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The official tournament poster
It was exactly the last thing anyone wanted to hear. After a week of bewildering news involving Garry Kasparov, and then the no less astonishing news regarding Boris Spassky's disappearance from his hospital care in France, one hoped for a little sane news with a nice report on the French Championship just before the Istanbul tempest takes hold. Instead, it was a shocked Christian Bauer, tied for first in the penultimate round, who learned that his four-month old son had died. After consultation with the players, the final round was cancelled and a playoff was to be held to determine the champion of the final three, Bauer having left. However, in a show of solidarity, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Etienne Bacrot, and Romain Edouard refused, and the understanding federation declared the four as joint champions.
In the Women section, Almira Skripchenko dominated and won her fifth title with 7.0/10, a full 1.5 points ahead of the rest.
Links
The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 11 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs. |
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