Georgian Bela Khotenashvili (2440) collected 6.0 points within 9 rounds at 27e Open International de Cappelle-la-Grande which was held in France. Khotenashvili took the 1^st place among women and took the 58^th place at the tournament.

Levan Pantsulaia (2610) and Davit Arutinyan (2578) competed better than other Georgian representatives. They shared the 5^th-31^st places with 6.5 points. According to the additional data, Pantsulaia took the 15^th place and Arutinyan took the 25^th place.

Other Georgians showed the following results: 61. Tornike Sanikidze (2559) – 6.0 points; 77. Davit Jojua (2515) – 5.5; 84. Nino Batsiashvili (2396) – 5.5; 112. Malkhaz Sulashvili (2497) – 5.5;

Polish grand master Grzegorz Gajewski (2569) won French tournament. He collected 7.5 points. Evgeny Sharapov (Ukraine, 2468), Alexander Ipatov (Spain, 2512) and Yuri Vovk (Ukraine, 2539) shared the 2^nd-4^th places with 7 points.