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Tkachiev wins Rapid Grand Prix in Nancy

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GM Vladislav Tkachiev grabbed the winner’s trophy at the first stage of the French Rapid Grand-Prix 2013 in Nancy. The strong rapid tournament took place on 9-10th March at the Conseil Général de Meurthe et Moselle in Nancy.

Tkachiev won the final match against Russian GM Vladimir Dobrov with a 1,5-0,5 score.

The qualifiying open on saturday was won by Bacrot, Postny and Gharamian with 7,5/9. The organizers welcomed 210 players. Luxembourger WGM Elvira Berend was the best woman; French IM Mehrshad Sharif, the best veteran; and German Alexander Donchenko, the best junior.

At the round-of-16 there were some surprising eliminations. Etienne Bacrot, German’s Nr.1 Arkadij Naiditsch and Tigran Gharamian lost their matches against lower rated opponents.

The quarterfinals finished with victories by Vachier-Lagrave, Tkachiev, Svetushkin and Dobrov. In the semifinals, French Nr. 1 surprisingly lost against the Russian GM, while Tkachiev beat Svetushkin.

The final match had a very nice decisive game, where the eventual winner got his victory in a nice attacking game.

Final standings – Qualifying tournament:

1gBACROT Etienne27907,5
2gPOSTNY Evgeny26027,5
3gGHARAMIAN Tigran26007,5
4gVACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime27417,0
5gISTRATESCU Andrei26607,0
6gSVETUSHKIN Dmitry25997,0
7gHAMDOUCHI Hicham26207,0
8gPELLETIER Yannick25927,0
9gNAIDITSCH Arkadij27357,0
10gTKACHIEV Vladislav26437,0
11mDOURERASSOU Jonathan24507,0
12gEDOUARD Romain26607,0
13mMONROY Charles25007,0
14gSANIKIDZE Tornike24907,0
15gWIRIG Anthony25306,5
16gDOBROV Vladimir24756,5
17mAGUETTAZ Maxime24206,5
18mSHARIF Mehrshad24396,5
19mNEZAR Mustapha22906,5
20mBEREND Fred23306,5
21gGULIYEV Namig27306,0
22gBAUER Christian26456,0
23mSHOKER Samy25046,0
24gFRESSINET Laurent27246,0
25gDAVID Alberto26306,0
26gFIER Alexandr26386,0
27mDONCHENKO Alexander23706,0
28
COUPET Pascal24206,0
29gDJURIC Stefan24076,0
30mDONCHENKO Anatoly23606,0

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