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The 20th Corsican Circuit took place 22nd to 30th October 2016. There was a 9 round open followed by a knockout rapid event. 8 strong GMs who joined the event at the rapid stage are: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Viswanathan Anand, Teimour Radjabov, Igor Kovalenko, Hou Yifan, Aleksandr Moiseenko, Tigran Gharamian and Zaven Andriasian. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Viswanathan Anand 1.5-0.5 in the final.

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20th Corsica Masters Open Bastia FRA Sat 22nd Oct 2016 - Sun 30th Oct 2016 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	Perf
1	MOISEENKO Alexander	g	UKR	2648	6	32½	2757
2	KOROBOV Anton	g	UKR	2687	6	33½	2748
3	ANTIPOV Mikhail Al.	g	RUS	2557	6	31	2720
4	DEAC Bogdan-Daniel	g	ROU	2543	5½	34	2683
5	ANDRIASIAN Zaven	g	ARM	2622	5½	31½	2678
6	AZAROV Sergei	g	BLR	2577	5½	34	2666
7	LEENHOUTS Koen	m	NED	2499	5½	30	2621
8	VOCATURO Daniele	g	ITA	2600	5½	27	2608
9	BELLAHCENE Bilel	m	FRA	2475	5½	28	2580
10	GHARAMIAN Tigran	g	FRA	2626	5	33	2618
11	DELORME Axel	m	FRA	2513	5	31½	2600
12	LAGARDE Maxime	g	FRA	2593	5	27½	2598
13	ONISCHUK Vladimir	g	UKR	2602	5	30½	2597
14	GLEDURA Benjamin	g	HUN	2585	5	32	2571
15	KATHMALE Sameer	m	IND	2294	5	25	2494
16	HANSEN Mads	f	DEN	2445	5	26	2485
17	KOGAN Arthur	g	ISR	2530	5	23½	2425
18	SKOMOROKHIN Roman	m	RUS	2399	4½	30½	2556
19	MASSONI Michael	m	FRA	2325	4½	28	2509
20	MESKOVS Nikita	m	LAT	2483	4½	26½	2484
21	KANTANE Anna	mf	POL	2263	4½	22	2353
22	DONCHENKO Alexander	g	GER	2581	4	28	2444
23	MIKHALEVSKI Victor	g	ISR	2523	4	31	2433
24	SONIS Francesco	f	ITA	2395	4	27	2428
25	ABHISHEK Kelkar	m	IND	2387	4	27	2428
26	KANTANS Toms	m	LAT	2476	4	29½	2420
27	PISCOPO Pierluigi	m	ITA	2405	4	27½	2394
28	DRAGOJLOVIC Andjelko	m	SRB	2331	4	25	2390
29	GLEK Igor	g	GER	2377	4	27	2384
30	MAKSIMENKO Andrei	g	UKR	2497	4	26½	2355
31	RIFF Jean-Noel	g	FRA	2478	4	25	2354
32	BRUNO Fabio	m	ITA	2448	4	25½	2349
33	ZWAHR Paul	f	GER	2318	4	26	2345
34	PATUZZO Fabrizio	f	SUI	2363	4	23	2324
35	LOISEAU Quentin	m	FRA	2439	3½	29½	2393
36	RAJA HARSHIT		IND	2302	3½	25	2357
37	PEEK Marcel	m	NED	2319	3½	27	2342
38	BARBOT Pierre	m	FRA	2453	3½	26½	2314
39	VUILLEUMIER Alexandre	m	SUI	2349	3½	26	2292
40	LAXMAN R.r.	g	IND	2411	3½	26	2288
41	BRETHES Francois		FRA	2281	3½	21½	2267
42	HEINEMANN Josefine	mf	GER	2242	3½	23	2259
43	BASKIN Robert	f	GER	2402	3½	23	2226
44	ARUTYUNOVA Diana	gf	UKR	2220	3	26	2311
45	ARJUN KALYAN		IND	2312	3	25	2261
46	LYELL Mark	f	ENG	2190	3	25½	2215
47	CRISTOFARI Antoine		FRA	2114	3	22	2194
48	VIDAL Llewellyn		FRA	2200	2½	25	2179
49	BRESSY Theo		FRA	2162	2½	22	2154
50	LALLEMENT Victor		FRA	2205	2½	21½	2136
56 players

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Corsican Circuit Final Bastia FRA Sat 22nd Oct 2016 - Sun 30th Oct 2016 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1.5
2	Anand, Viswanathan	0.5
	Semi-Final
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1.5
2	Korobov, Anton	0.5
1	Anand, Viswanathan	1.5
2	Radjabov, Teimour	0.5
	Quarter-Final
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2
2	Onischuk, Vladimir	0
1	Korobov, Anton	3
2	Hou, Yifan	1
1	Anand, Viswanathan	1.5
2	Gharamian, Tigran	0.5
1	Radjabov, Teimour	3
2	Moiseenko, Alexander	1
	1/8th-Final
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2
2	Bellahcene, Bilel	0
1	Andriasian, Zaven	0
2	Onischuk, Vladimir	2
1	Korobov, Anton	2
2	Antipov, Mikhail Al	0
1	Hou, Yifan	2
2	Azarov, Sergei	2
1	Anand, Viswanathan	2
2	Leenhouts, Koen	0
1	Gharamian, Tigran	3
2	Vocaturo, Daniele	1
1	Radjabov, Teimour	2.5
2	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	1.5
1	Moiseenko, Alexander	1.5
2	Gledura, Benjamin	0.5
34 players

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