Corsica Masters R2
Corsica Masters, the top open event of the season, continues on the island of Napoleon. Most of the high-rated participants, including GM Fressinet, GM Sasikiran, GM Mamedov, GM Gawain Jones, GM Ghaem Maghami, and GM Grigoryan continued their victorious march.
Round two brought some surprises as well. After GM Cheparinov got stunned at the start, yet another top Grandmaster faced fierce resistance – this time Pavel Tregubov drew with Aghasi Inants.
Scroll down for the full results, you can download and replay the games at the official website.
Today is round 3, live games here.
Large increase of participation
Corsica 2011 is a top tournament of the year, and despite the financial crisis there is a record number of competitors, 30% more than any other year. One of the key factors is the participation of the young players at the event.
Results round 2
| Ech. | Blancs | Res. | Noirs | ||
| 1 | FRESSINET Laurent | 2696 | 1 – 0 | GIROYAN Gary | 2318 |
| 2 | SAADA Julien | 2313 | 0 – 1 | SASIKIRAN Krishnan | 2689 |
| 3 | MAMEDOV Rauf | 2660 | 1 – 0 | MAMEDJAROVA Zeinab | 2314 |
| 4 | JONES Gawain C B | 2624 | 1 – 0 | COLEMAN Teddy | 2312 |
| 5 | MASSONI Michael | 2304 | 0 – 1 | MELKUMYAN Hrant | 2619 |
| 6 | GRIGORYAN Avetik | 2614 | 1 – 0 | WEISBUCH Udi | 2304 |
| 7 | INANTS Aghasi | 2288 | X – X | TREGUBOV Pavel V. | 2602 |
| 8 | GHAEM MAGHAMI Ehsan | 2583 | 1 – 0 | BERTHELOT Yannick | 2286 |
| 9 | PESOTSKYI Vitalii | 2268 | 1 – 0 | SULAVA Nenad | 2540 |
| 10 | DURARBEYLI Vasif | 2526 | 1 – 0 | MAMEDJAROVA Turkan | 2277 |
| 11 | RIBREAU Herve | 2233 | 0 – 1 | ARNOLD Marc T | 2505 |
| 12 | BARON Tal | 2505 | 1 – 0 | HUMEAU Cyril | 2261 |
| 13 | DUPORT Nicolas | 2220 | 0 – 1 | FLEAR Glenn C | 2471 |
| 14 | BATTAGLINI Gabriel | 2452 | 1 – 0 | IVANOV Stojan Emilov | 2221 |
| 15 | DAURELLE Herve | 2209 | X – X | DEMUTH Adrien | 2440 |
Go Marc!