GM Abhimanyu Puranik wins Cappelle la Grande Chess Open 2024

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The 40th edition of the Cappelle la Grande Chess Open concluded yesterday in France. The event took place from 2-8 March with the participation of more than 500 players who competed over the course of 9 swiss rounds.

GM Abhimanyu Puranik (India, 2618) and GM Lorenzo Lodici (Italy, 2558) finished the event tying for the first place with the same score of 7.5 points (each). Having better tiebreak criteria, the Indian GM Abhimanyu Puranik emerged as the Winner of the event and GM Lorenzo Lodici came second. As many as nine players tied for third place scoring 7 points, but IM Alberto Barp (Italy, 2449) had the best tiebreaks and finished third. Final rankings are shown below

Detailed information and complete rankings can be found here.

Final rankings – Cappelle la Grande Chess Open 2024:

Rk	Title	Name	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	g	PURANIK Abhimanyu	2618 F	7½	46½	2686	57½
2	g	LODICI Lorenzo	2558 F	7½	44	2613	53½
3	m	BARP Alberto	2449 F	7	48	2623	59
4	m	LAMARD Guillaume	2483 F	7	46	2574	57
5	g	IDANI Pouya	2609 F	7	44	2561	55
6	m	TARHAN Adar	2432 F	7	43½	2544	53½
7	g	PACHER Milan	2393 F	7	43	2506	52½
8	g	VALSECCHI Alessio	2490 F	7	42	2511	52
9	m	BOYER Mahel	2415 F	7	42	2503	52½
10	m	EUGENE Floryan	2422 F	7	41	2381	50½
11	f	KANOV Nikola	2424 F	7	39½	2388	49½
12	m	NANJO Ryosuke	2346 F	6½	44½	2478	53½
13	m	BOGDANOV Egor	2409 F	6½	43½	2359	53½
14	g	DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc	2455 F	6½	43	2445	53½
15	m	LUCAS Arthur	2341 F	6½	43	2388	53
16	g	FIRAT Burak	2439 F	6½	42½	2394	52
17	f	SAMANI Yamac	2378 F	6½	42½	2362	51½
18	m	GIREL Joseph	2486 F	6½	42	2415	52½
19	g	NIKOLOV Momchil	2453 F	6½	42	2397	51½
20	g	RIFF Jean-Noel	2401 F	6½	41½	2406	51½
21	f	AGDELEN Huseyin Can	2408 F	6½	41½	2399	51
22	m	ROSHKA Yevgeniy	2468 F	6½	41½	2392	52
23	m	DUBOUE Peio	2454 F	6½	41½	2371	51½
24	f	TOMASZEWSKI Kacper	2310 F	6½	41½	2267	51½
25	m	DECUIGNIERE Tom	2402 F	6½	41	2399	51½
26	ff	AYDIN Gulenay	2152 F	6½	41	2372	50½
27	f	MOLENDA Marcin	2377 F	6½	40½	2395	50
28	g	WIRIG Anthony	2462 F	6½	40½	2379	50½
29	f	DALAUD Dorian	2319 F	6½	39½	2245	49½
30	f	FIEDOREK Michal	2286 F	6½	39	2361	48
31	g	SASIKIRAN Krishnan	2578 F	6	46½	2490	57½
32	g	CAN Emre	2551 F	6	45½	2512	56½
33	g	VELTEN Paul	2475 F	6	45	2503	54½
34	m	VLACHOS Anatole	2479 F	6	45	2482	55
35	g	GOPAL G.N.	2575 F	6	45	2447	55½
36	m	LOISEAU Quentin	2412 F	6	44	2379	54
37	g	BELLAHCENE Bilel	2522 F	6	43	2396	53½
38	m	BUJISHO Benjamin	2339 F	6	43	2287	54
39	g	KARTHIKEYAN P.	2306 F	6	42½	2365	52½
40	m	BOURNEL Antoine	2332 F	6	42½	2278	52½
41		FEDORYSHYN Ievgenii	2256 F	6	42	2371	51½
42	g	ENCHEV Ivajlo	2425 F	6	42	2332	51½
43	m	DEFROMONT Benjamin	2401 F	6	41½	2309	51½
44	f	DEGARDIN Sylvain	2235 F	6	41½	2291	50½
45	m	TAHAY Alexis	2382 F	6	40½	2348	50½
46	m	DEGRAEVE Remy	2447 F	6	40½	2337	49
47	m	GROOTEN Herman	2223 F	6	40½	2233	50
48	mf	GUECI Tea	2193 F	6	40½	2226	49½
49		IOLIS Oleg	2113 F	6	40½	2226	49½
50	f	ZIENKIEWICZ Jan	2218 F	6	40	2253	49
51		EUGENE Nathael	2009 F	6	40	2243	48
52		BELLUIRE Beatrice	2047 F	6	39½	2276	49
53		MIDY Robin	2151 F	6	39½	2266	48
54		DERIGE KANE Yan	2230 F	6	39½	2260	48
55		GUERLACH Keigo	2122 F	6	39½	2208	48
56		VALLET Marc	2155 F	6	39½	2158	49
57		HAVEZ Matthieu	1993 F	6	39	2243	48½
58		BOURGOIS Bastien	2102 F	6	39	2229	47½
59	f	DAELS Marc	2107 F	6	39	2159	48
60		MEDGHOUL Sherif	2146 F	6	38	2209	45½
61		KIM Jisu	2048 F	6	38	2164	44½
62		JOURDREN Kevin	2136 F	6	38	2128	47
63	f	ROHRER Christophe	2327 F	6	38	2094	47
64		ARAVINDHAN Achyuth	2005 F	6	38	2091	46
65		AMMOR Hicham	1960 F	6	37	2101	45
66		BELLAHCENE Sofia	1971 F	6	36½	2125	44½
67		ALASHTAR Aasef	1988 F	6	36½	2113	44
68		MATSUYAMA Koya	1964 F	6	36	2101	43½
69		LEMAIRE Matthieu	2050 F	6	36	2079	43½
70		BAURY Noe	1904 F	6	36	2047	43½
71		MANUKONDA ARUN	1974 F	6	35	2002	43