Cappelle-la-Grande Open

Cappelle-la-Grande Open
The Cappelle-la-Grande Open is a chess tournament held every year in Cappelle-la-Grande, France, since 1985. It is usually played in the second half of February with an accelerated Swiss-system format in nine rounds. It is organized by the chess club L'Echiquier Cappellois and is played in the Palais des Arts of Cappelle-la-Grande.
It has become over the years one of the largest opens in the world, but in terms of average player strength slightly behind the Gibraltar Chess Festival or the Aeroflot Open of Moscow.
List of winners
Note: with multiple first-place finishers, the winner on the Buchholz tie-break is listed first.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
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! #
! Year
! Winner(s)
! Points
! Players
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| 1 || 1985|| || style="text-align:center;"|6½ || 68
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| 2 || 1986 || || style="text-align:center;"|6 || 106
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| 3 || 1987 || || style="text-align:center;"|7 || 115
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| 4 || 1988 || || style="text-align:center;"|7½|| 138
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| 5 || 1989 || || style="text-align:center;"|7 || 137
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| 6 || 1990 || || style="text-align:center;"|7½|| 201
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| 7 || 1991 || || style="text-align:center;"|8 || 289
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| 8 || 1992 || || style="text-align:center;"|8 || 308
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| 9 || 1993 || || style="text-align:center;"|7½|| 416
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| 10 || 1994 || || style="text-align:center;"|7 || 401
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| 11 || 1995 || || style="text-align:center;"|7 || 572
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| 12 || 1996 || || style="text-align:center;"|7½ || 509
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| 13 || 1997 || || style="text-align:center;"|7 || 504
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| 14 || 1998 || || style="text-align:center;"|7½ || 637
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| 15 || 1999 || || style="text-align:center;"|7½|| 615
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| 16 || 2000 || || style="text-align:center;"|7½ || 643
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| 17 || 2001 || || style="text-align:center;"|7½|| 702
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| 18 || 2002 || || style="text-align:center;"|7½|| 677
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| 19 || 2003 || || style="text-align:center;"|7 || 606
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| 20 || 2004 || || style="text-align:center;"|7 || 576
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| 21 || 2005 || || style="text-align:center;"|7½|| 589
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| 22 || 2006 || || style="text-align:center;"|7½|| 624
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| 23 || 2007 || || style="text-align:center;"|7|| 608
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| 24 || 2008 || || style="text-align:center;"|7|| 612
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| 25 || 2009 || || style="text-align:center;"|7½|| 610
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| 26 || 2010 || || style="text-align:center;"|7½|| 652
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| 27 || 2011 || || style="text-align:center;"|7½|| 573
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| 28 || 2012 || || style="text-align:center;"|7|| 497
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| 29 || 2013 || || style="text-align:center;"|7|| 564
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| 30 || 2014 || || style="text-align:center;"|7½|| 604
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| 31 || 2015 || || style="text-align:center;"|7½|| 555
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| 32 || 2016 || || style="text-align:center;"|7½|| 538
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| 33 || 2017|||| style="text-align:center;"|8|| 216
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| 34 || 2018|||| style="text-align:center;"|8|| 360
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| 35 || 2019||||style="text-align:center;"|7½|| 332
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|style="text-align:center;"| 36
| 2020
|
|style="text-align:center;"| 8
|style="text-align:center;"| 332
|-
|style="text-align:center;"| 37
| 2021
|colspan=3 style="text-align:center;"| Cancelled
|-
|style="text-align:center;"| 38
| 2022
|
|style="text-align:center;"| 7
|style="text-align:center;"| 341
|-
|style="text-align:center;"| 39
| 2023
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|style="text-align:center;"| 7½
|style="text-align:center;"| 382
|}
References
External links
Official web site
Double attack from Lviv
Complete results of edition 2011
Chess competitions
Chess in France
1985 in chess
Recurring sporting events established in 1985
1985 in French sport
1985 establishments in France