Corsica Chess Circuit from Oct 27

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The 16th Corsican Circuit, including the Corsica Masters, Orange Blitz and BNP Paribas Youth Trophy, will take place on 27-31st October in Bastia and Ajaccio. This year the Corsican Circuit is part of the FFE Grand Prix Final. The Festival will start on Saturday, 27th, at 11h with the 60-player simul by Grandmasters Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Artur Yusupov and Loek van Wely.

Later on Saturday, from 15th, the Corsica Masters rapid tournament will have the first seven rounds played. The time control is 15 minutes + 3 seconds and the total prize fund is 60,000 EUR.

On Sunday 10:30 the last two rounds of the Masters will take place. Already at 14:00 the 5,000 EUR worth Orange Blitz is starting. Top prizes are EUR 600, 500, 400, 350 etc.

On Monday, 29th, the BNP Paribas Youth Trophy is starting at 10h. The tournament is offering 15,000 EUR in goods, including Macbook Air, iPads, Laptops, home cinema etc. Also on Monday, the quarterfinals (14h) and semifinals (17h) between the eight top finishers in Masters qualification will be played.

Tuesday will be a rest day and on Wednesday, 31st, the Festival is moving to the Convention Center in Ajaccio for the conclusion of the BNP Paribas Youth Trophy and the Final match of the Corsica Masters.

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Congratulations to Sasikiran for winning Corsica Chess Circuit Main Open

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011

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World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand beat 2nd seed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2-0 in the final of the Corsica Masters knock-out which moves from Bastia to Ajaccio on Monday 31st October. Earlier rounds and the main open all took place in Bastica. Krishnan Sasikiran finished on 7.5/9 half a point clear of Gawain Jones in the open. Here are the top final standings and some videos. Enjoy. You can check the official website at this link.

Top 10-standings in the open
Pl Ti Player Rtng Fed Pts Tr. Bu. Perf
1 g Sasikiran Krishnan 2689 IND 7.5 44.5 55.5 2792
2 g Jones Gawain C B 2624 ENG 7.0 45 56.5 2692
3 g Melkumyan Hrant 2619 ARM 6.5 46.5 57.5 2647
4 g Fressinet Laurent 2696 FRA 6.5 45.5 55.5 2664
5 g Durarbeyli Vasif 2526 AZE 6.5 45 54 2542
6 g Baron Tal 2505 ISR 6.5 44.5 54.5 2559
7 g Cheparinov Ivan 2650 BUL 6.5 44 54.5 2597
8 m Arnold Marc T 2505 USA 6.5 44 54 2629
9 m Battaglini Gabriel 2452 FRA 6.5 43 53 2455
10 g Grigoryan Avetik 2614 ARM 6.5 43 52.5 2588

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Corsica Chess Masters 2011 begins October-end

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011


Hello everyone,


Corsica, famous for being the birthplace of Napoléon Bonaparte, is also famous for being the land of chess. L’île de beauté (Isle of beauty) is going to host the 15th “Corsican Circuit”  from October 22-29 October in Bastia and 31 October in Ajaccio.

  
In Corsica, since 2002, all tournaments are played under the “Corsican rule”, which the arbiter summed up in “a quick draw is a quick zero”. Draws by mutual agreement are entirely forbidden. So let’s fight! The tournament organizer Léo Battesti stresses on the fact that Corsica has inspired the Sofia rule.


The 2011 tournament starts with a 9 rounds Swiss event of 1 h 30 + 30 sec / move. The top 14 players qualify for the 1/8th finals. The winners procede to a rapid and if needed blitz finals. The rate of play of the Cup is 15 min with 3s increment per move. One game with white and one game with black. In case of a tie, then 2 blitz games in 3min + 2s. And if it’s still a draw, an Armaggedon blitz game.


In 2010 the Swiss system was dominated by the Moldavian gentleman Viktor Bologan. It was a very strong tournament since the Grandmasters like Fedorchuk (2671) or Kurnosov (2659) didn’t manage to qualify in top 14. Full standings here. The competition continued as Cup, in front of the 800 spectators crowding the Bastia theater, where Azerbaijan Grandmasters Mamedyarov and Radjabov crushed their opponents and earned the tickets for the final match, which later on Mamedyarov won.


The Corsica Masters 2011 is once again one of the top events of the season, and this is proven by the participation ofVishy Anand who will give a simul at 13:30 CET on September 27th. The 15 top players of the youth tournament, another 15 by draw, and another 30 from the main tournament will face the World Champion.


More information on the official website.

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