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The Cappelle-la-Grande Open is a chess tournament held every year in Cappelle-la-Grande, France, since 1985.
It has become over the years one of the strongest opens in the world, after the Aeroflot Open of Moscow. The 26th edition of 2010 had 652 participants, with 82 Grandmasters and 61 International Masters from 57 countries.
The tournament is usually played in the second half of February with an accelerated Swiss-system format in nine rounds. It is organized by the chess club L'Echiquier Cappellois and is played in the Palais des Arts of Cappelle-la-Grande.
| # | Year | Winner(s) | Points | Players |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1985 | Waldemar Hanasz (Poland) | 6.5 | 68 |
| 2 | 1986 | Sergey Smagin (Soviet Union) Viacheslav Eingorn (Soviet Union) Joseph Gallagher (England) |
6 | 106 |
| 3 | 1987 | Anthony Kosten (England) Jonny Hector (Sweden) |
7 | 115 |
| 4 | 1988 | Vladimir Okhotnik (Soviet Union) | 7.5 | 138 |
| 5 | 1989 | Nukhim Rashkovsky (Soviet Union) Mark Hebden (England) |
7 | 137 |
| 6 | 1990 | Nukhim Rashkovsky (Soviet Union) Mark Hebden (England) |
7.5 | 201 |
| 7 | 1991 | Anatoly Vaisser (Soviet Union) Matthew Sadler (England) |
8 | 289 |
| 8 | 1992 | Julian Hodgson (England) | 8 | 308 |
| 9 | 1993 | Evgeniy Solozhenkin (Russia) | 7.5 | 416 |
| 10 | 1994 | Vladimir Chuchelov (Russia) Tony Miles (England) Gennadi Kuzmin (Ukraine) Mark Hebden (England) |
7 | 401 |
| 11 | 1995 | Tony Miles (England) Mark Hebden (England) Evgeny Sveshnikov (Russia) |
7 | 572 |
| 12 | 1996 | Alexander Nenashev (Uzbekistan) | 7.5 | 509 |
| 13 | 1997 | Vladimir Burmakin (Russia) Vladimir Baklan (Ukraine) Ľubomír Ftáčnik (Slovakia) Jean-Marc Degraeve (France) Alexey Vyzmanavin (Russia) Tony Miles (England) Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan) Yuri Kruppa (Ukraine) Mark Hebden (England) Darius Ruzele (Lithuania) |
7 | 504 |
| 14 | 1998 | Igor Glek (Russia) | 7.5 | 637 |
| 15 | 1999 | Simen Agdestein (Norway) Mikhail Gurevich (Belgium) Pavel Tregubov (Russia) |
7.5 | 615 |
| 16 | 2000 | Yuri Kruppa (Ukraine) Gilberto Milos (Brazil) |
7.5 | 643 |
| 17 | 2001 | Vladimir Chuchelov (Belgium) Einar Gausel (Norway) |
7.5 | 702 |
| 18 | 2002 | Eduardas Rozentalis (Lithuania) | 7.5 | 677 |
| 19 | 2003 | Vladimir Burmakin (Russia) Eduardas Rozentalis (Lithuania) Philipp Schlosser (Germany) Alexander Areshchenko (Ukraine) Jakov Geller (Russia) Dmitry Bocharov (Russia) Evgeny Miroshnichenko (Ukraine) |
7 | 606 |
| 20 | 2004 | Evgeny Najer (Russia) Kaido Külaots (Estonia) Artyom Timofeev (Russia) Zoltan Gyimesi (Hungary) Sergei Grigoriants (Russia) Oleg Korneev (Russia) |
7 | 576 |
| 21 | 2005 | David Shengelia (Georgia) Michail Brodsky (Ukraine) |
7.5 | 589 |
| 22 | 2006 | Alexander Moiseenko (Ukraine) | 7.5 | 624 |
| 23 | 2007 | Wang Yue (China) Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan) David Arutinian (Georgia) Yuri Drozdovskij (Ukraine) Vasily Yemelin (Russia) |
7 | 608 |
| 24 | 2008 | Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan) David Arutinian (Georgia) Sergey Fedorchuk (Ukraine) Yuriy Kryvoruchko (Ukraine) Konstantin Chernyshov (Russia) Andrei Deviatkin (Russia) Vasilios Kotronias (Greece) Erwin L'Ami (Netherlands) |
7 | 612 |
| 25 | 2009 | Yuri Vovk (Ukraine) | 7.5 | 610 |
| 26 | 2010 | Yaroslav Zherebukh (Ukraine) | 7.5 | 652 |
| 27 | 2011 | Grzegorz Gajewski (Poland) | 7.5 | 573 |
| 28 | 2012 | Pentala Harikrishna (India) Parimarjan Negi (India) Tornike Sanikidze (Georgia) Tigran Gharamian (France) Martyn Kravtsiv (Ukraine) |
7 | 497 |
| 29 | 2013 | Sanan Sjugirov (Russia) Parimarjan Negi (India) Maxim Rodshtein (Israel) Sergey Fedorchuk (Ukraine) Eric Hansen (Canada) Vlad-Cristian Jianu (Romania) Alexei Fedorov (Belarus) Yuri Vovk (Ukraine) |
7 | 564 |
| 30 | 2014 | Axel Bachmann (Paraguay) Sergei Azarov (Belarus) |
7.5 | 604 |
| 31 | 2015 | Li Chao (China) Vladimir Onischuk (Ukraine) |
7.5 | 555 |