French Rapid Grand PrixThe first tournament of the French Rapid Grand Prix series took place in Port-Marly on 7-8 January 2012. Seven qualifiers from the 9 round Swiss preliminary were joined by GM Fressinet who was invited by organisers directly into …
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Vachier-Lagrave wins French Rapid Grand Prix
Published by January 9th, 2012 in France, Rapid chess, Susan Polgar Chess and Vachier-Lagrave. 0 CommentsVachier-Lagrave wins French Rapid Grand Prix
Published by January 9th, 2012 in France, Rapid chess, Susan Polgar Chess and Vachier-Lagrave. 0 CommentsFrench Rapid Grand PrixThe first tournament of the French Rapid Grand Prix series took place in Port-Marly on 7-8 January 2012. Seven qualifiers from the 9 round Swiss preliminary were joined by GM Fressinet who was invited by organisers directly into …
A case of sportsmanship
Published by November 8th, 2011 in Azerbaijan, European Team Championship, France and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsAzerbaijan’s chess player had epileptic seizure during European ChampionshipNovember 07, 2011 | 22:27The rapid completion of the match between France and Azerbaijan (2:2) during the European Team Champion in Greece was due to Azerbaijan’s grandmast…
Azerbaijan and France agree on early 2-2 draw
Published by November 7th, 2011 in Azerbaijan, European Team Championship, France and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsAzerbaijan and France agree on early 2-2 drawAzerbaijan and France shared the points in the 5th round of the European Team Chess Championship in Porto Carras shortly after the opening. Gashimov didn’t feel well during the first moments of the match…
Sophie Milliet, the 2011 French Chess Queen
Published by August 26th, 2011 in France, French Women's Championship, Sophie Milliet and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsFinal standings
1. Milliet, Sophie m 2355 * * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 7 2. Maisuradze, Nino wg 2329 ½ ½ * * 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 5½ 3. Bollengier, Andrea wm 2207 0 ½ 1 0 * * 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 5 4. Guichard, Pauline wg 2305 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ * *…
Sophie Milliet, the 2011 French Chess Queen
Published by August 26th, 2011 in France, French Women's Championship, Sophie Milliet and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsFinal standings
1. Milliet, Sophie m 2355 * * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 7 2. Maisuradze, Nino wg 2329 ½ ½ * * 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 5½ 3. Bollengier, Andrea wm 2207 0 ½ 1 0 * * 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 5 4. Guichard, Pauline wg 2305 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ * *…
Vachier-Lagrave – Istratescu lead French Championship after 7
Published by August 20th, 2011 in France, French Championship and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsRound 7 results
Dorfman, Iossif – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½ Fressinet, Laurent – Istratescu, Andrei ½ Feller, Sebastien – Edouard, Romain ½ Bricard, Emmanuel – Bacrot, Etienne ½ Bauer, Christian – Le Roux, Jean-Pierre ½ Sh…
Arun Prasad wins Paris Championship
Published by July 11th, 2011 in Arun Prasad, France, Paris and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsGM Arun Prasad Champion of Paris633 participants from 35 countries competed in the four groups The 86th Paris Chess Championship was held from 2nd to 10th July at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin, 82 avenue Georges Lafont 75016 Paris. The Championship wa…
Liem to play in French league
Published by May 27th, 2011 in Chess League, France, Le Quang Liem and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 Comments27/05/2011 11:00:00 AM (GMT+7) Super-grandmaster Liem plays in French leagueVietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese International Super-grandmaster Le Quang Liem will show off his strategic skills at the French Chess League competition, which began yester…
Message from GM Sébastien Feller
Published by April 6th, 2011 in France, Open Letter, Sébastien Feller and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsMessage from GM Sébastien FellerJe conteste totalement les accusations de tricherie de la Fédération Française d’ Echecs. Cette procédure disciplinaire est en réalité liée au fait que j’ai soutenu lors des Olympiades, l’actuel président …
Message from GM Sébastien Feller
Published by April 6th, 2011 in France, Open Letter, Sébastien Feller and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsMessage from GM Sébastien FellerJe conteste totalement les accusations de tricherie de la Fédération Française d’ Echecs. Cette procédure disciplinaire est en réalité liée au fait que j’ai soutenu lors des Olympiades, l’actuel président …
Potkin wins EICC on tiebreaks
Published by April 3rd, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsVladimir Potkin Becomes European ChampionSilver for Radoslaw Wojtaszek and bronze for Judit PolgarThe 12th European Individual Chess Championship was held in Aix‐les‐Bains, France, from March 21st (day of arrival) to April 3rd (day of departure)….
4 way tie for 1st at EICC
Published by April 2nd, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France, Judit Polgar, Moiseenko, Susan Polgar Chess and Wojtaszek. 0 CommentsFinal standingsRk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1GMPotkin VladimirRUS26538.5284963.578.0 2GMWojtaszek RadoslawPOL27118.5282663.077.0 3GMPolgar JuditHUN26868.5279963.577.0 4GMMoiseenko AlexanderUKR26738.5275562.074.5 5GMVallejo Pons FranciscoESP27078.02…
EICC Final Round LIVE!!
Published by April 2nd, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France, LIVE games and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 Comments
1 game for all the marbles
Published by April 2nd, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsTop board final round pairings:Bo.No.NameRtgPts. ResultPts. NameRtgNo. 143GMPotkin Vladimir 26538 8 GMPolgar Judit 268614 27GMWojtaszek Radoslaw 27118 7½ GMSvidler Peter 27301 34GMVitiugov Nikita 27207½ 7½ GMFeller Sebastien 265740 49GMVallejo Pon…
3 tie for the EICC lead with just 1 to go
Published by April 1st, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France, Judit Polgar, Susan Polgar Chess and Wojtaszek. 0 CommentsRk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1GMPotkin VladimirRUS26538.0287352.565.5 2GMWojtaszek RadoslawPOL27118.0279152.065.5 3GMPolgar JuditHUN26868.0276649.561.5 4GMVallejo Pons FranciscoESP27077.5284354.067.0 5GMRagger MarkusAUT26147.5280251.063.0 6GMFeller…
Judit wins again, stays in the hunt
Published by April 1st, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France, Judit Polgar and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsRound 10 top board resultsBo.No.NameRtgPts. ResultPts. NameRtgNo. 131GMMamedov Rauf 26677 ½ – ½7 GMVitiugov Nikita 27204 27GMWojtaszek Radoslaw 27117 1 – 07 GMKhairullin Ildar 263455 38GMJobava Baadur 27077 0 – 17 GMPotkin Vladimir 265343 473GMRagg…
EICC LIVE games with Computer Analysis
Published by April 1st, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France, LIVE games and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 Comments
12 way tie for the lead at EICC
Published by April 1st, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsLeaders after 9 roundsRk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1GMVallejo Pons FranciscoESP27077.0289841.554.0 2GMPotkin VladimirRUS26537.0283942.053.0 3GMRagger MarkusAUT26147.0282740.051.0 4GMIordachescu ViorelMDA26267.0280639.551.0 5GMMamedov RaufAZE26677.0…
EICC round 8 results
Published by March 31st, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsRound 8 top board resultso.No.NameRtgPts. ResultPts. NameRtgNo. 14GMVitiugov Nikita 27206½ ½ – ½6½ GMIordachescu Viorel 262659 231GMMamedov Rauf 26676½ ½ – ½6½ GMRagger Markus 261473 343GMPotkin Vladimir 26536½ ½ – ½6½ GMParligras Mircea-E…
LIVE games from EICC
Published by March 31st, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France, LIVE games and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 Comments
Open letter about cheating scandal
Published by March 30th, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France, Sébastien Feller, Susan Polgar Chess and Vallejo Pons. 0 CommentsGoogle TranslationSource: http://www.europe-echecs.com/actualites/huitieme-ronde-du-12e-championnat-d-europe-2597.htmlResumption of hostilities after the rest day. Lettre ouverte de Francisco Vallejo Pons, qui annule contre Sébastien Feller.Open lette…
LIVE games from EICC
Published by March 30th, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France, LIVE games and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 Comments
LIVE games from EICC
Published by March 29th, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France, LIVE games and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 Comments
EICC leaders after 7 rounds
Published by March 28th, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsLeaders after 7 roundsRk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1GMPotkin VladimirRUS26536.0296424.032.5 2GMVallejo Pons FranciscoESP27075.5293621.531.0 3GMNisipeanu Liviu-DieterROU26735.5282923.032.5 4GMVolokitin AndreiUKR26775.5281622.531.5 5GMRagger MarkusAU…
EICC round 7
Published by March 28th, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsRound 7 top board resultsBo.No.NameRtgPts. ResultPts. NameRtgNo. 143GMPotkin Vladimir 26535½ ½ – ½5 GMVolokitin Andrei 267721 29GMVallejo Pons Francisco 27075 ½ – ½5 GMIordachescu Viorel 262659 317GMZhigalko Sergei 26805 ½ – ½5 GMLupulescu Cons…
LIVE games from EICC
Published by March 28th, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France, LIVE games and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 Comments
EICC round 7 pairings
Published by March 28th, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsEuropean Individual Chess ChampionshipRound 7 top board pairingsBo.NameRtgPts. ResultPts. NameRtg 1GMPotkin Vladimir 26535½ 5 GMVolokitin Andrei 2677 2GMVallejo Pons Francisco 27075 5 GMIordachescu Viorel 2626 3GMZhigalko Sergei 26805 5 GMLupulescu C…
Potkin leads EICC
Published by March 27th, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsLeaders after 6 roundsRk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1GMPotkin VladimirRUS26535.5338016.024.0 2GMLupulescu ConstantinROU26265.0329613.520.5 3IMWirig AnthonyFRA24805.0295716.523.0 4GMNisipeanu Liviu-DieterROU26735.0291415.524.5 5GMKhismatullin DenisRU…
EICC round 6 results
Published by March 27th, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsRound 6 EICC top board resultsBo.No.NameRtgPts. ResultPts. NameRtgNo. 127GMNisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 26734½ ½ – ½5 GMPotkin Vladimir 265343 2170IMWirig Anthony 24804½ ½ – ½4½ GMParligras Mircea-Emilian 259887 361GMSaric Ivan 26264 ½ – ½4 GMWojta…
LIVE games from EICC
Published by March 27th, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 Comments
EICC round 6
Published by March 27th, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsRound 6 top board pairingsBo.No.NameRtgPts. ResultPts. NameRtgNo. 127GMNisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 26734½ 5 GMPotkin Vladimir 265343 2170IMWirig Anthony 24804½ 4½ GMParligras Mircea-Emilian 259887 361GMSaric Ivan 26264 4 GMWojtaszek Radoslaw 27117 464G…
Only one remains perfect at EICC
Published by March 26th, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsThe big story so far is 2 French IMs are near the top of the leaderboard. IM Wirig (2480) is performing at 2824 and IM Bellaiche (2472) is performing at 2661 after 5 rounds!Leaders after 5 roundsRk.NameFEDRtgPts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1GMPotkin VladimirRUS265…
EICC round 5 results
Published by March 26th, 2011 in European Individual Championship, France and Susan Polgar Chess. 0 CommentsRound 5 top board resultsBo.No.NameRtgPts. ResultPts. NameRtgNo. 143GMPotkin Vladimir 26534 1 – 04 GMSavchenko Boris 261671 273GMRagger Markus 26143½ ½ – ½3½ GMSutovsky Emil 269212 384GMReinderman Dimitri 26013½ ½ – ½3½ GMPolgar Judit 268614 …
