Tkachiev during the round-of-16
GM Vladislav Tkachiev grabbed the winner’s trophy at the first stage of the French Rapid Grand-Prix 2013 in Nancy. The strong rapid tournament took place on 9-10th March at the Conseil Général de Meurthe et Moselle in Nancy.
Tkachiev won the final match against Russian GM Vladimir Dobrov with a 1,5-0,5 score.
The qualifiying open on saturday was won by Bacrot, Postny and Gharamian with 7,5/9. The organizers welcomed 210 players. Luxembourger WGM Elvira Berend was the best woman; French IM Mehrshad Sharif, the best veteran; and German Alexander Donchenko, the best junior.
At the round-of-16 there were some surprising eliminations. Etienne Bacrot, German’s Nr.1 Arkadij Naiditsch and Tigran Gharamian lost their matches against lower rated opponents.
The quarterfinals finished with victories by Vachier-Lagrave, Tkachiev, Svetushkin and Dobrov. In the semifinals, French Nr. 1 surprisingly lost against the Russian GM, while Tkachiev beat Svetushkin.
The final match had a very nice decisive game, where the eventual winner got his victory in a nice attacking game.
The qualifying tournament
Final standings – Qualifying tournament:
| 1 | g | BACROT Etienne | 2790 | 7,5 |
| 2 | g | POSTNY Evgeny | 2602 | 7,5 |
| 3 | g | GHARAMIAN Tigran | 2600 | 7,5 |
| 4 | g | VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime | 2741 | 7,0 |
| 5 | g | ISTRATESCU Andrei | 2660 | 7,0 |
| 6 | g | SVETUSHKIN Dmitry | 2599 | 7,0 |
| 7 | g | HAMDOUCHI Hicham | 2620 | 7,0 |
| 8 | g | PELLETIER Yannick | 2592 | 7,0 |
| 9 | g | NAIDITSCH Arkadij | 2735 | 7,0 |
| 10 | g | TKACHIEV Vladislav | 2643 | 7,0 |
| 11 | m | DOURERASSOU Jonathan | 2450 | 7,0 |
| 12 | g | EDOUARD Romain | 2660 | 7,0 |
| 13 | m | MONROY Charles | 2500 | 7,0 |
| 14 | g | SANIKIDZE Tornike | 2490 | 7,0 |
| 15 | g | WIRIG Anthony | 2530 | 6,5 |
| 16 | g | DOBROV Vladimir | 2475 | 6,5 |
| 17 | m | AGUETTAZ Maxime | 2420 | 6,5 |
| 18 | m | SHARIF Mehrshad | 2439 | 6,5 |
| 19 | m | NEZAR Mustapha | 2290 | 6,5 |
| 20 | m | BEREND Fred | 2330 | 6,5 |
| 21 | g | GULIYEV Namig | 2730 | 6,0 |
| 22 | g | BAUER Christian | 2645 | 6,0 |
| 23 | m | SHOKER Samy | 2504 | 6,0 |
| 24 | g | FRESSINET Laurent | 2724 | 6,0 |
| 25 | g | DAVID Alberto | 2630 | 6,0 |
| 26 | g | FIER Alexandr | 2638 | 6,0 |
| 27 | m | DONCHENKO Alexander | 2370 | 6,0 |
| 28 | COUPET Pascal | 2420 | 6,0 | |
| 29 | g | DJURIC Stefan | 2407 | 6,0 |
| 30 | m | DONCHENKO Anatoly | 2360 | 6,0 |
| 31 | m | HAJNAL Zoltan | 2350 | 6,0 |
| 32 | m | GOLDSZTEJN Gildas | 2530 | 6,0 |
| 33 | g | BELKHODJA Slim | 2220 | 6,0 |
| 34 | f | TADDEI Benoit | 2340 | 6,0 |
| 35 | gf | BEREND Elvira | 2320 | 6,0 |
| 36 | m | GIFFARD Nicolas | 2280 | 6,0 |
| 37 | f | GODART Francois | 2310 | 6,0 |
| 38 | f | LE CORRE Benjamin | 2200 | 6,0 |
| 39 | m | VUILLEUMIER Alexandre | 2309 | 6,0 |
| 40 | PUCHER Sebastien | 2090 | 6,0 | |
| 41 | m | ERDELYI Tamas | 2190 | 6,0 |
| 42 | TRASSAERT Stephane | 2170 | 6,0 | |
| 43 | STEININGER Denis | 2240 | 6,0 | |
| 44 | KOLODZIEJCZYK Stephane | 2080 | 6,0 | |
| 45 | g | SHCHEKACHEV Andrei | 2690 | 5,5 |
| 46 | m | PAYEN Arnaud | 2350 | 5,5 |
| 47 | m | DEMUTH Adrien | 2457 | 5,5 |
| 48 | m | CLAVERIE Christophe | 2440 | 5,5 |
| 49 | m | MARZOLO Cyril | 2490 | 5,5 |
| 50 | MUHEIM Sebastien | 2300 | 5,5 | |
| 51 | f | BELLAHCENE Bilel | 2350 | 5,5 |
| 52 | m | MULLON Jean-Baptiste | 2330 | 5,5 |
| 53 | mf | SCHWEITZER Viktoriya | 2160 | 5,5 |
| 54 | f | MOINGT Jean-Claude | 2190 | 5,5 |
| 55 | DAUBENFELD Gilles | 2150 | 5,5 | |
| 56 | f | CRUT Aurelien | 2320 | 5,5 |
| 57 | STEPHANUS Joseph | 2020 | 5,5 | |
| 58 | MAREK Yves | 2180 | 5,5 | |
| 59 | POUCHON Joffrey | 2090 | 5,5 | |
| 60 | CARRILLO Jesus | 2180 | 5,5 | |
| 61 | WEISS Frederic | 2240 | 5,5 | |
| 62 | BELLAHCENE Rayane | 1990 | 5,5 | |
| 63 | POURQUET Matthieu | 2140 | 5,5 | |
| 64 | IASMAN Inna | 1850 | 5,5 | |
| 65 | BRION Marwan | 1820 | 5,5 | |
| 66 | m | MENSCH Etienne | 2430 | 5,0 |
| 67 | m | AMIGUES Emmanuel | 2340 | 5,0 |
| 68 | IGLESIAS Joachim | 2330 | 5,0 | |
| 69 | mf | MULLER Anne | 2130 | 5,0 |
| 70 | WONNER Frank | 2160 | 5,0 | |
| 71 | GROSDEMANGE David | 1900 | 5,0 | |
| 72 | BAUER Laurent | 1980 | 5,0 | |
| 73 | CHINOUNE Karim | 2200 | 5,0 | |
| 74 | ZIENKIEWICZ Alexandre | 2010 | 5,0 | |
| 75 | PATERNOSTER Thibaud | 1940 | 5,0 | |
| 76 | KREMER Nadine | 2080 | 5,0 | |
| 77 | EVRARD Anthony | 1920 | 5,0 | |
| 78 | AZORIT Louis | 1870 | 5,0 | |
| 79 | ZIENKIEWICZ Geoffroy | 1900 | 5,0 | |
| 80 | BOCK Frederic | 1800 | 5,0 | |
| 81 | LECLERE Mohamed | 1970 | 5,0 | |
| 82 | THOMAS Apolline | 1810 | 5,0 | |
| 83 | BIANCHI Tobias | 1880 | 5,0 | |
| 84 | SCHWEITZER Marc | 1860 | 5,0 | |
| 85 | KORNMANN Alexandre | 1910 | 5,0 | |
| 86 | CHARBONNEL Jean-Jacques | 1920 | 5,0 | |
| 87 | PILLARD Valentin | 1850 | 5,0 | |
| 88 | ZOLLINO Anthony | 1499 | 5,0 | |
| 89 | KAJGANIC Fabien | 1820 | 5,0 | |
| 90 | JACQUOT Adrien | 1826 | 5,0 | |
| 91 | PARISOT Anthony | 2060 | 5,0 | |
| 92 | FRANOT Stephane | 1690 | 5,0 | |
| 93 | BOES Remi | 1750 | 5,0 | |
| 94 | RIGAUD Nicolas | 1910 | 5,0 | |
| 95 | SAYSOUK Christophe | 1810 | 5,0 | |
| 96 | MEYER Thibaut | 1760 | 5,0 | |
| 97 | RUFFENACH Alain | 1910 | 4,5 | |
| 98 | KONOPKA Jeremiasz | 1904 | 4,5 | |
| 99 | RITTIE Daniel | 1940 | 4,5 | |
| 100 | HEYMAN Jacques | 1930 | 4,5 | |
| 101 | BAILLARD Marc | 1970 | 4,5 | |
| 102 | PICARD Serge | 1850 | 4,5 | |
| 103 | CAPACES Francois | 2100 | 4,5 | |
| 104 | KROB Laurent | 2110 | 4,5 | |
| 105 | HENTZEN Fabrice | 1910 | 4,5 | |
| 106 | MAIETTI Tom | 1720 | 4,5 | |
| 107 | VIGNERON Jean | 1920 | 4,5 | |
| 108 | HENRY Maxime | 1700 | 4,5 | |
| 109 | HELFER Remi | 1920 | 4,5 | |
| 110 | POUSSIER Thierry | 1900 | 4,5 | |
| 111 | ROST Pierre | 1700 | 4,5 | |
| 112 | ALLONGE Nicolas | 1630 | 4,5 | |
| 113 | GODART Michel | 1730 | 4,5 | |
| 114 | FALLEMPIN Remy | 1520 | 4,5 | |
| 115 | CAQUARD Frederic | 1770 | 4,5 | |
| 116 | CAPONE Florian | 1520 | 4,5 | |
| 117 | CALVI Denis | 2200 | 4,0 | |
| 118 | HAUGER Alexandre | 1940 | 4,0 | |
| 119 | PARDO Julian | 2010 | 4,0 | |
| 120 | LUDEWIG Robert | 1990 | 4,0 | |
| 121 | THOMAS Anysia | 1760 | 4,0 | |
| 122 | POIREL Sylvain | 1880 | 4,0 | |
| 123 | BELLAHCENE Omar | 1640 | 4,0 | |
| 124 | MOREL Jean-Christophe | 1630 | 4,0 | |
| 125 | LAITSELART Thierry | 1399 | 4,0 | |
| 126 | PRINCIPATO Guillaume | 1530 | 4,0 | |
| 127 | MASERA Michel | 1720 | 4,0 | |
| 128 | MASSON Sylvain | 1700 | 4,0 | |
| 129 | BOURHIS Guy | 1620 | 4,0 | |
| 130 | GEORGET Sebastien | 1630 | 4,0 | |
| 131 | KLEIN Marc | 1399 | 4,0 | |
| 132 | CASIES Eliot | 1580 | 4,0 | |
| 133 | QUINET Michel | 1690 | 4,0 | |
| 134 | RUBINI Xavier | 1630 | 4,0 | |
| 135 | BALSAMO Christophe | 1690 | 4,0 | |
| 136 | MARCHAL Olaf | 1730 | 4,0 | |
| 137 | STEFOS Stefanos | 1500 | 4,0 | |
| 138 | BELLAHCENE Anissa | 1760 | 4,0 | |
| 139 | FOLTIER Bernard | 1930 | 4,0 | |
| 140 | VUILLEMARD Jean-Marc | 1730 | 4,0 | |
| 141 | CONCA Raphael | 1930 | 4,0 | |
| 142 | GROTHE Franz | 1600 | 4,0 | |
| 143 | MAZOYER Eric | 1540 | 4,0 | |
| 144 | NONNENMACHER Daniel | 1720 | 4,0 | |
| 145 | TOOFA Marcel | 1590 | 4,0 | |
| 146 | RIBEIRO Michael | 1620 | 4,0 | |
| 147 | DUBOURG Lionel | 1660 | 4,0 | |
| 148 | PRUM Suzanne | 1399 | 4,0 | |
| 149 | PERISSE Matteo | 1390 | 4,0 | |
| 150 | LECLERC Bernard | 1490 | 4,0 | |
| 151 | CASIES Jules | 1340 | 4,0 | |
| 152 | BOQUEL Claude | 1280 | 4,0 | |
| 153 | BATTISTELLA Valentin | 1910 | 3,5 | |
| 154 | WIELGOCKI Hubert | 1590 | 3,5 | |
| 155 | CAHEN Alexis | 1580 | 3,5 | |
| 156 | SAI Mouath | 1399 | 3,5 | |
| 157 | THIERY Boris | 1550 | 3,5 | |
| 158 | CHALTCHI Hussain | 1776 | 3,5 | |
| 159 | PIERROT Philippe | 1690 | 3,5 | |
| 160 | RUBINI Louis | 1250 | 3,5 | |
| 161 | LECLERC Julian | 1550 | 3,5 | |
| 162 | DAMAND Andre | 1470 | 3,5 | |
| 163 | SIATTE Jean-Pierre | 1210 | 3,5 | |
| 164 | RIBEIRO Adrien | 1480 | 3,0 | |
| 165 | BERTHIER Grant | 1400 | 3,0 | |
| 166 | PLASSARD Yoann | 1500 | 3,0 | |
| 167 | ADRIAN Lucien | 1510 | 3,0 | |
| 168 | BONINI Alexandre | 1460 | 3,0 | |
| 169 | RUBINI Tim | 1490 | 3,0 | |
| 170 | BELLAHCENE Meriem | 1640 | 3,0 | |
| 171 | DUPRE Stephane | 1390 | 3,0 | |
| 172 | GOSPODARU Teodora | 1540 | 3,0 | |
| 173 | MANGEAN Marianne | 1540 | 3,0 | |
| 174 | HUGUET Alexandre | 1390 | 3,0 | |
| 175 | DONINI Carlo | 1530 | 3,0 | |
| 176 | LOUOT Catherine | 1430 | 3,0 | |
| 177 | BRUCKNER Christian | 1300 | 3,0 | |
| 178 | BREYER Guy | 1530 | 3,0 | |
| 179 | HORNOY Jean-Michel | 1490 | 3,0 | |
| 180 | ALLONGE Eric | 1190 | 3,0 | |
| 181 | GOEURY Yves | 1470 | 3,0 | |
| 182 | PERRUCHAUD Jean | 1399 | 3,0 | |
| 183 | ADRIAN Leopold | 1300 | 3,0 | |
| 184 | BARIS Alain | 1410 | 3,0 | |
| 185 | DANELON Aldo | 1320 | 3,0 | |
| 186 | BELLAHCENE Sofia | 1190 | 3,0 | |
| 187 | BELLAHCENE Mohamed Adam | 1190 | 3,0 | |
| 188 | BOURHIS Yan | 1180 | 3,0 | |
| 189 | MAURICE Xavier | 1040 | 3,0 | |
| 190 | MALGLAIVE Jean-Louis | 1850 | 2,5 | |
| 191 | PRINCIPATO Vincent | 1430 | 2,5 | |
| 192 | CHOMIENNE Pierre-Jerome | 1399 | 2,5 | |
| 193 | POIREL Marie-France | 1420 | 2,5 | |
| 194 | SIMON Gilles | 1380 | 2,5 | |
| 195 | RICHART Raphael | 799 | 2,5 | |
| 196 | ROSSINOT Helene | 1620 | 2,0 | |
| 197 | SCHMITT Nicolas | 1340 | 2,0 | |
| 198 | BELARDI Romeo | 1280 | 2,0 | |
| 199 | GROSJEAN Joelle | 1220 | 2,0 | |
| 200 | FADILI Zakaria | 1000 | 2,0 | |
| 201 | FADILI Abdessamad | 799 | 2,0 | |
| 202 | FADILI Fatima | 799 | 2,0 | |
| 203 | PASCUAL Ismael | 1499 | 2,0 | |
| 204 | PERISSE Sebastien | 1399 | 2,0 | |
| 205 | GODART Marielle | 980 | 2,0 | |
| 206 | GROSJEAN Charles | 1200 | 2,0 | |
| 207 | FADILI Youssef | 1499 | 1,5 | |
| 208 | MICHELIN Frederic | 1550 | 1,0 | |
| 209 | RACINE Eliane | 1040 | 1,0 | |
| 210 | DEHOVE Christian | 1499 | 1,0 | |
| 211 | SCOLARD Ludovic | 1399 | 0,0 | |
| 212 | BAUER Frederic | 2400 | 0,0 | |
| 213 | SIRI Alex | 1499 | 0,0 | |
| 214 | ADAPA Venkata Reddy | 1499 | 0,0 | |
| 215 | STEPHENNE Eric | 1310 | 0,0 | |
| 216 | DESTREMONT Vladimir | 990 | 0,0 | |
| 217 | DEGOUTIN Selena | 960 | 0,0 | |
| 218 | GUERIN Emilien | 1100 | 0,0 | |
| 219 | f | LAURENT Julien G. | 2360 | 0,0 |
| 220 | KATCHATRIAN Haik | 1020 | 0,0 | |
| 221 | CICCOLI Theo | 1740 | 0,0 | |
| 222 | ZAMBEAU Arsene | 800 | 0,0 | |
| 223 | g | KOVALENKO Igor | 2635 | 0,0 |
| 224 | ZAMBEAU Paul | 930 | 0,0 | |
| 225 | COLSON Arnaud | 2070 | 0,0 | |
| 226 | MOSTEFA KARA Kamil | 1620 | 0,0 | |
| 227 | BOUHAFS Djilali | 1651 | 0,0 | |
| 228 | RAMDEDOVIC Munir | 2160 | 0,0 | |
| 229 | VINCENT Bernard | 2010 | 0,0 | |
| 230 | KARA Djamel | 1710 | 0,0 | |
| 231 | THIEBAUT Mark | 1499 | 0,0 | |
