he finishes ahead of Malakhatko and Sengupta
GM Bauer
The 24th Open Pierre & Vacances finished this weekend in France. The three groups included several hundred players, divided in 3 groups. Group A was won by GM Tigran Gharamian, who finished with 7,0/9, the same points as GM Malakhatko and GM Sengupta, but better tiebreak. Chessdom.com commentator GM Christian Bauer performed well and finished 5th in a group of players with 6,5/9.
The tournament, organized by Damir Levacic in Palais des Festivals as part of the International Games Festival, took place February 28th – March 7th. Here are the full standings.
1 g GHARAMIAN Tigran 2609 7
2 g MALAKHATKO Vadim 2549 7
3 m SENGUPTA Deep 2480 7
4 g FEDORCHUK Sergey A. 2641 6,5
5 g BAUER Christian 2610 6,5
6 g HAMDOUCHI Hicham 2601 6,5
7 m ABASOV Nijat Azad Oglu 2510 6,5
8 m DAS Arghyadip 2396 6
9 g ITURRIZAGA Eduardo 2616 6
10 g FIER Alexandr 2601 6
11 g DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc 2577 6
12 g LEON HOYOS Manuel 2516 6
13 m SHANKLAND Samuel L 2491 6
14 g SHCHEKACHEV Andrei 2546 6
15 g SULAVA Nenad 2539 6
16 m HEBERT Jean 2418 6
17 g BHAT Vinay S. 2540 5,5
18 g MILADINOVIC Igor 2559 5,5
19 g APICELLA Manuel 2518 5,5
20 m SARAVANAN V. 2356 5,5
21 g CORNETTE Matthieu 2554 5,5
22 m AGUETTAZ Maxime 2399 5,5
23 m DANIN Alexandre 2519 5,5
24 m BORGO Giulio 2442 5,5
25 g KAZHGALEYEV Murtas 2643 5
26 f PETAKOV Uros 2356 5
27 m GOVCIYAN Pavel 2422 5
28 ABELLO Sebastien 2297 5
29 m BUJISHO Benjamin 2420 5
30 m SAPTARSHI Roy 2407 5
31 DUBESSAY Bastien 2175 5
32 m CHETVERIK Maxim 2351 5
33 f SUAREZ REAL Alberto 2396 5
34 DE FILOMENO Simone 2232 5
35 f SONG Julien 2297 4,5
36 GRANDADAM Nicolas 2215 4,5
37 m QENDRO Llambi 2350 4,5
38 BRESSAC Stephane 2204 4,5
39 g LIBISZEWSKI Fabien 2499 4,5
40 BRIH Said 2325 4,5
41 m NGUYEN Chi-Minh 2416 4,5
42 FANTIN Ludwig 2230 4,5
43 mf BENSDORP Marlies 2313 4,5
44 m ZOZULIA Anna 2321 4,5
45 KOVACEVIC Vladimir 2207 4,5
46 AMDOUNI Zoubaier 2259 4,5
47 g ANIC Darko 2428 4,5
48 JOVIC Stevan 2282 4,5
49 DE FLORIO Federico 2156 4,5
50 f RASCH Holger 2282 4,5
51 MOISAN Fabrice 2220 4,5
52 m PERIC Slavisa 2237 4,5
53 f MOLINA Fabrizio 2228 4,5
54 m SALVADOR Roland 2472 4
55 m GUERRERO Juan Carlos 2241 4
56 GIROYAN Gary 2181 4
57 g SANCHEZ Joseph 2490 4
58 LIBENS Michel 2115 4
59 f MARCANTONI Herve 2220 4
60 f COCCHI Andrea 2245 4
61 BOZZALI Ermanno 2120 4
62 GAUDINEAU Eric 2346 4
63 mf FLEAR Christine 2147 4
64 VILLEGAS Pierre 2237 3,5
65 GIUA Frederic 2215 3,5
66 mf MULLER Anne 2202 3,5
67 f VAN HOOLANDT Patrick 2207 3,5
68 MIDOUX Sebastien 2379 3,5
69 METRAL Jean-Paul 2188 3,5
70 f LAMARD Guillaume 2108 3,5
71 JAULIN Marc 2142 3,5
72 L’HERMITTE Emmanuel 2025 3,5
73 m BELLIA Fabrizio 2408 3,5
74 f NJILI Kamel 2294 3,5
75 VALETTE Christian 2098 3,5
76 DERIEUX Christian 2112 3,5
77 CODENOTTI Marco 2169 3,5
78 f DESLANDES Pascal 2316 3
79 MALEKI Nicolas 2202 3
80 ff HAUSSERNOT Cecile 1935 3
81 f MOAL Alain 2247 3
82 HEINIS Vincent 2095 2,5
83 BATTISTELLA Stefano 2099 2,5
84 GAUDINEAU Gilles 2072 2,5
85 BENEDIC Patrick 2077 2,5
86 VUITTON Gilles 2141 2,5
87 SAINT-AMAND Paul 2131 2,5
88 LAGUNES Jean-Renaud 2107 2,5
89 f CORDARA Michele 2108 2
90 KIERZEK Matthias Dr. 2173 2
91 FERRIGNO Jean-Pierre 2116 0
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