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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 2; games 1-25 of 40  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. H Melkumyan vs R Kossobudzki  1-0342011Corsica Masters OpenA04 Reti Opening
2. Sasikiran vs E Kirk 1-0422011Corsica Masters OpenE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
3. N Sulava vs T Luciani 1-0252011Corsica Masters OpenD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
4. P Tregubov vs P Meller  1-0342011Corsica Masters OpenD78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
5. Fressinet vs G Giroyan  1-0352011Corsica Masters OpenD76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6
6. R Mamedov vs Z Mamedjarova 1-0392011Corsica Masters OpenA00 Uncommon Opening
7. G Jones vs T Coleman  1-0232011Corsica Masters OpenB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
8. A Grigoryan vs U Weisbuch  1-0322011Corsica Masters OpenE71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
9. E Ghaem Maghami vs Y Berthelot  1-0462011Corsica Masters OpenA30 English, Symmetrical
10. V Pesotskyi vs N Sulava  1-0472011Corsica Masters OpenC49 Four Knights
11. V Durarbayli vs T Mamedjarova  1-0232011Corsica Masters OpenA65 Benoni, 6.e4
12. H Melkumyan vs C Debray  1-0342011Corsica Masters OpenD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
13. G Flom vs Y Judkovsky  1-0402011Corsica Masters OpenE99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov
14. V Durarbayli vs V Baghdasaryan  1-0702011Corsica Masters OpenA13 English
15. R Mamedov vs J Mullon 1-0212011Corsica Masters OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
16. I Cheparinov vs V Pesotskyi 1-0412011Corsica Masters OpenA40 Queen's Pawn Game
17. M Arnold vs P Dimitrov  1-0542011Corsica Masters OpenA28 English
18. Sasikiran vs G Flom  1-0392011Corsica Masters OpenA64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8
19. A Demuth vs T Mamedjarova  1-0262011Corsica Masters OpenE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
20. Y Berthelot vs G Flom  1-0522011Corsica Masters OpenC10 French
21. T Baron vs M Massoni  1-0212011Corsica Masters OpenD81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation
22. I Cheparinov vs E Shachar 1-0862011Corsica Masters OpenA84 Dutch
23. N Sulava vs A Grigoryan  1-0372011Corsica Masters OpenE90 King's Indian
24. A Grigoryan vs E Shachar  1-0592011Corsica Masters OpenA90 Dutch
25. P Tregubov vs C Rabineau  1-0222011Corsica Masters OpenE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 40  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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