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🏆 Corsica Masters Open (2011)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Laurent Fressinet, Krishnan Sasikiran, Ivan Cheparinov, Rauf Mamedov, Hrant Melkumyan, Gawain Jones, Pavel Tregubov, Vasif Durarbayli, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Avetik Grigoryan, Nenad Sulava, Adrien Demuth, Tal Baron, Marc Tyler Arnold, Radoslav Dimitrov, Glenn Flear, Gabriel Flom, Vahe Baghdasaryan, Jean-Baptiste Mullon, Pavel Dimitrov, Ezra Kirk, Ehud Shachar, Xavier Bedouin, Gary Giroyan, Teddy Coleman, Christopher Debray, Michael Massoni, Vitalii Pesotskyi, Zeinab Mamedjarova, Julien Saada, Yair Judkovsky, Aghasi Inants, Yannick Berthelot, Turkan Mamedjarova, Udi Weisbuch, Clement Rabineau, Stojan Emilov Ivanov, Lennard Loewe, Nadav Egozi, Alexis Skouvaklis, Robert Kossobudzki, Zvetomir Angelov, Remi Picard, Thibault Luciani, Martine Dubois, Maha Eid, Piotr Meller

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Corsica Masters Open (2011)

The 15th Corsica Masters Open was a 9-round Swiss played in Bastia, Corsica, France, 22-28 October 2011, with double rounds on 24 and 26 October. The top 14 players qualified for the Corsica Masters (2011) (which started at 5 pm on 28 October). Time control: 90 minutes for the whole game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. Chief organizer: Léo Battesti and the Corsica Chess Club. Chief arbiter: Akkhavahn Vilaisarn. About 90 games were made available.

Krishnan Sasikiran won with 7.5/9, ahead of Gawain Jones (7/9) and 13 players (of which 12 qualified) with 6.5/9.

Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2011110...
Schedule: https://web.archive.org/web/2011110...
Crosstable: https://web.archive.org/web/2011103...
Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/201...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew...
FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament...

 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 89  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Z Angelov vs Fressinet 0-1352011Corsica Masters OpenA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
2. Sasikiran vs E Kirk 1-0422011Corsica Masters OpenE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
3. M Eid vs R Mamedov  0-1382011Corsica Masters OpenA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
4. I Cheparinov vs L Loewe ½-½612011Corsica Masters OpenB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
5. A Skouvaklis vs G Jones  0-1542011Corsica Masters OpenB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
6. H Melkumyan vs R Kossobudzki  1-0342011Corsica Masters OpenA04 Reti Opening
7. R Picard vs A Grigoryan  0-1292011Corsica Masters OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
8. P Tregubov vs P Meller  1-0342011Corsica Masters OpenD78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
9. M Dubois vs E Ghaem Maghami  0-1362011Corsica Masters OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
10. N Sulava vs T Luciani 1-0252011Corsica Masters OpenD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
11. Fressinet vs G Giroyan  1-0352011Corsica Masters OpenD76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6
12. J Saada vs Sasikiran  0-1342011Corsica Masters OpenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
13. R Mamedov vs Z Mamedjarova 1-0392011Corsica Masters OpenA00 Uncommon Opening
14. G Jones vs T Coleman  1-0232011Corsica Masters OpenB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
15. M Massoni vs H Melkumyan  0-1542011Corsica Masters OpenB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
16. A Grigoryan vs U Weisbuch  1-0322011Corsica Masters OpenE71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
17. A Inants vs P Tregubov  ½-½312011Corsica Masters OpenB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
18. E Ghaem Maghami vs Y Berthelot  1-0462011Corsica Masters OpenA30 English, Symmetrical
19. V Pesotskyi vs N Sulava  1-0472011Corsica Masters OpenC49 Four Knights
20. V Durarbayli vs T Mamedjarova  1-0232011Corsica Masters OpenA65 Benoni, 6.e4
21. T Baron vs Fressinet  0-1632011Corsica Masters OpenC67 Ruy Lopez
22. Sasikiran vs G Flom  1-0392011Corsica Masters OpenA64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8
23. G Flear vs R Mamedov  ½-½412011Corsica Masters OpenC41 Philidor Defense
24. R Dimitrov vs G Jones  0-1362011Corsica Masters OpenA20 English
25. H Melkumyan vs C Debray  1-0342011Corsica Masters OpenD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 89  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-30-11  plimko: Official Site
http://www.opencorsica.com/php/

Another interesting site
http://www.corse-echecs.com/

Results and more:
http://www.echecs.asso.fr/Default.a...

On 'Scacchi Internazionali':
http://biker60.wordpress.com/2011/1...

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