Bacrot wins 16th Corsica Masters

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11/1/2012 – The event started with a 153-player Open, followed the first three rounds of a knockout phase, which all took place in Bastia on the east coast of the Mediterranean island of Corsica. The players then moved to Ajaccio, on the opposite coast, where the finals were held. In this Etienne Bacrot, rated 2705, beat his compatriot Laurent Fressinet, 2702. Report with videos.
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The 16th Corsica Masters took place from October 28th to 31st. The Open Tournament was followed by the first three rounds of a knockout phase, which all took place in Bastia. The final between Etienne Bacrot, rated 2705, and Laurent Fressinet, 2702, was played in Ajaccio.


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16th Corsica Masters Open in Bastia – top final standings

Rk Name
Title
Rating
Points
TB1
TB2
Perf
1 Battaglini, Gabriel
IM
2434
8
49
43
2691
2 Jussupow, Artur
GM
2608
7½
48
39½
2621
3 Brkic, Ante
GM
2575
7½
46½
38½
2585
4 Djuric, Stefan
GM
2445
7½
46
40½
2504
5 Short, Nigel D
GM
2707
7
46
38
2582
6 Shchekachev, Andrei
GM
2519
7
44
37½
2530
7 Massoni, Michael
FM
2381
7
44½
37½
2408
8 Seletsky, Grigory
FM
2318
7
44
36
2378
9 Philippe, Christophe
IM
2391
7
44
37
2329
10 Dimitrov, Radoslav
IM
2403
6½
44½
37½
2420
11 Vaisser, Anatoly
GM
2540
6½
43½
34½
2379
12 Dimitrov, Pavel
IM
2321
6½
44½
35½
2270
13 Mishev, Liubomir
2234
6½
42
33½
2171
14 Pesotsky, Alexandr
1971
6½
41½
32½
2148
15 Guillemart, Serge
1799
6½
42½
31½
2081

1/8th finals

Short Seletsky
1-0
1-0
Brkic Fier
1-0
1-0
Van Wely Djuric
1-0
½-½
Fressinet Battaglini
½-½
½-½
1-0
1-0
Bacrot Philippe
1-0
1-0
Gharamian Shchekachev
1-0
1-0
Jussupow Jankovic
1-0
1-0
Vachier-Lagrave Massoni
1-0
½-½

Quarterfinals

Short Brkic
1-0
1-0
Fressinet Van Wely
½-½
1-0
Bacrot Gharamian
1-0
0-1
1-0
½-½
Vachier-Lagrave Jussupow
1-0
1-0

Semifinals

Short Fressinet
0-1
½-½
Vachier-Lagrave Bacrot
½-½
0-1


The semifinals, with Bacrot vs Vachier-Lagrave and Fressinet vs Short

Finals

Bacrot Fressinet
1-0
1-0


The final, with Fressinet playing Bacrot on the stage


Prizes for the junior blitz chess event


The awards, we are told, were made by the famous Miss Boll


The above images are from the tournament book which you can download in PDF

Games of the final and semifinals

Video reports by the French Chess Federation

Video report (in French) from the final

Interview with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Impressions from the tournament, including simuls by Vachier, van Wely and Jussupow

Links

The games were broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 11 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs.

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