Bacrot Wins 2012 Corsica Masters
The 16th Corsica Masters rapid tournament took place from 28-31 October.
The competition started with a 9-round Swiss Open with over 150 players competing for 8 qualifying places, where they joined 8 invited players for a KO competition to decide the tournament winner.
All games were played at the time control of 15 minutes plus 3 second increment.
The qualifiers from the Open
| # | Name | Elo | Pts | TB |
| 1 | Battaglini, Gabriel | 2434 | 8 | 49 |
| 2 | Jussupow, Artur | 2608 | 7½ | 48 |
| 3 | Brkic, Ante | 2575 | 7½ | 46½ |
| 4 | Djuric, Stefan | 2445 | 7½ | 46 |
| 5 | Short, Nigel D | 2707 | 7 | 46 |
| 6 | Shchekachev, Andrei | 2519 | 7 | 44 |
| 7 | Massoni, Michael | 2381 | 7 | 44½ |
| 8 | Seletsky, Grigory | 2318 | 7 | 44 |
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The players directly seeded to the KO event were: Andrei Istratescu, Tigran Gharamian, Etienne Bacrot, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Laurent Fressinet, Loek van Wely, Alexander Fier and Alojzije Jankovic.
1/8-final results
| Short | 2-0 | Seletsky |
| Gharamian | 2-0 | Shchekavev |
| Bacrot | 2-0 | Philippe |
| Brkic |
2-0 |
Fier |
| Fressinet | 3-1 | Battaglini |
| Van Wely | 1½-½ | Djuric |
| Jussupow | 2-0 | Jankovic |
| Vachier-Lagrave | 1½-½ | Massoni |
Quarter-Final results
| Short | 2-0 | Brkic |
| Vachier-Lagrave | 2-0 | Jussupow |
| Bacrot | 2½-1½ | Gharamian |
| Fressinet | 1½-½ | Van Wely |
Semi-final results
| Bacrot | 1½-½ | Vachier-Lagrave |
| Fressinet | 1½-½ | Short |
Final result
| Bacrot | 2-0 | Fressinet |
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Etienne Bacrot beat his compatriot Laurent Fressinet 2-0 in the final to take the overall victory.
The scene during the final match between Bacrot and Fressinet
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Photo from the official website. Games via TWIC.
