Top 16 in Clichy
Report by Dominique Primel
GM Manuel Apicella 2544 (FRA) played an interesting game vs GM Hichem Hamdouchi
with the the new Marshall Gambit described in ChessBase
Magazine 122.
Apicella,Manuel (2544) - Hamdouchi,Hichem (2576) [C96]
FRA-ch Top 16 2007-2008 France (1.6), 22.03.2008
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 d5 11.d4 dxe4 12.Nxe5 c5 13.dxc5 [13.Bg5 Dominguez
Perez,L (2683)-Carlsen,M (2714)/World Cup Khanty Mansiysk (3)/½-½]
13...Qc7N [13...Bxc5 14.Qxd8 Rxd8 Shomoev,A (2554)-Lavrov,M
(2346)/Sibiria Region-chT (5)/½-½] 14.Ng4 Nxg4 15.hxg4
f5 16.Qd5+
Kh8 17.Qxa8 Bxc5 18.Qd5 Bb7 19.Qe6 Bc8 20.Qd5 Bb7 21.Qe6 Bc8 22.Qd5
½-½.
Group A
Place |
Teams |
Points |
1 |
Clichy |
9 |
2 |
Mulhouse |
9 |
3 |
Montpellier |
7 |
4 |
Marseille Echecs |
7 |
5 |
Antibes |
5 |
6 |
Vandoeuvre |
5 |
7 |
Marseille Duchamps |
3 |
8 |
Bois Colombes |
3 |
|
|
Group B
Place |
Teams |
Points |
1 |
Cannes |
9 |
2 |
Evry |
8 |
3 |
Metz |
7 |
4 |
Gonfreville |
6 |
5 |
Noyon |
6 |
6 |
Bischwiller |
5 |
7 |
Strasbourg |
4 |
8 |
Hyères |
3 |
|
Picture Gallery from Clichy

GM Manuel Apicella, 2544 (FRA), playing for Clichy

GM Christian Bauer, 2614 (FRA), playing for Montpellier

GM Laurent Fressinet, 2656 (FRA), playing for Clichy

GM Pavel Eljanov, 2692 (UKR), playing also for Clichy

GM Frizo Nijboer, 2578 (NED), playing for Vandoeuvre

GM EricPrié, 2532 (FRA), playing for Montpellier

GM Sergei Movsesian, 2672 (SVK), playing for Vandoeuvre

WGM Almira Skripchenko, 2443 (FRA), playing for Clichy

WGM Sophie Millet, 2376 (FRA), playing for Montpellier

WIM Pauline Guichard, 2273 (FRA), playing for Bois-Colombes

WMF Malthide Congiu, 2195 ((FRA), playing for Vandoeuvre
All pictures by Dominique
Primel