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.
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 | |
