Sebastien Feller wins Paris Championship

7/13/2010 – The Paris Championship is the oldest French Open – Abraham Baratz won the first edition in 1925. The leading players in this year's event included GM Tigran Gharamian (2650), GM Alberto David (2622) and GM Sébastien Feller (2611). The Open Tournament took place from July 3rd to 11th, 2010. It was a nine-round Swiss, FIDE rules, 40 moves/1h 30 + 30 sec then 30 mn + 30 sec. Pictorial report.

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Sebastien Feller wins Paris Championship

Report by Dominique Primel

Sébastien Feller is number 17 on the July 2010 FIDE Top 20 Juniors list. He took clear first place in a amazing way: with 8/9 and a performance 2859. A strong Indian delegation from Bombay and New Delhi was participating, and S.P. Sethuramian made one GM norm.

Final top standings (6.0 points and higher)

	Player	Title	Nat.	Rtng	Pts	Perf.
1	Feller Sébastien	GM	FRA	2611	8.0	2859
2	Gharamian Tigran	GM	FRA	2650	7.5	2728
3	Sethuraman S.P	IM	IND	2513	6.5	2671
4	Adhiban B.	IM	IND	2483	6.0	2563
5	SolodovnichenkoYuri	GM	UKR	2558	6.0	2569
6	David Alberto	GM	LUX	2622	6.0	2570
7	Zoler Dan	IM	ISR	2474	6.0	2542
8	Al-Modiahki Mohamad	GM	QUA	2566	6.0	2524
9	D'Costa Lorin	IM	ENG	2456	6.0	2543
10	Zhu Chen	GM	QUA	2476	6.0	2521
11	Kunte Abhijit	GM	IND	2521	6.0	2490
12	Breder Dennis	IM	GER	2429	6.0	2467
13	Karavade Eesha	IM	IND	2378	6.0	2384

Picture Gallery

GM Sébastien Feller, 2611, FRA, 8.0/9, 2859 performance

GM Tigran Gharamian, FRA, 2650, 7.5/9, 2728 performance

Tigran Gharamian was born in Armenia, but is now playing under the French flag. He is a rising star and his rating is growing rapidly. In 2002, when he was 18, his it was only 2200, and now 2650!

GM Yuri Solodovnichenko, 2558, UKR, 6.0/9, 2569 performance

IGM Zhu Chen, 2476, QUA, former world women's champion,
scored 6.0 with a 2521 performance. Her husband...

... GM Al-Modiahki Mohamad 2526, QUA, had the same result
with a 2524 performance

WIM Eesha Karavade, 2378, IND, 6.0/9, 2384 performance

WGM Cori Tello Deysi, 2403, PER, former U-16 girls champion
scored 4.5/9 points with a 2311 performance

IM Jha Sriram, 2490, IND, 4.5/9, 2335 performance

WGM Maria Leconte, 2337, FRA, 3.5/9, 2221 performance

GM Andrei Shchekachiev, 2546, FRA, 3.0/9, 2312 performance

Barbara Dizdarevic, SER, 1919, playing in the Open A

WFM Aurélie Dacalor, 1986, FRA, playing in the Open A

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