GMs Bacrot and Vachier-Lagrave are tied for first going into the final round. The best part is they will face each other in the last round to decide the title. Special thanks to Philippe, webmaster of Chess & Strategy:...
2008 French Championships
2008 French Championships Standings after 9 (of 11) rounds: 1-2. Bacrot, Vachier-Lagrave 7 3. Fressinet 6 4-5. Maze, Bauer 5 6. A.Sokolov 4½, etc. French women’s championship standings: 1. Leconte 7 2-3. Collas, Millet 6½ 4. Skripchenko 6, etc....
Fressinet lead French Championship
Laurent Fressinet is leading the 2008 French Championship with 4/5 points. In second place is his main rivals, both Etienne Bacrot, who beat Sebastien Feller, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave who solidly defeated Manuel Apicella. Report by http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/ Chess Daily News...
French Championship
For excellent coverage of the French Championship, check out http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/ and www.Europe-Echecs.com. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The French Championship
Picture courtesy of Frédéric et Charlotte (http://pokemonchess.blogspot.com/) 1. Maxime Vachier Lagrave 2595 elo2. Vlad Tkachiev 2655 elo3. Andrei Sokolov 2582 elo Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Tkachiev and Vachier-Lagrave win French Championship
All games in the final round were drawn. Therefore, Tkachiev and Vachier-Lagrave tie for first with Sokolov in clear third. Final Standings (Unofficial based on my personal calculations): 1-2. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2655 7.5 1-2. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g...
Tkachiev leads 2007 French Championship
The French Championships is taking place in Aix-les-Bains from August 13 to August 25, 2007. Here are the standings after 9 rounds:1. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2655 6.5 2-3. Sokolov, Andrei1 g FRA 2582 6.02-3. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA...
Tkachiev, Vachier-Lagrave, Sokolov lead French Championship
The French Championships is taking place in Aix-les-Bains from August 13 to August 25, 2007. Here are the standings after 7 rounds: 1-3. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2655 5.01-3. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2595 5.01-3. Sokolov, Andrei1 g FRA...
Sokolov, Tkachiev, Vachier-Lagrave lead 2007 French Championship
2007 French Championship The French Championships is taking place in Aix-les-Bains from 13 to 25, 2007. Here are the standings after 4 rounds: 1-3. Sokolov, Andrei1 g FRA 2582, Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2655, Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2595...