The Cappelle-la-Grande Open is a

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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. 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

* 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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