The Cappelle-la-Grande Open is a

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tournament held every year in

Cappelle-la-Grande Cappelle-la-Grande (; nl, Kapelle) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is very close to Dunkirk. Population Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department *Cappelle-la-Grande Open The Cappelle-la-Grande Open is ...

, France, since 1985. It is usually played in the second half of February with an accelerated

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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. It has become over the years one of the largest opens in the world, but in terms of average player strength slightly behind the

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or the

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of Moscow.

List of winners

* Note: with multiple first-place finishers, the winner on the Buchholz tie-break is listed first. :

References

External links

Official web site

Double attack from Lviv

Complete results of edition 2011
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