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The French Chess Championship is taking place from the 14th to the 27th of August 2011. The venue is the University of Caen, a town located two hours north-west of Paris, just 15 km inland from the English Channel. The rate of play is 40 moves in 90 minutes, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30 seconds increment after every move, starting from move one. There is a delay in the Internet broadcast, which is intended to prevent organised cheating.
One round before the end the reigning champion Laurent Fressinet and the top seed Maxime Vachier-Lagrave were in the joint lead, with 6.5/10 points. This is what happened in the final round.
Key games reach their climax: Bacrot vs Vachier-Lagrave, Bauer vs Fressinet
Report by GM Robert Fontaine on round eleven, with the highlights of the
Don't miss the high-tech demo board at the start of the video
The women's section was dominated by Sophie Milliet, who became the new French Champion a round before the end (this a double round robin with six players lasts a day longer than the men's).
Round ten – all of this is in French, the language they unfortunately
speak in Caen and in the whole of France
Round nine: us too, don't understand a blooming word – but the chess
hightlights are great
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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