GM Joseph Sanchez 11th in Cannes chess

Grandmaster Joseph Sanchez of the Philippines wound up tied for 11th to 18th places in the 26th Cannes Chess Festival at the Lerins Island in Cannes, France, Monday.

Sanchez, Cannes winner in 2009 and 2011 who totes an Elo of 2518, finished with 5.5 points in nine outings, the same output of GM Sebastian Feller (2658), Fide Master Lucas Di Nicolantonio (2311) and Said Brih (2407) of France, GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (2487) of Brazil, GM Nenad Sulava (2514) of Croatia, GM Michele Godena (2533) and International Master Giulio Borgo (2403) of Italy.

GM Evgeny Romanov (2628) of Russia beat Feller to finish first with 7.0 points, half a point ahead of top seed GM Etienne Bacrot (2704), GM Tigran Gharamian (2676) and GM Fabien Libiszewski (2509) of France, GM Alexander Fier (2603) of Brazil and IM Axel Rombaldoni (2441) of Italy.