French Championship playoff

(1) Bacrot,E (2653) - Lautier,J (2663) [D20] ch-FRA Playoff Val d'Isere FRA (1), 31.08.2002 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 exd4 6.Nxd4 Ne7 7.Bxc4 0-0 8.Be3 Nbc6 9.Ndb5 Bd7 10.a3 Ba5 11.b4 Bb6 12.Bxb6 axb6 13.f4 Na7 14.Nxa7 Rxa7 15.0-0 Ng6 16.Qf3 c6 17.Qg3 Qc7 18.h4 Ne7 19.a4 Qd6 20.Rad1 Qxb4 21.Bxf7+ Rxf7 22.Rxd7 Ra8 23.Rfd1 Raf8 24.f5 Kh8 25.Kh2 Qc5 26.Ne2 Ng8 27.Nf4 1-0

(2) Lautier,J (2663) - Bacrot,E (2653) [C99] ch-FRA Playoff Val d'Isere FRA (2), 31.08.2002 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4 16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.Rc1 Qb7 18.Qe2 Rfc8 19.Bb1 Rc7 20.a3 Rac8 21.Rcd1 exd4 22.Nxd4 Nxd4 23.Bxd4 b4 24.e5 dxe5 25.Bxe5 Rc6 26.Ne4 Ne8 27.Ng3 Be6 28.Be4 bxa3 29.bxa3 Bxa3 30.Ra1 Bb4 31.Reb1 Bb3 32.Nf5 Bf8 33.Nd4 Qa6 34.Qxa6 Rxa6 35.Bb7 Ra5 36.Bxc8 Rxe5 37.Nxb3 axb3 38.Rxb3 g6 39.Bd7 Nd6 40.Rd1 Kg7 41.Rbd3 Nc4 42.Rc3 Nd6 43.Ba4 Nf5 44.Rc7 Bd6 45.Rd7 Bb4 46.Bb3 Re7 47.Rxe7 Nxe7 48.Rd7 h5 49.Kf1 Bc5 50.Ke2 f5 51.f3 Kf6 52.Rc7 Bd6 53.Ra7 Bg3 54.Ra6+ Kg7 55.Re6 Ng8 56.Rb6 Nf6 57.Rb7+ Kh6 58.Rf7 Ne8 59.Re7 Ng7 60.Bf7 h4 61.Bc4 Nh5 62.Kd2 Nf4 63.Bf1 Bf2 64.Rd7 Kg5 65.Kc3 Kf6 66.Kc4 Ke6 67.Rb7 Nd5 68.Rb2 Ba7 69.Re2+ Ne3+ 70.Kd3 f4 71.Ra2 Bb8 72.Ke2 Bd6 73.Ra6 Ke5 74.Ra5+ Kf6 75.Kf2 Nd1+ 76.Kg1 Bb4 77.Rb5 Bc3 78.Bd3 Ne3 79.Rb6+ Ke5 80.Rxg6 Be1 81.Ra6 Bg3 82.Ra4 Kd5 83.Re4 Kc5 84.Re8 Kd6 1/2-1/2