The World Art Cup 2014 was hosted in Paris for the 8th consecutive year. The traditional festival gathered people of art from all around the world.
The event was organized by Mr. Tardits and took place at the L’Orchidee du Cheval Blanc in the French capital. It is traditionally open to all chess players in the sphere of art.
The Bulgarian player Simeon Stoichkov emerged a clear winner with 8.5/9 points, leaving the runner-up Maria Manelidou (Greece) half a point behind. Thus, Stoichkov (not the football legend, part of Johan Cruyff’s Barcelona, but the chess player), became World Art Cup’s champion for second time, after winning the event in 2012.
Maria Manelidou remained second with 8/9 points, while IM Allen Villeneuve (France), who participated under the artistic pseudonym “Spartacus”, took the bronze with 6/9 points, sharing the third place with Laurent Deborde, Philippe Daoud and Fabrice Burdese.
Special thanks to Mr. Simeon Stoichkov for the information and photo report.
Some of the participants in the World Art Cup 2014
L’Orchidee du Cheval Blanc was a hospitable host of the event
The winner Simeon Stoichkov faced “Harry Potter”
World Art champion Simeon Stoichkov
The strongest woman in the tournament Maria Manelidou took the silver
Final standings:
1 STOICHKOV Simeon 2160 8½
2 MANELIDOU Maria 2088 8
3 IM SPARTACUS 2240 6
4 DEBORDE Laurent 1499 6
5 DAOUD Philippe 1199 6
6 BURDESE Fabrice 1700 6
7 GALLIGANI Patrice 1600 5½
8 DE BENAZE Francois 1450 5½
9 URTREGER Rene 2020 5½
10 MITEV Kamen 1830 5½
11 MIRANDA Kevin 1600 5½
12 MENDOU 1805 5
13 PENEV Krassmir 1750 5
14 PETER Christian 1706 5
15 BAZAUD Olivier 1800 5
16 SPASSOV Roumen 1499 4½
17 GUIMAUVE Rose 1600 4½
18 JIMENEZ Fred 1700 4
19 GHOURABI Kilani 1660 39½
20 MANON 1499 4
21 PIRON Dominique 1499 4
22 SHAMS 1499 4
23 MURY Richard 1600 4
24 DRAGNEV Dragomir 1499 4
25 CHURCHILL Saida 1499 3
26 TANCHEVA Anna 1399 3
27 DE BENAZE Guillaume 3
28 MERMET Fanny 1499 3
29 DENIZANE Pascale 1499 3
30 ESPHAHANI Raffi 1499 3
31 ADER Thomas 1499 3
32 GALVAN Nicolas 1499 3
33 NOEMIE 1499 2½
34 TARDITS Stephane 1650 2
35 MACHA 1400 2
36 WICK Andrea 1525 2
37 TOM 1499 2
38 JESSICA 1499 2
39 PACINI Ema 1499 2
40 3 MINUTES Chrono 2000 2
41 PALKONEN Chia 1499 1½
42 VERNIER Guillaume 1499 1½
43 RYYTTY Niko 1499 1
44 KUUSINEN 1499 1
45 LORENZO Belen 1499 1
46 HADDAD John 1499 1
47 DEVERS Dom 1499 1
48 ARAM 1499 ½
49 ASSI Tania 1399 ½
50 BRISSE Nicole 1499 ½
51 PENKA 1499 ½
52 ARAUDY 1499 ½
53 DELEVA Iva 1499 ½
54 FOULIARON Anne-Marie 1499 ½
55 BRANEV 1499 ½
56 PARSY Isabelle 1499 ½
57 LARA 1499 0
58 NGUYEN Patricia 1499 0
59 DE BENEZE Jean-Francois 1499 0
60 PLANTIE 1499 0
61 MIDOLE Robin 1499 0
62 GENUIST Eric 1499 0
63 DALMEIDA Narcisse 1499 0
64 HOLOPAINEN 1499 0
65 HURME Suzanna 1499 0
