It was an exciting 9th round of the 2009 French Championship as 5 of the 6 games were decisive. With 2 rounds to go, GM Tkachiev is leading by 1/2 point.
Round 9 results:
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | – Cossin, Sebastien | 1-0 | |||
| Hamdouchi, Hicham | – Le Roux, Jean-Pierre | 1-0 | |||
| Cornette, Matthieu | – Feller, Sebastien | 0-1 | |||
| Degraeve, Jean-Marc | – Tkachiev, Vladislav | 0-1 | |||
| Sokolov, Andrei | – Edouard, Romain | ½ | |||
| Maze, Sebastien | – Fressinet, Laurent | 0-1 |
Standings after 9 rounds (2 games to go):
| 1. | Tkachiev, Vladislav | g | FRA | 2650 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 2. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2703 | 6½ | |||||||||||||
| 3. | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2667 | 5½ | |||||||||||||
| 4. | Hamdouchi, Hicham | g | FRA | 2589 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 5-8. | Cornette, Matthieu | g | FRA | 2578 | 4½ | |||||||||||||
| 5-8. | Edouard, Romain | g | FRA | 2597 | 4½ | |||||||||||||
| 5-8. | Cossin, Sebastien | m | FRA | 2486 | 4½ | |||||||||||||
| 5-8. | Feller, Sebastien | g | FRA | 2576 | 4½ | |||||||||||||
| 9-10. | Degraeve, Jean-Marc | g | FRA | 2559 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 9-10. | Sokolov, Andrei | g | FRA | 2570 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 11. | Maze, Sebastien | g | FRA | 2546 | 2½ | |||||||||||||
| 12. | Le Roux, Jean-Pierre | m | FRA | 2485 | 1½ |
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