Echesspedia

Little French city nearby Dunkirk which is annually hosting the largest and the strongest Open Swiss tournament organized in France with a number record of 702 participants in 2001.
Jean Claude Templeur, who was the creator of the event, has been succeeded by Michel Gouvart at the head of the organization.

The winners were:

1985 W. Hanasz, 1986 Sergey Smagin (URS), 1987 Antony Kosten (ENG), 1988 Vladimir Okhotnik (URS), 1989  Nukhim Rashkovski (URS), 1990 Nukhim Rashkovski (URS), 1991 Anatoly Vaisser (URS), 1992 Julian Hodgson (ENG), 1993 Evegenij Solozhenkhin (RUS), 1994 Vladimir Chuchulov (RUS), 1995 Antony Miles (ENG), 1996 Nenachev-Graf (UZB), 1997 Vladimir Burmakin (RUS), 1998  Igor Glek (RUS), 1999 Simen Agdestein (NOR), 2000 Yuri Kruppa (UKR), 2001 Vladimir Chuchelov (BEL), 2002 Edouard Rozentalis (LTU), 2003 Vladimir Burmakin (RUS), 2004 Evgeny Najer (RUS), 2005 Davit Shengelia (GEO), 2006 Alexander Moiseenko (UKR), 2007 Hao Wang (CHN), 2008 Vugar Gashimov (AZE), 2009 Yuri Vovk (UKR), 2010 Yaroslav Zherebukh (UKR), 2011 Gajewski Grzegorz (POL).