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28th Cannes Chess Festival |
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Sunday, 02 March 2014 21:55 |
The 28th Cannes Chess Festival was held from 23rd February to 2nd March at the Palais des Festivals de Cannes, France.
The Festival consisted of three playing groups: Open A (for players rated above 2200 FIDE), Open B (U2200) and Open C (U1700).
The total prize fund was 10,000 EUR.
The Open A had 83 participants. IM Ankit Rajpara of India and GM Fernando Peralta of Argentina shared the first place with 7 points each.
The Open B had 160 participants. FM Luba Kopylov of Germany was the convincing winner with 8,5 points from nine games.
The Open C had 146 participants. Thierry Benda, Thomas Degraeve, Brigitte Garlopeau and Matteo Soreda shared the first place with 7,5 points each.
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