The 15th Rochefort Chess Festival was held from 20th to 26th February at the Congres Palais, in Rochefort, France.
51 players competed in the Masters section which was reserved for the players rated above 1900. Grandmaster Ventzislav Inkiov (Bulgaria) won the first place with 7 points. He was followed by Master Diego Di Berardino (Brazil) and Grandmaster Rustam Khusnutdinov with also 7 points, but worse tie-break.