The 10th Balagna International Open took place on 13th-14th April at the gymnasium of Calvi in France.
It was a rapid event with a time control of 10 minutes for the whole game plus 3 seconds per move. The knock-out system was used among the 16 participants that qualified from the previous open tournament.
Etienne Bacrot took the 4,000 Euros reserved for first prize after defeating fellow GM Laurent Fressinet in the final match. Bacrot had beaten Richard Rapport in the semi-finals, while Fressinet had taken down Vladislav Tkachev.
Both finalists qualified for the round-of-16 of the 17th Corsica Masters later this year.
Etienne Bacrot
Final Results – Qualifier Tournament:
| 1 | g | RAPPORT Richard | 2654 F | 7½ |
| 2 | g | BACROT Etienne | 2705 F | 7½ |
| 3 | g | FRESSINET Laurent | 2706 F | 7 |
| 4 | g | TKACHIEV Vladislav | 2632 F | 7 |
| 5 | g | SVETUSHKIN Dmitry | 2588 F | 7 |
| 6 | m | SKRIPCHENKO Almira | 2430 F | 7 |
| 7 | f | HUMEAU Cyril | 2312 F | 6½ |
| 8 | BRETHES Francois | 2234 F | 6½ | |
| 9 | m | MASSONI Michael | 2385 F | 6½ |
| 10 | GERTOSIO Franck | 2180 F | 6 | |
| 11 | UTRERA Ludovic | 2012 F | 6 | |
| 12 | LUCIANI Thibault | 2081 F | 6 | |
| 13 | BUNOUST Lucas | 1726 F | 6 | |
| 14 | BEDINI Lucas | 1721 F | 6 | |
| 15 | LEIBENGUTH Pablo | 1679 F | 6 | |
| 16 | LHOSTIS Florian | 1760 F | 6 | |
| 17 | BOUSLIMI Nabil | 1530 F | 6 | |
| 18 | PODVIN Antoine | 1674 F | 5½ | |
| 19 | BIGONNET Jean-Michel | 1976 F | 5½ | |
| 20 | PILLOT Antoine | 1778 F | 5½ | |
| 21 | MASSARDO Quentin | 1736 F | 5½ | |
| 22 | CARDI Jean | 1661 F | 5½ | |
| 23 | MORGANTI Noel | 1656 F | 5½ | |
| 24 | BATTESTI Saveriu | 2010 F | 5½ | |
| 25 | ROSSI Pascal | 1819 F | 5 | |
| 26 | GUILLEMART Serge | 1804 F | 5 | |
| 27 | PIERI Pierre-Louis | 2053 F | 5 | |
| 28 | PODVIN Celine | 1465 F | 5 | |
| 29 | BATTESTI Leo | 1732 F | 5 | |
| 30 | BATTESTI Marc-Andria | 1993 F | 5 | |
| 31 | MURCIA Gerald | 1634 F | 5 | |
| 32 | HEBERT Jean-Francois | 1446 F | 5 | |
| 33 | GOSSART Gerard | 1811 F | 5 | |
| 34 | LEVEQUE Christophe | 1675 F | 5 | |
| 35 | CAMBLAN Roger | 1698 F | 5 | |
| 36 | DEHAINAULT Christian | 1651 F | 5 | |
| 37 | MORISON Julien | 1636 F | 5 | |
| 38 | HAZARABEDIAN Guy | 1413 F | 5 | |
| 39 | SZYMANSKI Piotr | 1889 F | 4½ | |
| 40 | SABIANI Chjara | 1456 F | 4½ | |
| 41 | PIACENTINI Theo | 1490 F | 4½ | |
| 42 | PODVIN Dominique | 1305 F | 4½ | |
| 43 | DEFENDINI Henri | 1170 N | 4½ | |
| 44 | PERETTI Charles | 1499 E | 4 | |
| 45 | ASCIONE Olivier | 1561 F | 4 | |
| 46 | BACROT Alexandre | 1557 F | 4 | |
| 47 | ROUX Baptiste | 1304 F | 4 | |
| 48 | ALBERTINI Pierre-Mathieu | 1480 N | 4 | |
| 49 | LEIBENGUTH Jean | 1711 F | 4 | |
| 50 | LARDIES-CECCALDI Amalia | 1593 F | 4 | |
| 51 | PODVIN Helene | 1193 F | 4 | |
| 52 | DAAGI Mahdi | 1499 E | 4 | |
| 53 | CARDI Nathalie | 1499 E | 4 | |
| 54 | PIERINELLI FLORI Marc-Benoit | 1311 F | 4 | |
| 55 | BOUCHA Abdel | 1199 E | 4 | |
| 56 | ROUSSEAU Younes | 1099 E | 4 | |
| 57 | LESCHI Juliette | 1170 N | 4 | |
| 58 | PIACENTINI Laetitia | 1099 E | 4 | |
| 59 | SIMBETEANU Luminata | 1499 E | 3½ | |
| 60 | THEBE Youbsun | 1009 E | 3½ | |
| 61 | STOLFI Marie-Noelle | 1645 F | 3½ | |
| 62 | BARBOLOSI Jean Baptiste | 1400 N | 3 | |
| 63 | CICCOLI Matteu | 1320 N | 3 | |
| 64 | CARBUCCIA Chjara | 1100 N | 3 | |
| 65 | CICCOLI Christophe | 1350 N | 3 | |
| 66 | SEMIA Jawad | 1040 N | 3 | |
| 67 | AYARI Mohamed | 1199 E | 3 | |
| 68 | PIACENTINI Angelina | 1040 N | 3 | |
| 69 | THEBE Kevin | 1009 E | 3 | |
| 70 | GIAMMARI Santu | 1009 E | 3 | |
| 71 | DE MONICAULT Baudoin | 1099 E | 3 | |
| 72 | LESCHI Heloise | 1009 E | 3 | |
| 73 | MIGLIORE Leanne | 1009 E | 3 | |
| 74 | SIMBETEANU Cristian | 1010 N | 2½ | |
| 75 | SIMBETEANU Lucian | 1009 E | 2½ | |
| 76 | SEMIA Sabah | 1099 E | 2 | |
| 77 | GIFFUNI Pablo | 1009 E | 2 | |
| 78 | THAPA Amosh | 1009 E | 2 | |
| 79 | SOLAS Gabriel | 1009 E | 1 | |
| 80 | COUILEAU Tom | 1009 E | 0 | |
| 81 | ROUX Eric | 1227 F | 0 | |
