Paris Chess Championship 2012 Print
Sunday, 08 July 2012 18:55
chess newsThe 87th Paris Chess Championship is taking place from 7th to 15th July at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin, 82 avenue Georges Lafont 75016 Paris. The Championship is played in 4 Groups and is open to all players of FIDE federations.

- FIDE Open: 9 rounds with rating above 2200 (1st prize 3 000 €)
- A Open: 9 rounds with rating from 1800 to 2300 (1st prize 1 500 €)
- B Open: 9 rounds with rating from 1400 to 1900 (1st prize 1 000 €)
- C Open: 9 rounds with rating under 1500 (1st prize 600 €)

Rate of play in all tournaments: Fischer 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 30s/move from the first move

Last year 633 participants from 35 countries competed. GM Arun Prasad won the main tournament.

Top rated players:
1 GM FEDORCHUK Sergey A. 2630 UKR
2 GM STRIKOVIC Aleksa 2559 SRB
3 GM LE ROUX Jean-Pierre 2559 FRA
4 GM GULIYEV Namig 2539 AZE
5 GM SHCHEKACHEV Andrei 2528 FRA
6 GM CHABANON Jean-Luc 2481 FRA
7 GM RENET Olivier 2472 FRA
8 IM DEMUTH Adrien 2460 FRA
9 IM DOURERASSOU Jonathan 2460 FRA
10 GM WIRIG Anthony 2452 FRA
11 IM D'COSTA Lorin A R 2434 ENG
12 IM ZHOU Yang-Fan 2427 ENG
13 IM ROSER Kevin 2423 FRA
14 IM SHIRAZI Kamran 2417 FRA
15 IM MOUSSARD Jules 2412 FRA
16 IM SOCHACKI Christophe 2406 FRA

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