Harikrishna Wins Cappelle la Grande
The #3 ranked Indian player Pentala Harikrishna (pictured) won the 2012 Capelle-la-Grande tournament in France. Harikrishna finished narrowly ahead of his countryman Parimarjan Negi and three other players on tie-break with a score of 7 points.
Harikrishna previously won the B Group tournament at Tata Steel in January, earning himself an invite to the A Group next year.
The competition ran from 3-10 March and featured a very big field of nearly 500 competing for the €30,000 prize fund. The format was a nine round Swiss Open and there were 14 players rated over 2600 Elo.
The top scorers after 9 rounds were:
| Name | Nat | Elo | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | |
| 1 | HARIKRISHNA Pentala | IND | 2678 | 7.0 | 44.5 | 2783 |
| 2 | NEGI Parimarjan | IND | 2639 | 7.0 | 44.0 | 2699 |
| 3 | SANIKIDZE Tornike | GEO | 2549 | 7.0 | 43.0 | 2670 |
| 4 | GHARAMIAN Tigran | FRA | 2671 | 7.0 | 42.0 | 2715 |
| 5 | KRAVTSIV Martyn | UKR | 2588 | 7.0 | 40.5 | 2669 |
| 6 | PETROSIAN Tigran | ARM | 2643 | 6.5 | 44.0 | 2709 |
| 7 | LYSYJ Igor | RUS | 2656 | 6.5 | 43.0 | 2652 |
| 8 | ROMANOV Evgeny | RUS | 2625 | 6.5 | 42.5 | 2672 |
| 9 | BANUSZ Tamas | HUN | 2583 | 6.5 | 42.5 | 2642 |
| 10 | RAMIREZ Alejandro | USA | 2591 | 6.5 | 42.0 | 2644 |
| 11 | CORNETTE Matthieu | FRA | 2545 | 6.5 | 42.0 | 2624 |
| 12 | NYZHNYK Illya | UKR | 2585 | 6.5 | 42.0 | 2610 |
| 13 | NAUMKIN Igor | RUS | 2452 | 6.5 | 42.0 | 2606 |
| 14 | BRODSKY Michail | UKR | 2558 | 6.5 | 42.0 | 2603 |
| 15 | ARUTINIAN David | GEO | 2553 | 6.5 | 41.5 | 2599 |
| 16 | MAIOROV Nikita | BLR | 2552 | 6.5 | 41.5 | 2592 |
| 17 | KURNOSOV Igor | RUS | 2657 | 6.5 | 41.0 | 2633 |
| 18 | TOMCZAK Jacek | POL | 2555 | 6.5 | 41.0 | 2599 |
| 19 | LAGARDE Maxime | FRA | 2488 | 6.5 | 41.0 | 2594 |
| 20 | FIER Alexandr | BRA | 2599 | 6.5 | 40.0 | 2617 |
| 21 | KANEP Meelis | EST | 2516 | 6.5 | 39.5 | 2557 |
Pentala Harikrishna receiving his prize
The time control was 40 moves in 90 minutes, followed by 30 minutes to finish, with a 30 second increment from the start.
Pictures from the official website.
