The 20th International Chess Festival Jean-Claude Loubatiere took part on 5-13th July 2014, at the Salle Jules Pagezy in Montpellier, a city in southern France, located on the Mediterranean Sea.
The event was organized by the Echecs Club Montpellier in a 9-round Swiss format with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds increment starting from move 1.
84 players from 11 different federations took part in the event, including 7 GMs, 3 IMs, 6 FMs and 1 WGM.
GM Sebastian Maze (France) was a convincing winner with 7,5/9 points. He grabbed the trophy and the first prize in the amount of 1.000 €, leaving the runner-up half a point behind.
GM Christian Bauer (France) took the silver with 7 points.
Third place was shared in a five-way tie by GM Julen Luis Arizmendi Martinez (Spain), FM Armen Petrossian (France), FM Roman Oganisian (Russia), IM Silvia Collas (France) and GM Hua Ni (China) on 6,5 points.
Final standings (top finishers):
1 GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2553 7,5
2 GM Bauer Christian FRA 2649 7
3 GM Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis ESP 2553 6,5
4 FM Petrossian Armen FRA 2380 6,5
5 FM Oganisian Roman RUS 2245 6,5
6 IM Collas Silvia FRA 2302 6,5
7 GM Ni Hua CHN 2674 6,5
8 GM Prie Eric FRA 2493 6
9 GM Inkiov Ventzislav BUL 2428 6
10 FM Lauridsen Jesper Morch DEN 2244 6
11 GM Flear Glenn C ENG 2464 6
12 WGM Doluhanova Evgeniya UKR 2334 6
Huge win.