0 – 1 | INANTS Aghasi | 2288 |
| 31 | BERTHELOT Yannick | 2286 | 1 – 0 | MANGOLD Noe | 1806 |
| 32 | AUQUE Aurelien | 1802 | X – X | RABINEAU Clement | 2285 |
| 33 | MAMEDJAROVA Turkan | 2277 | 1 – 0 | BOULET Stephane | 1801 |
| 34 | BIANCALANA Marc | 1799 | 0 – 1 | PESOTSKYI Vitalii | 2268 |
| 35 | HUMEAU Cyril | 2261 | 1 – 0 | CHUIKO Vitaly | 1799 |
| 36 | VASILENKO Ekateryna | 1799 | 0 – 1 | RIBREAU Herve | 2233 |
| 37 | IVANOV Stojan Emilov | 2221 | 1 – 0 | MALASSAGNE Jerome | 1798 |
| 38 | ESCAFRE Stephane | 1790 | 0 – 1 | DUPORT Nicolas | 2220 |
| 39 | FRICK Christoph | 2215 | F – 1 | POULET Sebastien | 1787 |
| 40 | PIAT Gabin | 1773 | 0 – 1 | DAURELLE Herve | 2209 |
| 41 | GIUA Frederic | 2193 | 1 – 0 | LORENZI Philippe | 1771 |
| 42 | FRANCESCHINI Francois-Marie | 1769 | 0 – 1 | EGOZI Nadav | 2173 |
| 43 | CRISTOFARI Antoine | 2161 | 0 – 1 | MALASSAGNE Isabelle | 1753 |
| 44 | GUILLEMART Serge | 1752 | 0 – 1 | GIDEL Jean-Louis | 2150 |
| 45 | STOERI Simon | 2150 | 1 – 0 | BROIN Christian | 1750 |
| 46 | GROSSE Ludovic | 1741 | 0 – 1 | PAHLEVANZADEH Mehrdad | 2136 |
| 47 | BEKHOUCHE Erick | 1663 | 0 – 1 | DURARBEYLI Vasif | 2526 |
| 48 | DIEULEVEUT Floriane | 1717 | 0 – 1 | KOCH Alain | 1993 |
| 49 | DUMAS Philippe | 1584 | 0 – 1 | SUSINI Lisa | 1740 |
| 50 | ZAWALNICKI Jean-Michel | 1572 | 0 – 1 | LEIBENGUTH Jean | 1717 |
| 51 | BEKHOUCHE Marion | 1714 | 1 – 0 | BRUNEL Axel | 1565 |
| 52 | LEIBENGUTH Pablo | 1564 | X – X | LHOSTIS Florian | 1713 |
| 53 | MORGANTI Noel | 1711 | 1 – 0 | ASCIONE Olivier | 1550 |
| 54 | MIRETE Rita | 1548 | X – X | DELLAPINA Kevin | 1707 |
| 55 | COMITI Tony | 1695 | 1 – 0 | GIORDANI Lisandru | 1538 |
| 56 | DONGU-CUNEO Yann | 1535 | 1 – 0 | GERONIMI Vital | 1695 |
| 57 | TERZI Simon | 1681 | 1 – 0 | PIETRI Melanie | 1532 |
| 58 | KUCHERYAVYI Vadym | 1531 | 1 – 0 | SUSINI Noelia | 1678 |
| 59 | GERONIMI Didier | 1676 | 1 – 0 | BOUSLIMI Nabil | 1525 |
| 60 | DELLAPINA Florian | 1522 | X – X | STROHL Antoine | 1672 |
| 61 | STRATE Wolfgang | 1669 | 1 – 0 | JUFFIN Dominique | 1514 |
| 62 | JEAN Joris | 1512 | 1 – 0 | MORACCHINI Jean-Philippe | 1655 |
| 63 | TOMASI Albert | 1644 | 1 – 0 | MORISON Julien | 1509 |
| 64 | VENEL Frederic | 1500 | 0 – 1 | VERHULST Jens | 1641 |
| 65 | GROS Rachel | 1638 | 1 – 0 | BAZZALI Joel | 1499 |
| 66 | GUILLEMART-PASTINI Patricia | 1499 | 0 – 1 | BEDINI Noel | 1631 |
| 67 | MIRETE Leo | 1624 | 1 – 0 | MOREL Martine | 1499 |
| 68 | LEOST Joel | 1495 | 0 – 1 | OSTER Jean-Marie | 1608 |
| 69 | CAMBLAN Roger | 1603 | 1 – 0 | BUNOUST Lucas | 1488 |
| 70 | VENEL Alexandre | 1480 | 1 – 0 | FERSADOU Kevin | 1598 |
| 71 | STROHL Gregoire | 1597 | 0 – 1 | ROYER Damien | 1475 |
| 72 | BERTRAND Marin | 1470 | 0 – 1 | BEDINI Lucas | 1596 |
| 73 | GIL Jean-Jacques | 1592 | 0 – 1 | COMPAN Bastien | 1470 |
| 74 | HEBERT Jean-Francois | 1470 | X – X | PIACENTINI Theo | 1590 |
| 75 | ESCLAFIT Pierre | 1588 | 1 – 0 | POULET Benoit | 1470 |
| 76 | PIETRELLE Christian | 1454 | 0 – 1 | BARZILAY Marianne | 1586 |
| 77 | RATABOUC Bernard | 1270 | 0 – 1 | GROSSE Tomas | 1452 |
| 78 | GUILLEMART Marie | 1449 | 0 – 1 | PESOTSKYI Alexandr | 1199 |
| 79 | RICHARD Anthony | 1199 | 0 – 1 | MAUTIN Arthur | 1447 |
| 80 | RAFFAELLI Alain | 1445 | 1 – 0 | VITTU Coraline | 1199 |
| 81 | PALDACCI Carina | 1110 | 0 – 1 | MALASSAGNE Gabriel | 1430 |
| 82 | MOREL Anthony | 1414 | 0 – 1 | ZAITSEV Kyrilo | 1099 |
| 83 | COSMI Guillaume | 1090 | 0 – 1 | PELLERIN Gerard | 1387 |
| 84 | NICOLAI Dominique | 1370 | 1 – 0 | COLONNA Athaniel | 1020 |
| 85 | KOLOSAN Ulyana | 1009 | 1 – 0 | BIANCALANA Quentin | 1290 |
| 86 | CUNEO Christine | 1270 | X – X | TREGOUBOV Maxime | 1009 |
