Gajewski Wins Capelle-la-Grande
Submitted by SonofPearl on Chess.com
The 2011 Capelle-la-Grande Open featured more than 550 players, and after nine hard fought rounds it was 21st seed Grzegorz Gajewski of Poland (pictured receiving his award) who took clear first with an excellent score of 7.5 points.Gajewski's crucial final round final round win is shown below, along with two other memorable tactical encounters that occurred during this huge Open Swiss event.
Evgeny Sharapov and Yuri Vovk of Ukraine, and Alexander Ipatov representing Spain finished half a point behind the winner, while top seed Krishnan Sasikiran was another half a point back among a large pack with 6.5 points.
The videos at the official website offer a nice impression of the event; a typical example is shown below (with interviews in French).
Gajewski, Grzegorz (2569) vs. Jankovic, Alojzije (2564)
27th Open | Cappelle la Grande FRA | Round 9.1| 5 Mar 2011 | ECO: E60 | 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Rd1 Bf5 10. Ne1 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Na6 12. e4 Be6 13. Qa4 Bg4 14. Bf3 Rd7 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. h3 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 e5 19. Qb3 exd4 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Na4 b5 22. Nb6 Re8 23. Nd3 Rxe4 24. a4 bxa4 25. Rxa4 f5 26. b3 Kf7 27. Nc4 Bf8 28. Nce5+ Ke6 29. Nxc6 Nc5 30. Nxc5+ Bxc5 31. Rc4 b6 32. Kf3 Re1 33. Bd2 Rb1 34. Nxd4+ Kd5 35. Be3 Rf1+ 36. Ke2 Rb1 37. Rc3 Ke4 38. Nf3 Bxe3 39. Rxe3+ Kd5 40. Re5+ Kd6 41. Rb5 Kc6 42. Nd4+ Kd6 43. Ke3 Re1+ 44. Kd2 Rh1 45. h4 f4 46. gxf4 Rxh4 47. Ke3 Kc7 48. Rd5 Rh1 49. b4 Re1+ 50. Kd2 Re4 51. Kd3 Re1 52. b5 Re7 53. Re5
Zherebukh, Yaroslav (2565) vs. Shneider, Aleksandr (2518)
27th Open | Cappelle la Grande FRA | Round 4.12| 28 Feb 2011 | ECO: A01 | 0-1
1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Qe7 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. f4 f6 11. Qh5 f5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. c4 b6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxf5 Rae8 18. Rf3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxa3 20. Rh3 g6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Rg3 Bc5 23. Rxg6+ Kh7 24. Qd3 Qxe3+ 25. Bxe3 Rxe3 26. Rxa7+ Bd7
Delchev, Aleksander (2629) vs. Jojua, Davit (2515)
27th Open | Cappelle la Grande FRA | Round 9.10| 5 Mar 2011 | ECO: B43 | 1-0
The top finishers:
| Name | Nat | Elo | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | |
| 1 | GAJEWSKI Grzegorz | POL | 2569 | 7.5 | 40.5 | 50.0 |
| 2 | SHARAPOV Evgeny | UKR | 2468 | 7.0 | 44.5 | 53.5 |
| 3 | IPATOV Alexander | ESP | 2512 | 7.0 | 44.0 | 54.0 |
| 4 | VOVK Yuri | UKR | 2539 | 7.0 | 41.5 | 51.5 |
| 5 | JANKOVIC Alojzije | CRO | 2564 | 6.5 | 46.5 | 58.0 |
| 6 | HARIKRISHNA Pentala | IND | 2667 | 6.5 | 44.0 | 55.0 |
| 7 | SHNEIDER Aleksandr | UKR | 2518 | 6.5 | 44.0 | 55.5 |
| 8 | CORNETTE Matthieu | FRA | 2544 | 6.5 | 43.0 | 53.0 |
| 9 | ZHIGALKO Sergei | BLR | 2671 | 6.5 | 42.5 | 52.0 |
| 10 | PETROV Marijan | BUL | 2535 | 6.5 | 42.5 | 53.0 |
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