Yuri Vovk wins 25th Cappelle la Grande

9 March 2009, 10.20 CET | By Peter Doggers  | Filed under: Reports | Tags:

Karjakin and Ivanchuk did well at Corus and Linares respectively, but another Ukrainian was successful in one of the biggest Swisses of the year. Yuri Vovk won the 25th Cappelle la Grande International Chess Open finishing clear first with 7.5/9.

The 25th Open of the French town of Cappelle la Grande took place February 28th – March 7th. The tournament always has all participants in one huge Swiss group and this year the number was 611 players!

Below you’ll find all games of the winner. In the third round Vovk escaped against Graf, who blundered with 32.Rxa5?? missing a check later on, but for winning such a big tournament you always need a bit of luck too. The round 4 game against Zinchenko is recommended for replay as well – a nice attacking game.

In Linares, Vovk’s compatriot Ivanchuk apparently worked without his second Manuel Leon Hoyos; the young Mexican grandmaster played in Cappelle and was Vovk’s opponent in round 7. A crucial game for Vovk’s tournament, in which he won a nice rook ending using the theme of activity to the max. With 6.5 out of 7, two draws in the last two rounds were enough to finish on clear first.

25th Cappelle la Grande | Final Standings (top 50)

Place	Name	Titre	FED	Elo	Points	Perf
1	Vovk, Yuri	GM	UKR	2545	7.5	2814
2	Zakhartsov, Viacheslav	GM	RUS	2529	7	2714
3	Dzhumaev, Marat	GM	UZB	2529	7	2700
4	Jaracz, Pawel	GM	POL	2518	7	2652
5	Jojua, Davit	IM	GEO	2484	6.5	2717
6	Miroshnichenko, Evgenij	GM	UKR	2667	6.5	2688
7	Gelashvili, Tamaz	GM	GEO	2622	6.5	2686
8	Hammer, Jon ludvig	IM	NOR	2532	6.5	2676
9	Dvoirys, Semen i	GM	RUS	2547	6.5	2670
10	Mamedov, Nidjat	GM	AZE	2607	6.5	2659
11	Balogh, Csaba	GM	HUN	2604	6.5	2647
12	Olszewski, Michal	IM	POL	2518	6.5	2645
13	Rozentalis, Eduardas	GM	LTU	2590	6.5	2639
14	Sveshnikov, Evgeny	GM	LAT	2535	6.5	2623
15	Rychagov, Andrey	GM	RUS	2514	6.5	2612
16	Bobras, Piotr	GM	POL	2554	6.5	2607
17	Geetha Narayana, Gopal	GM	IND	2555	6.5	2607
18	Zubarev, Alexander	GM	UKR	2566	6.5	2606
19	Solodovnichenko, Yuri	GM	UKR	2571	6.5	2598
20	Sumets, Andrey	GM	UKR	2546	6.5	2597
21	Gordon, Stephen j	IM	ENG	2524	6.5	2592
22	Sokolov, Andrei	GM	FRA	2552	6.5	2578
23	Leon Hoyos, Manuel	GM	MEX	2542	6.5	2577
24	Brodsky, Michail	GM	UKR	2517	6.5	2571
25	Corrales Jimene, Fidel	GM	CUB	2586	6.5	2540
26	Baramidze, David	GM	GER	2548	6.5	2539
27	Apicella, Manuel	GM	FRA	2517	6.5	2537
28	Shneider, Aleksandr	GM	UKR	2539	6.5	2534
29	Kharitonov, Alexandr	GM	RUS	2537	6.5	2533
30	Sanchez, Joseph	IM	PHI	2461	6.5	2519
31	Korobov, Anton	GM	UKR	2613	6	2637
32	Kuzubov, Yuriy	GM	UKR	2626	6	2620
33	Graf, Alexander	GM	GER	2644	6	2610
34	Degraeve, Jean-Marc	GM	FRA	2553	6	2596
35	Gharamian, Tigran	IM	FRA	2581	6	2584
36	Radulski, Julian	GM	BUL	2580	6	2580
37	Smirnov, Igor	GM	UKR	2505	6	2578
38	Salgado Lopez, Ivan	GM	ESP	2554	6	2573
39	Heberla, Bartlomiej	GM	POL	2500	6	2572
40	Vorobiov, Evgeny E	GM	RUS	2591	6	2571
41	Arutinian, David	GM	GEO	2585	6	2568
42	Malakhatko, Vadim	GM	BEL	2610	6	2564
43	David, Alberto	GM	LUX	2603	6	2560
44	Sieciechowicz, Marcin		POL	2341	6	2559
45	Iturrizaga, Eduardo	GM	VEN	2528	6	2557
46	Vazquez Igarza, Renier	GM	ESP	2558	6	2552
47	Friedel, Joshua E	GM	USA	2511	6	2551
48	Akesson, Ralf	GM	SWE	2480	6	2545
49	Todorov, Todor	GM	BUL	2507	6	2545
50	Baklan, Vladimir	GM	UKR	2627	6	2544

(Full final standings here.)

Cappelle is known for the big number of norms being scored at the tournament every year. This edition the happy ones were:

IGM : Davit Jojua (GEO), Jon Ludvig Hammer (NOR), Michal Olszewski (POL)
IM : Ulvi Bajarani (AZE), Bela Khotenashvili (GEO), Tal Baron (ISR), Francois Marchand (FRA), Adrian-Marian Petrisor (ROU), Marcin Sieciechowicz (POL), Robin van Kampen (NED), Natalia Zdebskaja (UKR)
wIM : Klaudia Kulon (POL), Maria Schoene (GER), Lisa Schut (NED)

Links:

• Official website
• Games in PGN

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