Paul Velten wins Open de Vins

Paul Velten not only won the tournament by a point clear of the field but was also the first player to secure a norm of any kind in the history of the Naujac "Open de Vins. It was an international master norm and he exceeded it by a point. The Organisers, Rike and Jukes Armas were stoked :-)

He doesn't weigh a lot though.

16ème Open des Vins du Médoc Classement après la ronde 9
Pl		Nom	Elo	Cat.	Fede	Ligue	Club	Pts	Tr.	Bu.	Perf
1	f	VELTEN Paul	2422 F	JunM		AQU	Cote Basque Echecs	7½	42½	52½	2596
2	m	DAS Arghyadip	2493 F	SenM				6½	42½	52	2431
3	f	FAVAREL Antoine	2347 F	SenM		AQU	Bordeaux ASPOM Echecs	6½	42½	51½	2424
4	m	ZARAGATSKI Ilja	2486 F	SenM		LOR	Vandoeuvre-Echecs	6½	41½	51½	2471
5	m	WOHL Aleksandar H.	2369 F	SenM		AQU	L'Echiquier Naujacais	6	44	52½	2363
6	m	VAN DELFT Merijn	2411 F	SenM		AQU	L'Echiquier Naujacais	6	43½	53½	2428
7		COLPE Malte	2305 F	SenM				6	43½	53½	2342
8	m	COLLAS Didier	2394 F	SenM		PRO	Marseille Echecs	6	41½	50	2400
9	m	GODARD Maxence	2348 F	SenM		BNO	L'Echiquier Deauvillais	6	41½	49½	2299
10		BONN Thomas	2277 F	SenM		PDL	Cercle d'Echecs de Nantes	6	40	48½	2271
11		MARIE Maxime	2214 F	SenM		BNO	Club d'Echecs Lexovien	6	38	47	2264
12	f	ZIERKE Oliver	2263 F	SenM				6	38	47	2244
13		PURENNE Benoit	2223 F	MinM		BRE	Echiquier Guingampais	6	38	46	2175
14	m	COLLAS Silvia	2274 F	SenF		LAN	Echecs Club Montpellier	6	38	44¼	2330
15		BRICARD Herve	2046 F	SenM		MPY	Echiquier Commingeois	6	35	42	2040
16		KRAMER Julian	2133 F	MinM				5½	39½	47½	2173
17		SAENZ NARCISO Miguel Angel	2196 F	SenM				5½	39	49	2222
18		DESLIAS Gregoire	2132 F	CadM		BRE	Echiquier Guingampais	5½	38	47	2163
19		ROTH Josef	2109 F	SenM				5½	37½	44½	2115
20	f	BEHRHORST Frank	2281 F	SenM				5½	36½	45	2189
21	mf	ROUMEGOUS Marina	2154 F	SenF		DSA	Club d'Echecs d'Annemasse	5½	36	44	2108
22		LORENTE PENALBA Diego	2182 F	SenM				5½	35½	43	2082
23		HELIE Marc	2074 F	SenM		BNO	Caen Alekhine	5	39	46½	2098
24		THALWITZER David	2174 F	SenM				5	38	45½	2105
25		MARUEJOLS Claude	2006 F	VetM		PRO	L'Echiquier du Roy René	5	38	45	2037
26		GOULESQUE Camille	1890 F	SenM		AQU	Echiquier Bordelais	5	37½	44	1990
27		ROUSSEL Glenn	1911 F	BenM		BRE	Echiquier de l'ABC Pays de Vannes	5	36½	43	1992
28		ARMAS Lara-Maria	1941 F	SenF		AQU	L'Echiquier Naujacais	5	36	43½	1978
29		GONZALEZ SANTAMARTIN Jorge	1844 F	MinM				5	35	42	2040
30		LAGUNES Jean-Renaud	2005 F	VetM		AQU	Echiquier Bordelais	5	34½	41	1971
31		RESNJANSKIJ Denis	2130 F	SenM				5	33½	40	2008
32		LABBE Georges	1784 F	SenM		AUV	Riom Echecs	5	30½	36½	1808
33		ZOBEL Andrej	2035 F	SenM				4½	39	47	2065
34		MARTINET Regis	2028 F	SenM		AQU	Echiquier Henri IV Pau	4½	38½	46	2028
35		LAPEYRE Pierre	2033 F	SenM		AQU	Echiquier Bordelais	4½	38½	43¾	2147
36	ff	ZICKELBEIN Eva Maria	2087 F	SenF		AQU	L'Echiquier Naujacais	4½	37	45	1966
37		KOHLER Paul	1930 F	SenM		LIM	Cercle d'Echecs d' Egletons	4½	37	44½	1969
38		L'HOSPITAL Philippe	1922 F	SenM		AQU	Bordeaux ASPOM Echecs	4½	36½	43½	1932
39		LARAND Manuel	2034 F	SenM		LIM	LEC Echiquier Limousin	4½	34½	41	1887
40		ALONSO GONZALEZ Miguel	1853 F	MinM				4½	34½	39½	1910
41		GONZALEZ FERNANDEZ Jorge	1718 F	SenM				4½	34½	39¼	1852
42		DUBERTRAND Bernard	1702 F	SenM		AQU	Echiquier Montois	4½	34½	39	1833
43		BOUTHIER Jacques	1845 F	SenM		MPY	F.J.E.P.S Blagnac Section Echecs	4½	34	39½	1833
44		LAURAIN Dominique	1976 F	SenM		AQU	L'Echiquier Naujacais	4½	32½	38½	1901
45		HUETTMANN Jens		SenM			Hamburg		32	38	1832
46		HAVERKAMP Klaus	2024 F	SenM				4½	31½	37½	1860
47		MARTIN Eric	1890 F	SenM		AQU	L'Echiquier Naujacais	4½	31½	37½	1797
48		SEELEN Raphael	1670 F	JunM		AQU	Echiquier Henri IV Pau	4½	30½	36	1725
49	m	MILCHEV Nikolay	2433 F	SenM		ALS	Mulhouse Philidor	4	38¾	43¼	2416
50	m	MLADENOV Plamen	2405 F	SenM		HNO	Rouen Echecs	4	37¼	41¾	2386
51		MARNI-SANDID Tarik	1733 F	SenM		MPY	C.L. Léo Lagrange - Colomiers	4	34	41½	1813
52		LABARTHE Francois	1592 F	VetM		MPY	Echiquier Commingeois	4	32	38½	1686
53		VANDOMEL Fabrice	1799 F	SenM		BRE	Olympic Club Montalbanais	4	31½	36	1705
54		WILLE Frederic	1567 F	SenM		CHA	Club d'Echecs de la Francheville T.G.V.	4	30	35	1666
55		MERLET Francois	1633 F	SenM		AQU	Echiquier Bordelais	4	28½	33	1637
56		GAMARRA OLAVE Jose Antonio	1606 F	SenM				4	27	31½	1620
57		PAULY Bertrand	1415 F	VetM		CVL	ALCHESS Châteaudun	4	25½	29½	1486
58		THOLEY Jean-Paul	1917 F	VetM		AQU	Echiquier Bayonne Adour	3½	34½	41	1809
59		PRIOUX Michel	1732 F	VetM		CHA	Les 4 Fils Aymon Bogny sur Meuse	3½	34½	40	1806
60		ZICKELBEIN Benjamin	1713 F	SenM				3½	34	38½	1851
61		RENARD Luc	1722 F	SenM		CHA	Les 4 Fils Aymon Bogny sur Meuse	3½	32½	39	1701
62		ULICZNY Kevin	1523 F	SenM		AQU	Echiquier Bordelais	3½	31	35	1637
63		CORNETTE Francois	1694 F	SenM		HNO	Gisors les templiers de l'Echiquier	3½	30	34	1576
64		MARTINET Nathan	1388 F	PupM		AQU	Echiquier Henri IV Pau	3½	28½	34	1597
65		BIGNONNEAU Pascal	1676 F	SenM		AQU	Merignac Echecs	3	33	36¾	1758
66		BARAT Jean-Claude	1477 F	VetM		AQU	Bordeaux ASPOM Echecs	3	30	32	1500
67		FEIT Jean-Luc	1682 F	SenM		AQU	Echiquier Philidor Ambes	3	29½	33½	1639
68		BORDAS Laurent	1574 F	SenM		AQU	Bordeaux ASPOM Echecs	3	28½	32½	1559
69		REMI Arthur	1199 E	MinM		AQU	Echiquier Bordelais	3	28	33	1477
70		DESCHAMPS Christophe	1441 F	SenM		AQU	Bordeaux ASPOM Echecs	3	28	32½	1436
71		ARROUCH Marc	1552 F	VetM		AQU	Merignac Echecs	3	27	30	1517
72		MOUILLON Thierry	1388 F	SenM		MPY	Echiquier Commingeois	3	27	30	1414
73		KOSIC Miroslav	1465 F	VetM		AQU	AGJA-Echiquier Aquitaine	3	27	29	1492
74		ROUSSEL Samuel	1266 F	PupM		BRE	Echiquier de l'ABC Pays de Vannes	3	25½	29½	1403
75		FAUGEROLLE Nicolas	1818 F	SenM		AQU	L'Echiquier Naujacais	3	24	26¾	1584
76		CAGNEAUX Eric	1449 F	SenM		PDL	Club Echecs La Roche sur Yon	3	23½	28	1458
77		ROUSSEL Stephane	1405 F	SenM		BRE	Echiquier de l'ABC Pays de Vannes	2½	25½	28½	1335
78		RIMBAULT Francois	1490 N	SenM		AQU	AGJA-Echiquier Aquitaine	2½	24½	27½	1317
79		ROUMEGOUS Adrien	1199 E	BenM		IDF	Fontainebleau-Avon	2	26½	32½	1312
80		ENDERLIN Michel	1280 N	VetM		AQU	L'Echiquier Naujacais	2	26½	32½	1210
81		REDON Bruno	2126 F	SenM		NPC	L'Echiquier Cappellois	2	25½	30	1811
82		COULATY Philippe	1280 N	SenM		MPY	Echiquier Commingeois	1	24½	29½	836
83		ROUMEGOUS Thomas	1099 E	PupM		IDF	Fontainebleau-Avon	1	20¼	24¾	1003

A young local player, Antoine Favarel missed his IM norm by half a point and finished third

I only managed to draw my last game from a promising position. I had a small edge all game but my opponent, Sylvia Collas, defended well. I was sure I had missed out but got lucky. Due to many fortunate results and a good tie break I finished fifth earning {?} a fifth of my weight in wine which equalled 20 bottles. The mathematicians out there should have no trouble working out what I weighed at.

The roof was barely high enough to accommodate the cartons.

Next year the tournament will start on the 28th of June and go until the 6th of July. I anticipate that as usual the entry form will come out shortly before the tournament but you can safely pencil it in now.

So see you all here next year :-)