Capelle-La-Grande Open 2011
The latest edition of the traditional Open event at Capelle-la-Grande in France is underway and this year runs from 26 Feb - 5 March.
The format is a nine round Swiss Open with a huge field of more than 550 players!
Top seed is the Indian #2 ranked player, Krishnan Sasikiran (pictured) but he was held to a surprise draw in round one.
A small selection of first round games are below.
The official website has more details and live coverage of the games.
The playing hall at Capelle-la-Grande
The top 50 rated entrants are below:
| Name | Elo | Fed | |
| 1 | SASIKIRAN Krishnan | 2690 | IND |
| 2 | ZHIGALKO Sergei | 2671 | BLR |
| 3 | HARIKRISHNA Pentala. | 2667 | IND |
| 4 | KRYVORUCHKO Yuriy | 2640 | UKR |
| 5 | MARECO Sandro | 2627 | ARG |
| 6 | VUCKOVIC Bojan | 2623 | SRB |
| 7 | GUREVICH Mikhail | 2613 | TUR |
| 8 | ITURRIZAGA Eduardo | 2611 | VEN |
| 9 | PANTSULAIA Levan | 2610 | GEO |
| 10 | BURMAKIN Vladimir | 2603 | RUS |
| 11 | ZAKHARTSOV Viacheslav V. | 2602 | RUS |
| 12 | GOPAL G.N. | 2597 | IND |
| 13 | RADULSKI Julian | 2590 | BUL |
| 14 | SPASOV Vasil | 2590 | BUL |
| 15 | GRIGORIANTS Sergey | 2581 | RUS |
| 16 | GEORGIEV Vladimir | 2579 | MKD |
| 17 | ARUTINIAN David | 2578 | GEO |
| 18 | SOLODOVNICHENKO Yuri | 2577 | UKR |
| 19 | SPRAGGETT Kevin | 2575 | CAN |
| 20 | FIER Alexandr | 2571 | BRA |
| 21 | GAJEWSKI Grzegorz | 2569 | POL |
| 22 | KRAVTSIV Martyn | 2566 | UKR |
| 23 | LEON HOYOS Manuel | 2565 | MEX |
| 24 | ZHEREBUKH Yaroslav | 2565 | UKR |
| 25 | JANKOVIC Alojzije | 2564 | CRO |
| 26 | MIRZOEV Azer | 2563 | AZE |
| 27 | KOVCHAN Alexander | 2561 | UKR |
| 28 | SANIKIDZE Tornike | 2559 | GEO |
| 29 | HEBDEN Mark L | 2558 | ENG |
| 30 | VOROBIOV Evgeny E. | 2556 | RUS |
| 31 | BRODSKY Michail | 2554 | UKR |
| 32 | KHARITONOV Alexandr | 2552 | RUS |
| 33 | LE ROUX Jean-Pierre | 2551 | FRA |
| 34 | TIKKANEN Hans | 2550 | SWE |
| 35 | MASTROVASILIS Athanasios | 2547 | GRE |
| 36 | CORNETTE Matthieu | 2544 | FRA |
| 37 | LUTHER Thomas | 2543 | GER |
| 38 | PROHASZKA Peter | 2542 | HUN |
| 39 | MAIOROV Nikita | 2540 | BLR |
| 40 | VOVK Yuri | 2539 | UKR |
| 41 | BERCZES David | 2535 | HUN |
| 42 | PETROV Marijan | 2535 | BUL |
| 43 | APICELLA Manuel | 2531 | FRA |
| 44 | KANEP Meelis | 2531 | EST |
| 45 | NYZHNYK Illya | 2530 | UKR |
| 46 | MEKHITARIAN Krikor Sevag | 2528 | BRA |
| 47 | VOVK Andrey | 2528 | UKR |
| 48 | KISELEV Vitaliy | 2526 | RUS |
| 49 | TESKE Henrik | 2520 | GER |
| 50 | HARIKA Dronavalli | 2520 | IND |
Playing hall picture from the official website.
