Romanov finishes first in Cannes

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Feb 20, 2012, 7:54 AM | 0 | Chess Event Coverage

Evgeny Romanov won the 26th International Open Pierre et Vacances which was held February 13-19, 2012 in Cannes, France. The top group had 61 participants, with French GM Etienne Bacrot as the top seed. Romanov finished clear first with 7/9 after a crucial last-round win against GM Sebastien Feller. Italian IM Axel Rombaldoni, who had a disappointing result in the top amateur group in Wijk aan Zee last month, finished shared 2nd in Cannes and scored his 2nd GM norm.

Cannes Open 2012 | Final Standings

Pl	Name	Elo	Pts	Perf	Tr.	Bu.
1	ROMANOV Evgeny	2628	7.0	2672	39.5	48.5
2	BACROT Etienne	2704	6.5	2726	40	48.5
3	ROMBALDONI Axel	2441	6.5	2651	43.5	50.5
4	FIER Alexandr	2603	6.5	2629	42	50.5
5	GHARAMIAN Tigran	2676	6.5	2618	39.5	48
6	LIBISZEWSKI Fabien	2509	6.5	2617	40	47.5
7	NEVEROV Valeriy	2541	6.0	2573	41	49.5
8	BLECHZIN Igor	2442	6.0	2545	39	47
9	PELLETIER Yannick	2589	6.0	2540	38.5	48
10	FELGAER Ruben	2573	6.0	2525	38.5	47
11	MEKHITARIAN Krikor Sevag	2487	5.5	2550	46	53
12	FELLER Sebastien	2658	5.5	2518	39	46
13	SANCHEZ Joseph	2529	5.5	2489	37	44
14	DI NICOLANTONIO Lucas	2311	5.5	2405	34.5	41.5
15	SULAVA Nenad	2514	5.5	2404	34.5	41
16	BORGO Giulio	2403	5.5	2340	31	37.5
17	GODENA Michele	2533	5.5	2329	29.5	35.5
18	BRIH Said	2407	5.5	2327	32.5	40
19	BELLIA Fabrizio	2423	5.0	2491	39	45.5
20	MOLINA Roberto Junio Brito	2415	5.0	2443	39.5	47.5
21	KLEK Hanna-Marie	2185	5.0	2402	36	43.5
22	VALSECCHI Alessio	2411	5.0	2376	35	40.5
23	JOIE Sebastien	2326	5.0	2352	34.5	40.5
24	SKOUVAKLIS Alexis	2075	5.0	2341	31.5	34.5
25	MULLON Jean-Baptiste	2412	5.0	2315	33.5	38
26	MILLIET Sophie	2404	5.0	2296	32	39
27	ABELLO Sebastien	2324	4.5	2416	39	45.5
28	QENDRO Llambi	2325	4.5	2394	38	45.5
29	DIJOUX Frederic	2187	4.5	2343	35.5	42.5
30	COLLAS Silvia	2282	4.5	2328	32	38.5
31	LEMEAUX David	2280	4.5	2323	33	37.5
32	BARBOSA Evandro Amorim	2416	4.5	2308	36	44
33	PIASETSKI Leon	2305	4.5	2283	36	43.5
34	CODENOTTI Marco	2343	4.5	2269	32.5	38
35	VILLEGAS Pierre	2267	4.5	2247	31.5	36
36	DUFF Rufus	2106	4.5	2198	28.5	31.5
37	PEREZ Flavio	2250	4.0	2394	37.5	45
38	RAMBALDI Francesco	2187	4.0	2320	37.5	44
39	DAURELLE Herve	2148	4.0	2283	34.5	40.5
40	MIDOUX Sebastien	2315	4.0	2280	37.5	44.5
41	LAMARD Guillaume	2184	4.0	2265	31.5	38
42	VALLES Manuel	2282	4.0	2241	33.5	40
43	FRICK Christoph	2233	4.0	2233	33.5	37.5
44	MALEKI Nicolas	2108	4.0	2231	32	35.5
45	BARBOT Pierre	2273	4.0	2219	32.5	38
46	ABDALLA Luiz Guilherme Aurel	2281	4.0	2205	31.5	38
47	ROUBAUD Alexandre	2072	3.5	2219	35.5	43
48	DUPORT Nicolas	2200	3.5	2184	32	35.5
49	MOLINA Fabrizio	2311	3.5	2183	33	39
50	OSMANODJA Filiz	2124	3.5	2165	31.5	37
51	FORMENTO Paolo	2143	3.5	2162	31.5	36
52	MALKA Samuel	2116	3.0	2138	32	36.5
53	ASTENGO Corrado	2109	3.0	2109	28	32
54	BEKKER-JENSEN David	2325	3.0	2093	32	35.5
55	SANDERS Isaac B	2103	3.0	2074	25.5	28
56	BELCHEV Emil	1941	3.0	2029	28.5	29.5
57	WEILL Roland	2229	2.5	2107	31	36
58	NORDSTROM Felix	2185	2.5	2045	26.5	29
59	LIBENS Michel	2152	1.5	1911	26.5	30
60	MALOBERTI David	2104	1.5	1728	24.5	28.5
61	PETRITAJ Ferdinando	2194	0.0	1630	17.5	17.5

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