3/14/2011 – The 9th International Meurthe and Moselle Chess Festival took place this weekend in Nancy, France, with 202 players including former FIDE world champion Kasimdzhanov, French stars Bacrot, Fressinet, Indian Harikrishna, and Germany's top three: Naiditsch, Meier and Fridman. Reigning French classical champion, Laurent Fressinet, also became the French rapid champion. Report + videos.
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The 9th International Meurthe and Moselle Chess Festival took place this weekend
in Nancy, France with 202 players in total and very strong field including ex-world
champion Kasimdzhanov, French stars Bacrot, Fressinet, top Indian Harikrishna,
and Germany's top three players, Naiditsch, Meier, and Fridman.
The goal of surpassing 200 players was achieved
The top ten boards
Ex-world champion Kasimdzhanov facing Fressinet came in 2nd-7th with 7.0/9
The event determined the Champion of France in rapid games though open to all
players.
The event was a great success for Laurent Fressinet, who is already the Absolute
French Champion in title, and who not only took the title of French Rapid champion,
as the best-scoring French player, but also crushed the blitz field with an
incredible 10.5/11.
Harikrishna facing Fressinet in the last round. The Frenchman successfully
converted
the endgame to take the title.
A crowd gathers to see the final minutes of Bacrot-Meier in round four.
Bacrot won.
The overall winner of the rapid tournament was German GM Daniel Fridman, who
took sole first with 7.5/9.
German GMs Daniel Fridman and Arkadij Naiditsch drew in the third round
Veteran Swedish GM Ulf Andersson, facing French GM Bauer, came in second
with
7/9, edging out five others by virtue of tiebreak.
Laurent Fressinet, reigning French classical and rapid champion!
French GM-star Etienne Bacrot also gave a simul : 18 wins, 2 draws, and
no losses
He had few difficulties and imposed a lossless 19-1 score
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