The 89th French Individual Chess Championship for men is taking place on 17-28th August 2014 in Nimes, a city located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Cévennes mountains in Southern France.
Twelve of the best French players are vying for the title 2014 French Chess Champion:
GM Etienne BACROT 2720,GM Laurent FRESSINET 2717, GM Romain EDOUARD 2702, GM Tigran GHARAMIAN 2659, GM Christian BAUER2630, GM Jean-Marc DEGRAEVE 2576, GM Iossif DORFMAN 2571, GM Andreï SOKOLOV 2558, GM Sébastien MAZE 2553, GM Matthieu CORNETTE 2547, GM Jean-Luc CHABANON 2477 and IM Kevin ROSER 2406.
Twelve of the best French female players are vying for the title 2014 French Women Chess Champion:
IM Almira Skripchenko 2438, IM Sophie Milliet 2385, WIM Mathilde Congiu 2318, IM Silvia Collas 2316, WGM Nino Maisuradze 2291, WGM Anda Safranska 2258, WIM Andrea Bollengier 2236, WFM Andreea-Cristiana Navrotescu 2208, WGM Maria Leconte 2206, WIM Laurie Delorme 2151, Isabelle Malassagne and WFM Cecile Haussernot 2101.
Very good field.