The Cannes Chess Festival 2024 finished today in France after 7 days of great over the board fights. The Festival gathered more than 400 participants who competed over three sections: Open A, Open B and Open C.
It was a thrilling last round in the main Open A event, as four players entered the final round co-leading the event. 16-year-old GM Subramaniyam Bharath (India, 2515) won his 9th-round game against talented Turkish IM Adar Tarhan (Turkey, 2415) and emerged as the sole Winner of the event with the score of 7.5 points. Finishing half a point ahead of the runner-ups Bharath earned the prize of 1.800 euros reserved for the tournament Winner.
As many as four players tied for second place scoring 7 points, but IM Kazybek Nogerbek (Kazakhstan, 2463) had the best tiebreak criteria and came second, GM Li Di (China, 2563) was third, IM Savva Vetokhin (FIDE, 2410) finished fourth, and IM Ilamparthi A R (India, 2414) finished the event in the fifth place. Final standings can be seen below
Valentin Scraper (France, 2081) and Nanne Van Foreest (Netherlands, 1927) tied for the top of the Open B with 7.5/9 points each. However, Valentin Scraper had better additional criteria and won the tournament. Gaspar Nguyen (France, 1512) dominated in the Open C, triumphing in the tournament with a convincing score of 8/9 points.
Detailed information on official website. Photos by Cannes Chess Club Facebook page.
Final standings – Cannes Chess Festival 2024 Open A:
| 1 | g | BHARATH SUBRAMANIYAM | 2515 F | 7½ |
| 2 | m | NOGERBEK Kazybek | 2463 F | 7 |
| 3 | g | LI Di | 2563 F | 7 |
| 4 | m | VETOKHIN Savva | 2410 F | 7 |
| 5 | m | ILAMPARTHI A R | 2414 F | 7 |
| 6 | m | TARHAN Adar | 2415 F | 6½ |
| 7 | m | ZHAO Yuanhe | 2449 F | 6½ |
| 8 | BELKAID Sohan | 2414 F | 6½ | |
| 9 | f | ABDILKHAIR Abilmansur | 2357 F | 6½ |
| 10 | g | SASIKIRAN Krishnan | 2585 F | 6 |
| 11 | f | ROUX Baptiste | 2331 F | 6 |
| 12 | g | KARTHIKEYAN P. | 2281 F | 6 |
| 13 | m | XIANG Zeyu | 2407 F | 6 |
| 14 | m | CAN Isik | 2492 F | 6 |
| 15 | g | PETKOV Momchil | 2504 F | 6 |
| 16 | m | BARBOT Pierre | 2426 F | 6 |
| 17 | m | MATERIA Marco | 2434 F | 6 |
| 18 | m | DEGRAEVE Remy | 2445 F | 6 |
| 19 | f | KACPRZAK Karol | 2322 F | 6 |
| 20 | g | PURANIK Abhimanyu | 2635 F | 5½ |
| 21 | m | DI NICOLANTONIO Lucas | 2391 F | 5½ |
| 22 | m | GARIFULLINA Leya | 2422 F | 5½ |
| 23 | ROBERT Mathias | 2169 F | 5½ | |
| 24 | f | OZCAN Kaan | 2172 F | 5½ |
| 25 | f | KUHN Clement | 2333 F | 5½ |
| 26 | f | SENTHIL MARAN K | 2275 F | 5½ |
| 27 | g | ZENG Chongsheng | 2597 F | 5½ |
| 28 | ASSYLOV Miras | 2176 F | 5½ | |
| 29 | f | GELAS Christophe | 2286 F | 5½ |
| 30 | g | DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc | 2465 F | 5½ |
| 31 | f | BON Michael | 2353 F | 5½ |
| 32 | m | RAAHUL V S | 2324 F | 5½ |
| 33 | f | HERCEGOVAC Neven | 2301 F | 5½ |
| 34 | m | LAMARD Guillaume | 2502 F | 5½ |
| 35 | f | VAN FOREEST Machteld | 2340 F | 5½ |
| 36 | m | CHEN Qi B | 2466 F | 5 |
| 37 | m | PHILIPPE Guillaume | 2342 F | 5 |
| 38 | gf | KAMALIDENOVA Meruert | 2381 F | 5 |
| 39 | g | GODENA Michele | 2440 F | 5 |
| 40 | f | DAAKSHIN ARUN | 2274 F | 5 |
| 41 | f | KOSTOV Deyan Samuil | 2236 F | 5 |
| 42 | ROHIT S | 2215 F | 5 | |
| 43 | f | ZIENKIEWICZ Jan | 2117 F | 5 |
| 44 | m | GATINEAU Yovann | 2417 F | 5 |
| 45 | mf | KAIRBEKOVA Amina | 2204 F | 5 |
| 46 | COLLINS Adam | 2189 F | 5 | |
| 47 | DUMAS Charles | 2223 F | 5 | |
| 48 | m | TAHAY Alexis | 2392 F | 5 |
| 49 | f | WILLEMS Niels | 2322 F | 5 |
| 50 | m | LOISEAU Quentin | 2429 F | 5 |
| 51 | f | RODRIGUEZ Adrien | 2341 F | 5 |
| 52 | mf | NURMAN Alua | 2326 F | 5 |
| 53 | f | PIPIRAS Filipa Fortuna | 2235 F | 5 |
| 54 | LUDWIG Remi | 2244 F | 5 | |
| 55 | f | DAESCHLER Florian | 2240 F | 4½ |
| 56 | f | SAHITHI VARSHINI M | 2173 F | 4½ |
| 57 | BREUIL Virgile | 2294 F | 4½ | |
| 58 | f | SAYA Ethan | 2123 F | 4½ |
| 59 | KRIVENKO Dion | 2239 F | 4½ | |
| 60 | ff | SHUKHMAN Anna | 2213 F | 4½ |
| 61 | f | BASSINI Emile | 2354 F | 4½ |
| 62 | KAVCIYAN Yega | 2140 F | 4½ | |
| 63 | f | KURU Atilla | 2184 F | 4½ |
| 64 | f | MATTENBERGER Matthias | 2221 F | 4½ |
| 65 | ff | STAROSTA Martyna | 2205 F | 4½ |
| 66 | f | BIFULCO Michel | 2315 F | 4½ |
| 67 | VINCENTI Leonardo | 2085 F | 4½ | |
| 68 | BOULOS Paul | 2154 F | 4½ | |
| 69 | ZHANG Xiao | 2189 F | 4½ | |
| 70 | f | DUBESSAY Bastien | 2261 F | 4½ |
| 71 | f | MICOTTIS Dorian | 2248 F | 4½ |
| 72 | TULLIEZ Andre | 2077 F | 4½ | |
| 73 | f | DEGARDIN Sylvain | 2247 F | 4½ |
| 74 | f | FRICK Christoph | 2147 F | 4½ |
| 75 | f | IPEK Egehan | 2150 F | 4½ |
| 76 | URBANI Gabriel | 2220 F | 4½ | |
| 77 | f | OHLER Julius | 2279 F | 4½ |
| 78 | m | SONG Julien | 2331 F | 4½ |
| 79 | DENJOY Arnaud | 2155 F | 4 | |
| 80 | MATHEZ Florian | 2160 F | 4 | |
| 81 | BIGONNET Jean-Michel | 2095 F | 4 | |
| 82 | DERIGE KANE Yan | 2223 F | 4 | |
| 83 | m | CALISTRI Tristan | 2200 F | 4 |
| 84 | BERGER DIT LACROIX Kilian | 2161 F | 4 | |
| 85 | VU DINH Adrien | 2163 F | 4 | |
| 86 | LLARI Marc | 2138 F | 4 | |
| 87 | BOUMRAR Ayrad | 2120 F | 4 | |
| 88 | BORNE Felix | 2104 F | 4 | |
| 89 | f | KACPRZAK Kacper | 2280 F | 4 |
| 90 | f | BARRISH Daniel | 2283 F | 4 |
| 91 | GODBOLE Atharva | 2209 F | 4 | |
| 92 | mf | JANZELJ Lara | 2167 F | 4 |
| 93 | WARNIER Yanis | 2070 F | 4 | |
| 94 | f | BREUIL Tristan | 2305 F | 4 |
| 95 | TRABET Mathis | 2205 F | 4 | |
| 96 | TRABET Nicolas | 2178 F | 4 | |
| 97 | f | AURIBAULT Louis | 2139 F | 4 |
| 98 | VIJAYAKUMAR Rishi | 2166 F | 4 | |
| 99 | HEREGA Nejc | 2257 F | 4 | |
| 100 | CANDIAN Lorenzo | 2202 F | 4 | |
| 101 | m | CELIK Hasan Huseyin | 2436 F | 3½ |
| 102 | KOULITCHENKO Alexandre | 2154 F | 3½ | |
| 103 | f | PIGEAT Alexandre | 2363 F | 3½ |
| 104 | f | MALKA Samuel | 2211 F | 3½ |
| 105 | f | ISTVANOVSZKI Martin | 2334 F | 3½ |
| 106 | DE BALMANN Marc | 2166 F | 3½ | |
| 107 | AVANESYAN Davit | 2195 F | 3½ | |
| 108 | ff | MONPEURT Cyrielle | 2187 F | 3½ |
| 109 | BUI Christopher | 2014 F | 3½ | |
| 110 | LISSILLOUR Baptiste | 2284 F | 3½ | |
| 111 | MARTIN Nils | 2032 F | 3½ | |
| 112 | FLYNN Jacob | 2179 F | 3½ | |
| 113 | BOEHMER Christian | 2143 F | 3½ | |
| 114 | m | PEIN Malcolm | 2289 F | 3½ |
| 115 | LIPECKI Alexander | 2191 F | 3 | |
| 116 | MIDY Robin | 2162 F | 3 | |
| 117 | CELIK Ali Alper | 2126 F | 3 | |
| 118 | ADITYA KUNAL PATIL | 2041 F | 3 | |
| 119 | MIDOUX Sebastien | 2213 F | 3 | |
| 120 | PANJER Sidney | 2059 F | 3 | |
| 121 | MARTEL BRUNIAUX Malko | 2073 F | 3 | |
| 122 | SAAD Gabriel | 2081 F | 3 | |
| 123 | MAZZINI Mauro | 2111 F | 2½ | |
| 124 | STIJVE Niels | 2123 F | 2½ | |
| 125 | f | BORNE Niels | 2085 F | 2½ |
| 126 | TSIAPKO Andrii | 2110 F | 2½ | |
| 127 | GERONIMI Jean-Thomas | 2116 F | 2½ | |
| 128 | GEMELLI Romain | 2173 F | 2½ | |
| 129 | CHARLIER Antoine | 2040 F | 2½ | |
| 130 | KHARITONOV Sergei | 2115 F | 2½ | |
| 131 | HALEGUA Dani | 2094 F | 2½ | |
| 132 | SENTISSI Yassine | 2106 F | 1½ | |
| 133 | GUILLEMART Serge | 2145 F | 1½ | |
| 134 | ALLARD Thomas | 2123 F | 1½ | |
| 135 | m | BORGO Giulio | 2331 F | 1 |
| 136 | f | LAZO Andrei | 2165 F | 0 |
