Cap d’Agde is starting sunday with the following players:
> Vasily Ivanchuk Ukraine GM 2786
> Magnus Carlsen Norvège GM 2786
> Teimour Radjabov Azerbaïdjan GM 2751
> Maxime Vachier Lagrave France GM 2716
> Bu Xiangzhi Chine GM 2714
> Hikaru Nakamura USA GM 2704
> Ivan Cheparinov Bulgarie GM 2696
> Anatoly Karpov Russie GM 2651
> Fabiano Caruana Italie GM 2640
> Humpy Koneru Inde GM 2618
> Hou Yifan Chine WGM 2578
> Marie Sebag France GM 2533
> Sebastien Feller France GM 2526
> Alexandra Kosteniuk Russie GM 2525
> Katerina Lahno Ukraine GM 2488
> Almira Skripchenko France WGM 2455
It will be a close rapid tournament divided in 2 groups, than 1/4 finals, 1/2 finals and final.
Open tournaments will be played beside that with I think around 700 players. This is the most important event of the year in France.
There will be as usual photos, video coverage and for the first time live video/audio streaming with audio in french and english by GMs.
You can have infos there: http://www.capechecs.com/trophee_ccas.php
Special thanks to GM Robert Fontaine for providing us the information.
Kosteniuk will beat Nakamura 🙂