Cappelle-la-Grande Open

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The Cappelle-la-Grande Open is a chess tournament held every year in Cappelle-la-Grande, France, since 1985. It 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.

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It has become over the years one of the largest opens in the world, but in terms of average player strength slightly behind the Gibraltar Chess Festival or the Aeroflot Open of Moscow.

List of winners

# Year Winner(s)PointsPlayers
  1 1985Flag of Poland.svg  Waldemar Hanasz  (Poland)6½    68
  2 1986Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergey Smagin  (Soviet Union)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Viacheslav Eingorn  (Soviet Union)
Flag of England.svg  Joseph Gallagher  (England)		6  106
  3 1987Flag of England.svg  Anthony Kosten  (England)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Anatoly Vaisser  (Soviet Union)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Jonny Hector  (Sweden)		7  115
  4 1988Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vladimir Okhotnik  (Soviet Union)7½  138
  5 1989Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nukhim Rashkovsky  (Soviet Union)
Flag of England.svg  Mark Hebden  (England)		7  137
  6 1990Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nukhim Rashkovsky  (Soviet Union)
Flag of England.svg  Mark Hebden  (England)		7½  201
  7 1991Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Anatoly Vaisser  (Soviet Union)
Flag of England.svg  Matthew Sadler  (England)		8  289
  8 1992Flag of England.svg  Julian Hodgson  (England)8  308
  9 1993Flag of Russia.svg  Evgeniy Solozhenkin  (Russia)7½  416
 10 1994Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Chuchelov  (Russia)
Flag of England.svg  Tony Miles  (England)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Gennadi Kuzmin  (Ukraine)
Flag of England.svg  Mark Hebden  (England)		7  401
 11 1995Flag of England.svg  Tony Miles  (England)
Flag of England.svg  Mark Hebden  (England)
Flag of Russia.svg  Evgeny Sveshnikov  (Russia)		7  572
 12 1996Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Alexander Nenashev  (Uzbekistan)7½  509
 13 1997Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Burmakin  (Russia)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vladimir Baklan  (Ukraine)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Ľubomír Ftáčnik  (Slovakia)
Flag of France.svg  Jean-Marc Degraeve  (France)
Flag of Russia.svg  Alexey Vyzmanavin  (Russia)
Flag of England.svg  Tony Miles  (England)
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Rustam Kasimdzhanov  (Uzbekistan)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yuri Kruppa  (Ukraine)
Flag of England.svg  Mark Hebden  (England)
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Darius Ruželė  (Lithuania)		7  504
 14 1998Flag of Russia.svg  Igor Glek  (Russia)7½  637
 15 1999Flag of Norway.svg  Simen Agdestein  (Norway)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Mikhail Gurevich  (Belgium)
Flag of Russia.svg  Pavel Tregubov  (Russia)		7½  615
 16 2000Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yuri Kruppa  (Ukraine)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Gilberto Milos  (Brazil)		7½  643
 17 2001Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Vladimir Chuchelov  (Belgium)
Flag of Norway.svg  Einar Gausel  (Norway)		7½  702
 18 2002Flag of Lithuania.svg  Eduardas Rozentalis  (Lithuania)7½  677
 19 2003Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Burmakin  (Russia)
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Eduardas Rozentalis  (Lithuania)
Flag of Germany.svg  Philipp Schlosser  (Germany)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Alexander Areshchenko  (Ukraine)
Flag of Russia.svg  Jakov Geller  (Russia)
Flag of Russia.svg  Dmitry Bocharov  (Russia)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Evgeny Miroshnichenko  (Ukraine)		7  606
 20 2004Flag of Russia.svg  Evgeny Najer  (Russia)
Flag of Estonia.svg  Kaido Külaots  (Estonia)
Flag of Russia.svg  Artyom Timofeev  (Russia)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Zoltan Gyimesi  (Hungary)
Flag of Russia.svg  Sergey Grigoriants  (Russia)
Flag of Russia.svg  Oleg Korneev  (Russia)		7  576
 21 2005Flag of Georgia.svg  David Shengelia  (Georgia)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Michail Brodsky  (Ukraine)		7½  589
 22 2006Flag of Ukraine.svg  Alexander Moiseenko  (Ukraine)7½  624
 23 2007Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Yue  (China)
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Vugar Gashimov  (Azerbaijan)
Flag of Georgia.svg  David Arutinian  (Georgia)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yuri Drozdovskij  (Ukraine)
Flag of Russia.svg  Vasily Yemelin  (Russia)		7  608
 24 2008Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Vugar Gashimov  (Azerbaijan)
Flag of Georgia.svg  David Arutinian  (Georgia)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Sergey Fedorchuk  (Ukraine)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yuriy Kryvoruchko  (Ukraine)
Flag of Russia.svg  Konstantin Chernyshov  (Russia)
Flag of Russia.svg  Andrei Deviatkin  (Russia)
Flag of Greece.svg  Vasilios Kotronias  (Greece)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Erwin L'Ami  (Netherlands)		7  612
 25 2009Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yuri Vovk  (Ukraine)7½  610
 26 2010Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yaroslav Zherebukh  (Ukraine)7½  652
 27 2011Flag of Poland.svg  Grzegorz Gajewski  (Poland)7½  573
 28 2012Flag of India.svg  Pentala Harikrishna  (India)
Flag of India.svg  Parimarjan Negi  (India)
Flag of Georgia.svg  Tornike Sanikidze  (Georgia)
Flag of France.svg  Tigran Gharamian  (France)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Martyn Kravtsiv  (Ukraine)		7  497
 29 2013Flag of Russia.svg  Sanan Sjugirov  (Russia)
Flag of India.svg  Parimarjan Negi  (India)
Flag of Israel.svg  Maxim Rodshtein  (Israel)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Sergey Fedorchuk  (Ukraine)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Eric Hansen  (Canada)
Flag of Romania.svg  Vlad-Cristian Jianu  (Romania)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Alexei Fedorov  (Belarus)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yuri Vovk  (Ukraine)		7  564
 30 2014Flag of Paraguay.svg  Axel Bachmann  (Paraguay)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Sergei Azarov  (Belarus)		7½  604
 31 2015Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Chao  (China)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vladimir Onischuk  (Ukraine)		7½  555
 32 2016Flag of the United States.svg  Gata Kamsky  (United States)7½  538
 33 2017 [1] Flag of France.svg  Jean-Marc Degraeve  (France)8  216
 34 2018 [2] Flag of France.svg  Christian Bauer  (France)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Momchil Nikolov (Bulgaria)		8  360
 35 2019 [3] Flag of the Netherlands.svg Miguoel Admiraal (Netherlands)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Sergey Fedorchuk  (Ukraine)
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Namig Guliyev  (Azerbaijan)
Flag of France.svg  Maxime Lagarde  (France)
Flag of France.svg  Jules Moussard  (France)		7½  332

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