The Cannes International Chess Festival kicked off yesterday in France. The Open A tournament gathers 127 players, and it’s played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with the time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes until the end of the game, and increment of 30 seconds for each move, starting from move one.
After two played rounds as many as 18 players scored the maximum 2/2 points, including some of the top seeds: Alexander Motylev, Daniel Dardha, and Diptayan Ghosh.

Rankings after two played rounds:
1
MOTYLEV Alexander
2624F
2
2
DARDHA Daniel
2612F
2
3
GHOSH Diptayan
2553F
2
4
MAURIZZI Marc Andria
2523F
2
5
DIMITROV Radoslav
2501F
2
6
NIKOLOV Momchil
2480F
2
7
DAS Sayantan
2468F
2
8
SOUSA Andre Ventura
2466F
2
9
BOYER Mahel
2453F
2
10
ERDOGMUS Yagiz Kaan
2452F
2
11
CAPPELLETTO Joshuaede
2274F
2
12
LOISEAU Quentin
2441F
2
13
LUCAS Arthur
2415 F
2
14
SAMBUEV Bator
2407F
2
15
HOLLAN-Martin
2371F
2
16
MATERIA Marco
2410F
2
17
CLERY Nicolas
2343F
2
18
PHILIP William
2362F
2
19
LAMARD Guillaume
2526F
1½
20
SAYA Ethan
2150F
1½
21
DEL GIOVANE Fabio
2111F
1½
22
THEON Pierre
2102F
1½
23
PASZEWSKI Mateusz
2254F
1½
24
EMMENECKER Pierre-Antoine
2304F
1½
25
PODETTI Davide
2291F
1½
26
KLIMKOWSKI Jan
2461F
1½
27
RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn
2457F
1½
28
RODRIGUEZ Adrian
2287F
1½
29
KRZYZANOWSKI Marcin
2539 F
1½
30
VENKATESH Mr.
2452F
1½
31
SEEMANN Jakub
2425F
1½
32
DROIN Augustine
2436F
1½
33
GODENA Michele
2462F
1½
34
Fischer Daniel
2385F
1½
35
LAMAZE Simon
2372F
1½
36
PIGEAT Alexandre
2365F
1½
37
PETROSYAN Armen
2380F
1½
38
KRISHNA TEJA N
2333F
1½
39
CHAN Kim Yew
2351 F
1½
40
CLARKE Brandon GI
2473F
1½
41
DESLANDES Pascal
2302 F
1½
42
TRAVADON Loic
2466F
1½
43
TERMINAL Niels
2223F
1
44
LACROIX Roman
2198 F
1
45
PRAVEEN KUMAR C
2194 F
1
46
JANZELJ Lara
2173F
1
47
MAYRHUBER Nikola
2120F
1
48
PANDEY SRISHTI
2142F
1
49
KOCHARIN Timur
2156F
1
50
DALAUD Dorian
2343F
1
51
MEKHANE Adam
2255F
1
52
DEFROMONT Benjamin
2343F
1
53
MAMMADHUSEYN Djeyhun
2123F
1
54
MULLON Jean-Baptiste
2319F
1
55
SELBES Tarik
2255F
1
56
PIPIRAS Filipa Fortuna
2110F
1
57
DUDOGNON Thibault
2311F
1
58
LEVER Erwan
2225F
1
59
IPEK Egehan
2135F
1
60
BIFULCO Michel
2307F
1
61
CHIKU-RATTE Olivier-Kenta
2307F
1
62
OUELLET Maili-Jade
2222F
1
63
LORANS Sylvain
2093 F
1
64
NURGALIYEV Sauat
2291F
1
65
PLAYER Edmund C
2201F
1
66
SCHLEGEL Igor
2289 F
1
67
ROUX Baptiste
2199F
1
68
BAT Bilgun
2191F
1
69
URH Zala
2288F
1
70
PIMPALKHARE VEDANT
2282F
1
71
BY BALMANN Marc
2168F
1
72
DEMUTH Adrien
2473F
1
73
BARBOT Pierre
2446F
1
74
RAZAFINDRATSIMA Timothy
2455F
1
75
ROYAL Shreyas
2452F
1
76
DAS Arghyadip
2403F
1
77
FLEAR Glenn C
2414F
1
78
BODER Jan
2319F
1
79
LASINSKAS Povilas
2146F
1
80
DEVNANI KUSH
2135F
1
81
MULLER-MOINGT Bastien
2001 F
1
82
Urbani Gabriel
2166F
½
83
Deshpande Aniruddha
2204F
½
84
DERIGE KANE Yan
2167F
½
85
CASSAM-CHENAI Antoine
2191F
½
86
CASADIO Niccolo’
2152 F
½
87
OHLER Julius
2161F
½
88
AVANESYAN Davit
2143F
½
89
MANTOVANI Renzo
2267F
½
90
HERCEGOVAC Neven
2133F
½
91
GANDHI Anish
2124F
½
92
SAHITHI VARSHINI M
2250F
½
93
Lim Zhuo Ren
2253F
½
94
JEANNE Michael
2117F
½
95
NAGARE AKHILESH
2086 F
½
96
ZIENKIEWICZ Jan
2115F
½
97
CALISTR Tristan
2229F
½
98
FRICK Christoph
2095F
½
99
MATSUMURA Cocoro
2073F
½
100
BOULOS Paul
2093 F
½
101
LEFEBVRE Herve
2180F
½
102
MOTA Pankit
2024 F
½
103
GHAZARIAN Kirk
2471F
½
104
VLACHOS Anatole
2454F
½
105
PANESAR VEDANT
2385F
½
106
KUHN Clement
2304F
½
107
PASCAL COUPET
2223F
½
108
LAFORTUNE Emerick
2159F
½
109
DELORME Laurie
2106F
½
110
GRUNDMAN Anatole
2118F
½
111
ALLARD Thomas
2060F
½
112
BORGO Giulio
2342F
½
113
JRADE Willis
2159F
0
114
PIERI Pierre-Louis
2151 F
0
115
THANKE Bror
2126F
0
116
VERNEUIL Pascal
2118F
0
117
BENSDORP-DE LABACA Marlies
2241F
0
118
MANUKONDA ARUN
2102F
0
119
DEODHAR Vrushali Umesh
2082F
0
120
UTRERA Ludovic
2045F
0
121
EMMENECKER Philippe
2032 F
0
122
MORACCHINI Margaux
2032 F
0
123
LILONI Francesco Mattia
2012 F
0
124
ARANOVITCH Emiliano
2358F
0
125
SBARRA Marco
2207F
0
126
VIGNESH B
2382F
0
127
SALONIKA Saina
2223F
0
